Tom R. Pike
@tomrpike.bsky.social
I write science fiction. You can find it in Analog Science Fiction & Fact and Black Library. Day jobs over the years: climate policy research analyst, wiki administrator, and tweet ghostwriter for a cartoon horse. https://tomrpike.com/
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My 2nd short is available from The Black Library in the "Death and Duty" anthology! I am super grateful and thankful for this opportunity!
This is available for e-readers and audiobooks! The paperbacks are all sold out online so you'll have to hunt for them in stores if you wanna grab one!
This is available for e-readers and audiobooks! The paperbacks are all sold out online so you'll have to hunt for them in stores if you wanna grab one!
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My 2nd short is available from The Black Library in the "Death and Duty" anthology! I am super grateful and thankful for this opportunity!
This is available for e-readers and audiobooks! The paperbacks are all sold out online so you'll have to hunt for them in stores if you wanna grab one!
This is available for e-readers and audiobooks! The paperbacks are all sold out online so you'll have to hunt for them in stores if you wanna grab one!
The anthology that includes my Warhammer 40k short story about tankists, "Worm of Valhalla", is finally out - not just for pre-order! The audiobook version is also fun because you get to find out which of the characters are Scottish.
www.amazon.com/Death-Duty-A...
www.amazon.com/Death-Duty-A...
Death And Duty (Astra Militarum: Warhammer 40,000)
Death And Duty (Astra Militarum: Warhammer 40,000) - Kindle edition by Lyons, Steve, Hayward, Victoria, Woolley, Justin, James, Rhuairidh, Harris, Carrie, Sollitto, John, Ryan, Sam, Zimmerman, Russell, Davis, Callum, Lawless, Shauna, Vincent, Mike, R Pike, Tom. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Death And Duty (Astra Militarum: Warhammer 40,000).
www.amazon.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The anthology that includes my Warhammer 40k short story about tankists, "Worm of Valhalla", is finally out - not just for pre-order! The audiobook version is also fun because you get to find out which of the characters are Scottish.
www.amazon.com/Death-Duty-A...
www.amazon.com/Death-Duty-A...
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All of the Warhammer stories I've written!
When I wandered into my local Games Workshop store as a kid more than 20 years ago I'd never have believed I'd get the chance to do this!
It's so fun & there's just as much wonder in the great, grimdark world of Warhammer as when I first encountered it 🖤
When I wandered into my local Games Workshop store as a kid more than 20 years ago I'd never have believed I'd get the chance to do this!
It's so fun & there's just as much wonder in the great, grimdark world of Warhammer as when I first encountered it 🖤
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
All of the Warhammer stories I've written!
When I wandered into my local Games Workshop store as a kid more than 20 years ago I'd never have believed I'd get the chance to do this!
It's so fun & there's just as much wonder in the great, grimdark world of Warhammer as when I first encountered it 🖤
When I wandered into my local Games Workshop store as a kid more than 20 years ago I'd never have believed I'd get the chance to do this!
It's so fun & there's just as much wonder in the great, grimdark world of Warhammer as when I first encountered it 🖤
I have to be honest. I’m deeply disappointed that I have not once seen a Huell meme about this trial. So many missed opportunities.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I have to be honest. I’m deeply disappointed that I have not once seen a Huell meme about this trial. So many missed opportunities.
I don't love that I live in a society where an issue as important as indoor air quality, and a solution as commonly suggested as houseplants, have seen essentially no high quality research. With indoor CO2, we appear to have completely given up without even trying.
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I don't love that I live in a society where an issue as important as indoor air quality, and a solution as commonly suggested as houseplants, have seen essentially no high quality research. With indoor CO2, we appear to have completely given up without even trying.
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Zohran Mamdani has won, & will be the next mayor of NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Zohran Mamdani has won, & will be the next mayor of NYC.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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Sergeant Aisha Itoh is about to have a total chitin-ightmare in my #warhammer40k Sentinel short story ‘Blood Sands’ - in print for the first time!
You also get:
💀Blood
💀Sands
💀Sentinels
💀Astra Militarum Messenger Pigeon cameo
...& 11 other stories from fab folk!
www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/p...
You also get:
💀Blood
💀Sands
💀Sentinels
💀Astra Militarum Messenger Pigeon cameo
...& 11 other stories from fab folk!
www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/p...
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sergeant Aisha Itoh is about to have a total chitin-ightmare in my #warhammer40k Sentinel short story ‘Blood Sands’ - in print for the first time!
You also get:
💀Blood
💀Sands
💀Sentinels
💀Astra Militarum Messenger Pigeon cameo
...& 11 other stories from fab folk!
www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/p...
You also get:
💀Blood
💀Sands
💀Sentinels
💀Astra Militarum Messenger Pigeon cameo
...& 11 other stories from fab folk!
www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/p...
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Reluctant soldiers pining for the agrarian life is one of my favorite tropes, can’t wait to read this.
October 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reluctant soldiers pining for the agrarian life is one of my favorite tropes, can’t wait to read this.
Black Library also just released another anthology, "No Peace Among Stars", which republishes my story "Dream of the Locust", a run-and-gun spaceship boarding action / philosophical debate between cyborgs and space orks. It'll be out in paperback and ebook. www.amazon.com/Peace-Among-...
No Peace Among Stars (Warhammer 40,000)
No Peace Among Stars (Warhammer 40,000) - Kindle edition by Flindall, Jon, McDougall, David, Wilt, R S, Fenech, Mark-Anthony, Vincent, Mike, Crowe, William, Swan, Richard, Harris, Carrie, Davis, Callum, Lawless, Shauna, Holborn, Stark, R Pike, Tom, Barber, Mark, Irons, Avalon. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading No Peace Among Stars (Warhammer 40,000).
www.amazon.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Black Library also just released another anthology, "No Peace Among Stars", which republishes my story "Dream of the Locust", a run-and-gun spaceship boarding action / philosophical debate between cyborgs and space orks. It'll be out in paperback and ebook. www.amazon.com/Peace-Among-...
Black Library's new anthology "Death and Duty" closes with my new short story, "Worm of Valhalla", which is about a reluctant tank commander who'd rather be growing tomatoes. You can preorder paperback and ebook, and an audiobook will be out in about a month. www.amazon.com/Death-Duty-W...
Death and Duty (Warhammer 40,000)
Amazon.com: Death and Duty (Warhammer 40,000): 9781836091998: Lyons, Steve: Books
www.amazon.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Black Library's new anthology "Death and Duty" closes with my new short story, "Worm of Valhalla", which is about a reluctant tank commander who'd rather be growing tomatoes. You can preorder paperback and ebook, and an audiobook will be out in about a month. www.amazon.com/Death-Duty-W...
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Remember in 1996 when destroying the White House was generally considered to be a bad thing
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Remember in 1996 when destroying the White House was generally considered to be a bad thing
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In which I wrote an entire page about the handling of Imperial citizens' poop, and got paid to do it.
I have a strange job. Fun, though, sometimes.
I have a strange job. Fun, though, sometimes.
Want the reader to inhabit your Imperium? Show them how basic life functions in the day to day. This whole passage (and more) was an absolute delight!
-from Tomb World, by @jonathandbeer.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
-from Tomb World, by @jonathandbeer.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In which I wrote an entire page about the handling of Imperial citizens' poop, and got paid to do it.
I have a strange job. Fun, though, sometimes.
I have a strange job. Fun, though, sometimes.
When I was making Personal Space, I requested footage from the Reagan Library. I explained my intention to misleadingly edit the Reagan footage so it sounded like he said humans had landed on Mars. They had to let me do this. That’s what “public domain” means. www.axios.com/2025/10/24/c...
Reagan foundation "reviewing legal options" over Ontario, Canada, tariffs ad
The foundation said the ad that prompted Trump to cancel trade talks with Canada "misrepresents" Reagan's address.
www.axios.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
When I was making Personal Space, I requested footage from the Reagan Library. I explained my intention to misleadingly edit the Reagan footage so it sounded like he said humans had landed on Mars. They had to let me do this. That’s what “public domain” means. www.axios.com/2025/10/24/c...
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The Black Library Weekly is here, looking at the upcoming schedule for Games Workshop fiction releases and talking to Marc Collins!
Black Library Weekly: The Relentless Drip Cycle
The Black Library Weekly is here, looking at the upcoming schedule for Games Workshop fiction releases and talking to Marc Collins!
www.goonhammer.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Black Library Weekly is here, looking at the upcoming schedule for Games Workshop fiction releases and talking to Marc Collins!
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Folks mentioned this week also include:
@johnsollitto.bsky.social Russell Zimmerman, @tomrpike.bsky.social @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @mikevincent-author.bsky.social , R. S. Wilt, Dan Abnett, Peter Fehervari, Chris Wraight, Rachel Harrison, Iain M. Banks
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
@johnsollitto.bsky.social Russell Zimmerman, @tomrpike.bsky.social @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @mikevincent-author.bsky.social , R. S. Wilt, Dan Abnett, Peter Fehervari, Chris Wraight, Rachel Harrison, Iain M. Banks
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
The Black Library Weekly is here, looking at the upcoming schedule for Games Workshop fiction releases and talking to Marc Collins!
Black Library Weekly: The Relentless Drip Cycle
The Black Library Weekly is here, looking at the upcoming schedule for Games Workshop fiction releases and talking to Marc Collins!
www.goonhammer.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Folks mentioned this week also include:
@johnsollitto.bsky.social Russell Zimmerman, @tomrpike.bsky.social @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @mikevincent-author.bsky.social , R. S. Wilt, Dan Abnett, Peter Fehervari, Chris Wraight, Rachel Harrison, Iain M. Banks
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
@johnsollitto.bsky.social Russell Zimmerman, @tomrpike.bsky.social @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @mikevincent-author.bsky.social , R. S. Wilt, Dan Abnett, Peter Fehervari, Chris Wraight, Rachel Harrison, Iain M. Banks
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
Called my dad today to tell him he was right 30 years ago to not let me rent Temple of Doom
October 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Called my dad today to tell him he was right 30 years ago to not let me rent Temple of Doom
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The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.
October 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.
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my semi regular reminder to all of us who love to cite Mr Roger’s “look for the helpers” in times of stress
like when folks are being abducted by secret police
that that was advice for children to feel safe in times of crisis or need or fear
YOU are not the looker now
YOU are the helper
like when folks are being abducted by secret police
that that was advice for children to feel safe in times of crisis or need or fear
YOU are not the looker now
YOU are the helper
October 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
my semi regular reminder to all of us who love to cite Mr Roger’s “look for the helpers” in times of stress
like when folks are being abducted by secret police
that that was advice for children to feel safe in times of crisis or need or fear
YOU are not the looker now
YOU are the helper
like when folks are being abducted by secret police
that that was advice for children to feel safe in times of crisis or need or fear
YOU are not the looker now
YOU are the helper
“The Compromise” was first drafted in a series of voice memos I dictated while canvassing, in the gaps between houses. It is about the conversations you have while trying to change the world, and what it really takes to defeat fascists.
Catching up on back issues of @analogsf.bsky.social. I’m struck by the pairing of @tomrpike.bsky.social’s “The Compromise” and @davegoodman.bsky.social’s “Best Practices for Safe Asteroid Handling” in Sept/Oct 2024 and how these two excellent stories meet the moment we’re in today.
September 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“The Compromise” was first drafted in a series of voice memos I dictated while canvassing, in the gaps between houses. It is about the conversations you have while trying to change the world, and what it really takes to defeat fascists.
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another way to say this: fascism isn't about rules people follow, it's about categories people are in
if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad
if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good
it's not about what you do, it's about who you are
if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad
if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good
it's not about what you do, it's about who you are
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
another way to say this: fascism isn't about rules people follow, it's about categories people are in
if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad
if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good
it's not about what you do, it's about who you are
if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad
if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good
it's not about what you do, it's about who you are
You can save yourself so much time and money by deciding you like the color of primer.
September 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
You can save yourself so much time and money by deciding you like the color of primer.
I hated working in digital marketing, but at least I’ll always be blessed by the memory of the PowerPoint I saw from Fox’s marketing team that predicted that their 2015 film Fantfourstic would make a billion dollars
September 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I hated working in digital marketing, but at least I’ll always be blessed by the memory of the PowerPoint I saw from Fox’s marketing team that predicted that their 2015 film Fantfourstic would make a billion dollars
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I'm harnessing the unprecedented power of AI to forget how to read and develop a severe mental illness that makes me unrecognizable to those who once knew me.
September 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I'm harnessing the unprecedented power of AI to forget how to read and develop a severe mental illness that makes me unrecognizable to those who once knew me.
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
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September 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing