Tom Mock
@tommock.bsky.social
Indie SFF/horror author & editor: proofreading & dev editing (he/him)
THE LONG NIGHTS is a #1 Best Seller in Contemporary Fantasy, Vampire Thriller, and more. SPFBO8 semi-finalist & 2021 Indies Today Awards: Runner-Up in Horror
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THE LONG NIGHTS is a #1 Best Seller in Contemporary Fantasy, Vampire Thriller, and more. SPFBO8 semi-finalist & 2021 Indies Today Awards: Runner-Up in Horror
https://linktr.ee/TomMock
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Tom Mock
@tommock.bsky.social
· Sep 9
Hi, Tom here. I'm a SFF author & editor
Here's my books (some free)
and editing services (developmental & proofreading)
🧵(1/?)
Here's my books (some free)
and editing services (developmental & proofreading)
🧵(1/?)
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I'm already an above average writer so any supposed advantage to using an LLM goes out the window. I am not an above average artist, but that's why I pay artists when I need art. Remember I have it in my contracts that all work on my books (art, editing, translation, etc) has to be done by humans.
I imagine LLMs are less useful for expert wordsmiths like Mr. Scalzi.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm already an above average writer so any supposed advantage to using an LLM goes out the window. I am not an above average artist, but that's why I pay artists when I need art. Remember I have it in my contracts that all work on my books (art, editing, translation, etc) has to be done by humans.
Day 64 of my #SPFBOX opening reads (Captured In Words)
I wanted to see more of two more fantasy openings: an action anime fantasy, and a contemporary YA Alice in Wonderland riff. A 3rd European Fantasy was too locked into its MC's head and didn't keep my interest.
tommock.com/2025/11/25/s...
I wanted to see more of two more fantasy openings: an action anime fantasy, and a contemporary YA Alice in Wonderland riff. A 3rd European Fantasy was too locked into its MC's head and didn't keep my interest.
tommock.com/2025/11/25/s...
SPFBOX Opening Reads Day 64 (Captured In Words)
Dawn of the Black Sun | My Name Is Not Alice | Copper Cold Steel | I wanted to see more of two more fantasy openings: an action anime fantasy, and a contemporary YA Alice in Wonderland riff. A 3rd …
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November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Day 64 of my #SPFBOX opening reads (Captured In Words)
I wanted to see more of two more fantasy openings: an action anime fantasy, and a contemporary YA Alice in Wonderland riff. A 3rd European Fantasy was too locked into its MC's head and didn't keep my interest.
tommock.com/2025/11/25/s...
I wanted to see more of two more fantasy openings: an action anime fantasy, and a contemporary YA Alice in Wonderland riff. A 3rd European Fantasy was too locked into its MC's head and didn't keep my interest.
tommock.com/2025/11/25/s...
147) SPFBOX Opening Reads
This next fantasy begins close on our female MC who trains with a sword and is going to Court for the first time in disguise as her father’s male heir. I think that sounds wonderfully interesting, but there’s some issues.
This next fantasy begins close on our female MC who trains with a sword and is going to Court for the first time in disguise as her father’s male heir. I think that sounds wonderfully interesting, but there’s some issues.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
147) SPFBOX Opening Reads
This next fantasy begins close on our female MC who trains with a sword and is going to Court for the first time in disguise as her father’s male heir. I think that sounds wonderfully interesting, but there’s some issues.
This next fantasy begins close on our female MC who trains with a sword and is going to Court for the first time in disguise as her father’s male heir. I think that sounds wonderfully interesting, but there’s some issues.
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Never forget you can get all of my books through a Kobo Plus subscription! And there's a -lot- of them, too, if you're the type of reader who loves to dig into a series all in a row.
www.kobo.com/ca/en/plus
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www.kobo.com/ca/en/plus
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November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Never forget you can get all of my books through a Kobo Plus subscription! And there's a -lot- of them, too, if you're the type of reader who loves to dig into a series all in a row.
www.kobo.com/ca/en/plus
🌈📚
www.kobo.com/ca/en/plus
🌈📚
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It's Day 6 of the TTL's re-read experience and we've got @mynachang.bsky.social with Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery, in which Detective Li and her prosthetic leg investigate an accident on a spaceship - one that cuts a little too close to corporate interests.
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's Day 6 of the TTL's re-read experience and we've got @mynachang.bsky.social with Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery, in which Detective Li and her prosthetic leg investigate an accident on a spaceship - one that cuts a little too close to corporate interests.
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Another #SFINCS review from me today, this one for Dave Lawson's The Pawns of Havoc. I had fun with this one, a morally ambiguous sword and sorcery tale with a touch of light romance:
www.angelaboord.com/post/sfincs-...
💙🪐📚 #SFF #indiebooks
www.angelaboord.com/post/sfincs-...
💙🪐📚 #SFF #indiebooks
SFINCS Review: The Pawns of Havoc by Dave Lawson
“The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community. W...
www.angelaboord.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Another #SFINCS review from me today, this one for Dave Lawson's The Pawns of Havoc. I had fun with this one, a morally ambiguous sword and sorcery tale with a touch of light romance:
www.angelaboord.com/post/sfincs-...
💙🪐📚 #SFF #indiebooks
www.angelaboord.com/post/sfincs-...
💙🪐📚 #SFF #indiebooks
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@angelikarust.bsky.social Angelika Rust, My Name Is Not Alice
A slow, ordinary beginning - a teen drama - teasing a fantastical turn.
#SPFBOX #OpeningReads
@angelikarust.bsky.social Angelika Rust, My Name Is Not Alice
A slow, ordinary beginning - a teen drama - teasing a fantastical turn.
#SPFBOX #OpeningReads
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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@angelikarust.bsky.social Angelika Rust, My Name Is Not Alice
A slow, ordinary beginning - a teen drama - teasing a fantastical turn.
#SPFBOX #OpeningReads
@angelikarust.bsky.social Angelika Rust, My Name Is Not Alice
A slow, ordinary beginning - a teen drama - teasing a fantastical turn.
#SPFBOX #OpeningReads
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Hi, Tom here. I'm a SFF author & editor
Here's my books (some free)
and editing services (developmental & proofreading)
🧵(1/?)
Here's my books (some free)
and editing services (developmental & proofreading)
🧵(1/?)
September 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hi, Tom here. I'm a SFF author & editor
Here's my books (some free)
and editing services (developmental & proofreading)
🧵(1/?)
Here's my books (some free)
and editing services (developmental & proofreading)
🧵(1/?)
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Please help if you can, especially if you live in the area and enjoy comics and community building. Katie is a Portland treasure, she has helped me and countless other creatives get their work out there 💕
Books with Pictures (@bkswpicspdx.bsky.social) in Portland, Oregon is a GREAT comic shop, and its owner in @omgkatiep.bsky.social is one of the best. The shop is going through a hard time right now, and if you want to help BwP out, they opened a GoFundMe to help do just that.
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Please help if you can, especially if you live in the area and enjoy comics and community building. Katie is a Portland treasure, she has helped me and countless other creatives get their work out there 💕
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Timo Burnham, Dawn of the Black Sun
An exile wandering the desert and slowly wasting away finds a magic sword that will change everything.
Timo Burnham, Dawn of the Black Sun
An exile wandering the desert and slowly wasting away finds a magic sword that will change everything.
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Timo Burnham, Dawn of the Black Sun
An exile wandering the desert and slowly wasting away finds a magic sword that will change everything.
Timo Burnham, Dawn of the Black Sun
An exile wandering the desert and slowly wasting away finds a magic sword that will change everything.
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My #SFINCS entry, Sisters of Mercy, is now available far and wide. Get it here: books2read.com/sistersofmercy
🖤 Cyberpunk, incensepunk, and cosmic horror all rolled into one
🖤 Mechs and demons
🖤 Post-apocalyptic coming of age
🖤 Found family
🖤 Guaranteed tears at the end
🪐📚💙
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🖤 Cyberpunk, incensepunk, and cosmic horror all rolled into one
🖤 Mechs and demons
🖤 Post-apocalyptic coming of age
🖤 Found family
🖤 Guaranteed tears at the end
🪐📚💙
🩸📚
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My #SFINCS entry, Sisters of Mercy, is now available far and wide. Get it here: books2read.com/sistersofmercy
🖤 Cyberpunk, incensepunk, and cosmic horror all rolled into one
🖤 Mechs and demons
🖤 Post-apocalyptic coming of age
🖤 Found family
🖤 Guaranteed tears at the end
🪐📚💙
🩸📚
🖤 Cyberpunk, incensepunk, and cosmic horror all rolled into one
🖤 Mechs and demons
🖤 Post-apocalyptic coming of age
🖤 Found family
🖤 Guaranteed tears at the end
🪐📚💙
🩸📚
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🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship
🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship
🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship
🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship
🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Day 63 of my #SPFBOX opening reads (Captured In Words)
I wanted to see more of two unique stories: a stranded moon amnesia colony and a contemporary fantasy where merfolk are a corporate waterpark attraction.
I wanted to see more of two unique stories: a stranded moon amnesia colony and a contemporary fantasy where merfolk are a corporate waterpark attraction.
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Day 63 of my #SPFBOX opening reads (Captured In Words)
I wanted to see more of two unique stories: a stranded moon amnesia colony and a contemporary fantasy where merfolk are a corporate waterpark attraction.
I wanted to see more of two unique stories: a stranded moon amnesia colony and a contemporary fantasy where merfolk are a corporate waterpark attraction.
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Pay what you want and grab a bundle of fantasy romance reads with strong female heroines from some of my favorite indie fantasy authors! Anything over $5 gets you three books or contribute $25 or more to unlock the batch of eleven titles.
Check it out at storybundle.com/fantasy before December 4th.
Check it out at storybundle.com/fantasy before December 4th.
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Pay what you want and grab a bundle of fantasy romance reads with strong female heroines from some of my favorite indie fantasy authors! Anything over $5 gets you three books or contribute $25 or more to unlock the batch of eleven titles.
Check it out at storybundle.com/fantasy before December 4th.
Check it out at storybundle.com/fantasy before December 4th.
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@rebeccaenzor.bsky.social Rebecca Enzor, Speak The Ocean
When a mermaid dies, they turn into sea foam. Finn has euthanized 6 in 4 years. You have to when they kill their trainers. Now he’s got to kill 1 more.
@rebeccaenzor.bsky.social Rebecca Enzor, Speak The Ocean
When a mermaid dies, they turn into sea foam. Finn has euthanized 6 in 4 years. You have to when they kill their trainers. Now he’s got to kill 1 more.
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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@rebeccaenzor.bsky.social Rebecca Enzor, Speak The Ocean
When a mermaid dies, they turn into sea foam. Finn has euthanized 6 in 4 years. You have to when they kill their trainers. Now he’s got to kill 1 more.
@rebeccaenzor.bsky.social Rebecca Enzor, Speak The Ocean
When a mermaid dies, they turn into sea foam. Finn has euthanized 6 in 4 years. You have to when they kill their trainers. Now he’s got to kill 1 more.
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Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "The Prodigal Mother (excerpt from Lessons in Magic and Disaster)" by Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/d3sn3qe
Try the short story "The Prodigal Mother (excerpt from Lessons in Magic and Disaster)" by Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/d3sn3qe
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "The Prodigal Mother (excerpt from Lessons in Magic and Disaster)" by Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/d3sn3qe
Try the short story "The Prodigal Mother (excerpt from Lessons in Magic and Disaster)" by Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/d3sn3qe
143.
Susana Imaginário @chronodendron.bsky.social, Oublié
Telepathic siblings try to navigate the interspecies difficulties of surviving a few years into a post-crash-landing moon colony.
Susana Imaginário @chronodendron.bsky.social, Oublié
Telepathic siblings try to navigate the interspecies difficulties of surviving a few years into a post-crash-landing moon colony.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Susana Imaginário @chronodendron.bsky.social, Oublié
Telepathic siblings try to navigate the interspecies difficulties of surviving a few years into a post-crash-landing moon colony.
Susana Imaginário @chronodendron.bsky.social, Oublié
Telepathic siblings try to navigate the interspecies difficulties of surviving a few years into a post-crash-landing moon colony.
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Reminder: I have an ongoing dark fantasy series about a young woman who wants to become a monster killer! It has blood magic, a curse that turns people into monsters, and more!
I *also* have a novella about a guy who makes a pact with a chaotic god to escape from hired killers.
💙📚
I *also* have a novella about a guy who makes a pact with a chaotic god to escape from hired killers.
💙📚
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reminder: I have an ongoing dark fantasy series about a young woman who wants to become a monster killer! It has blood magic, a curse that turns people into monsters, and more!
I *also* have a novella about a guy who makes a pact with a chaotic god to escape from hired killers.
💙📚
I *also* have a novella about a guy who makes a pact with a chaotic god to escape from hired killers.
💙📚
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
I’ve finally been reading The Exile of Zanzibar by Daniel Maidman @danielmaidman.bsky.social
It’s terrific!
I’ve finally been reading The Exile of Zanzibar by Daniel Maidman @danielmaidman.bsky.social
It’s terrific!
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
I’ve finally been reading The Exile of Zanzibar by Daniel Maidman @danielmaidman.bsky.social
It’s terrific!
I’ve finally been reading The Exile of Zanzibar by Daniel Maidman @danielmaidman.bsky.social
It’s terrific!
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I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
August 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
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Let's celebrate the art of the Novella in November! #NovellaNovember
www.anthonycardno.com/blog/2025/10...
www.anthonycardno.com/blog/2025/10...
NOVELLA NOVEMBER IS COMING! — ANTHONY R. CARDNO
I love reading books of all lengths, but man do I really love novellas! Something about that 17,000-to-40,000-word length (roughly 70 to 160 pages) feels like the sweet spot – short enough to read in ...
www.anthonycardno.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Let's celebrate the art of the Novella in November! #NovellaNovember
www.anthonycardno.com/blog/2025/10...
www.anthonycardno.com/blog/2025/10...
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hit me with your recommendations for excellent trans adult fiction by trans authors? Stag Dance and RCBG have been rattling around in my head since I read them and I and want to read more trans stories that aren't memoir or aimed at young readers!
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
hit me with your recommendations for excellent trans adult fiction by trans authors? Stag Dance and RCBG have been rattling around in my head since I read them and I and want to read more trans stories that aren't memoir or aimed at young readers!
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I just did a quick search and this is pretty comprehensive. A good resource.
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I just did a quick search and this is pretty comprehensive. A good resource.
I really like being a Dev Editor.
It’s so gratifying to be a part of a book’s journey and help authors see their story through fresh eyes.
It’s so gratifying to be a part of a book’s journey and help authors see their story through fresh eyes.
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I really like being a Dev Editor.
It’s so gratifying to be a part of a book’s journey and help authors see their story through fresh eyes.
It’s so gratifying to be a part of a book’s journey and help authors see their story through fresh eyes.