For this week's Top Ten Tuesday, I list the last 10 books that got a five-star rating from me. This includes awesome reads by #mattdinniman, @aptshadow.bsky.social, @denny-flowers.bsky.social, @buehlmeister.bsky.social, @jrobinsonauthor.bsky.social and more. unseenlibrary.com/2026/05/20/t...

It’s BOOK MAIL DAY! Thanks so much to @titanbooks.bsky.social for the author copies of THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS, coming to you on July 7th. I love the embossed cover! And thank you to everyone who said such nice things about it!

Buckle up, we've got a mega-sized action-packed Black Library Weekly for you this week! From a Six-Pack with @johnsollitto.bsky.social to one of the #BlackLibrary 's saddest true stories, loads of ground to cover! #Warhammer #BookSky blacklibrarian.substack.com/p/black-libr...

Painting rats.

Finishing writing a thing. I will now be painting rats.

Another Monday, another installment of Black Library Weekly! It's a Wallet Appreciation Week (no #BlackLibrary preorders), but that doesn't mean there's not plenty to talk about! blacklibrarian.substack.com/p/black-libr... #Warhammer #BookSky

@denny-flowers.bsky.social 1. your books trend on the "Morky-er" side of Orks with Valtuns waiting, Grotsniks machinations and Slitta sneaking and planning. Do you have a preference for them over the brute forcing "Gorky" orks when writing?

This good lookin' lad available for pre-order now! www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/d... #warhammer40k #orks #blacklibrary

Today in the Black Library, Jay looks at the Denny Flowers ork saga Ghazghkull Thraka, Warlord of Warlords!

Brian Bolland

Life imitating art.

Da Freebooterz Code! Both the defaced by me special edition and the hardcover are available for pre-order next week! www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

I think the general drying up of social media might be a healthy thing for me. It has become a constant idle distraction when I really should be focusing on my fantasy football team.

A reminder that if you're in or near Nottingham on Tuesday June 30th (or indeed if you wish to travel from further afield) then at 7pm at Nottingham Waterstones you can see ME being interviewed by JOHN FRENCH about This Is Where The Future Bleeds, on release day! www.waterstones.com/events/mike-...

Tomb Kings done. That makes six teams.

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

Can we arrange for JD Vance to campaign for Farage?

Wee hoo! My Warhammer novel "Shade of Khaine" is out in paperback today! Go get 'em!

This Is Where The Future Bleeds is out at the end of June, and I'm starting to book in some events! So if you want to see me interviewed by @johnfrench.bsky.social, then get your tickets for Nottingham Waterstones on launch day, June 30th! www.waterstones.com/events/mike-...

It’s Friday once again and I have been struck down with the plague. This week the theme is…sick. So let’s see your sick* stuff. As usual I’ll repost the lot and if you like something, share it! *definitions may vary #Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday

Sick...? That's ok, the Doc will see you now!

The comic they couldn't kill is BACK! The Action 50th Anniversary Special is out 15th April - featuring HOOKJAW: NECROMONE, BY: 📝 Script: @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social ✏️ Pencils: @stazjohnson.bsky.social 🎨 Colours: Matt Soffe 💬 Letters: Rob Steen Order yours today! https://bit.ly/47BOBzc

Folks mentioned in this week's column also include: @thefluffenhammer.bsky.social Karl Kopinski, @crunchychocobo.bsky.social @wh40kbookclub.bsky.social @timwaggoner.bsky.social EasterCon, @earacherecords.bsky.social aaaand Bolt Thrower Thanks for reading! #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

My shower in Malaysia has an option I don't really want to try

Currently revising draft 1 and replacing the profanity with made up sci-fi words. This is a sweary book.

You like Orks? You like hearing their antics and shenanigans? Then read Ghazghkull Thraka: Warlord of Warlords. Why? Read the words, or the alt text. And/or listen to the audiobook version too. The performance is outstanding. Exceptionally done @denny-flowers.bsky.social.

I've had an awesome week of reading, so make sure to check out my latest #WWWWednesday featuring reads by @timayliffe.bsky.social, @denny-flowers.bsky.social, @buehlmeister.bsky.social, @aptshadow.bsky.social, @astamaki.bsky.social, @leodora.bsky.social and more. unseenlibrary.com/2026/04/03/w...

Strap in ladz! It's lootin' time! Coming soon... www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl... #warhammer40k #orks

Oh hey @denny-flowers.bsky.social look what showed up

The Black Library Weekly is here! Some bittersweet news about the future of the feature, but some great new features in the Black Library are coming as well!

As soon as Adepticon is over I’m listening to @denny-flowers.bsky.social Ghazghkull: Warlord of Warlords and I CANNOT WAIT.

The Jetsons lied to us

Also I read MORT yesterday and man... not to reiterate something everyone already knows, but Pratchett really did have the juice. His prose is just so... dense. Like, I had to stop and remark out loud to my partner that a single line I'd just read had no fewer than three simultaneous meanings.

I maintain simultaneously that written fight/battle scenes are very hard to do well and that the encounter between the tripods and the HMS Thunderchild in War of the Worlds is one of the best ever to have done it.

When falsehoods "go unchallenged, they pile up over time and ossify into received wisdom, raised as proof purely because someone stuck them between covers" @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social on inaccurate writing & Matt Goodwin's book @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/03/23/m...

This may be the greatest signs on a comic shop window ever made...

Eight years ago today, my Black Library debut went live. And I had no idea that MERCY, my original Sister Augusta short, would begin such an epic journey! #warhammer #warhammer40k www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40...

Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the sold-out 20th anniversary re-release of my #Warhammer40000 #SistersOfBattle novel FAITH & FIRE! Read more about this new hardcover edition (which features an intro by @danacea.bsky.social) at my blog: jswallow.com/faith-fire/ ⚜️

I like to paint Chaos Space Marines. A lot of Chaos Space Marines. #WarhammerCommunity

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Nearly at the next upgraded components stretch goal. Some more details about characters and Antagonists in future updates. www.kickstarter.com/projects/idw...

And in the wild!!

Given that Huron's back in action and now in plastic, it'd be rude not to vote for @skullqueen.bsky.social's The Gildar Rift in this Black Library Reader's Choice reprint run. Though I will say both Eye of Medusa and Crossfire are books I enjoyed too. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

I have started a whole Skaven army just to avoid painting this god damned Rhino. #warhammercommunity #nerdlings

Folks mentioned this week include Dan Abnett, David Sinclair, Chris Wraight, Neil Roberts, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, David Annandale, @denny-flowers.bsky.social Rhuairidh James, u/Hasvik212, @jbhepler.bsky.social @adriansouthin.bsky.social @andiewington.bsky.social #Warhammer #BlackLibrary #BookSky

This year marks the 20th anniversary of my #Warhammer40000 #SistersOfBattle novel FAITH & FIRE - celebrated with a new hardcover edition featuring an intro by the awesome @danacea.bsky.social out later this month. Pre-orders will go live soon, details to follow... ⚜️

On International Women’s Day, I give you a strong female lead.

Happy International Women's Day! Celebrating all women in SFF & in particular my pioneering sisters in Warhammer 40,000 💀 Thank you for creating & inspiring - it's an honour to be working in this setting with you 🖤 @skullqueen.bsky.social @danacea.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social #IWD2026

A FANTASY NOVEL? FOR £6.99?! IN THIS ECONOMY??? YES! If you'd like to pre-order my upcoming fantasy adventure novel THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS then you can do so NOW and you can do it HERE and I will love you forever (or at least be positively disposed): forbiddenplanet.com/486220-this-...