Victoria Hayward
@writervh.bsky.social
Writer / Science Fiction / Fantasy / Birds / 🍸
Warhammer 40K Darktide / Black Library Author / Lancaster University Creative Writing Scholarship PhD Student 🌈
All views her own, she/her
https://linktr.ee/WriterVH
Warhammer 40K Darktide / Black Library Author / Lancaster University Creative Writing Scholarship PhD Student 🌈
All views her own, she/her
https://linktr.ee/WriterVH
Good morrow fellow bulwark admirers!
May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱
May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Good morrow fellow bulwark admirers!
May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱
May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱
It's PLR statement day!
In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤
This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀
In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤
This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀
January 19, 2026 at 11:42 AM
It's PLR statement day!
In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤
This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀
In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤
This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀
Just picked up my first Warhammer read of the year - @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social's Black Library book Demolisher!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just picked up my first Warhammer read of the year - @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social's Black Library book Demolisher!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
✨️His✨️Eyelashes*✨️
*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar
*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar
January 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
✨️His✨️Eyelashes*✨️
*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar
*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar
Please enjoy this nuthatch hatching a whole nut 🖤
January 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Please enjoy this nuthatch hatching a whole nut 🖤
Meet Lobelia, a magnificent Eurasian Griffon Vulture at World of Wings in Cumbernauld!
She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).
It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤
She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).
It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Meet Lobelia, a magnificent Eurasian Griffon Vulture at World of Wings in Cumbernauld!
She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).
It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤
She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).
It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤
My New Year read was @adamroberts.bsky.social very clever & very scary Lake of Darkness which gave me the mega creeps by chapter 2 but which I couldn't stop reading.
It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...
It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
My New Year read was @adamroberts.bsky.social very clever & very scary Lake of Darkness which gave me the mega creeps by chapter 2 but which I couldn't stop reading.
It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...
It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...
A brisk and bright start to the New Year aboard a Victorian steamship on Loch Katrine (whisky compulsory, it was gorgeous but very cold! ❄️)
...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️
...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️
January 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A brisk and bright start to the New Year aboard a Victorian steamship on Loch Katrine (whisky compulsory, it was gorgeous but very cold! ❄️)
...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️
...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️
Grateful to reflect on a busy author year! ✨️
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Grateful to reflect on a busy author year! ✨️
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
This was my Warhammer festive read - an absolute banger from Dan 🖤
Lovely character work & super evocative. It kept me guessing until the end and chomping through a *lot* of Christmas chocolate as the tension ramped up 😂 🍫
Lovely character work & super evocative. It kept me guessing until the end and chomping through a *lot* of Christmas chocolate as the tension ramped up 😂 🍫
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This was my Warhammer festive read - an absolute banger from Dan 🖤
Lovely character work & super evocative. It kept me guessing until the end and chomping through a *lot* of Christmas chocolate as the tension ramped up 😂 🍫
Lovely character work & super evocative. It kept me guessing until the end and chomping through a *lot* of Christmas chocolate as the tension ramped up 😂 🍫
PSA - if you're in the Nottingham city centre Warhammer store you can pick up a signed copy of @robertrath.bsky.social's The Fall of Cadia (while supplies last! ;-) ) in the Black Li rary section :-) 🖤
December 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
PSA - if you're in the Nottingham city centre Warhammer store you can pick up a signed copy of @robertrath.bsky.social's The Fall of Cadia (while supplies last! ;-) ) in the Black Li rary section :-) 🖤
December 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A veritable Exterminatus of Black Library Authors descended upon Warhammer World today!
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A veritable Exterminatus of Black Library Authors descended upon Warhammer World today!
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
Happy 50th Birthday to Games Workshop! 💀🎉
Lovely retrospective in White Dwarf including staff memories & the fun detail behind the first ever store gaming table!
What's your earliest memory of GW?
Here are two of mine - my first miniature and my first ticket to Games Day from ~20 years ago! :-)
Lovely retrospective in White Dwarf including staff memories & the fun detail behind the first ever store gaming table!
What's your earliest memory of GW?
Here are two of mine - my first miniature and my first ticket to Games Day from ~20 years ago! :-)
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Happy 50th Birthday to Games Workshop! 💀🎉
Lovely retrospective in White Dwarf including staff memories & the fun detail behind the first ever store gaming table!
What's your earliest memory of GW?
Here are two of mine - my first miniature and my first ticket to Games Day from ~20 years ago! :-)
Lovely retrospective in White Dwarf including staff memories & the fun detail behind the first ever store gaming table!
What's your earliest memory of GW?
Here are two of mine - my first miniature and my first ticket to Games Day from ~20 years ago! :-)
And if you're a Warhammer+ subscriber you can see me talking (and gesticulating!) all things Tyranid for a good 40 minutes with the very patient @alexdoddy.bsky.social on the Warhammer TV Scribes and Scriveners show :-)
warhammertv.com/details/25794
warhammertv.com/details/25794
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And if you're a Warhammer+ subscriber you can see me talking (and gesticulating!) all things Tyranid for a good 40 minutes with the very patient @alexdoddy.bsky.social on the Warhammer TV Scribes and Scriveners show :-)
warhammertv.com/details/25794
warhammertv.com/details/25794
Thank you for the review of my Warhammer 40K short story Nightsider Imperialis @goonhammer.com & @lenoongh.bsky.social!
It's in the Darkness Eternal Black Library anthology & features some of the characters from my novel Deathworlder.
So if you want more Adair, this is where you can find her;-) 🖤
It's in the Darkness Eternal Black Library anthology & features some of the characters from my novel Deathworlder.
So if you want more Adair, this is where you can find her;-) 🖤
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Thank you for the review of my Warhammer 40K short story Nightsider Imperialis @goonhammer.com & @lenoongh.bsky.social!
It's in the Darkness Eternal Black Library anthology & features some of the characters from my novel Deathworlder.
So if you want more Adair, this is where you can find her;-) 🖤
It's in the Darkness Eternal Black Library anthology & features some of the characters from my novel Deathworlder.
So if you want more Adair, this is where you can find her;-) 🖤
Beautiful post just arrived from @decassette.bsky.social!
A reading treat to have for the dark nights now the winter is closing in 🖤
A reading treat to have for the dark nights now the winter is closing in 🖤
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Beautiful post just arrived from @decassette.bsky.social!
A reading treat to have for the dark nights now the winter is closing in 🖤
A reading treat to have for the dark nights now the winter is closing in 🖤
Tank u for taking the time to review my stories! 🖤🙏
It is a much appreciated way of supporting authors and means a great deal - plus is of course a welcome motivator to hop into the ol' Black Library Rhino carpool to work and keep typing grim tales 💀
It is a much appreciated way of supporting authors and means a great deal - plus is of course a welcome motivator to hop into the ol' Black Library Rhino carpool to work and keep typing grim tales 💀
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Tank u for taking the time to review my stories! 🖤🙏
It is a much appreciated way of supporting authors and means a great deal - plus is of course a welcome motivator to hop into the ol' Black Library Rhino carpool to work and keep typing grim tales 💀
It is a much appreciated way of supporting authors and means a great deal - plus is of course a welcome motivator to hop into the ol' Black Library Rhino carpool to work and keep typing grim tales 💀
Tbt a seasonal homage to our greatest living author, dreamweaver, visionary plus actor and the reason I NEVER use subtext in my own oeuvre (it is of course for cowards) 🙏🖤💀
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Tbt a seasonal homage to our greatest living author, dreamweaver, visionary plus actor and the reason I NEVER use subtext in my own oeuvre (it is of course for cowards) 🙏🖤💀
All of the Warhammer stories I've written!
When I wandered into my local Games Workshop store as a kid more than 20 years ago I'd never have believed I'd get the chance to do this!
It's so fun & there's just as much wonder in the great, grimdark world of Warhammer as when I first encountered it 🖤
When I wandered into my local Games Workshop store as a kid more than 20 years ago I'd never have believed I'd get the chance to do this!
It's so fun & there's just as much wonder in the great, grimdark world of Warhammer as when I first encountered it 🖤
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
All of the Warhammer stories I've written!
When I wandered into my local Games Workshop store as a kid more than 20 years ago I'd never have believed I'd get the chance to do this!
It's so fun & there's just as much wonder in the great, grimdark world of Warhammer as when I first encountered it 🖤
When I wandered into my local Games Workshop store as a kid more than 20 years ago I'd never have believed I'd get the chance to do this!
It's so fun & there's just as much wonder in the great, grimdark world of Warhammer as when I first encountered it 🖤
Picked up some goodies from Kim's Bookshop in Arundel over the weekend including a vintage Nebula & British Science Fiction Magazine 😍
I highly recommend visiting if you're passing through Arundel - there are many floors of good stuff!
Thank you to @hormannalex.bsky.social for putting me onto it!
I highly recommend visiting if you're passing through Arundel - there are many floors of good stuff!
Thank you to @hormannalex.bsky.social for putting me onto it!
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Picked up some goodies from Kim's Bookshop in Arundel over the weekend including a vintage Nebula & British Science Fiction Magazine 😍
I highly recommend visiting if you're passing through Arundel - there are many floors of good stuff!
Thank you to @hormannalex.bsky.social for putting me onto it!
I highly recommend visiting if you're passing through Arundel - there are many floors of good stuff!
Thank you to @hormannalex.bsky.social for putting me onto it!
Grateful to have picked up numerous fab reading recommendations from *every* panel at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social but am now intimidated by the state of my reading pile (anyone else?? 😅)
Tbt Tokyo as I'm currently starting on my sub-pile of Japanese fantasy 🖤
📸 Hiroyuki Okawara @hero_nightwalker
Tbt Tokyo as I'm currently starting on my sub-pile of Japanese fantasy 🖤
📸 Hiroyuki Okawara @hero_nightwalker
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Grateful to have picked up numerous fab reading recommendations from *every* panel at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social but am now intimidated by the state of my reading pile (anyone else?? 😅)
Tbt Tokyo as I'm currently starting on my sub-pile of Japanese fantasy 🖤
📸 Hiroyuki Okawara @hero_nightwalker
Tbt Tokyo as I'm currently starting on my sub-pile of Japanese fantasy 🖤
📸 Hiroyuki Okawara @hero_nightwalker
Dr Phibes budgie wishes everyone an extremely fresh Monday 🐤🚿
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Dr Phibes budgie wishes everyone an extremely fresh Monday 🐤🚿
Had a super interesting time at World Fantasy Con - all of the panels have been bangers!
Now at Gods & Faith in Fantasy - skillfully chaired by @theodoragoss.bsky.social with fascinating discussion from
@johngwynneauthor.bsky.social @joannechocolat.bsky.social @gavthorpe.bsky.social & Willow Woods
Now at Gods & Faith in Fantasy - skillfully chaired by @theodoragoss.bsky.social with fascinating discussion from
@johngwynneauthor.bsky.social @joannechocolat.bsky.social @gavthorpe.bsky.social & Willow Woods
November 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Had a super interesting time at World Fantasy Con - all of the panels have been bangers!
Now at Gods & Faith in Fantasy - skillfully chaired by @theodoragoss.bsky.social with fascinating discussion from
@johngwynneauthor.bsky.social @joannechocolat.bsky.social @gavthorpe.bsky.social & Willow Woods
Now at Gods & Faith in Fantasy - skillfully chaired by @theodoragoss.bsky.social with fascinating discussion from
@johngwynneauthor.bsky.social @joannechocolat.bsky.social @gavthorpe.bsky.social & Willow Woods
....oh have you? 🤔
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
....oh have you? 🤔