One for the creators and writers: How do you build immersive worlds in stories? My series on world building goes into all the details: open.substack.com/pub/johnfren...

Today’s haul from Page 45 in Nottingham. Honestly I could have walked out with half the shop. #comics #comicshop #books

Well this is cool: www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl... #horusheresy #warhammer #warhammer40k

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I meant to post something smart today, I really did. Maybe that article on how Alien Earth's use of Peter Pan relates to the Magnus Archives, and Alan Moore quoting Enid Blyton in V for Vendetta. But I am still tired from World Fantasy Con so this is as good as it gets.

My Warhammer novel Starseer’s Ruin is up for preorder - if you want a hardback be aware the print runs are small so they go fast www.warhammer.com/en-GB/black-...

My compliments to @johnfrench.bsky.social on his new novel, “Dropsite Massacre”. He has taken one of the most infamous events of the Horus Heresy and crafted a narrative that feels simultaneously fresh, compelling, nuanced, and utterly devastating! Delightful stuff, and well worth a read!

Cado Ezechiar, The Hollow King. #warhammer #warhammerageofsigmar #vampire

Fabius Bile talking to an Emperor’s Children Astartes as he turns down the sensory level in his brain is sending me. I take the same tone with the kids. “You might want to play video games all day, but you have chores to do…” 😂 -from Dropsite Massacre, by @johnfrench.bsky.social #Warhammer

aaaa! it’s here! can’t wait to tuck into some fresh @johnfrench.bsky.social

A vividly evocative description of the warp that feels very Frenchian, if you will. Delightful! -from Dropsite Massacre, by @johnfrench.bsky.social #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

If you like your stories in the finest audio format, Dropsite Massacre is out now read by the amazing Jonathan Keebler. Go get it, go listen. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FX5WQY1... #horusheresy #warhammer #warhammer40000

"I'm waiting, young man."

New Horus Heresy book available now!? Hell yeah! Just downloaded and looking forward to more Isstvan V massacreyness (yep, that's a word all right).

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

23 years late, I am reading Seth Godin's marketing book 'Purple Cow' (I know, it's a bit late for a hot take), and so far, from this admittedly short book, I have learned that you should make good things that people like. But novel things. Always novel things. I thought I would share this revelation

‘She wears no mask…’ Spire noble with sanguinary-siphon WIP. #necromunda #warhammer40k #inq28

Mundane, but fascinating electrical component, or thing-from-your-nightmares? You decide. #horror #weird #scifi

LIBRARY ACQUISITION 10/15 A little October treat for myself, the Limited Edition of The Hollow King by @johnfrench.bsky.social Beautiful tome, love the distressed appearance of age #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

I am not going to lie. I prefer Ian Culbard’s comic adaptations of Lovecraft’s stories to the originals. Stuff that does not hit in the prose (I have opinions on the prose) really works in these graphic novels. Go find them, go read them, and tell me I am wrong. #cthulhu #horror #comics

Folks mentioned this week also include: @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social Victor Pelevin, C. L. Werner, @dkbooks.bsky.social @jmreynolds.bsky.social @aconytebooks.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social Marvel Comics, @cavan.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

It getting dark outside just after the sun has come up means it's time to start reading more ghost stories, right?

The solving of "those thorny problems" is the job. That's the writing. The more you outsource it to the plagiarism engine the more you lose your hard-won ability.

Dropsite Massacre is up for preorder now. #horusheresy #warhammer www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/t...

Look, it's me talking about the Horus Heresy Dropsite Massacre novel, which is up for pre-order tomorrow: #horusheresy #warhammer #warhammer40k

‘Come and see! You must come and see!’ The Menagerie from Disciples of the Dark Gods from the #darkheresy rpg, as bodged together in miniature by me 20ish years ago. #warhammer

Folks mentioned this week include: @johnfrench.bsky.social David Annandale, @warlordguymer.bsky.social Chris Wraight, @jonathandbeer.bsky.social Nate Crowley, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, @grahammcneill.bsky.social Omar El Akkad, @ianmcdonald.bsky.social #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Dropsite Massacre is going on preorder this week! Head over to Warhammer Community for more: www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl... #warhammer #horusheresy #books

One for creative folks - Keep your notebooks. I don’t mean an app, or on your phone. I mean pen and paper. Use them and keep them, because they hold the how past you thought, how ideas formed and grew, and one day you will want to revisit that. Keep your notebooks.

10/ 10. No notes.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Prompted by some questions on Dark Heresy of old, it’s into the archives of the Tarantine Cabal I go. It’s been a long time since these words were set down. Such good times. So much craziness. #warhammer #warhammer #darkheresy #rpg

What’a this? A glimpse of Dawn of War IV? Come and see, come and see. #warhammer #dawnofwar

Yesterday was all about Innsmouth, gifts from the sea, and storm sewers... Today is all about Prohibition and Federal agents far from home... Tomorrow is looking like academics, tomes, and ill advised reading lists... Never a dull moment in a writer's life. #cthulhu #horror #1920s

Library time - the best time.

Disease. Like even now I look at it and don't understand how that is supposed to be correct.

Today is post draft book submission day, which means it’s equal parts coffee, reading and figuring out where on earth I left the other projects I am working on. #writing #books #coffee

I love the Time Travelers series by Ian Mortimer. They perfectly hit that part of history that a writer really wants to know - not what happened, but what it was like to be live then. Highly recommended.

Time to put the gang together. #warhammer #warhammerageofsigmar #vampires

Editing time. Today is a day of cutting words like they ar-

The reveals have been coming pretty steadily over at WarCom. VERY excited for this one, and it’s by @johnfrench.bsky.social! #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

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Dropsite Massacre novel coming this year. So excited that news of this is out in the wild. Follow the link and find out more: #horusheresy30k #warhammer #spacemarines

Thunder's Edge: Echoes of Memory – A Twilight Imperium Novel by Sarah Cawkwell is available to pre-order now! A prequel to the Thunder’s Edge expansion from @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social, follow Hacan war hero Harrugh Gerfara as he leads an expedition of survival! books2read.com/TWIThundersE...

Fantastic bit of world building

Such a good book!

So amazing to have been part of the team for the return of Dawn of War for its IVth installment. Here’s the link for more info: www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl... #dawnofwar #warhammer #warhammer40000

Made a little progress on a Stryder-Rau Armiger that’s been 70% done for ages. Lady Allay Stellis, The Polar Star, Squire of House Stryder.

Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.

Book arrivals I’ve already listened to the groundedness book, which was excellent, but I wanted a physical copy to reference. The Craft of Fiction is referenced a lot in the evolution of ‘Show, Don’t Tell’, which I’m writing a Substack about at the moment. At a glance it’s certainly of its time…