Rhys Hughes
@rhysaurus.bsky.social
Author
Europe / India / Africa
Short Fiction, Novels, Articles, Plays, Poems.
50+ books
1000+ short stories.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys_Hughes
SFE: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hughes_rhys
Europe / India / Africa
Short Fiction, Novels, Articles, Plays, Poems.
50+ books
1000+ short stories.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys_Hughes
SFE: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hughes_rhys
The ebook edition of TRUMPET FACE will be out at the end of February. This is my tribute to Firbank/Peake, with an Introduction by the magnificent magician of modern multiversal myths, Michael Moorcock.
This novel is the first book of "The Knick Knack Trilogy" 😊 #booksky
This novel is the first book of "The Knick Knack Trilogy" 😊 #booksky
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The ebook edition of TRUMPET FACE will be out at the end of February. This is my tribute to Firbank/Peake, with an Introduction by the magnificent magician of modern multiversal myths, Michael Moorcock.
This novel is the first book of "The Knick Knack Trilogy" 😊 #booksky
This novel is the first book of "The Knick Knack Trilogy" 😊 #booksky
My first book of plays is going into a new edition soon. This is to prepare the ground for the publication of my second book of plays.
THE DANGEROUS STRANGENESS contains the first fifteen plays I ever wrote, including 'As a Man Grows Colder', produced last October by Volcano Theatre 🙂 #booksky
THE DANGEROUS STRANGENESS contains the first fifteen plays I ever wrote, including 'As a Man Grows Colder', produced last October by Volcano Theatre 🙂 #booksky
February 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
My first book of plays is going into a new edition soon. This is to prepare the ground for the publication of my second book of plays.
THE DANGEROUS STRANGENESS contains the first fifteen plays I ever wrote, including 'As a Man Grows Colder', produced last October by Volcano Theatre 🙂 #booksky
THE DANGEROUS STRANGENESS contains the first fifteen plays I ever wrote, including 'As a Man Grows Colder', produced last October by Volcano Theatre 🙂 #booksky
Alasdair Gray is one of my favourite writers. That's why I bought LEAN TALES, a collection he shares with Agnes Owens and James Kelman.
This is how I was introduced to Kelman, and when I saw one of his books in a charity shop recently, I pounced, and I am reading it, and it's compelling #booksky
This is how I was introduced to Kelman, and when I saw one of his books in a charity shop recently, I pounced, and I am reading it, and it's compelling #booksky
February 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Alasdair Gray is one of my favourite writers. That's why I bought LEAN TALES, a collection he shares with Agnes Owens and James Kelman.
This is how I was introduced to Kelman, and when I saw one of his books in a charity shop recently, I pounced, and I am reading it, and it's compelling #booksky
This is how I was introduced to Kelman, and when I saw one of his books in a charity shop recently, I pounced, and I am reading it, and it's compelling #booksky
Exactly one year ago, Raphus Press announced the future publication of my CITY LIFE book. I proofread the typeset text a couple of weeks ago. It should be published soon 😊 #booksky
February 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Exactly one year ago, Raphus Press announced the future publication of my CITY LIFE book. I proofread the typeset text a couple of weeks ago. It should be published soon 😊 #booksky
I knew he was a phenomenal writer but I had no idea he also wrote short stories. Well, I know it now, and so I have added a thirteenth book to my reading list for 2026 😊 #booksky
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I knew he was a phenomenal writer but I had no idea he also wrote short stories. Well, I know it now, and so I have added a thirteenth book to my reading list for 2026 😊 #booksky
January 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Exactly one year ago, my novel THE DEVIL'S HALO was published. It's the best fantasy novel I have written. But it needs more sales. Thus I require your help!
Please consider buying the book in paperback or ebook editions.
Published by Elsewhen Press, with a foreword by A. A. Attanasio :-) #booksky
Please consider buying the book in paperback or ebook editions.
Published by Elsewhen Press, with a foreword by A. A. Attanasio :-) #booksky
January 24, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Exactly one year ago, my novel THE DEVIL'S HALO was published. It's the best fantasy novel I have written. But it needs more sales. Thus I require your help!
Please consider buying the book in paperback or ebook editions.
Published by Elsewhen Press, with a foreword by A. A. Attanasio :-) #booksky
Please consider buying the book in paperback or ebook editions.
Published by Elsewhen Press, with a foreword by A. A. Attanasio :-) #booksky
A sample of my 2026 reading pile. In fact this might be the complete pile. I was disappointed with my reading year last year (apart from two incredible works by Samuel Beckett). So I am resolved to be more careful this year. Better to read a dozen phenomenal books than 30+ so-so books... #booksky
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
A sample of my 2026 reading pile. In fact this might be the complete pile. I was disappointed with my reading year last year (apart from two incredible works by Samuel Beckett). So I am resolved to be more careful this year. Better to read a dozen phenomenal books than 30+ so-so books... #booksky
Me yesterday. I discovered a new scenic path ☺️
January 18, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Me yesterday. I discovered a new scenic path ☺️
January 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Exactly one year ago today I had an acceptance for my book of linked flash fictions, THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT. This is a volume I am especially fond of, but it certainly needs more sales. There are paperback, ebook and audiobook editions. No reviews so far, but I am still hoping :-) #booksky
January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Exactly one year ago today I had an acceptance for my book of linked flash fictions, THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT. This is a volume I am especially fond of, but it certainly needs more sales. There are paperback, ebook and audiobook editions. No reviews so far, but I am still hoping :-) #booksky
I try to read one BIG novel every year. I was going to choose a Dickens for 2026 but now it seems I have settled on this one. I won't start it until I have cleared most of my reading backlog, but Powys is this year's chap 🙂 #booksky
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I try to read one BIG novel every year. I was going to choose a Dickens for 2026 but now it seems I have settled on this one. I won't start it until I have cleared most of my reading backlog, but Powys is this year's chap 🙂 #booksky
I know it's very uncouth to beg like this but I have shifted 313 books so far this year and I can't help feeling that's an unlucky integer, perhaps even a demonic number. I would be obliged to anyone who is willing to lift me past the Infernal 313 and into the safety of the number 314 🙂 #booksky
January 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I know it's very uncouth to beg like this but I have shifted 313 books so far this year and I can't help feeling that's an unlucky integer, perhaps even a demonic number. I would be obliged to anyone who is willing to lift me past the Infernal 313 and into the safety of the number 314 🙂 #booksky
Finished writing my first story of the new year. 'The Eleventh Story' is an OuLiPo text consisting of 25 paragraphs that can be read as if they are positioned on a grid, with five stories down the columns, five stories across the rows, and an eleventh story along the main diagonal :-) #booksky
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Finished writing my first story of the new year. 'The Eleventh Story' is an OuLiPo text consisting of 25 paragraphs that can be read as if they are positioned on a grid, with five stories down the columns, five stories across the rows, and an eleventh story along the main diagonal :-) #booksky
Something I made ages ago 🙂
I'M A CELERY, GET ME OUT OF HERE!
I'M A CELERY, GET ME OUT OF HERE!
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Something I made ages ago 🙂
I'M A CELERY, GET ME OUT OF HERE!
I'M A CELERY, GET ME OUT OF HERE!
The contents page of my CITY LIFE book. The introduction and epilogue are treated as cities, making sixty cities in total. The cities tell their own stories from their own perspectives and each story is exactly 500 words long. The book is due out very soon from Raphus Press 😊 #booksky
January 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
The contents page of my CITY LIFE book. The introduction and epilogue are treated as cities, making sixty cities in total. The cities tell their own stories from their own perspectives and each story is exactly 500 words long. The book is due out very soon from Raphus Press 😊 #booksky
Received the proofs of my CITY LIFE: SIXTY CITIES book from Raphus Press, so that's what I will be doing later today. Oh yes, and it's snowing outside 😊 #booksky
January 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Received the proofs of my CITY LIFE: SIXTY CITIES book from Raphus Press, so that's what I will be doing later today. Oh yes, and it's snowing outside 😊 #booksky
January 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
A collage of six of my books published in 2025. I wanted to include TANGENTS published by Raphus press, but because of its unusual format it doesn't fit into a grid so well with the others. So here are five of my six 'trad published' books for the year, plus one self-pub :-) #booksky
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A collage of six of my books published in 2025. I wanted to include TANGENTS published by Raphus press, but because of its unusual format it doesn't fit into a grid so well with the others. So here are five of my six 'trad published' books for the year, plus one self-pub :-) #booksky
Pretending to play the guitar. You can tell it's pretence because if you look at the chord I have formed you will perceive that it's E Flat Major Minor Sharp, and there's no such chord 🎵🎶🎵
December 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Pretending to play the guitar. You can tell it's pretence because if you look at the chord I have formed you will perceive that it's E Flat Major Minor Sharp, and there's no such chord 🎵🎶🎵
And the book has earned me £959
December 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
And the book has earned me £959
The first of my self-published paperbacks to sell 1000 copies did so just a few minutes ago. And the ebook has sold exactly 200, making 1200 in total. Not great figures by any means, but for self-pub with little or no promo, I personally am pleased 🙂 #booksky
December 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The first of my self-published paperbacks to sell 1000 copies did so just a few minutes ago. And the ebook has sold exactly 200, making 1200 in total. Not great figures by any means, but for self-pub with little or no promo, I personally am pleased 🙂 #booksky