Thanks very much to Nils for this thoughtful review! And I don't know, isn't it Christmasy in its way?!

I've been meaning to read some Robert Jackson Bennett for many years but I'm halfway through The Tainted Cup and feel I wasn't adequately prepared for how very entertaining this is.

I have a hard time thinking of any setting I'd like to visit, or that I'd even survive in for an extended period of time. That said, the Roc, from the Blood Scouts series by @fantasticphil.bsky.social is an amazingly realised setting, and I look forward to exploring it further. #AMoRaR

Dealing with some Kafka-level nonsense trying to repair a cable in my hallway. Too convoluted to explain, but the result so far is that we now have another cable hanging across our bedroom window and our provider no longer has the right to touch the hallway cable.

I wonder if other Phil Williams authors get spam emails about my books the way I do about theirs. Or am I just taking on the spam for all the Phil Williamses out there.

Diving back into The Blood Scouts today. Thanks @fantasticphil.bsky.social - and it was great to meet you in Brighton!

Hello! My name is Johannes T. Evans (he/him), and I am a gay, transgender, disabled author of fantasy, romance, horror, and erotic fiction based in West Yorkshire. I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website: www.johannestevans.co.uk

Had a lovely, tiring past few days at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social - even though the dealer's room was a bit quiet I feel our Syndicate table put on a tremendous display. And we were within a hair's breadth of selling out of However Many Must Die in the end (thanks to Rob!).

Had a fun day running this table, tossing books at strangers, and even got a panel in. You can still come find us at World Fantasy Con tomorrow for all your booky needs.

The Syndicate table is looking very spiffy at World Fantasy Con if I do say so myself. Featuring books from a tremendous range of indie authors including Rob Hayes, JE Hannaford, Alicia Wanstall-Burke, El McInerney, Graham Austin-King, David Green and me. David's books are flying particularly fast!

If you're in Brighton for World Fantasy Con this weekend and want to check out a bookshop, I highly recommend popping into Afrori Books on North Rd.

On my way to Brighton for World Fantasy Con and in the time it's taken for my delayed train to arrive the glorious sunshine has died. Though it was a bit warm for October to be fair, best calm it down.

It's time for the obligatory A Winter's Mercy arrow pic so you know exactly what we're in store for. Expect: 😄 Cheery camaraderie 👍 🌲 Creepy woods and creepier creatures 🐺 ❤️ Heart-warming to heart-breaking 💔 🧙 Battle mages and big artillery 💥 💃 Fun, fun, sorrow, fun 🙍‍♂️

If you're around for World Fantasy Con in Brighton this week and are looking for a genuine Phil Williams novel, here's the price list for all the books I'll have available at our table. I'm about to start experimenting with how many I can fit in a bag to take with me on the train.

I'm watching Hell House Llc and went to the toilet and when I turned back I found the sofa suddenly like this.

A WINTER'S MERCY is OUT TODAY! With all the awfulness in the world, this is the perfect time to dive into a spectacularly bleak war story masquerading as a cheery romp! Go on, you know you want to! phil-williams.co.uk/a-winters-me...

And don't forget to watch this creepy bookshelf animation to get yourself in the wrong mood for the book. youtu.be/_gbZarudBzI

Get this book! It says it's bleak and that's all you need to know!

Looking forward to this bought mine you should get on this too...

Congratulations on your #NewRelease, Phil! #PubDay

A WINTER'S MERCY is OUT TODAY! With all the awfulness in the world, this is the perfect time to dive into a spectacularly bleak war story masquerading as a cheery romp! Go on, you know you want to! phil-williams.co.uk/a-winters-me...

House of Splinters is Apple's audio book of the week, only £4.99 until 2 November 2025

I say A Winter's Mercy is out tomorrow but a series of tricksy circumstances (I forgot to confirm the preorder files) have led to me hitting publish on the paperback on Amazon early so you can actually order the print version there already.

A Winter's Mercy is out tomorrow and it's had some lovely reviews, including this on Fantasy Faction: "a dark, muddy, and deeply human military fantasy that manages to be both brutal and heartwarming... If you have read the first two books, this one is a must." fantasy-faction.com/2025/a-winte...

Spotted a very generous and comprehensive new review of Dyer Street Punk Witches on Beneath a Thousand Skies - I really admire reviewers that put in so much thought, especially when I can see the book's resonated so well! Massive thanks and respect due. beneathathousandskies.co.uk/2025/10/24/b...

A glowing review for A Winter's Mercy! Thanks so much to Jen, I am honoured.

I don't know, this has really got nothing to do with the book but I've been mucking about with 3D models and animations and such, and it's Shocktober, so somehow this seemed like a good idea at the time. #3danimation #books #horror youtu.be/_gbZarudBzI

Uh oh scary things happening with this video over on Tiktok

At World Fantasy Con, Brighton next week, we have a table as Indie Syndicate! If you’ve wanted a physical, signed book by any of us, now is your chance!! @robjhayes.bsky.social @grahamaustinking.bsky.social @aliciawanstallb.bsky.social @fantasticphil.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social

I don't know, this has really got nothing to do with the book but I've been mucking about with 3D models and animations and such, and it's Shocktober, so somehow this seemed like a good idea at the time. #3danimation #books #horror youtu.be/_gbZarudBzI

I hear my wife in the other room say 'play Billie Eilish', and Material Girl comes on very loudly. She sings along happily for a minute before I point out that is not Billie Eilish.

First review in (I'm aware of) for A Winter's Mercy from the too-kind @damodangerlarkin.bsky.social ! "one hell of an action-packed gut punch" www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

First review in (I'm aware of) for A Winter's Mercy from the too-kind @damodangerlarkin.bsky.social ! "one hell of an action-packed gut punch" www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Great that now I'm getting so many gen AI book marketing emails that sending them to spam is starting to confuse my email client into sending genuine client enquiries to spam too.

Amazon UK appears to randomly have at least one copy of Blue Angel available at £9.99, which is a third off the list price, in case anyone's itching to get their hands on the second book in the Ordshaw series cheap.

Sundries for World Fantasy Con have dropped! Finally some fresh packs of Punk Witches cards and some delightful assorted coasters/discs of wonder.

Wayward is a solid show, we enjoyed it, and I suspect its bizarrely low imdb rating has something to do with people getting irrationally upset about the fact that Mae Martin exists as a person.

Wayward is a solid show, we enjoyed it, and I suspect its bizarrely low imdb rating has something to do with people getting irrationally upset about the fact that Mae Martin exists as a person.

Ahh a very happy book birthday to @spookypurcell.bsky.social! That's me sorted for a few days.

I'm reading Autocracy, Inc, and it is quite frankly more scary than any horror book I could be reading.

Ahoy, as Shocktober is upon us, I have blogged! Here are my favourite horror reads of the past year or so (that I have read; they're a mix of old and new). phil-williams.co.uk/top-10-horro...

Ahoy, as Shocktober is upon us, I have blogged! Here are my favourite horror reads of the past year or so (that I have read; they're a mix of old and new). phil-williams.co.uk/top-10-horro...

WATCH NOW: Realm Raiders: The Complete Project is up now! Find out more about the collaborative writing project - how it came together and what the highlights were. With @philspeculates.bsky.social, @patricksamphire.bsky.social, @fantasticphil.bsky.social and @simonkewin.co.uk. youtu.be/X5h-87CT0Xc

It boggles the mind that our current government appear to be making things even worse than the previous one. It's like they're actively trying to run everyone and everything into the ground.

Want to know what's coming up today? ⬇️ 1pm BST: Predicting the Future 3pm BST: War, Wounds and Battlescenes 6pm BST: Realm Raiders 7pm: No Such Thing as a Stupid Question 8.30pm: Interview: Graham Austin King 9.00pm: Live Launch Party: Phil Parker

Saw a terrific adaptation of Lord of the Flies at Chichester Festival Theatre the other day, I would highly recommend it if have a chance to see it.

This month on my ELT site I'm sharing The English Tenses Practical Grammar Guide free, and I've penned this article to discuss the success of the book, and it's tribulations along the way. I made some costly mistakes, but eventually turned it around! englishlessonsbrighton.co.uk/english-tens...

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

Hey I made a video to show off this big old stack of books I have acquired! www.instagram.com/reel/DPEfJrk...

Closing in on 1.5 million. Keep it going, folks! #PapersPlease petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...