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Jenni Coutts (she/her)

@jennicoutts.bsky.social

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BSFA and BFA award winning artist, SF writer, book nerd, NHS GP, goblin. Art editor of BFS Horizons. Long suffering minion to an elderly rescue cat. Website: Jennicoutts.com Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social Lesbian Asexual 🏳️‍🌈

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 4h

Haha amazing!

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 10h

Get well soon! 🥰

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 13h

"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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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 13h

Slow but steady progress on this artwork

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 22h

Haha my inbox is full of demands so I think I will 😅

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 22h

Ahh thank you! ☺️

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sunyi @handle.invalid · 2d

Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐⁣The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.

Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta

A ghostly Chinese woman with dead white eyes stares out from a stylised black and green ocean, her face surrounded by billowing gold foam

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK EATERS

A haunting dark urban fantasy set in a historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive.

Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place.

But the past she can’t remember won’t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy—and her forgotten childhood.

As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 2d

I think I will! 😆

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! 🥰

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 2d

Sketching again

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 2d

Haha I will!

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 2d

I admit I had *way* more fun drawing this wee guy than I thought I would for drawtober prompt number 2: Toad Astrologer
What’s the verdict, should I sell prints at World fantasy Convention this year?
#art

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 3d

Haha me too! He is a silly little fellow

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 3d

The next prompt for Drawtober is Toad Astrologer, and so far I kind of love this little guy

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 4d

The original will be on sale! And maybe a couple of prints, if I have time 🙂

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!! ☺️

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! 🥰

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 4d

Boredom is a powerful motivator…? 😅

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 4d

We're having a book party now! Congratulations to @shonak.bsky.social on The Daughters of Nicnevin. Interviewed by @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social

Find out more: tinyurl.com/bfsnic

Join us: tinyurl.com/bfsmonster

Top: Shona Kinsella. Bottom: David Green.

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, they couldn’t repair it, so they shaved down the bit that was most damaged 🙂 so hopefully should be able to walk more normally in the future! Will definitely be a bit wobbly for the next few weeks though haha

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 4d

Decided to try following along with #drawtober this year! This is my art for prompt 1, candlelit messenger.
This is called ‘The Catacombs’, and I’ll be selling the original at World Fantasy Convention 2025. It’s been a while since I’ve taken part in Drawtober, and I’m really enjoying it so far!

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 5d

Your son has good taste!

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 5d

Also autumn is *clearly* cosy season, in addition to spookiness

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! I’m testing myself with a more complicated piece 🙂

Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 5d

I mean anything other than an airbus A380 is clearly wrong 😆

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