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Tom Lloyd
@tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
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Writer of Words. Bane of Editors. Eater of Contracts. Shambles of a Man.

He/Him

Buy a book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F5QRD1K5

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Good to see Oxford Council have used only the finest materials and care for the latest repaint of our road
Quadruple yellow lines because the road was so badly painted Chunks of paint scattered on the road having crumbled within months of being laid
January 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Yup, that goes down very nicely! Australian whisky is a new one on me but I'm glad to have been introduced to it.
A bottle of Starward, Australian whisky
January 4, 2026 at 11:59 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Just in case we were unclear if Ripley enjoyed her holiday, the dog who always walks behind me just led me to my brother's house on her evening walk and locked her legs on his doorstep. Sigh. She loves us really.
A keeshond determined to live somewhere smarter than she does...
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Whew, glad I checked in on Bluesky again today - Devil Inside submitted to #spfbo! Good luck everyone!
Promo card for Devil Inside featuring the cover of the book
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
It's quite nice here really. Shame we're heading home now.
A view from the lakeshore at Keswick
January 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Looking towards Ullswater
Sunset over penrith Sunset over penrith Sunset over Penrith
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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A tardigrade playing the smallest violin
December 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Christmas walk in the cold wind
Keeshond in front of a lake Varied shades of blue in lake and sky
December 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Feed me. Feed me now. Why aren't you moving? What's wrong with you, stupid human?
A keeshond doing a Paddington stare
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
I've going to see if I can trick my daughter into agreeing to watch elves at Christmas, instead of Elf.
Legolas, Thranduil, Elrond, Galadriel, Arwen
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Captain America sitting down with the caption "so you feel the urge to argue specifics on some general statement you've seen online..."
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Only 99p/99c right now!
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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I see the first 3 books in the God Fragments are all just £2.99 at the moment, which is a much better price than usual! In case like me you also enjoy drunken idiots blasting their way around ancient, monster-infested underground ruins

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08S6LJJ4...
cover art for stranger of tempest - a man with a gun, "doing a Gandalf" while facing down a huge monster on a bridge
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Finally got some dry, frosty weather to enjoy.
Low sun behind a bush and frosty grass A keeshond who is willing to show some interest because she knows I have a dog biscuit in the same pocket as my phone
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
"My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God"
The pope singing
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Found this hanging across my path on the walk this morning. Probably fine, right? No curse about to ensnare me I'm sure.
A chain of hoops made from twigs hanging from a branch
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Well my kids have no interest in reading this still, but it's too pretty to let it just sit unfinished on the shelf so I'll go again.

(I'd been reading it to Wolfcub but she just doesn't care and doesn't really want to be read to anymore)
A folio society edition of fellowship of the ring
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
I'll be doing my first ever Indie book fair next weekend - on the 23rd of November, in Oxford! Come find me if you want a signed/dedicated/defaced book or just to say hello!
Oxford Indie Book fair - Sunday the 23rd of November in the examination schools, free entry to all!
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel by sharing the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(this is from Devil Inside)
I’ve been almost normal now for three years and three months. Doesn’t sound much when you look at it like that. I know for most people that’s no great achievement, but most people don’t have to work so hard at it. I suppose I was normal as a child too, before things went wrong, but my memory of the time before is all a bit hazy. The therapists say you have to accept the things you’ve done. Own the deeds so they don’t own you. I get that, I really do. For those around you, for your own future and lots of other reasons, you can’t hide from your actions. Even if you don’t remember all of them, they were still done by your hand. They still left a mark. So I’ve embraced the bad in me, come to an accommodation with it. A way to live and not be ruled by it. I still can’t say how much was my fault, but I realise that doesn’t matter. No way that conversation does any good for anyone. And this isn’t that story anyway. I’m not here to tell you how I came to the accommodation. This is what followed, three years and three months later.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Moon's Artifice is just 99p/$1.49 at the moment because it never found enough readers when it was published so why not?

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US:
www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
Cover art for moon's Artifice, an armed man at the edge of a wide canal facing a buildings that may be burning in the distance
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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IT'S ALIVE!

Ahem... I mean the book's now live on amazon for purchase, in ebook and paperback

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0FX...
Promo card for the devil in the vicarage
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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It's spooky season so I might have to re-read this little gem from @jonolivereditor.bsky.social
A copy of the language of beasts by Jonathan Oliver
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Just spotted my brother's dog looking jealous that mine is getting attention in the pub
A spaniel resting his head on a pub chair
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Since The Devil in the Vicarage is released at the end of this week, I've decided book 1 should go on sale all this week until I get home from world fantasy, so 99p in the link below!
Stained glass style cover are with a devil's hands resting on a young woman's shoulders as she holds a staff
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
This worked better I think
Looking up through trees to a blue sky
October 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM