David Barnett
@davidmbarnett.bsky.social
Writer.
Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett
Latest books:
SCUTTLER'S COVE (Feb 13th): https://www.canelo.co/books/scuttler-s-cove-david-barnett/
WITHERED HILL: https://www.canelo.co/books/withered-hill-david-barnett/
Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett
Latest books:
SCUTTLER'S COVE (Feb 13th): https://www.canelo.co/books/scuttler-s-cove-david-barnett/
WITHERED HILL: https://www.canelo.co/books/withered-hill-david-barnett/
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David Barnett
@davidmbarnett.bsky.social
· Nov 14
An introduction of sorts;
I’m a novelist, journalist, comic book writer, pop star, magician and adventurer.
Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett
Novels: www.canelo.co/authors/davi... and www.orionbooks.co.uk/contributor/...
Comics: leagueofcomicgeeks.com/people/16810...
I’m a novelist, journalist, comic book writer, pop star, magician and adventurer.
Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett
Novels: www.canelo.co/authors/davi... and www.orionbooks.co.uk/contributor/...
Comics: leagueofcomicgeeks.com/people/16810...
What’s that? You want odd-couple buddy cop thrills set in a 1990s Manchester where the returned dead exist uneasily alongside the living? Coming in @2000ad.bsky.social prog 261, Dec 3rd, DEADTOWN written by me, art by Luke Horsman, letters Simon Bowland.
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What’s that? You want odd-couple buddy cop thrills set in a 1990s Manchester where the returned dead exist uneasily alongside the living? Coming in @2000ad.bsky.social prog 261, Dec 3rd, DEADTOWN written by me, art by Luke Horsman, letters Simon Bowland.
Working class dark academia, anyone? LOWBORN HIGH currently a steal at the @2000ad.bsky.social shop.
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
2000 AD Shop : Lowborn High
2000 AD is Britain's cult sci-fi comic, and has been at the cutting edge of contemporary pop culture since 1977. It's a multi-award winning cocktail of explosive sci-fi and fantasy, infused with a mea...
shop.2000ad.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Working class dark academia, anyone? LOWBORN HIGH currently a steal at the @2000ad.bsky.social shop.
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...
When I die there'll be a nice fat file of never-seen pitches for Marvel and DC characters on my laptop, fyi.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
When I die there'll be a nice fat file of never-seen pitches for Marvel and DC characters on my laptop, fyi.
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Sean Phillips has provided us with signed bookplates for pretty much everything he and #EdBrubaker have done together. But now he's gone even further.
One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Sean Phillips has provided us with signed bookplates for pretty much everything he and #EdBrubaker have done together. But now he's gone even further.
One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
Remember the good old days when they used to just do a Budget and you didn't know what was in it until on the day? Miss that.
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Remember the good old days when they used to just do a Budget and you didn't know what was in it until on the day? Miss that.
The 1990s was a long decade. It started in 1988 with the rise of acid house and ended on September 11th 2001.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The 1990s was a long decade. It started in 1988 with the rise of acid house and ended on September 11th 2001.
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We've got covers by the legendary Luke Horsman and magical Marie Enger (@soengery.bsky.social)!
Not to mention the awesome stickers and prints!
All available right now over on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rya...
Not to mention the awesome stickers and prints!
All available right now over on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rya...
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We've got covers by the legendary Luke Horsman and magical Marie Enger (@soengery.bsky.social)!
Not to mention the awesome stickers and prints!
All available right now over on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rya...
Not to mention the awesome stickers and prints!
All available right now over on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rya...
OK, folklore and mythology people, I’m looking for Merlin analogues/equivalents in European history, any suggestions?
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
OK, folklore and mythology people, I’m looking for Merlin analogues/equivalents in European history, any suggestions?
How far back does my association with comics go? To birth. I wrote about it a couple of years back for @tortoisemedia.bsky.social.
www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/10/26/m...
www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/10/26/m...
A comic book author writes his own story
David Barnett has been a lifelong comic reader. Now his dream has come true – he writes them too
www.tortoisemedia.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
How far back does my association with comics go? To birth. I wrote about it a couple of years back for @tortoisemedia.bsky.social.
www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/10/26/m...
www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/10/26/m...
If I don’t get to write a book for the revived Vertigo imprint… well, I don’t know what I’ll do. But this is my birthright.
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If I don’t get to write a book for the revived Vertigo imprint… well, I don’t know what I’ll do. But this is my birthright.
Listening to Richard Burton read Under Milk Wood is time never wasted.
open.spotify.com/album/62VwPd...
open.spotify.com/album/62VwPd...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Listening to Richard Burton read Under Milk Wood is time never wasted.
open.spotify.com/album/62VwPd...
open.spotify.com/album/62VwPd...
Haven’t seen the Fairytale of New York row yet this year, are we slacking or have I just missed it?
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Haven’t seen the Fairytale of New York row yet this year, are we slacking or have I just missed it?
I used to make my own fanzine in the mid-80s when I was a teen, writing and drawing godawful superhero comics and penning terrible articles. Eventually I got a mention in a Marvel UK weekly and got proper contributions.
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I used to make my own fanzine in the mid-80s when I was a teen, writing and drawing godawful superhero comics and penning terrible articles. Eventually I got a mention in a Marvel UK weekly and got proper contributions.
Um, the Kindle edition of Withered Hill seems to have just… disappeared from Amazon? WTF?
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Um, the Kindle edition of Withered Hill seems to have just… disappeared from Amazon? WTF?
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Here's where GAME will be showing across the UK in the next few weeks. #gamefilm2025
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here's where GAME will be showing across the UK in the next few weeks. #gamefilm2025
Marvel: ...
Me: So I just outlined a major new series featuring British Isles magical characters and completely redefining some major properties in an epic supernatural storyline.
Marvel: ...
Me: So I just outlined a major new series featuring British Isles magical characters and completely redefining some major properties in an epic supernatural storyline.
Marvel: ...
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Marvel: ...
Me: So I just outlined a major new series featuring British Isles magical characters and completely redefining some major properties in an epic supernatural storyline.
Marvel: ...
Me: So I just outlined a major new series featuring British Isles magical characters and completely redefining some major properties in an epic supernatural storyline.
Marvel: ...
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Favourite face I’ve drawn today.
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Favourite face I’ve drawn today.
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It's #buyastrangerabook day.
And here's an offer from @bookamatic.bsky.social , who'll buy someone ANY book by Tom Cox.
I have them listed on my website HERE (most are signed!),
www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...
If you'd like one, let us know.
UK only
And here's an offer from @bookamatic.bsky.social , who'll buy someone ANY book by Tom Cox.
I have them listed on my website HERE (most are signed!),
www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...
If you'd like one, let us know.
UK only
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
And here's an offer from @bookamatic.bsky.social , who'll buy someone ANY book by Tom Cox.
I have them listed on my website HERE (most are signed!),
www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...
If you'd like one, let us know.
UK only
And here's an offer from @bookamatic.bsky.social , who'll buy someone ANY book by Tom Cox.
I have them listed on my website HERE (most are signed!),
www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...
If you'd like one, let us know.
UK only
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Come on, give Nigel Farage a break. Those allegations were from 45 years ago. It’s a well known fact that people get far more tolerant as they get older and we all know he’s well woke now.
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Come on, give Nigel Farage a break. Those allegations were from 45 years ago. It’s a well known fact that people get far more tolerant as they get older and we all know he’s well woke now.
Went into the supermarket today for some festive decorations and it's all "Christmas this" and Christmas that". Fuck off with your woke foreign religion shite! It's YULE. This is a pagan country and if you don't like it then you should fuck off to Jerusalem or something.
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Went into the supermarket today for some festive decorations and it's all "Christmas this" and Christmas that". Fuck off with your woke foreign religion shite! It's YULE. This is a pagan country and if you don't like it then you should fuck off to Jerusalem or something.
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One of the challenges of funding a comic via Patreon - or self-publishing in any form - is that you feel like a broken record promoting yourself! But I do genuinely think you'll dig this comic. Here's a piece Sara and I did at @13thd.bsky.social on our influences: 13thdimension.com/the-forgotte...
THE FORGOTTEN FIVE: 13 Classic COMICS SERIES That Inspired a New Superhero Saga
Alex Segura and Sara Century take you back to the ’80s and ’90s…
13thdimension.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
One of the challenges of funding a comic via Patreon - or self-publishing in any form - is that you feel like a broken record promoting yourself! But I do genuinely think you'll dig this comic. Here's a piece Sara and I did at @13thd.bsky.social on our influences: 13thdimension.com/the-forgotte...
I still find it curious when people ascribe bad shit that bad people do in fiction to the author's personal beliefs or ideology, especially in horror fiction.
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I still find it curious when people ascribe bad shit that bad people do in fiction to the author's personal beliefs or ideology, especially in horror fiction.
I'd imagine you're bored rigid of me telling you my Cornish coast folk horror SCUTTLER'S COVE is 99p on Kindle at the moment, however it is so I shall.
amzn.eu/d/3FBhLmq
amzn.eu/d/3FBhLmq
Scuttler's Cove: A chilling, unputdownable folk horror thriller eBook : Barnett, David: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Scuttler's Cove: A chilling, unputdownable folk horror thriller eBook : Barnett, David: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
amzn.eu
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'd imagine you're bored rigid of me telling you my Cornish coast folk horror SCUTTLER'S COVE is 99p on Kindle at the moment, however it is so I shall.
amzn.eu/d/3FBhLmq
amzn.eu/d/3FBhLmq