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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 4h

It was a statement of fact, not a recommendation!

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 5h

Tyranids can in fact solve all those problems.

They do it in a way that causes very different and even more terminal problems, but those original problems will have been solved!

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 5h

Goddammit AB did you short the economy *again?*

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 5h

If you’re near Leeds (I’m not, I’m fighting Tyranids in Nottingham) you should definitely go to this.

British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 6h

TONIGHT! LEEDS!
Moderator @katiebruce.bsky.social is joined by SFF writers @aptshadow.bsky.social David Wragg & @rjbarker.bsky.social for Building Brilliant Worlds: A conversation on fantastic landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them at Waterstones, Albion Street. Tix: tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds

A background of moorland with dry stone walls and a grey, cloudy sky. Pictures of the authors around the outside and their books in the centre. Adrian Tchaikovsky - The Hungry Gods, David Wragg - The Iron Road, RJ Barker - Heart of the Wyrd Wood

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 5h

May I humbly suggest DOA: Dead Or Alive, if you haven’t seen it, which knows exactly how cheesy a movie of a fighting game is, and leans into it *gloriously*. Everyone knows they’re in A Very Silly Movie and balances it just right for maximum entertainment.

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 1d

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 1d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Lora Gray @loragray.bsky.social · 5h

Super excited that my poem, “My Love Wails in the Mending” is now out in Strange Horizons!

Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 10h

My Love Wails in the Mending
by Lora Gray @loragray.bsky.social

"her bones wailing low,
her wind in them willows
like a storm a-gathering"

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff

POETRY

by Lora Gray
My Love Wails in the Mending

Quote
"her bones wailing low,
her wind in them willows
like a storm a-gathering"

6 October 2025
Strange Horizons

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 5h

london coroner's report on the suicide of 17yo leia sampson-grimbly last year following uk labour's formal ban on trans healthcare

tw: www.judiciary.uk/prevention-o...

CORONER’S CONCERNS

During the course of the inquest the evidence revealed matters giving rise to concern. In my opinion there is a risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken. In the circumstances it is my statutory duty to report to you.

The MATTERS OF CONCERN are as follows. – Waiting lists are far too long for first appointment at a Gender Dysphoria clinic.
6 ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN

In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe you [AND/OR your organisation] have the power to take such action

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Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 7h

Hey, I know that everything is terrible right now, but I also have to make money, so I'm going to tell you that A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is on SUPER SALE this month! Just $1.99!

Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Ship-Edge-Un...

Bookshop (Buy indie!):
bookshop.org/p/books/a-bi...

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers Book 1)

A washed-up treasure hunter, a hotshot racer, and a deadly secret society. They're all on a race against time to hunt down the greatest warship ever built. Some think the ship is lost forever, some t...

www.amazon.com

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 7h

Congratulations!

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, happy pub day @catamaroon.bsky.social!

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 11h

For anyone near Leeds:

Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 12h

Tonight!
Come join us for a conversation on fantastical landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them!

www.waterstones.com/events/panel...

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 10h

I think it's the thing that if you can just go "hey, buy books from me!" then why would anyone pay for a dealers' room table?

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sure no one will object to you taking money for a book one-to-one, but anything remotely official or "buy books here" would probably have to be dealers' room (this info should be taken with the knowledge that I'm not involved in running WFC and am not selling there).

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 10h

I think if you want to sell books you'd need to have registered as a dealer for the dealers' room. Most dealers will either be selling their own stuff, or there might be Waterstones, Forbidden Planet etc tables, where they'll be selling their own stock.

So, technically, neither.

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 12h

We are thrilled to announce that Titan Books will be publishing THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS by Mike Brooks! ⚔️

A brand new fantasy adventure that follows a smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts who are thrust into the destinies of empires.

Coming June 2026! 🐝

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 11h

When There Are Wolves Again is released today!

@catamaroon.bsky.social's new novel is a hopeful but believable dystopia, tackling speculative themes of biodiversity and environmental disaster, pandemic, justice, and our possible future, all explored in a deeply human & affecting way.

💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. On the cover a wolf in greens and blues fades into sapling trees reaching up to surround the letters of the title with delicate leaves.

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George Sandison @georgesandison.bsky.social · 22h

Rating: Fucking banger.

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 23h

Since the article itself is paywalled... my new novel is called THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS, which @losbennett.bsky.social sold to @titanbooks.bsky.social earlier this year. It's a fantasy adventure in a queer-normative world featuring fractured futures, sapphic romance, and giant wasps.

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

www.thebookseller.com/rights/titan...

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 22h

That means a LOT coming from the author of The Tiger's Daughter! ❤️

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 23h

Not exactly what I said, but I won't turn down a sale!

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 23h

The God-King Chronicles was a fairly serious epic fantasy trilogy. This is... less serious. Sort of.

Some of you know I write for IPs. Some of you know the faction with which I am most often connected.

Basically, I engaged that part of my brain and used it to write a fantasy novel, and I had FUN.

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 23h

Since the article itself is paywalled... my new novel is called THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS, which @losbennett.bsky.social sold to @titanbooks.bsky.social earlier this year. It's a fantasy adventure in a queer-normative world featuring fractured futures, sapphic romance, and giant wasps.

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

www.thebookseller.com/rights/titan...

Titan snags ‘refreshingly original’ fantasy adventure from Mike Brooks

Titan Books has acquired a new fantasy adventure novel from The God-King Chronicles author Mike Brooks.

www.thebookseller.com

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 23h

Hah! Yes, I can see how that would flag your specific interests…

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 23h

Hell, it was paywalled for *me*…

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

(anyone who replies to this with "but when are you writing [x]" will get blocked. Yes, even if you're joking, because a) I won't know, and b) I won't care.

Let people be glad about things without being offended it's not the specific thing you wanted)

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