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John Baker, Literary Agent
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The Small God of Hype, Agent at Bell Lomax Moreton: Likes SFF&H, Welsh Rugby, Indie bands I heard about way later than you. He/Him. Opinions mine. https://belllomaxmoreton.co.uk/agents/john-baker
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John Baker, Literary Agent @jjbker.bsky.social · 25m
I'm very proud to have played a small part in getting @gautambhatia88.bsky.social and his wonderful THE FIFTH INFLECTION to the audience they deserve!

Huge thanks again to @runalongwomble.bsky.social for the rec and to @princejvstin.com and @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social for their support!
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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 33m
So delighted to share that THE SENTENCE will now be coming out in a global edition with Saga Press in early 2027, newly-titled THE FIFTH INFLECTION.

Deeply grateful to @jjbker.bsky.social for taking it on, and to Sareena Kamath for acquiring it for Saga. Excited to take this novel outside India!
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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 3d
Oh my gosh??!!
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3d
The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel-Adult is THE SENTENCE by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social
2025 Winner Outstanding Novel - Adult: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia
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Westland Books @westlandbooks.bsky.social · 3d
Best news to start the week! 🎉

We are elated to announce that @gautambhatia88.bsky.social’s brilliant book The Sentence won the @theignyteawards.bsky.social for Best Novel - Adult.

Congratulations to Gautam and a big thank you to our readers!
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Benedict Anning @benedictanning.bsky.social · 7d
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It's release day for the delicious follow-up to Gorse!! Highly highly encourage you nab a copy from the inimitable worldly wordsmith @samkhorton.bsky.social ✨
Ragwort
Check out Ragwort - A year on from the loss of Lord Pelagius Hunt of Mirecoombe, new Keeper Nancy Bligh is still struggling. She can banish the spirits and keep peace between the spriggans and piskies...
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · Sep 5
Spider-Man asking dinosaur mad scientist Sauron why he is using his 170 seat majority to constantly fuck up instead of fixing Britain and Sauron saying that’s the way he likes it
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 20d
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 22d
Project Hanuman is 6 weeks away...here's a short thing on how you can help :-)
Pre-Order Project Hanuman: Help Launch My New Novel
Pre-order Project Hanuman, my upcoming novel releasing in November, and help it reach more readers! Your support means everything!
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Ashley Stokes @ashleystokes.bsky.social · 24d
Absolutely delighted to have a new story, co-written with Eygló Daða Karlsdóttir, CAUTIONARY PULSES, now published in Interzone 303.

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Sam Tyler @reelsamtyler.bsky.social · 27d
@sarahjdaley.bsky.social 'Wings of Steel and Fury' is Grimdark, a low fantasy book, that happens to have angels and romance, but this is less love making and more rutting.

Out now

Read my SFbook.com review: sfbook.com/wings-of-ste...

Thank you @caramalines.bsky.social @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 29d
"That thing on your head looks ridiculous."

"I thought Palace Guards weren't supposed to talk."
Donald Trump and a Buckingham Palace guard wearing a bearskin
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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · Sep 12
We're giving away a couple free codes for The Needfire audiobook over on Instagram - head over if you want a chance to win a real treat for your ears! www.instagram.com/p/DOfu5o2ClqN/
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John Baker, Literary Agent @jjbker.bsky.social · Sep 9
Feast your eyes on the dark majesty of @allisonmick.bsky.social's spooky ass book!

HUMBOLDT CUT, chopping through the door of all bad bookshops next January!
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 9
We're excited to help reveal the cover for Humboldt Cut by @allisonmick.bsky.social! A dark, humorous ecological horror about family, murder, and the legacy of logging in California (and maybe some monsters too), Humboldt Cut arrives January 27, 2026!

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Revealing Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick - Reactor
A darkly funny eco-horror arriving January 2026 from Erewhon Books!
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Jamedi @jamreads.com · Sep 7
The Needfire, by @mkhardywrites.com (pub by @solarisbooks.bsky.social) is a great sapphic gothic novel, a proposal that blends classic motifs with a touch of modernity, perfect if you like highly atmospherical books.

Full thoughts:
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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · Sep 6
2025 books I've enjoyed! The Needfire by @mkhardywrites.com! Set in a perfectly isolated and unforgiving Scottish landscape, it was a gothic dream of a book - atmospheric, full of intrigue, longing, and secrets, deliciously dark, and beautifully haunting ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌊🖤
Hardback copy of The Needfire by MK Hardy sitting on a bookshelf
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Mahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social · Sep 6
All I hear about is cozy crime, cozy fantasy, cozy mystery, but what about cozy cat?
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David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social · Sep 5
there really isn't a clearer example of the gammons' victim complex than the george flag thing.
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Sep 5
Do NOT care about angela rayner's tax affairs. I care about the government waging a war on trans people and disabled people, and being complicit in genocide.
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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy @bitterkarella.bsky.social · Sep 2
Just a little taste of the mushrooms in MOONFLOW 🍄
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Aug 31
I picked a fight with some hydrogen that's 93 million miles away. I lost. On my hatred of the sun, and the horror of sunburn.

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‘I treat the sun with the contempt which it deserves. It ...
I return from holiday painfully burnt – and with no one to blame but myself
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John Baker, Literary Agent @jjbker.bsky.social · Aug 30
That's certainly what i'm seeing! Next year, I've got some massive SF books coming out!
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Micah @rincewind.run · Aug 23
Discworld QOTD, from Thief of Time

“EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, STAYS HAPPENED.

"What kind of philosophy is that?"

THE ONLY ONE THAT WORKS.”
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Micah @rincewind.run · Aug 22
Discworld QOTD, from The Fifth Elephant

“‘I assure you I will not kill you,’ said Inigo.

‘I know that,’ said Vimes. ‘But will you try?’”
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Micah @rincewind.run · Aug 21
Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum

"'I'm going to have a word with young Verence,' said Nanny.

'He is the king, Nanny,' said Agnes.

'That's no reason for him to go around acting like he was royalty.'"
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20
The story began in GORSE, now Nancy Bligh stands alone, holding the line against the dark in 18th century Cornwall...

This October, @samkhorton.bsky.social 's deliciously dark folkloric fantasy series, Eythin Legacy, continues in RAGWORT!

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Against a black background with a skull sprouting ragwort flowers in the top right corner, white text reads: "She was a witch, of course. At least that is what they called her. Because sometimes the words one needs are not the words one has, and people are scared of a woman who knows what she wants. And how to take it." The white Solaris logo is in the bottom left corner.
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John Baker, Literary Agent @jjbker.bsky.social · Aug 17
Britpop - Damon Hunters? Is there something there
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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy @bitterkarella.bsky.social · Aug 17
I'm going to be on Novel Suspects' A Summer of Horror on Wed Aug 27, 6 PM EST! You should come listen to my incredibly eloquent and not at all stupid thoughts! :)
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Emily Smiley (is on sub) @emilysmileywrites.bsky.social · Aug 16
Dallas London’s brother drowned off the coast of Maui. Oddly enough, her diet of whiskey, cigarettes, and Twinkies is not helping her cope. But when she hallucinates demons—and they try to kill her—what’s a train wreck with a death wish to do?
Deny… Deny… Deny…

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