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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 1d

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2) And if you don't want to wait til April for more Cameron Johnston, the superbly titled The Maleficent Seven is a Kindle Monthly Deal for October! £0.74 or $1.99 will get you your copy.

www.amazon.co.uk/The-Malefice...

www.amazon.com/dp/B08N6TX8LN/

What a bunch of bargains!

The Maleficent Seven (Audio Download): Cameron Johnston, George Weightman, Watkins Publishing: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals

www.amazon.co.uk

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 1d

Cameron Johnston deals alert - for new novel First Mage on the Moon and The Maleficent Seven!

1) First Mage on the Moon preorders are 25% off at Waterstones until 17/10:
www.waterstones.com/book/first-m...

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First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston | Waterstones

Buy First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to be on the radio later this month! So that's a first for me.

Come and listen to me on BBC Radio Scotland, Wednesday 29th October between 3:30 and 4pm, talking to the excellent pair of Anna Welander and Len Pennie.

Cameron Johnston in a blue fair isle style jumper in front of standing stones. Red labels say: BBC - I'm getting featured on Upload

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CL Woke Cannibal Erotica Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social · 1d

My retelling of The Tinderbox -- Thief Mage, Beggar Mage -- is on kindle for 99p, if weird lush stuff about queer mages and clockwork magic and dragons is your jam:

www.amazon.co.uk/Thief-Mage-B...

Thief Mage, Beggar Mage (The Beggar Mage Cycle)

Buy Thief Mage, Beggar Mage (The Beggar Mage Cycle) by Hellisen, Cat (ISBN: 9781739685133) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social are doing a preorder deal of 25% off First Mage On The Moon until the 17th of October!
Get on that! 🚀
Coming out on April 14th from me and @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

www.waterstones.com/book/first-m...

Waterstone Preorder deal of 25% off First Mage On The Moon by Cameron Johnston. A magical rocketship covered in arcane glyhs and scaffolding.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

That was my thinking too!

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

Thunderbird 3 owner 'thought he ordered model'

Why is there a lifesize Thunderbirds model at Humberside Airport?

The Thunderbird 3 model is parked at Humberside Airport after it was bought several years ago.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon of a dinosaur holding a stack of money with the words shut up and take my money

ALT: a cartoon of a dinosaur holding a stack of money with the words shut up and take my money

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 3d

I spotting this delightful information plaque in Glasgow Botanic Gardens this morning.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 3d

Finishing a book at all is more than most people will ever do, and that's a kinda incredible thing.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 3d

As an author, especially when you're not a big-name author, you definitely have to celebrate all the small milestones along the path of publication, to stop and admire the view sometimes.
It's all-too easy to dwell on deadlines, self-doubt, bad reviews and donut-brains.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #bookshopday I picked up this beautiful book from The Wee Bookshop in Dollar today.

No such thing as too many books, just not enough space...

Briggs Dictionary of Fairies in beautiful hardback, a drgaon and a mermaid and gilt foliage

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 4d

That is very cool! 😀

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, a voicemail...bet it's another spam call...
Nope.
It's the BBC, about a thing. Colour me intrigued!

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 7d

"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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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 8d

Aha, looks like the eARCs for First Mage On The Moon have arrived in my inbox, and will be making their way onto NetGalley soonish.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11d

This is on cheap on Kobo as well! Basically fun grimdark, as we root for the monstrous horde to take out the holy knight 'good guys'. I really enjoyed it.

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 14d

The Maleficent Seven is part of Amazon's Kindle Monthly Deal for October, available for the sleep-averting sum of only $1.99!

www.amazon.com/Maleficent-S...

Or £0.74 on the UK site!

www.amazon.co.uk/Maleficent-S...

The cover of The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston, seven scary, silhouetted fantasy figures on a burning background.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 11d

Great to hear it's on sale in all sorts of other places - I was only told about the 'zon sale.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 11d

Glad to hear it's on sale lots of other places :)

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Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social · 12d

My new story is out in The Pink Hydra today! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...

The Pink Hydra | Four Flowers in Formaldehyde - Heather Valentine

Four Flowers in Formaldehyde by Heather Valentine

www.thepinkhydra.com

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

Sometimes you stumble across a .gif and just have to use it :)

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

Almost time to dust off my Ghostwatch and The Stone Tape DVDs.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

Geezo, if that ever happens I'll need to have an author makeover. Probably something in tweed.

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

We need those movie deals, stat!

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

Not quite sure how to answer when somebody asks why you don't have a Wikipedia page...
I dunno man, maybe I don't want people finding out I'm three angry badgers in a trenchcoat?

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