Forgot to share yesterday - sneaky cover reveal for @derekkunsken.bsky.social's THE QUANTUM DAWN over on @scifinow.bsky.social! www.scifinow.co.uk/books/the-qu...

Eastercon – a place of hope and resistance This weekend it was Eastercon - Iridescence. Held in Birmingham, UK. It was very busy and we were in a hotel large enough to also accommodate the 500 attendees of the anime con known as HaruhiCon. It was lovely to see everyone again but my main take away…

I'm running demo games of the new Tunnels & Trolls: A New Age roleplaying game next Saturday, 11th April, at @eclecticgames.bsky.social in Reading! Sessions are at 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm and last about an hour. Tickets are free, and available here: www.eclecticgames.co.uk/c/event-tick...

What in wonderful book. I think @aptshadow.bsky.social has really surpassed himself. Builds to something really emotional and incredible.

Fantasy Hive drop one of the first reviews of MORTEDANT's PERIL and i think they liked it... "Mortedant’s Peril is a shining demonstration of an author going from strength to strength...an absolute triumph of a page-turning fantasy murder-mystery." (Possible minor spoilers.)

Pagans by James Alistair Henry Pagans is something so fresh it feels like it has existed forever. It's a story where Christianity never took root in the UK, nor the rest of the world for that matter. As a result of the Norman robber barons not invading in 1066, the UK never wound up being united…

Typo of the weak: There were still ears in his eyes.

Or... lynx defends itself from angry kung-fu rat.

Just upping it for the evening crew. CAAAATS IIIIIIN SPAAAAACE!

Do you with you had 25% off MORTEDANT'S PERIL when it's released in May? A book @aptshadow.bsky.social called 'an ingenious story in a beautifully crafted world,' and @decastell.bsky.social called 'a fabulous fantasy mystery'? Well the #BNPreorder can MAKE THAT WISH COME TRUE (in the next post)

A novel about a medium who isn't and his pansexual Sikh gangster friend stumbling into a murder mystery? "Shameless if it was a crime novel"? I don't think ANYBODY wants that, RJ Dark, never mind 25% off at Barnes and Noble for preorders. #BNPreorder www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-numbers-...

Trying to find the fictional name for a band and you realise that the Black Metal genre has already taken them all.

A significant book birthday, THE STORMCALLER is 20 years old today! It's publication was a turning point in my life & I'm so pleased it's still in print by @gollancz.bsky.social along with the rest of the series! I'll raise a glass of the good stuff to it tonight! www.amazon.co.uk/Stormcaller-...

Always delightful to see Your book in your local store :-) @waterstones.bsky.social

These folks who don't want copyright after the life of the author...motherfucker, who do you think is deprived of quality time when we write the damn books? The sacrifice is not individual. That narrative is incorrect. Families/beneficiaries should be compensated too. Act like you know.

It's World Book Day. Thank you to everyone who ever bought or read a book of mine, even if you hated it. If you've never read a book of mine, but you've read A book, thank you too. A rising tide raises all ships. You're still enabling me 😁 The most important thing is: read more books!

I know Joe, he's a great writer, if urban fantasy is your thing this is well worth taking a bite out of. (See what I did there.)

OUT NOW! An author we don't like. A game we can't play. A novelization that's... surprisingly tolerable if we grade on a curve. But with @patrickhwillems.bsky.social and @thelastmachine.bsky.social joining to discuss Shadowkeep, the conversation earns an A+ easily. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Saying goodbye to Tom Noonan by watching my favourite performance of his as Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter.

Typo fo the week: Soymaster instead of Spymaster.

Here we go. It's Friday, and this dropped.

GOOD NEWS! Waterstones are also offering 25% off my new book MORTEDANT'S PERIL with the code FEB26. I've seen a few reviews I can't talk about yet and it all looks pretty good so far.' Only one way to know, right? AND save money. BARGAIN. #WPreorder

My short story Walls, in Creative Futures is about the death of the nation state and what replaces that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2sp...

Chatting Alien Cult with the guys @authorizedpod.bsky.social and @markstay.bsky.social. Cows. (One day I'll be able to fully explain the xenomorph/custard connection): open.spotify.com/show/68YhhFL...

Always a pleasure to be a guest on @authorizedpod.bsky.social but doubly so when discussing Alien Cult by @gavingsmith.bsky.social The book is thrilling stuff and we discover that the real enemy is… cows. 🐄

Hello fine folks. My latest novel, the weird-assed space opera, Project Hanuman, is on the BSFA longlist. If you're a member could I ask that you consider voting for it in the best novel category? You should also vote for a bunch of other stuff :-) You can vote here: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

I had a great time with @gavingsmith.bsky.social’s ALIEN CULT, which starts as a cool future noir, then becomes a frontier western, and then all hell breaks loose. A really entertaining and engaging read. Highly recommended.

It's been out almost two months but I wanted to re-up my timeline with some Project Hanuman love. You can find it at all your bookstores and in audio too. I'll leave you with what @gavingsmith.bsky.social thought of it. #SFF #spaceopera #scifi

Thanks to Mark for this opportunity! Have a watch/listen to hear me talking about writing in the Alien universe, writing in general and Christmas films, whilst quite ill (I recall being faintly hysterical).

Todays typo: A bowel of soup.

Join me TONIGHT with Gavin G Smith on the Creative Differences Livestream on TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER, 8PM GMT. Gavin's latest novel is ALIEN CULT, set in the Aliens universe and we'll discuss that and his incredible career! Join us on FB: fb.me/e/9aywRGDAi Or on YT: www.youtube.com/live/kCuVPEZ...

Project Hanuman by @stewarthotston.com continues to rack up wonderful reviews.

Stew was kind enough to review Alien: Cult on Nerds of a Feather.

It's finally here! Thank you for your patience but Alien: Cult, the result of nearly 40 years of Loving the Alien* is finally here on 25/11/2025! I hope you guys love it as much as I did writing it: titanbooks.com/8789-alien-c... *As Bowie would have it. #alien #aliens @titanbooks.bsky.social

You still have two weeks (well almost) to get Romanitas for 99p!

Lovely review of Project Hanuman here:

You never want to plagiarise but my gods I'm putting a lot of effort into not using "It rains, you get wet." in current project. Such a concise way to sum up the consequences of violence. I suspect @oneblakeminute.bsky.social knows what I'm talking about.

Today's typo. Valahala. I just think it sounds more fun.

THIS is a truly magnificent cover. The fiendish @gavingsmith.bsky.social taking us into the Alien Universe, and you betcha life I’m reading this next. ALIEN CULT … Check it! Many thanks to mighty @titanbooks.bsky.social for the copy!

Ooh, look what the book fairies brought me today! Excitement levels very high for this one. @gavingsmith.bsky.social ’s ALIEN: CULT is out on 25th November!

I have a very strong memory of D&D being banned in Inverness at some point in the 1980s because of the Satanic Panic but I can find nothing online about it. Can anyone else remember anything about this? Points if you know of any sources on the matter.

Some gorgeous #BookPost - coming this November is this exciting science fiction novel Project Hanuman by Stewart Hotston - thanks to @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

Today's typo: ...an expression on his face as though he really hadn’t liked the taste of the last think he’d eater.

Some holiday reading with @sarahpinborough.bsky.social

For any SFFers in Somerset, @starkholborn.bsky.social & I will be in conversation at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social, Bath’s loveliest bookshop, on July 17th. Join us for a glass of wine, a nice sit down, & potentially some vaguely sci-fi discussion @solarisbooks.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social

Out on thursday in the UK;-)

I'm a little bit late to this as ever but here is the first chapter of Alien: Cult, out later this year!