Alice Bell
@abeewords.bsky.social
📖 GRAVE EXPECTATIONS & DISPLEASURE ISLAND out now! THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH out Jan 2026
◦ good books ◦ murder ◦ swearing ◦
Recovering games journalist
#BWithTheT
Rep Stevie Finegan at Zeno
@totalplaytime.com
https://alicebellauthor.com/
◦ good books ◦ murder ◦ swearing ◦
Recovering games journalist
#BWithTheT
Rep Stevie Finegan at Zeno
@totalplaytime.com
https://alicebellauthor.com/
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Alice Bell
@abeewords.bsky.social
· Jun 17
💙📚 COMING JAN 2026: THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH! The owner of a pro-wrestling gym died, and his ghost is convinced he was moidered. Can Weirdo medium Claire and her dead best friend solve it? What is kayfabe? Do personal issues really draw money? Pre-order to find out: www.waterstones.com/book/the-gra...
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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"i would have simply made a work that didn't trigger the invisible hand of an anonymous valve employee with a highly specific unknowable beef"
"and if i did, i would throw away that project and start anew, confident somehow that this new project would not suffer the same fate"
"and if i did, i would throw away that project and start anew, confident somehow that this new project would not suffer the same fate"
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"i would have simply made a work that didn't trigger the invisible hand of an anonymous valve employee with a highly specific unknowable beef"
"and if i did, i would throw away that project and start anew, confident somehow that this new project would not suffer the same fate"
"and if i did, i would throw away that project and start anew, confident somehow that this new project would not suffer the same fate"
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The Goat received a few finishing touches overnight 🎁
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Goat received a few finishing touches overnight 🎁
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Visiting you with the Three Spirits of underrated Christmas movie Bangers
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Visiting you with the Three Spirits of underrated Christmas movie Bangers
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Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
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This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
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this week indie studio santa ragione announced that it's on the verge of closure after steam blocked the release of its upcoming provocative art game, horses. valve, despite all of its algorithms and purposefully vague policyspeak, is once again telling us exactly where it stands
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
this week indie studio santa ragione announced that it's on the verge of closure after steam blocked the release of its upcoming provocative art game, horses. valve, despite all of its algorithms and purposefully vague policyspeak, is once again telling us exactly where it stands
I'm trying to get the dogs to settle next to my desk, but in order to do that I have to keep typing because they know if I'm typing it is a signal I won't cuddle them, but if I stop typing even for a SECOND then they look at me with sad spaniel eyes and sigh loudly.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm trying to get the dogs to settle next to my desk, but in order to do that I have to keep typing because they know if I'm typing it is a signal I won't cuddle them, but if I stop typing even for a SECOND then they look at me with sad spaniel eyes and sigh loudly.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
I have two books that you can buy in hardback, paperback or audiobook, in the UK/IRL and USA! The third is out in January! Haunted mansions! Haunted Islands! Haunted pro-wrestling!
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/grave-e...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/displea...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-gra...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/grave-e...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/displea...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-gra...
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I have two books that you can buy in hardback, paperback or audiobook, in the UK/IRL and USA! The third is out in January! Haunted mansions! Haunted Islands! Haunted pro-wrestling!
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/grave-e...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/displea...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-gra...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/grave-e...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/displea...
atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-gra...
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I'm not convinced everyone wants to hear about my published books but what the hell
The House on Utopia Way! surreal sci-fi cyberpunk detective action! a "wildly imaginative ride"!
15% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY
or special edition e-book here - scarletferret.com/books/the-ho...
The House on Utopia Way! surreal sci-fi cyberpunk detective action! a "wildly imaginative ride"!
15% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY
or special edition e-book here - scarletferret.com/books/the-ho...
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I'm not convinced everyone wants to hear about my published books but what the hell
The House on Utopia Way! surreal sci-fi cyberpunk detective action! a "wildly imaginative ride"!
15% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY
or special edition e-book here - scarletferret.com/books/the-ho...
The House on Utopia Way! surreal sci-fi cyberpunk detective action! a "wildly imaginative ride"!
15% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY
or special edition e-book here - scarletferret.com/books/the-ho...
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Not to trot out the “people will tweet anything” meme, but…
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Not to trot out the “people will tweet anything” meme, but…
I am convinced a large part of the crusade against universities as hot beds of leftwing bias and sedition is because people like Goodwin feel the need to make Nobody Wants To Be My Friend an 'its everyone else's fault!' issue
With every outright racist things he says I think back to his former students and colleagues at a pretty diverse university who had to work with someone who clearly did not respect or value them.
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I am convinced a large part of the crusade against universities as hot beds of leftwing bias and sedition is because people like Goodwin feel the need to make Nobody Wants To Be My Friend an 'its everyone else's fault!' issue
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Imagine going through life like this
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Imagine going through life like this
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There should be book clubs for babies. "I enjoyed the crinkliness of this one but I have to say the little mirror at the end was a bit predictable."
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There should be book clubs for babies. "I enjoyed the crinkliness of this one but I have to say the little mirror at the end was a bit predictable."
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"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The industry's finest sustainable storyteller" is an appellation that we'll wear with pride. Thank you, @jeremypeel.bsky.social and the Edge team, for this wonderful profile in January's issue.
Huge dilemma. I need a wee, but the normally rambunctious dogs are both sleeping peacefully near the door.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Huge dilemma. I need a wee, but the normally rambunctious dogs are both sleeping peacefully near the door.
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We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
oh yes I should have said in my post earlier, my audio book has made _me_ £2550 in three years, publishers take their cut first.
Oh one thing I should add is that earning out an advance on royalties is not the same as the book being profitable to your publisher; those are different numbers, but they are frequently conflated in these discussions. Ok done. Thank you!
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
oh yes I should have said in my post earlier, my audio book has made _me_ £2550 in three years, publishers take their cut first.
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The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
And the two child benefit limit is abolished. An enormous victory for those who have campaigned tirelessly for eight long years through successive governments. This will lift at least 450,000 children out of poverty. Fewer kids will be hungry. No more women forced to disclose their rape.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
This was on the ceiling of the phlebotomy room and in fairness it really did distract me from the blood test
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This was on the ceiling of the phlebotomy room and in fairness it really did distract me from the blood test
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped