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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 23d

If you haven't got your hands on a copy of WRITING THE MAGIC already, you can read an excerpt from RJ Barker's essay at The Fantasy Hive today: You Do Not Need to Know How to Write a Book (Or How to Embrace Ignorance and Run with It).

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Sep 11

Available on NetGalley now!

Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT by @timjmajor.bsky.social

The Jekyll & Hyde detective agency must solve a locked-room mystery in this tribute to classic Golden Age crime novels which is perfect for fans of Stuart Turton and Lucy Foley.

UK & US: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'm so happy to have a story in the upcoming tenth volume in this amazing series!

Black Shuck Books @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

SOMETHING PECULIAR is coming...

Day four... please welcome @timjmajor.bsky.social's tale "Urchin Barren".

SOMETHING PECULIAR will be released in October, and is available to pre-order now from the Black Shuck Books website.

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Jekyll & Hyde detective agency must solve a locked-room mystery in JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT by @timjmajor.bsky.social! This festive instalment of the series is a tribute to classic Golden Age crime novels, and hits shelves on October 21st! ❄️

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF, #horror and #mystery writers! Featuring criminal cats, atomic science, festive horror and B-movie pulp.

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Open submission calls for writers: September 2025

Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. QuestIn the words…

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Sep 3

The paperback of Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives is out in the US! Order your copy today from Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/423NzsG

Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives|Paperback

Dr Jekyll and his monstrous alter-ego join forces with his ex-fiancée to solve a series of disappearances across Victorian London in this thrilling mystery, perfect for readers of Stuart Turton...

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · Aug 21

I've had the honour of being interviewed by the Womble, talking about the inspiration behind The Executioner's Blade, what's coming next for that series, & some other cool books I've been reading lately.

Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · Aug 21

New Author Interview - today on the blog we welcome @aknighton.bsky.social to talk about their great fantasy novel The Executioner’s Blade and more! www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...

Interviewing Andrew Knighton — Runalong The Shelves

Hello!! I recently loved reading The Executioner's Blade by Andrew Knighton a fascinating mix of the fantasy novel and murder mystery with a very unusual investigator - the City Executioner. L...

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · Aug 21

My British Fantasy Award nominated collection* is available at UK Amazon for £2.90. I’m sure you’ve got a copy, but here’s a perfect chance to buy a cheap present for the archaeological horror fan in your life www.amazon.co.uk/Dirt-Upon-My...

*this still hasn’t sunk in.

Dirt Upon My Skin: 37 (Black Shuck Shadows): Amazon.co.uk: Toase, Steve: 9781917173995: Books

Buy Dirt Upon My Skin: 37 (Black Shuck Shadows) by Toase, Steve (ISBN: 9781917173995) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Aug 14

Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF, #horror and #mystery writers! Featuring solar SF, nature-fueled magic, the SETI Institute and cliffhanging pulp fiction.

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Open submission calls for writers: August 2025

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Jul 8

Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF & #horror writers! Featuring folklore, memory manipulation, romantic fantasy, neurodiversity, cemetery cats and DNA data storage.

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Open submission calls for writers: July 2025

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Jul 2

Not sure how I missed this until now, but last week my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY featured in the Financial Times as one of the ‘best SF summer books of 2025’, with this wonderful write-up!

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Jun 27

How is it possible that we’ve reached the halfway point of the year? But as that’s the case, here are my favourite albums released in 2025 so far.

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Favourite albums of the first half of 2025

How is it possible that we’ve reached the halfway point of the year? But as that’s the case, here are my favourite albums released in 2025 so far. Indie / Rock / Post-rock A new Richard Dawson albu…

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Jun 21

Delighted that I'll have a story in folk horror anthology 'Hiding Under the Leaves', edited by the excellent @wishusdonna.bsky.social. My story's called 'Rumours Overheard in the School Playground Relating to Miss Angeline Holst', and the book will be released at World FantasyCon in October.

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Jun 5

Good news – it's already available, direct from the publisher! blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...

Great Robots of History – Black Shuck Books

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Jun 3

Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF & #horror writers! Featuring Dracula and Doctor Who, thrutopias and soilpunk… inc four exciting writing contests.

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Open submission calls for writers: June 2025

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · May 7

Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF & #horror writers! Featuring monsters of folklore, powerful artefacts, haunted Saturday morning TV and grimdark SF.

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Open submission calls for writers: May 2025

Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Book WormsIssue 8…

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Apr 8

Ha! Brilliant.

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Apr 7

Delighted to find my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY reviewed in the Financial Times today!

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Apr 3

“This is an excellent collection playing with the concept of the robot and his long history in myth and science fiction with a lot to think about as to how they reflect us. Inventive, funny, scary and always intelligent this is a fascinating book to dive into. Highly recommended!”

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Apr 3

GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY has been reviewed on Runalong the Shelves, and it's really positive!

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Great Robots of History by Tim Major — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank the author and Black Shuck Books for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Black Shuck Books Published – out Now Price ...

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Mar 31

Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF, #mystery & #horror writers! Featuring last girls, weird westerns, sudden transformations and monstrous angels.

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Open submission calls for writers: April 2025

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Mar 27

GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY is published today!

Sixteen weird tales of robots and robot-like figures from history and myth, including ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’, which won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction 2024.

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Mar 27

This month’s email newsletter will be going out a few hours from now, featuring publication news and 11 open submission calls for #SFF/#horror/#mystery short stories!

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Mar 26

My weird-fiction collection Great Robots of History is out tomorrow! This final author testimonial is from the incomparable @timothyjjarvis.bsky.social, whose own collection Treatises on Dust is staggeringly good.

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Tim Major @timjmajor.bsky.social · Mar 25

The first review of GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY has appeared online! I’m delighted that so many of the stories seem to have landed so well. The collection will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on Thursday!

Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · Mar 25

Today Ben Unsworth reviews the new collection from @timjmajor.bsky.social

"Whether fairytale, sci-fi, or Dennis Potter-shaded drama, there’s a lot of innovation here and the one overriding quality to Major’s prose is surely that it’s far from… robotic "

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Unearthing Tim Major's Ingenious Robots Fiction 25/03/2025

Unearthing Tim Major's Ingenious Robots Fiction, sixteen weird tales explore magical and mechanical representations of humankind drawn from history and myth

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