Roger Zelazny was one of the first writers to show me how lyrical and poetic writing could be, to say nothing of being wildly imaginative, genre blending and just plain funny at times. This is a wonderful honour for a wonderful writer.

So looking forward to this one!

I’m thrilled and honoured to see my latest book, The Wonder Lands War, get a shoutout at Transactions With Beauty! Transactions With Beauty features thoughtful mediations on art, books, calmness, culture and everything else we need to be our best selves. transactionswithbeauty.com/home/threebo...

Happy World Theatre Day! Is there any place more magical than the theatre, where we can all create new worlds together? Maybe even worlds better than this one? peterdarbyshire.com/2026/03/27/h...

What happens when the angel gunslinger Azrael rides into a strange town of the dead and becomes trapped in a supernatural card game? Find out in "The Angel Azrael and the Dead Man's Hand," a Locus recommended read. #WeirdWestWednesday www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

What if your favourite places from books were real? I'm over at @maryrobinettekowal.com's My Favourite Bit to discuss The Wonder Lands War, where the immortal rogue Cross ventures into the faerie realm that inspired the Wonderland tales in order to save Alice. maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...

Want to support Canadian creators? Check out the On Spec 2026 Kickstarter. I just backed them because now more than ever we need to help build a stronger Canadian culture. www.kickstarter.com/projects/edw...

Most books published now are self-published? Interesting article on the increase in the number of books published with ISBNs in the U.S. jumping 32.5% in 2025, with the majority of books being self-pubbed (3.5 million of 4 million). www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Fun fact: Lewis Carroll’s inspiration for the Wonderland tales was his visits to the real Wonder Lands, a chaos realm ruled by faerie that had enchanted him. Learn all about it in The Wonder Lands War. Out now in magical book emporiums near you! peterdarbyshire.com/the-wonder-l...

A pair of immortals live through the ages, getting caught in history and myth, hanging out with characters such as Odysseus and Nietzsche, while locked in a deadly dance. No, I’m not talking about my Cross books. This is the premise of Stan On Guard by KR Wilson. guernicaeditions.com/products/sta...

What happens when angels fall from the sky into a community of retired superheroes who just want the world to end? Find out in Has the World Ended Yet?, a collection of #WeirdLit apocalypses for a strange world. peterdarbyshire.com/has-the-worl...

“In the beginning was an angel, a church and a knife.” Read The Mona Lisa Sacrifice, the book that kicked off the Cross series. 🪽 A holy war among the angels fought on earth 💫 Mischievous faerie with their own agenda 🗡️ An immortal rogue caught in the middle peterdarbyshire.com/the-mona-lis...

Spring is coming and with it will come a bloom of new books. So it’s a good time to remind people I still have a new book out! The Wonder Lands War is a supernatural thriller full of magic libraries, enchanted islands, immortal rogues, scheming angels and more. peterdarbyshire.com/the-wonder-l...

It's Freedom to Read Week in Canada. 📚💪📚 Now more than ever we need to stand against censorship and support intellectual freedom! #FTRW26 #FreedomToRead

Looking to support Canadian indie bookstores? Check out www.booksellers.ca!

This makes reviews by real readers even more important.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Be your own book section. I’ve seen a lot of conversation online about the Washington Post shutting down its book review section, and it's sad to see this happen no matter its cause. There are only a handful of books sections left, and their days are probably numbered. So what's the answer?

Short story club! Book club! Let's do both!

"A wonderfully strange tale of angels, nephilim, humans, and more in an apocalyptic Weird West." A nice review of "The Angel Azrael Encounters the Revelation Pilgrims and Other Curiosities" published in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

A reminder that I have a new book out: The Wonder Lands War. 🪽 Diabolical angels hunting for God's bible! ⚔️ An immortal rogue! 💫 Scheming faerie! 📖 Book characters run wild in our world! Visit your local bookstore or order online. More info: 🔗https://peterdarbyshire.com/the-wonder-lands-war

Delighted at this review of my latest Azrael weird western tale! Review by @mariahaskins.com in @locusmag.bsky.social. "The Angel Azrael Visits the Trading Post at the End of the World a Final Time" was published in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

A fantastic book with a fantastic cover!

This is very sad news. Thinking of Hal today.

Did you get an e-reader this holiday season and need to fill it up? My books are all available in e-book form, including my latest, The Wonder Lands War! ⚔️ Immortal rogues run amok! 🪽 Diabolical angels starting holy wars! 📖 Literary characters gone wild! Visit peterdarbyshire.com for the links.

In case you missed my latest Azrael the Angel Gunslinger tale, published in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social earlier this year! 🪽 Angel gunslingers! 🧟‍♂️ Supernatural outlaws! 📖 Magic bibles! And more!

Friends, just one day left to get my books from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social for 30% off! What says Christmas more than immortal rogues, scheming angels, literary characters come to life and unpredictable faerie? Order here and apply discount at checkout: www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/...

📚 Canadian-published books account for less than 5% of the Canadian publishing market. What can be done to change the situation? How about reinventing the PLR (public lending right program) to better reward authors with Canadian publishers and the publishers themselves? substack.com/home/post/p-...

Here's your chance to get 30% off my tales of immortal rogues, scheming angels, literary characters come to life and unpredictable faerie! Links in the thread.

I'm at Night Beats discussing my new novel, The Wonder Lands War, and who the book is really for. (Spoiler: "Anyone who loves a serious mix of the literary and fantastic, who wants to see their favourite characters from other books and plays and myths in one place.") nightbeatseu.ca/2025/11/25/b...

Why do we love books about secret, hidden or forgotten texts? (Inspired by the Whispers from the Archives panel at @wcsfa.bsky.social's CONnections event.) peterdarbyshire.com/2025/11/16/w...

"Books are a nation thinking out loud." Scott McIntyre of Douglas and McIntyre on the fight to save Canadian publishing. thewalrus.ca/i-was-warned...

Very sad to the end of On Spec. I hope everyone involved knows what a difference they made over the years.

I don’t know where Pluribus is going but I’m strapping in after those first two episodes!

What happens when Azrael the Angel Gunslinger visits the Trading Post at the End of the World to repay a debt to its angel proprietor but finds a strange band of bounty hunters there? Mayhem. My latest Azrael tale is out in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

New Issue: BCS #444 out today, featuring scary stories by @peterdarbyshire.bsky.social (new Angel Azrael) and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe @oluwasigma.bsky.social (sequel to his @theignyteawards.bsky.social winning BCS story), cover art @brucedraws.bsky.social: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

My article for Grimdark is open to the public now! I talk about luck and playing chicken with solar winds(I’m looking at you Appollo 16-17). www.grimdarkmagazine.com/space-were-p...

The amazing crew at @49thshelf.bsky.social are hosting a giveaway of The Wonder Lands War, my latest Cross supernatural thriller. 🎁 Visit 49thshelf.com/Giveaways for a chance to win a copy of The Wonder Lands War. The giveaway period ends Nov. 1, so enter now! 🔗: 49thshelf.com/Giveaways

If your ideal fantasy tale is a magically written, literary labyrinth infused with Calvino, Borges, Lovecraft, necromancy, demons and supernatural libraries, then check out “A Random Walk Through the Goblin Library” by @librariangoblin.bsky.social! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-ra...

BCS #444 ebook out early @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store & subscribers, featuring scary stories by @peterdarbyshire.bsky.social (new Angel Azrael) & @oluwasigma.bsky.social (sequel to @theignyteawards.bsky.social Winner): weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

I’ve written a new Azrael the Angel Gunslinger tale! #weirdwest

Oh no! This is heartbreaking! @onspecmag.bsky.social has been so so so important not only for speculative writers but particularly for Canadian speculative writers. My first sale ever was to On Spec and it gave me the confidence to keep writing and developing. We'll all miss the magazine!

🧛‍♀️🪐 Looking for some supernatural sci-fi for Halloween? I recommend Monsters and Mainframes by @barbaratruelove.bsky.social. This one has it all -- quirky sentient ships, vampires, werewolves, aliens, evil bureaucracies, genre mashups and more. It's monstrously good! #Halloweenread

Declining news coverage for books, obsessions with sales numbers, increasingly conservative book publishers -- it's a tough time for the midlist writer and anyone else who isn't a bestseller. thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

Finding it more difficult to focus on writing, given the state of the world? You’re not alone. I’ve been leaning heavily on a few habits to deny distraction. 🚪Lock the door to your writing space if you have one. 🚫Put up a “Do Not Disturb” sign. 🗓Block time so people can’t pull you away.

The rapture seems like a good time to remind people of Has the World Ended Yet, my collection of apocalyptic tales from @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social. Angels descend upon a superhero retirement community. Deity salesmen wreck a suburban neighbourhood. And more! peterdarbyshire.com/has-the-worl...

Creators bring light to darkness. We need to support them now more than ever. 📚 Read widely. Seek out authors from small presses or outside the mainstream who don’t always get marketing or hype. 💌 Share your appreciation. A kind DM or post can be the push someone needs to finish their next book.

Wow! Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement. Maybe it would have been cheaper to license those works in the first place. www.theverge.com/anthropic/77...

It's ALIVE!!!! Today is the official pub date for NMLCT, published by @ecwpress.bsky.social!

"Writing is like life. Sometimes it’s better to push into the unknown than try to pursue some elusive perfection with what you have." I talk about the writing life at On Creative Writing. www.oncreativewriting.com/post/peter-d...