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Tom Lloyd
@tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
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Writer of Words. Bane of Editors. Eater of Contracts. Shambles of a Man.

He/Him

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tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Well my kids have no interest in reading this still, but it's too pretty to let it just sit unfinished on the shelf so I'll go again.

(I'd been reading it to Wolfcub but she just doesn't care and doesn't really want to be read to anymore)
A folio society edition of fellowship of the ring
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
I'll be doing my first ever Indie book fair next weekend - on the 23rd of November, in Oxford! Come find me if you want a signed/dedicated/defaced book or just to say hello!
Oxford Indie Book fair - Sunday the 23rd of November in the examination schools, free entry to all!
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel by sharing the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(this is from Devil Inside)
I’ve been almost normal now for three years and three months. Doesn’t sound much when you look at it like that. I know for most people that’s no great achievement, but most people don’t have to work so hard at it. I suppose I was normal as a child too, before things went wrong, but my memory of the time before is all a bit hazy. The therapists say you have to accept the things you’ve done. Own the deeds so they don’t own you. I get that, I really do. For those around you, for your own future and lots of other reasons, you can’t hide from your actions. Even if you don’t remember all of them, they were still done by your hand. They still left a mark. So I’ve embraced the bad in me, come to an accommodation with it. A way to live and not be ruled by it. I still can’t say how much was my fault, but I realise that doesn’t matter. No way that conversation does any good for anyone. And this isn’t that story anyway. I’m not here to tell you how I came to the accommodation. This is what followed, three years and three months later.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Moon's Artifice is just 99p/$1.49 at the moment because it never found enough readers when it was published so why not?

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US:
www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
Cover art for moon's Artifice, an armed man at the edge of a wide canal facing a buildings that may be burning in the distance
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
IT'S ALIVE!

Ahem... I mean the book's now live on amazon for purchase, in ebook and paperback

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0FX...
Promo card for the devil in the vicarage
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
It's spooky season so I might have to re-read this little gem from @jonolivereditor.bsky.social
A copy of the language of beasts by Jonathan Oliver
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Just spotted my brother's dog looking jealous that mine is getting attention in the pub
A spaniel resting his head on a pub chair
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Since The Devil in the Vicarage is released at the end of this week, I've decided book 1 should go on sale all this week until I get home from world fantasy, so 99p in the link below!
Stained glass style cover are with a devil's hands resting on a young woman's shoulders as she holds a staff
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
This worked better I think
Looking up through trees to a blue sky
October 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
This phone is odd sometimes. It can take some lovely outdoor photos but at times, just fails to pick up colour. I took this because the light was shining golden on bright yellow leaves and yet...
Autumn trees and a carpet of leaves
October 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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promo card for Devil Inside with the text "My name is Eve Carnell. I’m 29 years old, single and have a devil in me. It’s not as cool as you might think. My entire world fell apart when I was sixteen. Now all I want is a normal life, but that’s not easy when you’re on every “usual suspects” list going. And normal goes out the window the day MI5 come to ask me about my dead grandfather. They’re hunting a spy and while I may be the absolute worst choice for the job, apparently I have a very particular set of skills. Who knew, right? Out now in E-book and paperback"
October 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Devil Inside - a contemporary British fantasy of magic, spies and a young woman just trying to escape her past.

Out now: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
cover art for Devil Inside with the captions "a secret family legacy" "possessed, sick or a bit of both?" "mansions, money and Tory ministers" "sex, spies and great bit wands", "some very good dogs" "government secrets" with the caption "this is romantasy"
October 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Is this the first proof where I don't immediately spot something I've screwed up?!
A proof copy of the devil in the vicarage sitting on a table
October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Lazy dog just hid when my wife put her coat on, just in case she was being taken for a walk...
A keeshond, trying to look unobtrusive behind a child's chair
October 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
And of course, if you've not yet checked out book 1 in the series, you can get DEVIL INSIDE here:

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5QRD1K5/
October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
If anyone wants a bit of gently creepy contemporary fantasy this Halloween, The Devil in the Vicarage goes on sale the 30th of October and you can buy it here:

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Vicara...
US: www.amazon.com/Devil-Vicara...
Promo card for The Devil in the Vicarage with the artwork and cover copy: Something bad lurks in the leafy heart of Surrey. Well yes, obviously there’s Guildford, but that’s not what I... Okay, fine – there’s another horror lurking in the depths of Surrey. When I receive a cryptic phone call one morning, it’s my new life as a gentlewoman-wizard calling. The Carnells may be unpopular and almost extinct, but apparently one of us still has a duty. My destination? Winterfold Vicarage in the village of Cranleigh. My task? Unknown, but how could sending me of all people to a vicarage possibly go badly? Yes, obviously apart from me being slightly possessed by a devil?
October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Just finished the excellent The Damned King by @justinleeanderson.com - by turns twisty and brutal, filled with flawed and broken people trying to do the right thing in the face of overwhelming awfulness - that maybe has a few parallels to present day, given truth matters so little to some.
A copy of the damned king by Justin Lee Anderson
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Just found this image in a folder. Ten years since someone in a campaigns meeting went "yeah, but lets not actually spend money on him, despite the fact you've got room in your budget"
Promo piece for Stranger Of Tempest promising a targeted marketing and promotion campaign for the author's new series"
October 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Nice - got myself a few of these to give away at the Oxford indie bookfair, possibly world fantasy too I guess
A bookmark advertising The DEVIL Diaries with a stained glass style owl sitting atop a row of books
September 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
It's a grey and rainy day so time to start this I reckon!
A copy to the damned king by Justin Lee Anderson
September 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Lovely weekend in London without the kids - traditional sightseeing culture, a modern spin on art and three different cuisines.
View towards tower bridge Interior of St pauls Looking out onto the st Paul's whispering gallery Memorials to londoners who died trying to save others, some as young as ten all sacrificing themselves in their efforts.
September 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Writers of Bluesky, a random question but how many actual weapons do you have within reach at your usual writing desk?

I'm imagining the fantasy writers average at least two.

Picture is the bookcase to my immediate left, there's also another knife under papers. No two-handed warhammer yet but...
a knife, throwing axe and some book covers
September 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?"
a still from Jaws with the shark rising out of the water, a movie I watched when WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY too young.
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
DEVIL INSIDE is on sale everywhere this weekend - only 0.99 in the UK, Canada & Australia!

If you want a contemporary fantasy told by a snarky, troubled/troublemaker MC with even more dark secrets than she realises, it's the book for you!

www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...
Cover art for devil Inside - shelves of books in the border, a young woman holding a staff on the front and a devil's hands on her shoulders
September 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Look what's just arrived in the post! Thanks @orbitbooks.bsky.social @justinleeanderson.com
A paperback copy of the dammed king by Justin Lee Anderson
September 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM