An imperiled research station. An ancient world within an alien Artifact. Both threatened with extinction by a swirling black sun. To save them all, Nick must ally with the broken and the betrayed to slay a digital god. LEVEL: APOCALYPSE releases today!

Currently trying to bring together six hundred billion plot lines.

My kids’ latest scam is to start playing together at about 10pm, right about when it’s time for them to sleep… because they know I love it when they all hang out together with no arguing The 14yo even rubbed it in my face with, “but mum, we’re having sibling bonding time!” Little scammers.

THE KING MUST DIE has been out for a whole month! To celebrate, I’m giving away 3 signed + personalized author copies. To enter, repost this and comment below with the last great story you read!

I'm also part of this! Come ask questions! You have ways of making us talk, and those ways are mostly typing and question marks.

Friends! There’s an AMA happening over on Reddit Fantasy NOW with Orbit New Voices! Come and ask us questions! (But not in a Glokta way.) www.reddit.com/user/orbitbo...

*prepares to invoke book 2*

I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms March 10th, 2026! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

This book was incredible, y'all. Almost 600 pages, and I gobbled it up in 3 days. I quite literally could not tear myself away. 11/10.

“This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI Assistant” F*{< off. It’s only 9 pages long. Also how do you plan on summarising my dramatis personae of fantasy characters? Also f^{< off.

Every time someone bemoans prologues / epilogues, I add another ten interludes into my WIP.

do you or someone you buy gifts for love speculative fiction? activism? HAVE I GOT THE BOOK FOR YOU! Getting fantastic reviews already! Out THIS TUESDAY!

Sri Lanka is hit hard by Cyclone Ditwah with severe flooding across the island. Over a hundred and fifty are dead, and tens of thousands are displaced. Some ways you can help: vajra.me/2025/11/29/c...

My first translation! 🥹 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST came out in Italian yesterday, published by Fanucci Editore! Such a gorgeous edition, translated by Annarita Guarnieri.

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I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Such pleasing symmetry Wordle 1,623 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers

All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.

I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.

If you haven't checked out this amazing SFF series, get to it! Such a complex world and story. I just ate it up! Can't wait for the next one.

BEHOLD! Here's the fabulous cover of Being Aro, a multi-genre anthology of aromantic fiction edited by @rosieethor.bsky.social and @madelinetheauthor.bsky.social. Sam Prentice-Jones was the illustrator, and Rosie Stewart was the designer!

Here we go

First book is a banger, and look at book 2 cover!

A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....

Ok Laurence Fishburne is here you have my attention Season 4

Absolute gorgeous. (also way to go and one up me by setting your blades on fire!)

I am bitter that we're going to have to wait for it longer here in Canada, but I know the Brits often have to wait for books, so I shouldn't be. But I am. Anyway get ready by reading A Song of Legends Lost. It's good! You'll like it!

Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES Out 7th April 2026 (UK) June 9th 2026 (US/Can) Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior. Preorders open now!

I am only a decade and a bit into adulthood. I am basically a young adult. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ugh, I didn't know about this one. Of course it has all my books. Not only is that money I could use, but every sale helps those of us hanging on in the midlist keep publishing at all. Love to see hundreds of downloads on series that people complain haven't continued with more books. Yeah guess why.

A movie that takes place where you’re from

UK folk, please vote in local elections whenever possible. Hereabouts, a Tory (formerly UKIP) County Councillor, elected with a 19 vote majority on a 42.7% turn-out, has been sharing quotes from Enoch Powell on social media, seemingly as valid points for discussion.

Ok I think I’ve figured out the big Book 3 twist and it’s a corker! Feeling very smug (and also relieved that it’s finally come to me!)

Massive congrats winners of the 2025 Nommo Awards! Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa @suyidavies.com Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh @izom-chisom.bsky.social #AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky

Instagram, wdym I can only add three hashtags per post? Why you always copying TikTok, huh? Now where am I supposed to go to indulge my penchant for writing paragraph-long mashed-together phrases that tenuously link to whatever I’m currently yapping about (plus accompanying picture) huh? Kmt

every author in the class action, please file the claim.

On #TransDayOfRemembrance, we honor our trans siblings lost to fatal violence and their impact. We will not stop fighting until trans people are not just able to survive, but thrive and live safe, full, and joyful lives. May our collective grief, reflection, and action lead to a better future.

My first book deal, guys!🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️. Thank you to everyone who has read and critiqued over the years. And thank you to @ruadanbooks for giving my book a home. Coming soon in 2026 You can read the full gist here. ruadanbooks.com/author-naomi...

Just finished reading "A Song of Legends Lost" by @mhayinde.bsky.social I'm as sad that it's over as I am grateful to have enjoyed it so much! If you like SFF, don't skip this one! And a big shout-out to my local Oakland public library for carrying it @oaklibrary.bsky.social

i ran in the hail this morning it hurt my face and then my thighs went numb pls clap

In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.) clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Older cats really do have the most impressive DGAF energy.

What’s a movie you never tire of?

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A surprise drop for your weekend reading pleasure! Check out our special reprint issue: SINNERS, SAINTS & HAINTS! Guest editors: @edenroyce.bsky.social + @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social Cover by @goblinprincete.bsky.social Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥

Author Conversations in The Blerd Library: M.H. Ayinde and A Song of Legends Lost Now that a few months have passed, I interviewed Ayinde again, after the well-deserved international praise to see how things have changed and possibly get a sneak peek into Book 2!!

My last step before writing the draft is a detailed outline, here's a bit from the Spelljammer book. It's typically about 10% of the length of the finished book, and it's a sort of "shooting script" -- roughly one paragraph per scene or sub-scene describing the basic beats.

It looks like this. (Tl:dr; an outlining system that's worked for me for more than forty years.) www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2...