Gareth L. Powell
@garethlpowell.bsky.social
Award-winning science fiction author. Also writes horror as G.L. Powell. Managing Editor at Stars and Sabers Publishing. Repped by Lucienne Diver.
📍 Bristol, UK
📚 https://linktr.ee/garethlpowell
📍 Bristol, UK
📚 https://linktr.ee/garethlpowell
Most writers need another income to supplement what they earn from their books. I'm fortunate that mine helps me with insights I wouldn't otherwise have.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Most writers need another income to supplement what they earn from their books. I'm fortunate that mine helps me with insights I wouldn't otherwise have.
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Thank you!
Finished “Light of Impossible Stars” by @garethlpowell.bsky.social. My first time through the trilogy after finishing and loving “Embers of War” years ago. This book was everything. Nod is a particularly favorite character. Absolutely top notch sci-fi and this concluding volume nails it.
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Thank you!
The harmonica on Chaka Khan’s ‘I Feel for You’ is possibly the most 1980s sound ever.
January 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The harmonica on Chaka Khan’s ‘I Feel for You’ is possibly the most 1980s sound ever.
I’ve given in and finally ordered a new office chair. My old one had become like some sort of mediaeval torture device. Time to be comfortable while I write.
January 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I’ve given in and finally ordered a new office chair. My old one had become like some sort of mediaeval torture device. Time to be comfortable while I write.
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Terran omega the ghosts of war page 23 - now on patreon. Read it from the start for free at www.pauljholden.com/patreon.com?via=bs&campaign=page23
January 28, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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The world's on fire and it's hard to feel creative. But people need stories, just as they did during the Fall of Rome, the Black Death, and the Great War. The world needs writers. Keep going.
January 27, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The world's on fire and it's hard to feel creative. But people need stories, just as they did during the Fall of Rome, the Black Death, and the Great War. The world needs writers. Keep going.
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Fun new interview today with amazing author David Quantick! Read about his radio, TV, & movie work, as well as exciting new novella, IMAGINE A FRIEND!
Coming soon from @starsandsabers.bsky.social
@quantick.bsky.social
Coming soon from @starsandsabers.bsky.social
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Author Interview * David Quantick
I’m excited to feature this Q&A with David Quantick, author of the upcoming all-ages novella, Imagine a Friend. David’s writing includes short stories, novels, television, cinema, and more. I’m…
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January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Fun new interview today with amazing author David Quantick! Read about his radio, TV, & movie work, as well as exciting new novella, IMAGINE A FRIEND!
Coming soon from @starsandsabers.bsky.social
@quantick.bsky.social
Coming soon from @starsandsabers.bsky.social
@quantick.bsky.social
Working on the opening chapter of a new science fiction novel. Feeling my way into the story like feeling my way into a darkened room.
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Working on the opening chapter of a new science fiction novel. Feeling my way into the story like feeling my way into a darkened room.
Only 5 weeks until @titanbooks.bsky.social officially publishes my novel JITTERBUG, and I'm getting excited. This is a special book, and I think you're going to love it. Give yourself a little treat and preorder it today from your favourite bookshop!
January 27, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Only 5 weeks until @titanbooks.bsky.social officially publishes my novel JITTERBUG, and I'm getting excited. This is a special book, and I think you're going to love it. Give yourself a little treat and preorder it today from your favourite bookshop!
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T -1 week to launch for the charming and delightful SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL by @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Preorder from your favorite bookseller.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
#books #romance #scifiromance #scifi #retro #retrofuturistic
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#books #romance #scifiromance #scifi #retro #retrofuturistic
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
T -1 week to launch for the charming and delightful SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL by @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Preorder from your favorite bookseller.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
#books #romance #scifiromance #scifi #retro #retrofuturistic
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
#books #romance #scifiromance #scifi #retro #retrofuturistic
The world would be a considerably better place if more people spent time reading books, and my world would be a considerably better place if those books were mine 😉
January 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The world would be a considerably better place if more people spent time reading books, and my world would be a considerably better place if those books were mine 😉
This time last year, early copies of my novel FUTURE’S Edge were starting to appear on bookshop shelves. Thank you to everyone who has read, recommended, or reviewed it. And special thanks to those of you who’ve nominated it for an award or included it in a best of the year.
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
This time last year, early copies of my novel FUTURE’S Edge were starting to appear on bookshop shelves. Thank you to everyone who has read, recommended, or reviewed it. And special thanks to those of you who’ve nominated it for an award or included it in a best of the year.
Opening up the bookshop on another rainy morning. Firing up the cappuccino machine and rousing the books from their slumber.
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Opening up the bookshop on another rainy morning. Firing up the cappuccino machine and rousing the books from their slumber.
In bed, sipping chamomile tea and listening to the rain outside, and the occasional creak of the wooden shutters. Feels like I’m on a galleon a million miles from land.
January 26, 2026 at 11:31 PM
In bed, sipping chamomile tea and listening to the rain outside, and the occasional creak of the wooden shutters. Feels like I’m on a galleon a million miles from land.
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Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social for her inclusion on the Open Country Mag 60 Notable Books of 2025 for her book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella! opencountrymag.com/60-notable-b...
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social for her inclusion on the Open Country Mag 60 Notable Books of 2025 for her book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella! opencountrymag.com/60-notable-b...
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We are thrilled for @genni.bsky.social, whose book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella, has made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction! Congratulations! Read about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-ng...
The Nga’phandileh Whisperer – Stars and Sabers
The Nga'phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella is a science fiction horror novella from award-winning author Eugen Bacon.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
We are thrilled for @genni.bsky.social, whose book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella, has made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction! Congratulations! Read about the book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-ng...
Reminder: if you’re a BSFA member you have until 19 Feb to vote for the works you’d like to see on the shortlist
Delighted to see I have four works nominated on the BSFA Awards Long List. If you're a member of the BSFA, you now have until 19 Feb to vote on which long list works you want to see on this year's short list.
January 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Reminder: if you’re a BSFA member you have until 19 Feb to vote for the works you’d like to see on the shortlist
I'm very late to the party, but I've recently started watching Farscape for the first time. I'm only on episode three, but I'm digging it.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I'm very late to the party, but I've recently started watching Farscape for the first time. I'm only on episode three, but I'm digging it.
“Masterclasses in contemporary sci-fi storytelling.” Thank you, I’ll take it!
Thanks! There are indeed a few more on the reading list! For what it's worth, these books aren't just kicky. They're masterclasses in contemporary sci-fi storytelling. I use them for reference now.
January 25, 2026 at 7:29 PM
“Masterclasses in contemporary sci-fi storytelling.” Thank you, I’ll take it!
Haggis, poetry and whisky for Burns’ Night
January 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Haggis, poetry and whisky for Burns’ Night
Always good to see my books on the shelves at @waterstones.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Always good to see my books on the shelves at @waterstones.bsky.social
And happy Burns Night to my Scottish pals. I have a haggis in the fridge, ready for this evening.
January 25, 2026 at 10:56 AM
And happy Burns Night to my Scottish pals. I have a haggis in the fridge, ready for this evening.
Happy Saint Dwynwen’s Day to all my Welsh friends. I hope you enjoy a day filled with romance.
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Happy Saint Dwynwen’s Day to all my Welsh friends. I hope you enjoy a day filled with romance.