Peter Darbyshire
@peterdarbyshire.bsky.social
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I write books and stories. Sometimes I even publish them. peterdarbyshire.com
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This makes reviews by real readers even more important.
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Happy Valentine's Day!
7 days ago
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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?
11 days ago
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Short story club! Book club! Let's do both!
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17 days ago
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"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
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www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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23 days ago
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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
about 1 month ago
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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-...
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A fantastic book with a fantastic cover!
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about 1 month ago
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This is very sad news. Thinking of Hal today.
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about 1 month ago
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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.
about 2 months ago
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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!
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2 months ago
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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/...
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📚 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-...
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How to fix book publishing
This is the 307th edition of SHuSH, the newsletter of The Sutherland House Inc.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-180628703
3 months ago
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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.
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3 months ago
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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...
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Behind the Screens: Tuesday Author Interview
Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Zilla: Peter Darbyshire is back to tell us about the latest installment of Cros…
https://nightbeatseu.ca/2025/11/25/behind-the-screens-tuesday-author-interview-178/
3 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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"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...
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How the Fight to Save Canadian Publishing from the American Market Shaped My 50-Year Career | The Walrus
“Books are not mere merchandise. Books are a nation thinking out loud”
https://thewalrus.ca/i-was-warned-theres-little-money-to-be-made-in-publishing/
3 months ago
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Very sad to the end of On Spec. I hope everyone involved knows what a difference they made over the years.
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3 months ago
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I don’t know where Pluribus is going but I’m strapping in after those first two episodes!
3 months ago
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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-...
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Angel Azrael Visits the Trading Post at the End of the World a Final Time by Peter Darbyshire
Azrael went back to the dead horse and considered the trading post for a moment. Whatever was going on here, he had no choice but to walk into it. Nakir had to be still inside, after all. She never le...
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-angel-azrael-visits-the-trading-post-at-the-end-of-the-world-a-final-time/
4 months ago
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reposted by
Peter Darbyshire
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine
4 months ago
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...
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #444 by Scott Andrews
Scary stories for the Halloween season by Peter Darbyshire--a new tale in his series of the gunslinging fallen angel Azrael--and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe--a sequel to his Ignyte Award-winning story “A Witc...
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-444/
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Kristi Charish
4 months ago
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...
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Space: We’re Probably All Going to Die
Our greatest tools (arguably our imaginations over our opposable thumbs) can’t work on coming up with solutions if we’re not looking at the problem from all angles.
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/space-were-probably-all-going-to-die/
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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
4 months ago
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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...
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - A Random Walk Through the Goblin Library by Chris Willrich
“Oh, no, not at all. I have not retired, and neither have my informants. My informants are dead. I am a necromancer, grandchild. The pool of possible spies is far larger among the dead than the living...
https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-random-walk-through-the-goblin-library/
4 months ago
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Peter Darbyshire
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine
4 months ago
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...
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #444
Issue #444 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Peter Darbyshire and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe and cover art by Bruce Brenneise.
https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-444/
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I’ve written a new Azrael the Angel Gunslinger tale!
#weirdwest
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4 months ago
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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!
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5 months ago
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🧛♀️🪐 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
5 months ago
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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...
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The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
https://thewalrus.ca/the-publishing-industry-has-a-gambling-problem/
5 months ago
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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.
5 months ago
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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...
5 months ago
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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.
5 months ago
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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...
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Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI settlement
Lawyers said it’s believed to be the largest-ever settlement in a US copyright case, paying about $3,000 per book.
https://www.theverge.com/anthropic/773087/anthropic-to-pay-1-5-billion-to-authors-in-landmark-ai-settlement?fbclid=IwY2xjawMoUoRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnCjmibSWJnEFc-q-VB6X9Lqg1T3xqmsEmAcrdJhZYVWZ6YCpArHjGsDDR9U_aem_No2LjRmfQykaYm9Ns4KReQ
6 months ago
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reposted by
Peter Darbyshire
Paul Vermeersch
6 months ago
It's ALIVE!!!! Today is the official pub date for NMLCT, published by
@ecwpress.bsky.social
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"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...
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Peter Darbyshire on plotting, passion, and a writer's voice
In this question and answer interview with author Peter Darbyshire, he explores his creative process. He discusses his shift from a "pantser" to a "plotter," embracing a more structured approach to wr...
https://www.oncreativewriting.com/post/peter-darbyshire-on-plotting-passion-and-a-writer-s-voice
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Peter Darbyshire
Paul Vermeersch
6 months ago
The first review of NMLCT is here, just days from its official release. Thanks to Rob McLennan. "Vermeersch builds his bricks of lyric narrative in lengthy and even gymnastic lines, more oriented in propulsive, almost staccato, sound than in his prior work"
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/08/paul...
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I imagine more Canadian publishers will be following suit shortly.
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6 months ago
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What's the state of Canadian lit mags? Most editors feel their magazines are not sustainable. Remember, if you like a magazine/creator, subscribe to keep them going!
litmags.ca/survey/
#CanLit
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State of Lit Mags 2024 – Literary Magazines Canada Collective
https://litmags.ca/survey/
7 months ago
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"My great-grandmother told me a story about how her uncle went missing and he was taken away by witches. That was one of the originating stories."
@silviamg.bsky.social
on her new novel, The Bewitching.
www.goodreads.com/interviews/s...
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia's New Gothic Novel Is Bewitched, Bothered, and Emboldened
Three women are bewitched across time and space in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s latest Gothic ghost story, The Bewitching. Minerva is a foreign exchange student on...
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1595.Silvia_Moreno_Garcia
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reposted by
Peter Darbyshire
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine
7 months ago
BCS opened for submissions 17 years ago this month, July 2008, and has been open continuously since. Writing all submission replies with personalized comments. And we're still going! Send us your great character-driven secondary-world setting stories.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia
8 months ago
Alec-Nevala Lee interviewed me for NYT! The story mentions Lovecraft (my thesis was on women, eugenics & HPL), how weird it was when they optioned Mexican Gothic, & that I don't watch superhero flicks (sorry! I gorge on Sinners & Nosferatu, not Marvel. mmm... Horror)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/b...
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A Best-Selling Horror Writer’s Biggest Fear? Being Recognized.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/books/review/silvia-moreno-garcia-interview-the-bewitching.html
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One of my earliest memories is a teacher trying to show us Watership Down. Maybe Grade 1 or so. We all freaked out so hard she had to turn it off. I've never trusted teachers since.
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"That's what faith and the divine is, isn't it? A line stretching from little beings like us, to the ineffable, the incomprehensible." My book club recently read A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett and there was so much to talk about!
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reposted by
Peter Darbyshire
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine
8 months ago
Thank you to all who supported or donated to BCS this week! It goes to pay our authors, artists, podcast narrators, and First Readers (staff pay is important too). We really appreciate it. Anyone else, if you'd like to support BCS, check out our Patreon. THANK YOU!
www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas...
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Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
https://www.patreon.com/beneath_ceaseless_skies
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Book bans are never about the books. They're about control.
thewalrus.ca/albertas-boo...
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Alberta’s Book Ban Is a Blatant Act of Cultural Vandalism | The Walrus
The push to sanitize school collections erases what literature is for: knowledge, discovery, the freedom to think
https://thewalrus.ca/albertas-book-ban-is-a-blatant-act-of-cultural-vandalism/
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"This was Middle-earth with nobody in it! No Men, no Ringwraiths, no Elves or Dwarves or Orcs, no conflicts or battles or rousing speeches or hobbity wisecracking or escapes in the nick of time. This was just nature. Growth, decay, wind and rain."
thomaswharton.substack.com/p/what-if-to...
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What if Tom Bombadil had written The Lord of the Rings?
On rewilding Tolkien
https://thomaswharton.substack.com/p/what-if-tom-bombadil-had-written?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1329279&post_id=162905309&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1tfcym&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
8 months ago
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies has been incredibly important to me as a reader and a writer. If you’re looking for new reads, I strongly recommend their monthly Patreon!
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If there's one thing every writer needs, it's a second brain. No, not a brain in a jar in your desk! (No judgement, though.) I mean a system for organizing your writing life. What's your second brain? (Or third brain, or fourth brain....)
peterdarbyshire.com/2025/04/15/t...
#thewritelife
8 months ago
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reposted by
Peter Darbyshire
Gabino Iglesias
8 months ago
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Franc Kaiser.
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