Thomas D. Lee
@thomasdlee.bsky.social
Sunday Times bestselling author (he/him)
Buy PERILOUS TIMES, it has a talking squirrel
THE KNIGHT WATCH coming June 2026
Visiting Lecturer at City St George's University London
Repped by Harry Illingworth at @dhhlitagency
Linktree: https://t.co/psdOEXpR3h
Buy PERILOUS TIMES, it has a talking squirrel
THE KNIGHT WATCH coming June 2026
Visiting Lecturer at City St George's University London
Repped by Harry Illingworth at @dhhlitagency
Linktree: https://t.co/psdOEXpR3h
We did used to be called Gunchester in the nineties, after all
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
We did used to be called Gunchester in the nineties, after all
As I've said elsewhere, my next book The Knight Watch won't be published in the US. My former US publishers told me it was unpublishable, that some of the queer characters were 'stealing the show' and that the reader would 'get confused' about which characters they were meant to be invested in 😑
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 PM
As I've said elsewhere, my next book The Knight Watch won't be published in the US. My former US publishers told me it was unpublishable, that some of the queer characters were 'stealing the show' and that the reader would 'get confused' about which characters they were meant to be invested in 😑
Do not climb on the structure
January 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Do not climb on the structure
Join me, Baroness Young and @greensolitaire.bsky.social for the online launch of Solitaire's debut novel GODSTORM, set in a petrol-fuelled Roman Empire. We'll talk about writing, politics, the anthropocene, and everything inbetween. Link below for tickets!
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b734b0...
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b734b0...
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Join me, Baroness Young and @greensolitaire.bsky.social for the online launch of Solitaire's debut novel GODSTORM, set in a petrol-fuelled Roman Empire. We'll talk about writing, politics, the anthropocene, and everything inbetween. Link below for tickets!
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b734b0...
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b734b0...
I forgot to bring a hat, and there were some very icy crosswinds at the top of the Wrekin
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I forgot to bring a hat, and there were some very icy crosswinds at the top of the Wrekin
Merry Christmas, one and all
December 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Merry Christmas, one and all
My wonderful friends and D&D buddies have commissioned this lino print as a shockingly thoughtful Christmas gift: it depicts the scene from Perilous Times in which Lancelot approaches Manchester on his Brough Superior. I'm utterly delighted.
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
My wonderful friends and D&D buddies have commissioned this lino print as a shockingly thoughtful Christmas gift: it depicts the scene from Perilous Times in which Lancelot approaches Manchester on his Brough Superior. I'm utterly delighted.
Thoroughly enjoyed the 'Dr Dee:Mortlake to Manchester' exhibition at @chethamslibrary.bsky.social which rendered Dee's dreams as mesmerising light displays. Very impressive.
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed the 'Dr Dee:Mortlake to Manchester' exhibition at @chethamslibrary.bsky.social which rendered Dee's dreams as mesmerising light displays. Very impressive.
If you fancy a rollicking detective story set in an alternate Victorian London then you're in luck: HIGH VAULTAGE by my friends @jensugden.bsky.social and @chrissugden.bsky.social is only 99¢ on Kindle in the US!
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you fancy a rollicking detective story set in an alternate Victorian London then you're in luck: HIGH VAULTAGE by my friends @jensugden.bsky.social and @chrissugden.bsky.social is only 99¢ on Kindle in the US!
Update: my ankle pain is really flaring up today. I assume this is because I have angered the demon stool by scalping him. Have drawn a Chi Rho on him to try and restrain his malice.
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Update: my ankle pain is really flaring up today. I assume this is because I have angered the demon stool by scalping him. Have drawn a Chi Rho on him to try and restrain his malice.
'Yeah you can scream all you like, but it's your own fault for breaking my ankle you demon fuck'
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
'Yeah you can scream all you like, but it's your own fault for breaking my ankle you demon fuck'
Here, my friends, is the demon stool. Even by sharing this image with you I have put you in danger. Please make the sign of the cross, or utter a protective charm of your choosing, before you continue reading.
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here, my friends, is the demon stool. Even by sharing this image with you I have put you in danger. Please make the sign of the cross, or utter a protective charm of your choosing, before you continue reading.
Restorative walk along the beach is very much alleviating my hangover this morning
November 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Restorative walk along the beach is very much alleviating my hangover this morning
Morning, Brighton!
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Morning, Brighton!
Tolkien would have abhorred Elon Musk and his ilk, who 'prefer the acquiescence of the “quisling” to the resistance of the patriot'
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Tolkien would have abhorred Elon Musk and his ilk, who 'prefer the acquiescence of the “quisling” to the resistance of the patriot'
Got my bronze donor badge recently! If you're eligible, think about donating your own Precious Vital Essences. In the UK you can download the Give Blood app to book your first appointment.
www.blood.co.uk
www.blood.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Got my bronze donor badge recently! If you're eligible, think about donating your own Precious Vital Essences. In the UK you can download the Give Blood app to book your first appointment.
www.blood.co.uk
www.blood.co.uk
We can say 'it's not about the money' and focus on the injustice of the crime but I think we should be wary of thinking that it's somehow vulgar or obscene for us to demand remuneration for having our work stolen. That's getting into 'all writers should live in a leaky garret' territory.
October 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We can say 'it's not about the money' and focus on the injustice of the crime but I think we should be wary of thinking that it's somehow vulgar or obscene for us to demand remuneration for having our work stolen. That's getting into 'all writers should live in a leaky garret' territory.
See I'm an old plane nerd but I'm a big fan of the Vickers Vimy Commercial, which looks like a child's drawing of an aeroplane
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
See I'm an old plane nerd but I'm a big fan of the Vickers Vimy Commercial, which looks like a child's drawing of an aeroplane
I think you would like Countess Savina, the vampire sorcerer/fighter I've been playing in 5e for a while now
September 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I think you would like Countess Savina, the vampire sorcerer/fighter I've been playing in 5e for a while now
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has convinced me to join @greenparty.org.uk
I trusted Labour to make things better. Instead they've made things worse for refugees & trans folks, cosied up to Trump, and sided with tech bros against UK writers & artists. I don't see why I should ever vote for them again.
I trusted Labour to make things better. Instead they've made things worse for refugees & trans folks, cosied up to Trump, and sided with tech bros against UK writers & artists. I don't see why I should ever vote for them again.
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has convinced me to join @greenparty.org.uk
I trusted Labour to make things better. Instead they've made things worse for refugees & trans folks, cosied up to Trump, and sided with tech bros against UK writers & artists. I don't see why I should ever vote for them again.
I trusted Labour to make things better. Instead they've made things worse for refugees & trans folks, cosied up to Trump, and sided with tech bros against UK writers & artists. I don't see why I should ever vote for them again.
Two weeks from today I'll be at Waterstones in the Trafford Centre with @stephenaryan.bsky.social and @danhanks.bsky.social discussing alternate earths and fantasy fiction. Thanks to the the BFS and @alethearlyons.bsky.social for organising! Tickets below:
www.waterstones.com/events/fanta...
www.waterstones.com/events/fanta...
September 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Two weeks from today I'll be at Waterstones in the Trafford Centre with @stephenaryan.bsky.social and @danhanks.bsky.social discussing alternate earths and fantasy fiction. Thanks to the the BFS and @alethearlyons.bsky.social for organising! Tickets below:
www.waterstones.com/events/fanta...
www.waterstones.com/events/fanta...
I wonder whether Sydney Anglo has ever been bibliographically sandwiched between two Wolfenstein games, before now.
August 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I wonder whether Sydney Anglo has ever been bibliographically sandwiched between two Wolfenstein games, before now.
So long story short that's how I ended up owning the entire Millennium Collection. They had been in that school for twenty years without being read, and I felt sorry for them. (And they would have ended up in the trash if I hadn't taken them, before anyone accuses me of stealing from kids).
August 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
So long story short that's how I ended up owning the entire Millennium Collection. They had been in that school for twenty years without being read, and I felt sorry for them. (And they would have ended up in the trash if I hadn't taken them, before anyone accuses me of stealing from kids).