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
The nights are drawing in, so I purchased a new winter hoodie.
If the Spanish Inquisition won't come to you...
If the Spanish Inquisition won't come to you...
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The nights are drawing in, so I purchased a new winter hoodie.
If the Spanish Inquisition won't come to you...
If the Spanish Inquisition won't come to you...
Got round to this novella by @leemandelo.bsky.social yesterday. Halfway through now. It's a thoroughly fresh, sharply written and increasingly sinister slice of queer historical Appalachian horror.
I'm absorbed, unsettled and impressed.
I'm absorbed, unsettled and impressed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Got round to this novella by @leemandelo.bsky.social yesterday. Halfway through now. It's a thoroughly fresh, sharply written and increasingly sinister slice of queer historical Appalachian horror.
I'm absorbed, unsettled and impressed.
I'm absorbed, unsettled and impressed.
Back to work today.
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Back to work today.
Up early for a bracing walk along the seafront.
I remember when this was everything. 🎠💙
I remember when this was everything. 🎠💙
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Up early for a bracing walk along the seafront.
I remember when this was everything. 🎠💙
I remember when this was everything. 🎠💙
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
'Tis the season to be queer and freaky, and my latest collection has you covered.
"Full of fire and flare... Bennett's stories are told straight from the heart - an absolute must-read." Alison Littlewood
🏳️🌈🎃📚💙
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
"Full of fire and flare... Bennett's stories are told straight from the heart - an absolute must-read." Alison Littlewood
🏳️🌈🎃📚💙
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
'Tis the season to be queer and freaky, and my latest collection has you covered.
"Full of fire and flare... Bennett's stories are told straight from the heart - an absolute must-read." Alison Littlewood
🏳️🌈🎃📚💙
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
"Full of fire and flare... Bennett's stories are told straight from the heart - an absolute must-read." Alison Littlewood
🏳️🌈🎃📚💙
www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...
This overlooked gem is due a re-read.
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This overlooked gem is due a re-read.
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Well, I did not envision wading fully clothed up to my thighs in filthy water to get to work today.
But I managed it. 🫤
But I managed it. 🫤
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Well, I did not envision wading fully clothed up to my thighs in filthy water to get to work today.
But I managed it. 🫤
But I managed it. 🫤
Bus driver opened the doors.
LOL
LOL
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Bus driver opened the doors.
LOL
LOL
Actually sinking now.
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Actually sinking now.
So much rain it's flooding into the bus.
I do not need this today.
I do not need this today.
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So much rain it's flooding into the bus.
I do not need this today.
I do not need this today.
Civil war in the UK.
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Civil war in the UK.
We've had thunder and lightning here tonight, so it seemed like the perfect time to go see this beast.
More of a take than a faithful adaptation, it's visually sumptuous, breathlessly gothic and enjoyable on the whole. Elordi is the biggest revelation.
More of a take than a faithful adaptation, it's visually sumptuous, breathlessly gothic and enjoyable on the whole. Elordi is the biggest revelation.
October 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We've had thunder and lightning here tonight, so it seemed like the perfect time to go see this beast.
More of a take than a faithful adaptation, it's visually sumptuous, breathlessly gothic and enjoyable on the whole. Elordi is the biggest revelation.
More of a take than a faithful adaptation, it's visually sumptuous, breathlessly gothic and enjoyable on the whole. Elordi is the biggest revelation.
Frankly, I'm stunned that this discussion with a random man led to a suggestion that undermined the existence of systemic exclusion.
And by "stunned", I mean "not at all" and "blocking".
And by "stunned", I mean "not at all" and "blocking".
October 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Frankly, I'm stunned that this discussion with a random man led to a suggestion that undermined the existence of systemic exclusion.
And by "stunned", I mean "not at all" and "blocking".
And by "stunned", I mean "not at all" and "blocking".
"...a representative list of leading writers in the New Weird or wave of modern, chiefly British, dark and strange fiction. An unsettling clutch of extremely well-written, sinister tales..."
A great review for "Blood in the Bricks" @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
☠️📚💙
horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
A great review for "Blood in the Bricks" @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
☠️📚💙
horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"...a representative list of leading writers in the New Weird or wave of modern, chiefly British, dark and strange fiction. An unsettling clutch of extremely well-written, sinister tales..."
A great review for "Blood in the Bricks" @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
☠️📚💙
horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
A great review for "Blood in the Bricks" @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
☠️📚💙
horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
In other news, I just peeled off a face mask so nourishing and intense, it's left me hoping it grows back in time for World Fantasy Con.
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In other news, I just peeled off a face mask so nourishing and intense, it's left me hoping it grows back in time for World Fantasy Con.
I can see why Le Guin favoured the first edition cover. This isn't the one I read in school, but it's my personal fave.
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I can see why Le Guin favoured the first edition cover. This isn't the one I read in school, but it's my personal fave.
Well that was embarrassing. Tripped on a lose paving stone outside the supermarket and went smack down on concrete.
Before I knew what was happening, two big lads grabbed me and pulled me to my feet.
Sevillanos! #Ouchy
Before I knew what was happening, two big lads grabbed me and pulled me to my feet.
Sevillanos! #Ouchy
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Well that was embarrassing. Tripped on a lose paving stone outside the supermarket and went smack down on concrete.
Before I knew what was happening, two big lads grabbed me and pulled me to my feet.
Sevillanos! #Ouchy
Before I knew what was happening, two big lads grabbed me and pulled me to my feet.
Sevillanos! #Ouchy
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Thank you.
But I feel there is a shortlisted collection missing here.
But I feel there is a shortlisted collection missing here.
October 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Thank you.
But I feel there is a shortlisted collection missing here.
But I feel there is a shortlisted collection missing here.
Wasn't sure what to expect from BOOTS, but I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a quirky and heartfelt "dramady" about a teen gay fish-out-of-water in a marine boot camp, of all things.
It isn't racy, but it's fun.
And the Pentagon hates it, so there's that.
🏳️🌈💙📽️ #Netflix
It isn't racy, but it's fun.
And the Pentagon hates it, so there's that.
🏳️🌈💙📽️ #Netflix
October 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Wasn't sure what to expect from BOOTS, but I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a quirky and heartfelt "dramady" about a teen gay fish-out-of-water in a marine boot camp, of all things.
It isn't racy, but it's fun.
And the Pentagon hates it, so there's that.
🏳️🌈💙📽️ #Netflix
It isn't racy, but it's fun.
And the Pentagon hates it, so there's that.
🏳️🌈💙📽️ #Netflix