Aaahhhhhhh, I can finally confirm my pun-riddled fantasy heist is coming to life! Expect ridiculous heists, excellent tailoring, terrible jokes, and high stakes. 9 months and counting, baby!

Just finished Atomic Coffin by @benedictanning.bsky.social. Cold war, submarines, and existential dread. A claustrophobic nightmare. 10/10 - don't think I'll ever be able to listen to Jefferson Airplane ever again.

Payday and the Steam summer sale? Dangerous waters indeed.

I wonder if there's a way to sleep in a cold bath without drowning.

Bloody brilliant book. Be excited.

A razor-sharp, laser-focused, super-quick read.

eavesdropping on a couple of english lit academics in st. john, i overheard confirmation of what is surely going to be the biggest literary news story of the year

Join us next week as we play a 3-part adventure from Pathfinder's Curse of the Crimson Throne, adapted to the Nimble RPG system. Four Heroes, All Betrayed By the Same Man. Will They Take Revenge or Seek Justice? Our Actual Play of Haunted Fortunes starts on 28 May! youtube.com/shorts/jlRNm...

Very hard not to be thinking about Dune at any given moment.

Got an exemplary perspective, reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey. A book that illustrates the vastness of it all, and the treasure that is our brief, beautiful glimpse of it.

Setting up a diffuser and a dehumidifier next to each other, and seeing who comes out on top.

Fiancée listens to a song called Fuck Me Eyes and I always misread the title as Fuck, Me Eyes, as in, 'I've left the brightness of my phone on max and have just unlocked it in a dark room.'

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

Discovering that any wedding venue that doesn't have its prices on its website is "probably too much" and any wedding venue that doesn't have wedding prices in its brochure is "definitely too much."

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Meet Spinosaurus mirabilis. I got to see the material and skull reconstruction in the lab last year. Lots of people have been working hard on getting this described for quite some time and it's great to finally see it published.

Mark my words, there will be an erotically charged curling TV series/film within the next few years.

Behold, the beautiful cover of THE KNIGHT WATCH, which is now available to pre-order!

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

I watched the video of today’s ICE execution - a terrible idea, don’t do it - and I find this level of state evil in America incomprehensible I’m so sorry for my US friends who are seeing this happen to their county The American govt is a rogue terrorist faction; the world must sanction it.

Fascists like climate change, because the chaos it causes will allow populist politics to go down easy, with mass starvation and refugee catastrophes. It is our duty to work against them. Join the most effective political group you can.

Will never tire of the culture shock for visiting Americans encountering the unsmiling bartender.

There's a little girl behind me in the waiting room, listing her favourite venomous snakes off in order, to her mum. As adults, we don't list off our favourite venomous snakes often enough, and evidently we should, because she's having a great time.

I am leisurely making my way through Ursula Le Guin’s “Always Coming Home” and I came across a poem I just have to share. The ending especially slaps.

The murder of Renee Good just confirms what anyone with a lick of sense has known for years - ICE is the American Gestapo. Protected identities, zero accountability, and unchecked power. If the officer responsible isn't charged with murder by the state then I don't know where that leaves the US.

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

Can highly recommend Broken Veil. Six-part pod that has some supremely chilling moments, and gets in deep into what scares us.

A phone is the cigarette for the eyes. In a few swipes you can see: book recommendation list - tradwife baking - war crimes - a cat - hierarchical polycule which is somehow just as misogynistic as the tradwife thing - a meme that needs you to watch a seven hour video to understand - AI slop - a cat.

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

My favourite time of year has come - when Tom sends me his beautiful illustrations of scenes from my book in his Christmas card. Thank you so much! And a merry Christmas to you too @thomasdlee.bsky.social! 🎄

Finished reading Children of Time last night and here's my screaming-hot take on it; it's really, really good.

I am very pleased to announce that I am supporting the wonderful Goldsboro Writing Academy to provide funded places on their courses for writers from low-income and under-represented backgrounds in 2026 and in 2027. For more details contact Phil Vinter or visit the @goldsborowritingacademy website!

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In the latest Predator film, they have a shot inside the Predator's ship with a mounted T. rex skull. Which leaves us with at least three options: A) The Predators have had space faring technology for a *minimum* of 65 million years and all they've done with it is be big game hunters.

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Had a bloody fang-tastic (sorry) time with The Feeding by @anthonyryan.bsky.social. Characters as ruthless as the world they occupy, yet human enough to go to extraordinary lengths for one another, and still treasure the arts that we do. And the feeders are a savage twist on a classic which I loved!

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Had a cracking time with Elder Race by @aptshadow.bsky.social. The coalesce of both bits of SFF is always my jam, and this one has a lovely, warm sense of adventure about it. Tackles depression in a kind and hopeful way, and left me feeling optimistic.

Watched 'The Assessment' tonight, a 2024 sci-fi about parents being tested to see if the state thinks they should be allowed children. Bound to touch a few nerves regarding a bunch of current issues. Pulls at the seams of society. An important film, well worth your time.

My first full length Warhammer novel sees me doing my alien mindset schtick with the Seraphon, the lizard warriors of the Mortal Realms.

Stormed through The Buffalo Hunter Hunter today and for me it's a contemporary masterpiece. Admittedly I'm a prime target for it, loving both the period and vampires. But man, every corner of it has been so deeply considered, researched, and executed. Massively inspired @sgj.bsky.social 🔥

Just over an hour until I ask Gareth lots of questions. Come along!

Got a whiff of coffee at work and felt my eyes dilate like a shark.

I think the Jurassic Park/World movies would benefit in dramatic terms from treating dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles less like monsters and more like animals.

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