I can confirm it’s the weekend! I can confirm you deserve the latest Wombling Along with review and other things to tempt you with www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/7/...

Daily bunny no.3383 is a friend of the devil

Congratulations to Andrew Knighton, whose novella, 'Walking a Wounded Land', is a finalist for this year's British Fantasy Awards. wizardstowerpress.co...

The Dead Don't Lie, second book in the Blackstone Files, by Stephen Aryan, is a worthy sucessor to New York Minute, a well-plotted noir fantasy that gets the more from the setting and embracing the weirdness of it. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/the-... 💙📚

Kick-ass women going cheap! Both Fight Like A Girl anthologies are 25% off in the Smashwords July sale: www.smashwords.com/b...

I think we’ve made enough lemonade. Can life now please quit it with the lemons.

This next session might seem left field, but isn't that the point when you're discussing paranormal time & place? @stevetoase.bsky.social returns to Writing the Occult-land to tell us more about the dystopian worlds seen in 1970s biker pulp subculture fiction. Meet biker and horror writer Steve ⬇️

in order to show i am actively trying to engage with certain elements at work i had us testing a solution to one of our problems using Claude and GPT and one just totally failed to engage with a document and the other made up a problem that isn't there

This is so very exectly my thing, I will start my own uprising if the local cinema doesn't show it.

Today we see The Odyssey The snacks won’t be themed, alas. We coulda had *lotos petals *Scylla skewers *siren snax *wine-dark seaweed *Poseidon popcorn with golden apples *one of Odysseus’s men, why not, everyone else is eating them

It is impressive that AI might actually scale *worse* than Blockchain.

Finished reading Scratch Moss by @davidmbarnett.bsky.social yesterday & it's great. Horror that delves into the rise & fall of mining towns, the exploitation & fuckery of that whole historic arc, without dumping its characters into victimhood, & wraps it up in a neat structural bow.

HOME SICK IS OUT NOW 🪓🐑 What's up with Tamsin's neighbour? Can Tamsin get her shit together? Will I ever escape the countryside? Find the answers to 2 of these 3 questions in HOME SICK, out now in all good bookshops. @solarisbooks.bsky.social geni.us/homesick

:deep sigh: I see we are again doing "[romantasy] gives women an access point to fantasy, a traditionally male-heavy genre, both in authorship and fandom," as if there have not been women reading and writing fantasy for literal decades

Fancy trying the Wiz Duo series: two novellas in one book? Get book #1 at 25% off in the Smashwords July sale: www.smashwords.com/b...

Today's writing features war, hijacking, & a sorcerer trying to talk with a younger version of herself. Possibly to warn herself away from all the soldiers and hijackers.

Always good to see a new Interzone in the world (& also in my inbox, thanks to the magic of subscriptions).

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is CHANGE. Elizabeth's faith made her reject her family's psionic abilities as witchcraft, but DNA has a way of reasserting itself. #bookqw #witches www.benjeapes.com/index.php/wr...

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'change'. On this hot summer day, how about an extract from Joanne Hall's The Summer Goddess? In this scene, Asta finds out that being a goddess isn't as good as it seems. #BookQW wizardstowerpress.co...

Today's #BookQW word is 'change'. In this extract from The Waterborne Blade Marten's trying to convince the unreceptive former King's Man Weaver to rejoin a cause he believes lost.

Excited to be at Ink & Quill Literary Festival next week in Montrose! I'll be running a free folklore workshop on the Friday evening, then talking to @mkhardywrites.com and Angie Spoto about Scottish gothic horrors for Summerween. All the festival events here: inkandquill.co.uk/collections/...

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'change', and after crash landing on a quarantined planet Clifford's whole life is being transformed... #BookQW andrewknighton.com/all-that-is-...

For #BookQW, the word is 'change', and Essendra is given a moment to reflect on how rapidly her world is evolving. You can read the full story so far here: www.patreon.com/Queex/posts/...

Today is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is CHANGE. "Change" is a core theme of the Triempery Revelations series and, especially, of the final book, THE RILL LORD. All characters confront change: in the World, in others, and in themselves. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #bookqw

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'change' #BookQW If you'd asked Livak a couple of years ago, if she would ever work with wizards, she'd have said no chance. Now? She'll it for a chance to start a new life on her own terms. Find out more here www.julietemckenna.com/books/the-ta...

A reminder that my band Interplanetary Trash Talk is playing THIS SATURDAY at The Chapel (upstairs at The Angel Microbrewery, Stoney St) in Nottingham. Slight line-up change means that us and Fighting Evil Is Cool! are now joined by Rhythm Eaters! £7 advance, £9 otd. tinyurl.com/3f2n2v5y

Went to the *actual* data centre this morning 😀

Free fiction! My biker/prairie horror short story 'A Nebraskan Choir' is now available to read (and listen to) at @nightmare-magazine.com. You can pick up the whole issue for $3.99, and/or subscribe for just $33.52/year www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/a-ne...

Thread of my thoughts on the unevenly distributed future, and AI in publishing

Today's writing is mostly pitches & outlines, sketching the edges of ideas so I can fill them in later.

Nap Comix #422 Drop your 'Cars' theories in the comments pls. #NapComix

Daily bunny no.3380 can't see their blanket

Been blogging again, thinking about the inspiration behind Walking a Wounded Land. andrewknighton.com/finding-the-...

Folks, I am a positive person who is happy in my life and who tries to see people’s good side wherever possible and I cannot explain to you how much I fucking hate JKR’s loathsome guts.

What’s a woman? We asked The Odyssey and you’ll never believe the answer…s! 1. Bird with a lady head 2. Shapeshifting witch 3. Baddie who came out of a bird egg 4. A whirlpool maybe 5. Tentacle monster who barks like a dog 6. More different shapeshifting witch 7. Weird horny island hermit

Shouting about my short story collection "These Broken Little Worlds" once more! A tasting menu of stories incoming... 🧵 (Publisher buying options: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as... or Amazon if that's your thing: www.amazon.co.uk/These-Broken... ) /1

Been blogging again, thinking about the inspiration behind Walking a Wounded Land. andrewknighton.com/finding-the-...

Just got a personalised & very encouraging rejection from a short story market I've been coveting my whole career, & while it's not quite an acceptance, it's still the sort of boost that will keep my spirits up.

'But you served.' Be willing to help and be aware that helping often mean whatever It is, is not about you. That's how to be a good human.

Were I an incredibly rich author I would simply live my life in a way that meant I did not have to send legal threats to Amnesty International.

My sister deals with the most troubled kids in a big northern high school, calming them down when they're losing the plot, giving them structure, helping them stay engaged without harming others. Absolutely heroic stuff, & I could never. A single year of teaching almost destroyed me.

Today's writing features ghosts & history, two very different ways of experiencing the past.

Daily bunny no.3379 is powered by pure whimsy

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com Many more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld

You like science fiction? You like fantasy? Why choose when you can get them in one book‽

The Salt Oracle is so heartbreakingly good (as are @rainewilson.bsky.social's other works.) If you are a fan of literary spec fic that leaves together climate disaster, the power of stories, and the humanity it takes to save the child of Omelas, then this is the book you want.

Really sad to read about Sam Neil's passing. Seemed to be a genuinely good dude as well as a great performer.

Live a life where people talk about you after you die like they do Sam Neil.

Today's writing is mostly being replaced by reading, because I need to provide feedback on a bunch of stuff. Always good to engage critical brain. Looking forward to seeing what I learn from other's are writing, what they do that I don't, what works for them that might or might not work for me.