James Bennett
@jamesbennett.bsky.social
British Fantasy Award-Winning author 🏳️🌈
The Ben Garston Novels. Book of Queer Saints. The Dark magazine.
Website: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
The Ben Garston Novels. Book of Queer Saints. The Dark magazine.
Website: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
Pinned
Seeing as we're having a 🌈SUPER GAY DAY🌈, I made a promo post for my profile. All links to independent outlets are in the alt text (or sail the Big River if it suits).
Featuring my British Fantasy Award winning story "Morta" and three shortlisted anthologies.
All gay. All slay. All day. 🏳️🌈☠️📚💙
Featuring my British Fantasy Award winning story "Morta" and three shortlisted anthologies.
All gay. All slay. All day. 🏳️🌈☠️📚💙
Reposted by James Bennett
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
FB SFF group: Hey, is everyone here against AI use? I only use it to -
Me: *leaves group*
Me: *leaves group*
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
FB SFF group: Hey, is everyone here against AI use? I only use it to -
Me: *leaves group*
Me: *leaves group*
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Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
I have no idea what to buy anyone in my family, so they're all getting a free PDF copy of my book and a signed passport photo of yours truly.
Let the bells ring!
🎅 #HandmadeGifts
Let the bells ring!
🎅 #HandmadeGifts
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I have no idea what to buy anyone in my family, so they're all getting a free PDF copy of my book and a signed passport photo of yours truly.
Let the bells ring!
🎅 #HandmadeGifts
Let the bells ring!
🎅 #HandmadeGifts
Lately, I often feel that gay men as an extant personhood and lived experience get wildly conflated with gay male fictional characters, the latter typically having sweet FA to do with the former.
Just saying.
Just saying.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Lately, I often feel that gay men as an extant personhood and lived experience get wildly conflated with gay male fictional characters, the latter typically having sweet FA to do with the former.
Just saying.
Just saying.
Framing m/m novels as an "easier sell" is entirely reductive of the very real exclusion of gay men in this industry (and elsewhere).
But it's also entirely indicative of how gay men in general are objectified, dehumanised and dismissed from our own narratives thanks to social conditioning.
But it's also entirely indicative of how gay men in general are objectified, dehumanised and dismissed from our own narratives thanks to social conditioning.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Framing m/m novels as an "easier sell" is entirely reductive of the very real exclusion of gay men in this industry (and elsewhere).
But it's also entirely indicative of how gay men in general are objectified, dehumanised and dismissed from our own narratives thanks to social conditioning.
But it's also entirely indicative of how gay men in general are objectified, dehumanised and dismissed from our own narratives thanks to social conditioning.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
An hour and a half of X-rays, photographs, then tiny, sharp needles being poked into my gums, followed by a fat bill.
But it isn't as bad as I thought. And Spain is famous (and famously cheap) for dental work, so I'm going ahead with the procedure(s).
Tomorrow. 😬
But it isn't as bad as I thought. And Spain is famous (and famously cheap) for dental work, so I'm going ahead with the procedure(s).
Tomorrow. 😬
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
An hour and a half of X-rays, photographs, then tiny, sharp needles being poked into my gums, followed by a fat bill.
But it isn't as bad as I thought. And Spain is famous (and famously cheap) for dental work, so I'm going ahead with the procedure(s).
Tomorrow. 😬
But it isn't as bad as I thought. And Spain is famous (and famously cheap) for dental work, so I'm going ahead with the procedure(s).
Tomorrow. 😬
Up early for a long-overdue dental appointment.
Pray for me!
Pray for me!
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Up early for a long-overdue dental appointment.
Pray for me!
Pray for me!
Phew. Read through the whole of part one of the wip today, making my little notes.
I don't hate it.
I don't hate it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Phew. Read through the whole of part one of the wip today, making my little notes.
I don't hate it.
I don't hate it.
The EU has had a massively positive impact on my life in this regard, from introducing previously non existent workplace protections in the UK in the early '00s and onwards.
"Why do you live in Europe?" ppl ask.
Well, I don't wish to live where I'm not wanted. Simple. 🇪🇺💙
"Why do you live in Europe?" ppl ask.
Well, I don't wish to live where I'm not wanted. Simple. 🇪🇺💙
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The EU has had a massively positive impact on my life in this regard, from introducing previously non existent workplace protections in the UK in the early '00s and onwards.
"Why do you live in Europe?" ppl ask.
Well, I don't wish to live where I'm not wanted. Simple. 🇪🇺💙
"Why do you live in Europe?" ppl ask.
Well, I don't wish to live where I'm not wanted. Simple. 🇪🇺💙
A week of sound purchases. The Loop earbuds are also a game changer. And my new winter jumpers are so comfy, despite getting laughed at for wearing chunky jumpers. I shall not be cold!
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A week of sound purchases. The Loop earbuds are also a game changer. And my new winter jumpers are so comfy, despite getting laughed at for wearing chunky jumpers. I shall not be cold!
Ugh. This new Kindle color is a *dream* for making editing notes. Smooth as the devil's scorched red backside, which I know is how these hellish corporations get you.
But it's nice!
But it's nice!
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ugh. This new Kindle color is a *dream* for making editing notes. Smooth as the devil's scorched red backside, which I know is how these hellish corporations get you.
But it's nice!
But it's nice!
Gonna nom my agent @helenlane.bsky.social I was blown away by her detailed insight and feedback of my novel and she's really helped it become the book it wants to be!
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Gonna nom my agent @helenlane.bsky.social I was blown away by her detailed insight and feedback of my novel and she's really helped it become the book it wants to be!
Hmm. Thought I'd been blocked by a couple of authors I admire. Turns out they'd been added to a block list I was following.
List revoked. Future caution applied.
List revoked. Future caution applied.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hmm. Thought I'd been blocked by a couple of authors I admire. Turns out they'd been added to a block list I was following.
List revoked. Future caution applied.
List revoked. Future caution applied.
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"it isn't reeeally horror, it's—"
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"it isn't reeeally horror, it's—"
Joiiinn usssss
Join us for our wintry deep dive into the world of folk horror, with DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER running over the weekend of 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.com/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #winter #midwinter #writing #writers #fiction #books
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Joiiinn usssss
Part one of the wip finished this morning. 35K words (unpolished).
Got an imminent editing haul on the other book, but I wanted to break some ground.
Got an imminent editing haul on the other book, but I wanted to break some ground.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Part one of the wip finished this morning. 35K words (unpolished).
Got an imminent editing haul on the other book, but I wanted to break some ground.
Got an imminent editing haul on the other book, but I wanted to break some ground.
"He who does not know how to write does not think that it is a labour. Three fingers write, but the whole body labours."
Colophon in Pope Gregory's "Pastoral Care", 8th century
Colophon in Pope Gregory's "Pastoral Care", 8th century
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"He who does not know how to write does not think that it is a labour. Three fingers write, but the whole body labours."
Colophon in Pope Gregory's "Pastoral Care", 8th century
Colophon in Pope Gregory's "Pastoral Care", 8th century
2025 awards eligibility post.
"Under Damnable Eaves" - Of Enchantment, Enigma & the Infinite, Stars & Sabers Publishing
"Down Street" - Blood in the Bricks anthology, NewCon Pres
"The Road of Mirrors" - Final Curtain anthology, Lethe Press.
And one tale in The Dark magazine, but a reprint.
"Under Damnable Eaves" - Of Enchantment, Enigma & the Infinite, Stars & Sabers Publishing
"Down Street" - Blood in the Bricks anthology, NewCon Pres
"The Road of Mirrors" - Final Curtain anthology, Lethe Press.
And one tale in The Dark magazine, but a reprint.
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
2025 awards eligibility post.
"Under Damnable Eaves" - Of Enchantment, Enigma & the Infinite, Stars & Sabers Publishing
"Down Street" - Blood in the Bricks anthology, NewCon Pres
"The Road of Mirrors" - Final Curtain anthology, Lethe Press.
And one tale in The Dark magazine, but a reprint.
"Under Damnable Eaves" - Of Enchantment, Enigma & the Infinite, Stars & Sabers Publishing
"Down Street" - Blood in the Bricks anthology, NewCon Pres
"The Road of Mirrors" - Final Curtain anthology, Lethe Press.
And one tale in The Dark magazine, but a reprint.
My Xmas pressie to myself is a new Kindle Colorsoft. The Fire 7 (2017) is old now, slow and a tad chunky.
Did look at a Kobo, but I don't wish to lose hundreds of purchased books, so 🤷♂️
Did look at a Kobo, but I don't wish to lose hundreds of purchased books, so 🤷♂️
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My Xmas pressie to myself is a new Kindle Colorsoft. The Fire 7 (2017) is old now, slow and a tad chunky.
Did look at a Kobo, but I don't wish to lose hundreds of purchased books, so 🤷♂️
Did look at a Kobo, but I don't wish to lose hundreds of purchased books, so 🤷♂️
These Loop earbuds are pretty good, must say. They definitely seem to be helping my concentration with the old writing. Background noise in the building is staying just that: muffled in the background.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
These Loop earbuds are pretty good, must say. They definitely seem to be helping my concentration with the old writing. Background noise in the building is staying just that: muffled in the background.
He drew me a picture. I'm reasonably impressed.
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
He drew me a picture. I'm reasonably impressed.
Cat is one of the best of us. All queer creatives are brave and pretty much heroic in the face of a pretty disgusting world, so
I am stoked to see The Shape of Monsters has finally got its #LGBTQ+ and #LGBTIA+creators tags!
And unexpected Best of 2025 tag too
Great way to wind down a work week
And unexpected Best of 2025 tag too
Great way to wind down a work week
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Cat is one of the best of us. All queer creatives are brave and pretty much heroic in the face of a pretty disgusting world, so
I'm so grateful, to all of you
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I'm so grateful, to all of you