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Thomas Wrightson (he/him)
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Writer of fiction, currently with Roan & Weatherford. In life and art: Veritas Vincit ("truth prevails"). Current projects: The Cluster Cycle, The Angry House.

Website: https://thomaswrightson.co.uk/
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Thomas Wrightson (he/him) @thomaswrightson.bsky.social · Jul 29
For my new Bluesky peeps, a new introduction. I currently write science fiction. My debut project, The Cluster Cycle, is a spare opera pentalogy featuring old stories with sci-fi twists. Enjoy!
(Shopping links to the second book in the quoted post.)
#Booksky 💙📚 #scifi #spaceopera #lgbtqia
thomaswrightson.bsky.social Thomas Wrightson (he/him) @thomaswrightson.bsky.social · Jul 26
Deciding to make a big old thread of shopping links for my upcoming book, Lost Station Circé, available from July 30. (Links begin after the cover art)
#scifi #writingcommunity
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This Sunday, the next and final steps in a long journey. Enjoy my insanity.
#sundayblog #amwriting #audio
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The Angry House — The Next Stage
I’ve been chronicling the progress and development process of The Angry House, a horror audio drama produced by Alternative Stories. Now the climax.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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#ScifiMonth2015 Day 30: My goal this month was to read Stanislaw Lem's The Invincible. I managed it and....WOW! This is one of the best sci-fi books ever!. And why the heck hasn't it been adapted a million times?!
#scifimonth #scifibooks #BookSky💙📚
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Day 30: crew’s choice - our favourite #ScifiMonth2025 reads
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Day 30: crew’s choice - our favourite #ScifiMonth2025 reads
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Mononoke: Phantom in the Rain.
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Without saying Lord of the Rings, name a fantasy film.
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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#ScifiMonth2025 Day 29: I like Star Trek Voyager. I think that covers my comfort zone tropes. Competent women, adventure, exploration, camaraderie.
#scifimonth #scifi #writerslife
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Aren’t they SO pretty? The story is even better! ❤️

And if you shop on LibroFM, it supports indie bookstores!

(And many stores had to close today- so grab a copy online, support your fav local bookstore AND my new release!)

#audiobooks #smallbusinesssaturday
Audiobook cover of Singlets and Secrets Audiobook cover of Pride and Persistence
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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If you were to go to Tom Roberts' site, you would find the artwork for The Book That Held Her Heart available as a poster, unsullied by my name or the title etc.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Hi everybody, reminder that I have signed books for US readers! 10% off already discounted books through November 30 with code WRITEON.
See everything in my Ko-Fi Shop: ko-fi.com/jendiagammon...
Some of the books on sale written or edited by Jendia Gammon in her Ko-fi shop.
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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#ScifiMonth2025 Day 28 The Friday five I always take with me, especially going out -- mobile phone, house keys, handkerchief, a story idea, and anxiety at our modern world.
#amwriting #scifimonth #scifi
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Day 28: Baggage - our #ScifiMonth2025 Friday Five is all about what we take with us (in every / any sense 😅)
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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November's blog post celebrates my fifth anniversary as an independent author! It's always interesting to look back and reflect on things when you hit a milestone like this.
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Five Years as an Independent Author — Tim Hardie
Has it really been five years since I published my debut? Apparently so. This milestone prompted me to look back at the highlights of the last five years and what I’ve learned along the way.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The Meowth is out of the bag.

I am currently researching and writing my next book, 'Space Invaders' a queer history of videogames.

Just like 'Queer As Folklore' this is a subject very very close to my heart. It's very bloody exciting. What a lucky sod!

Thanks @manchesterup.bsky.social!
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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#ScifiMonth2025 Day 27: This is an older rec, and not for the faint of heart.
#scifi #scifimonth
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November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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📡Signal Boost!

There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️

👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition

We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.

Good luck!
The Arthur C. Clarke Award logo against a quantum themed background
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Discover your next favourite SF/F author among this great selection of ebooks available from Kindle Unlimited. #fae #spaceship #boost #legendary #dwarfs #dragons #knaves #dystopia #monsters #💙 #👀📚 #ladies #wizards #heroes #reading #knights #space #aliens #military #elves #📚💙 #time #magic #booksky…
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Discover your next favourite SF/F author among this great selection of ebooks available from Kindle Unlimited. #fae #spaceship #boost #legendary #dwarfs #dragons #knaves #dystopia #monsters #💙 #👀📚 #ladies #wizards #heroes #reading #knights #space #aliens #military #elves #📚💙 #time #magic #booksky #planets #rogue #dwarves #sorcery #writing #witches #futurism #📚🪐 (3a37)
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November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Final Fantasy XII
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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#ScifiMonth2025 Day 26: There are so many stories that have tales of not coming back. But the two that immediately came to mind are horror; the movie Pandorum and the game Signalis. Both tales born from one-way trips.
#scifi #scifimonth #horror
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Day 26: no going back - deliberately open to interpretation today, but consider stories about one way trips, exile, getting out of dodge (in any sense), trying to get home or coming to terms with what was left behind…#ScifiMonth2025
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Today's Book Quote Wednesday is 'run'. A confrontation arises over whether to continue a dangerous journey, or turn away and face the consequences.
#BookQW #scifibooks #scifimonth #BookSky💙📚
The two nodded and left, but Syndac lingered. She watched as Solet picked up a datapad and began scrolling through a report. Finally he looked at her, giving his weary eyes as much steely command as he could muster. “Is there something else?” “Yes. You’re thinking of quitting.” “Wouldn’t you under the circumstances?” “I suppose. But think about what you are about to give up.” “Yeah. Our ship running out of fuel and being abandoned, and us not getting home. Or worse, running out of fuel and just being left behind by those other vultures we had to partner with. Remember, I agreed to this because it looked like a good deal. If this thing starts getting out of hand—” “Can it!” Syndac leaned forward and slammed both hands on the table as she glared into her captain’s face, her voice switching abruptly from snappish to formal. “I grow sick of your whining. Listen to me. We both knew what this trip might risk, we both did it for one reason and one reason only. Money. With the money we can get from this, we can finally dig ourselves up from this miserable pit of sick that stands in for a career. Sailing a junk around the Outer Worlds, picking up the dirty jobs no one wants to, taking duff deals because they’re the only deals we can take, being outrun and outshone by every other freighter in the whole Cluster!” “I don’t need that kind of talk from you.”
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
Panel One: A sportscaster speaks to a television camera "You join us just in time for the annual booksellers versus librarians tug of war." Panel Two: We see the participants warming up as he continues... "Two very strong teams this year, they’ve both been in training since February. As always, the real skill in this match is not to start chatting about boo-" Panel Three: "Too late!! A pair of librarians are discussing the new Margaret Atwood! A crowd is forming! The booksellers are joining in! It's all over!!" We see all the participants chatting. Panel Four: The sportscaster finishes up to the camera: "The rope lies untouched! The discussions continue! We have a draw for 325th year in a row! Join us again next year!" End. Bonus alt-text Content: Fun fact! The first tug of war was between the staff of Cranston Library and those of Daniel Midwinter Booksellers www.cranstonlibraryreigate.com/ www.blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscripts/2017/11/10/booksellers/
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#ScifiMonth2025 Day 25: I'm usually thankful for those bull-headed people who just..forget the stuff we're lumbered with today and see what needs to happen. The cosmopolitan, utilitarian streak of the far future.
#scifimonth #scifibooks #amwriting
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Day 25: what are you thankful for in/about SF? #ScifiMonth2025

We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: it’s our awesome crew ❤️🚀
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Day 25: what are you thankful for in/about SF? #ScifiMonth2025

We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: it’s our awesome crew ❤️🚀
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#ScifiMonth2025 Day 24: Space horror. I...don't read it much, and I don't write it consciously. So here's one I read, and one I apparently wrote. Although screams are heard in both.
#scifibooks #scifimonth #BookSky💙📚
Official cover art for Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell. Official cover art for Lost Station Circé by Thomas Wrightson.
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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🌟 DreamForge is now open for Winter 2025 submissions!
They want optimistic sci-fi & fantasy that celebrates connection, hope, and the human spirita about “Open Channel: The Art of Connection”
Pays $0.08/word Due: Dec 31, 2025.
Submit: horrortree.com/taking-submi...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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So. The world has shifted.
I am artist who relies on SNAP benefits to feed myself and help to care for my mother.
I don’t like asking for something for nothing, so

Commissions are OPEN!
🖤
Art makes a great gift.
🖤

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November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Day 23: make way - what upcoming SF releases do we need to create space on our shelves for? #ScifiMonth2025
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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My Sunday post, on what I think is one of the most underloved anime of all time. Period.
#anime #sundayblog #writerslife
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My Anime Life: Zetsuen no Tempest
In this newborn article series, I’ve already talked about The Apothecary Diaries and Blood-C. Now I’d like to highlight a series you may never have heard of at all–Zetsuen no Temp…
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November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM