Alice Bell
@abeewords.bsky.social
📖 GRAVE EXPECTATIONS & DISPLEASURE ISLAND out now! THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH out Jan 2026
◦ good books ◦ murder ◦ swearing ◦
Recovering games journalist
#BWithTheT
Rep Stevie Finegan at Zeno
@totalplaytime.com
https://alicebellauthor.com/
◦ good books ◦ murder ◦ swearing ◦
Recovering games journalist
#BWithTheT
Rep Stevie Finegan at Zeno
@totalplaytime.com
https://alicebellauthor.com/
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Alice Bell
@abeewords.bsky.social
· Jun 17
💙📚 COMING JAN 2026: THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH! The owner of a pro-wrestling gym died, and his ghost is convinced he was moidered. Can Weirdo medium Claire and her dead best friend solve it? What is kayfabe? Do personal issues really draw money? Pre-order to find out: www.waterstones.com/book/the-gra...
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Not to trot out the “people will tweet anything” meme, but…
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Not to trot out the “people will tweet anything” meme, but…
I am convinced a large part of the crusade against universities as hot beds of leftwing bias and sedition is because people like Goodwin feel the need to make Nobody Wants To Be My Friend an 'its everyone else's fault!' issue
With every outright racist things he says I think back to his former students and colleagues at a pretty diverse university who had to work with someone who clearly did not respect or value them.
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I am convinced a large part of the crusade against universities as hot beds of leftwing bias and sedition is because people like Goodwin feel the need to make Nobody Wants To Be My Friend an 'its everyone else's fault!' issue
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Imagine going through life like this
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Imagine going through life like this
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There should be book clubs for babies. "I enjoyed the crinkliness of this one but I have to say the little mirror at the end was a bit predictable."
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There should be book clubs for babies. "I enjoyed the crinkliness of this one but I have to say the little mirror at the end was a bit predictable."
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"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
Huge dilemma. I need a wee, but the normally rambunctious dogs are both sleeping peacefully near the door.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Huge dilemma. I need a wee, but the normally rambunctious dogs are both sleeping peacefully near the door.
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We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
oh yes I should have said in my post earlier, my audio book has made _me_ £2550 in three years, publishers take their cut first.
Oh one thing I should add is that earning out an advance on royalties is not the same as the book being profitable to your publisher; those are different numbers, but they are frequently conflated in these discussions. Ok done. Thank you!
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
oh yes I should have said in my post earlier, my audio book has made _me_ £2550 in three years, publishers take their cut first.
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The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
And the two child benefit limit is abolished. An enormous victory for those who have campaigned tirelessly for eight long years through successive governments. This will lift at least 450,000 children out of poverty. Fewer kids will be hungry. No more women forced to disclose their rape.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
This was on the ceiling of the phlebotomy room and in fairness it really did distract me from the blood test
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This was on the ceiling of the phlebotomy room and in fairness it really did distract me from the blood test
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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Telling people to touch grass, constantly going off on how much he hates AI, getting swept up in poly drama... Truly he is the Poster's Pope
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Telling people to touch grass, constantly going off on how much he hates AI, getting swept up in poly drama... Truly he is the Poster's Pope
I was extremely pleased to get my first ever royalties on my first ever book, which came out in 2023. It was £50 from sales of the audio book, which had an advance of (if memory serves) £2,500. So the audiobook of Grave Expectations has made £2,550 in nearly three years.
The majority of books published lose money and the majority of authors do not earn out their advances if they were lucky enough to get one. If you do the math on an hourly wage, writing is frankly bonkers as any kind of career.
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I was extremely pleased to get my first ever royalties on my first ever book, which came out in 2023. It was £50 from sales of the audio book, which had an advance of (if memory serves) £2,500. So the audiobook of Grave Expectations has made £2,550 in nearly three years.
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It’s time! The Bert's Books Secret Santa.
Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.
I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!
bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.
I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!
bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It’s time! The Bert's Books Secret Santa.
Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.
I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!
bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.
I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!
bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
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Of course another consequence of removing juries from all but the most serious crimes is that those pesky juries won’t be able to find annoying protestors not guilty.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Of course another consequence of removing juries from all but the most serious crimes is that those pesky juries won’t be able to find annoying protestors not guilty.
THANK YOU, I feel like I'm taking CRAZY PILLS. Everyone can still think it's a bad article but god can you not take five minutes to read the damn thing first
I feel like we should be able to pick up the mocking tone from this headline. How do you *not* read 'the intoxicating appeal of being attacked by a Yak' as less than 200% earnest? I think we're so used to sanewashing and bullshit equivocating headlines that we see them everywhere now.
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
THANK YOU, I feel like I'm taking CRAZY PILLS. Everyone can still think it's a bad article but god can you not take five minutes to read the damn thing first
whatever you think about writing this piece at all, do feel the need to point out that the writer makes it very clear that they do not think RFK has sex appeal and the article is not kind to him.
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
whatever you think about writing this piece at all, do feel the need to point out that the writer makes it very clear that they do not think RFK has sex appeal and the article is not kind to him.
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oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
oh Americans may not understand this, but a 'magistrate' in the UK is a local volunteer with typically no legal background. But it's ok, they receive about 10 days of training. And now they can send you to jail for two years without a jury!
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Our launch trailer, btw! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYew...
HORSES Launch Date Trailer
YouTube video by Santa Ragione
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Our launch trailer, btw! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYew...
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(when my book makes a list) haha fucking check THIS out. perfect meritocracy....very cool. vERy cool.
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
(when my book makes a list) haha fucking check THIS out. perfect meritocracy....very cool. vERy cool.
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
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an absurd and destructive move from valve towards one of the most exciting studios out there
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
an absurd and destructive move from valve towards one of the most exciting studios out there
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It would be disastrous if Santa Ragione were to close. Really hope this gets resolved and/or Horses is a success
NEW: Indie studio Santa Ragione is facing closure after its surreal horror title, Horses, was barred from Steam ahead of its upcoming December release
The studio behind Saturnalia and Wheels of Aurelia said Valve has yet to adequately explain why an early version of Horses was blacklisted in 2023.
The studio behind Saturnalia and Wheels of Aurelia said Valve has yet to adequately explain why an early version of Horses was blacklisted in 2023.
Indie dev Santa Ragione facing closure after Steam ban
The Italian studio's upcoming horror title, Horses, has been barred from Steam ahead of its release in December.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It would be disastrous if Santa Ragione were to close. Really hope this gets resolved and/or Horses is a success
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Anyway buy @santaragione.com's games, they are VERY GOOD www.santaragione.com
Santa Ragione - Game Studio
www.santaragione.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Anyway buy @santaragione.com's games, they are VERY GOOD www.santaragione.com