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Gareth L. Powell
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📚 Award-winning SF author of 20+ books 📖 WHO WILL YOU SAVE? — out now ✍️ Editor @ Stars & Sabers Publishing 🤝 Represented by Lucienne Diver https://linktr.ee/garethlpowell
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 9h
JITTERBUG by Gareth L. Powell. Coming 3rd March 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social, available to preorder now.

Links: www.garethlpowell.com/jitterbug/
"On Earth, they depicted justice as blindfolded and impartial, but out there on the frontier, she was red in tooth and claw."
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 9h
JITTERBUG by Gareth L. Powell. Coming 3rd March 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social, available to preorder now.

Links: www.garethlpowell.com/jitterbug/
"On Earth, they depicted justice as blindfolded and impartial, but out there on the frontier, she was red in tooth and claw."
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Lynn from OK @uppityokie.bsky.social · 10h
This is true, based on the two people I know IRL who read Gareth's books.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 11h
People who read my books are happier, better looking, and more interesting.
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 18h
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 11h
People who read my books are happier, better looking, and more interesting.
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 18h
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 11h
I still remember my childhood phone number, all these decades later
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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 15h
Be our Valentine! Not long until the cover reveal for Nebula finalist @cornellwriter.bsky.social’s SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, out just in time for Valentine’s Day 2026! This retrofuturistic, sci-fi romance novelette will charm you to the moon and back.
#scifi #books #scifiromance #2026books
Light teal backdrop of retro rockets and space items, and a cover reveal placeholder rectangle in dark teal with yellow and white font and a rocket illustration by Kim Herbst. Cover text reads: Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl, P.A. Cornell, Nebula, Aurora, and World Fantasy Award Finalist. Cover Coming soon! Stars and Sabers Publishing Logo. In pale pink font, February 3, 2026.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 15h
I like Monster Munch, but mixed with mayo...
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 16h
What?
Monster Munch flavour mayonnaise
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 19h
The town's engulfed in a fine sea mist this morning. You can feel its dampness when you breathe.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 20h
Another desk buddy. Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, making sure this is a spider plant and not a face hugger in disguise.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21h
He’s been “looking in the wrong place.”
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations @genni.bsky.social
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d
I'll pass, thanks
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d
My granddaughter came to visit this afternoon, and I had forgotten how tiring it can be running around after a toddler.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d
My most recent interview with @locusmag.bsky.social was in February this year. You can read a sizeable extract on their website.

locusmag.com/feature/gare...
Gareth L. Powell: Big Universe
GARETH LYN POWELL was born September 3, 1970 in Clifton, Bristol, England; he grew up in Bristol, and lives there still. He studied humanities and creative writing at the University of Glamorgan (l…
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, I’m back on my feet
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 1d
A weekend reminder 😊
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 5d
The Green Man's War is a 99p Kindle deal for October in the UK, for those keen to catch up with the series before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October, with a launch at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton 😁
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The Green Man's War eBook : McKenna, Juliet E: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 2d
Slowly
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 2d
Been down with the 'vid for a week
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 2d
This photo of Robert Bloch is the most writer photo to have ever writer photo’d. It is Pure Writer Photo.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 2d
Do check out Tim's latest, especially if you hate sleeping and want to lie awake all night with the lights on.
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Tim Lebbon @timlebbon.bsky.social · 2d
By the way, I have a new novel out!
(photo by Tim Love)
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 2d
You're doing a great job
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 2d
It's time we gave Gen-Z some movie memories as good as the ones we were given in the 1980s.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 2d
Illness defeated and books to write. To quote John Wick, "Yeah, I'm thinking I'm back."
Gareth in a black t-shirt, looking into the camera with a resolute expression.
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