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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 12h

"Not because it's easy, but because it's hard."

Next up, in our cover reveal round-up, coming up on the 14th of April 2026, from the excellent
@cameronjohnston.bsky.social
a group of mages on the up...

Magic! War! Gods! Bureaucracy! Secrets! And lies!

A photo of a cover reveal panel. The cover is for a book called First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston. It features an archaic looking spaceship on scaffolding with a moon behind it. It is designed by Alice Coleman.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Aha, looks like the eARCs for First Mage On The Moon have arrived in my inbox, and will be making their way onto NetGalley soonish.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 4d

This is on cheap on Kobo as well! Basically fun grimdark, as we root for the monstrous horde to take out the holy knight 'good guys'. I really enjoyed it.

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 7d

The Maleficent Seven is part of Amazon's Kindle Monthly Deal for October, available for the sleep-averting sum of only $1.99!

www.amazon.com/Maleficent-S...

Or £0.74 on the UK site!

www.amazon.co.uk/Maleficent-S...

The cover of The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston, seven scary, silhouetted fantasy figures on a burning background.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 4d

Great to hear it's on sale in all sorts of other places - I was only told about the 'zon sale.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 4d

Glad to hear it's on sale lots of other places :)

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 5d

My new story is out in The Pink Hydra today! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...

The Pink Hydra | Four Flowers in Formaldehyde - Heather Valentine

Four Flowers in Formaldehyde by Heather Valentine

www.thepinkhydra.com

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Sometimes you stumble across a .gif and just have to use it :)

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Almost time to dust off my Ghostwatch and The Stone Tape DVDs.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Geezo, if that ever happens I'll need to have an author makeover. Probably something in tweed.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

We need those movie deals, stat!

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Not quite sure how to answer when somebody asks why you don't have a Wikipedia page...
I dunno man, maybe I don't want people finding out I'm three angry badgers in a trenchcoat?

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 6d

Many thanks to everybody that's liked, re-posted or commented on all my book-related news this week.
It's very much appreciated!

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 7d

It's also on sale on Kobo:

USA: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
UK: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

The Maleficent Seven ebook by Cameron Johnston - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Maleficent Seven" by Cameron Johnston available from Rakuten Kobo. A “wickedly inventive” grimdark fantasy full of non-stop bloody action, shocking plot twists, and snarky gallows humor a...

www.kobo.com

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 7d

I do love a getting the old band back together story. Always have, always will.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 7d

I think it shows when an author is having fun writing a book, and this one was a blast and a half with these characters :)

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 7d

I hope you enjoy it! :)

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 7d

Woohoo! Enjoy :)

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 7d

The Maleficent Seven is part of Amazon's Kindle Monthly Deal for October, available for the sleep-averting sum of only $1.99!

www.amazon.com/Maleficent-S...

Or £0.74 on the UK site!

www.amazon.co.uk/Maleficent-S...

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Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social · 8d

Available for pre-order now: www.flametreepublishing.com/daughters-of...

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Book cover: Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella. Two women in 18th century highland dress stand back to back in a field. They are surrounded by men made of straw. The atmosphere is brooding and menacing.

Text reads: Out November 11th from Flame Tree Press. "set against the backdrop of Scotland in the 1700s, the Jacobite uprising and the witch trials, Daughters of Nicnevin is a haunting, ethereal tale of love, sisterhood and magic." - Helen Glynn Jones, author of The Last Raven

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 8d

Love that cover! :)

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Luke SPELLcourt 🧙🏼‍♀️🦇✨ @lukebelcourt.com · 8d

COVER REVEAL! 🎉

After what feels like a lifetime, I finally get to show you what I've been working on the last few years! The long-awaited sequel, VAMPIRES IN PARK CIRCUS!

Coming Halloween 2025!

You can pre-order here! lukebelcourt.com/witches/two....

A photograph of the cover for Vampires in Park Circus. It is drawn in the same style as the 2025 Witches cover -- fine black lineart, but the colour scheme is red rather than teal.
A woman with long flowing black hair in a Kate Bush-esque gown runs towards the viewer. She looks behind her, afraid. Park Church Tower, a notable landmark in the centre of Park Circus, looms behind her. The same golden magic from the first book explodes from her head like psychic power.
The photograph is taken in a park, with tree cover behind it.

The epigraph to the book:

"A vampire moves to Scotland and makes friends with a local human at a bar.
'It's hard, not being able to go out in direct sunlight,' the vampire says.
'How long has it been since you've seen the sun?' the local asks.
'Since I died, nine years ago,' the vampire says. 'You?'
The local finishes his drink. 'Fifteen long years. I remember it like it was yesterday.'
- Anonymous

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 8d

Innovative but not too different. Fresh but familiar. Geezo. Thanks a bunch. So helpful eh.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 9d

Copy Edits for First Mage On The Moon have just been completed and sent off - we are now hurtling towards Launch Day on April 14th.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 10d

Looking forward to you meeting the crew!

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 10d

Omg, omg this us not a drill!

I have been waiting forever for this!! Literally its been like a year 😂

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

Great to see my next book is now up on Goodreads with an actual cover instead of that blank, beige placeholder square.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

First Mage on the Moon

Cameron Johnston returns in this innovative space fanta…

www.goodreads.com

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