“Working royal” has to be the biggest oxymoron in the English language.

WAIT WAIT I FORGOT ABOUT THE FLY

Ringu Sinners Get Out Us Dawn of the Dead (original) What are you talking about, there are only four there, honest

Tomorrow is the last day to snap up this bundle of signed 1st edition novels and support @thepixelproject.bsky.social in their goal of ending domestic violence against women and girls. thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixelsf... #booksky

Running is a SCAM. Once you sign up, you never escape. I skipped my weekend run and was DELIBERATELY PUNISHED by having a dodgy knee on Monday. You know what fixed it? A run today. I now understand that I can never quit running or my body will BREAK DOWN. I am TRAPPED by this absolute CON.

Happy UK book-birthday to me! The Feeding is now available in the UK. #BookSky Details here: anthonyryan.net/2025/10/14/t...

Nobody asked me for an acceptance speech, but I have one anyway, because what the heck; because I respect the thankless work the @theignyteawards.bsky.social does each year; because I'm glad for good trouble; because I'm honoured to be honoured. suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards

@shingai-be-like.bsky.social wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Novelette for WE WHO WILL NOT DIE psychopomp.com/we-who-will-... [re-posted for alt-text]

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Middle Grade is THE LAST RHEE WITCH by Jenna Lee-Yun

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel - Young Adult is HEIR by Sabaa Tahir

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel-Adult is THE SENTENCE by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

Congratulations to all the winners!

The Green Man's War is a 99p Kindle deal for October in the UK, for those keen to catch up with the series before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October, with a launch at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton 😁 www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...

WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN! Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

I’ve been awake for nearly 24hrs BUT I am finally happy with this blimmin story. It always feels like an insurmountable task at the start… carving something out of nothing. But it is also the best feeling in the world when it finally comes together.

Multifocal contacts are not the one because although my phone is clearer, I now can’t read the text on my TV. Which means no video games. Which is obviously intolerable.

“Fresh-squeezed juice with your frittata?” GEN V S2 E6 THE SCREAM I SCREAMED WHEN THIS CHARACTER RETURNED

For @strangehorizons.bsky.social 25th anniversary, I spoke about my (almost) decade at the magazine, its anarchic nature, changes in the genre space, editing SFF non-fiction, and how the extractivism special issue came to be imagined (starts at 1 hr 24 mins): strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

I really hate doing this, but when I had my breakdown last month, I took two weeks off from work, and they didn't pay me for my time off, and I am broke. If you find it in your heart to tip even the minimum amount then I would be enternally grateful ko-fi.com/gingernutsof...

So if you're concerned about the dwindling independence of mainstream journalism, remember that the Associated Press is a nonprofit org that can never be bought by a corporation and is full of people genuinely passionate about doing good reporting: apnews.com I set up a small recurring donation

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian. Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference. Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say? Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

Project Hanuman has its launch at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social two weeks before it's in shops. There will be cake, wine and merch. 2pm on the Friday of the convention (31st October). I'm petrified of launching this thing alone so please come along and eat my cakes There may also be special guest

In about 1/2 hour!!!!

SIX ELEMENTALS INTERVIEW sparkles TODAY As I interview 2 brilliant fantasy authors @gregkontaxis.bsky.social interviewed at at 8AM Eastern this morning! @mhayinde.bsky.social ' s interview this afternoon 2PM Eastern! ***LIVE!!!*** www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3C-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=26rd...

At 7pm tonight UK time I’ll be chatting with @plstuart-author.bsky.social live on YouTube! Join us on the link below: www.youtube.com/live/26rd3AM...

Continuing the heartening trend of Gen Alpha totally not embracing “AI” (AI is going in inverted commas from now on because it’s not “intelligent.” It’s just a steal-and-regurgitate programme)… My youngest kid, after asking me to blow-dry her hair straight: “Mum, I hate! I look like AI!”

Morning Womble! I've just started A Song of Legends Lost by @mhayinde.bsky.social! You know it's going to be epic when it starts with a map and a 4-page Dramatis Personae 🤩❤️

JD VANCE: "My mother got the drugs that almost killed her from Mexicans." REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.

Sharing this comprehensive Writer Beware post, for anyone needing clarification, links etc on the Anthropic court case and its many issues. Includes link to search US copyright site for registrations. writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch. I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

Enter to win an ARC of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE in this @goodreads giveaway that's open 09/30/2025-10/14/2025! 75 winners will be chosen, so sign up and share widely! @TorDotComPub www.goodreads.com/author/show/... #giveaway #ARC #goodreads #booksky #Blackbooksky

My kid’s verdict on my outfit today: undercover at the nightclub but too old to blend in

it is a busy week, but i promise to make these events fun and intimate and chill and you will also see me in my new *outfit* no matter how cold it is, so

Training Day of the Triffids

Here are a bunch to get you started. If you are unfamiliar with @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social it's a digital magazine publishing short stories and poetry by Black SFFH authors for going on *counts on fingers* 10 years? Good lord. Co-founded it. Won a Hugo. Etc. go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

Black Speculative Fiction Month starts next week. Read/reserve/rec/preorder/buy accordingly

Countess ebook is 33% off in Canada atm (it's $5.99 down from $8.99)...so if you been waiting and have a kobo you can save a bit! www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

The spammers aren’t even putting in the minimum effort any more!

This Tuesday join me @clclark.bsky.social and Grace Curtis at Waterstones Covent Garden as we celebrate the release of THE SOVEREIGN! Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/c-l-c...

Delighted to reveal 'Magic, Maps, and Mischief'. This has had quite the journey to publication. Want stories about neurodivergent people finding one another in a world trying to limit them, writing *by* and autistic person. Pre-order now: mybook.to/magicmapsand... Cover by @lizdelton.bsky.social

Ok so Kaiju No. 8 is very fun. Only two episodes in but I am now committed.

Building up a starter pack of folk attending @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton this year. Let me know if you want to be added.

is my birthday!🎉 this year around the sun has been awful in many ways, but wonderful in others. i wrote the equivalent of three books, had surgery for my PMDD, finished my degree, got obsessed with tennis, and realised i’m trans and started hormones! would love for y’all to check out my books!👇🏻

I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam

Yeah, we quiet over here, but we love y'all. These publishing streets are rough these days. October marks Black Speculative Fiction Month, and we're thrilled to drop TWO issues on you in the coming weeks. Updates soon come. Anyway support some Black creators: go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p Follow, share, BUY 🔥

Someone make this movie for me pls