iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today we are excited to reveal the cover for @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social's new novel! @kitvaria.bsky.social introduces us to A Healer’s Guide to Adventuring, coming soon from @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social! - JI 🐉 Cover art by Jenny Zemanek. fantasy-faction.com/2026/a-heale... #booksky 💙📚🪐

A piece of white paper has been ripped on a slight diagonal to reveal a portion of the book cover beneath it. The cover is mint green with white text and features illustrations of white and yellow daisies, purple lavender, a crescent moon, and a red dragon's tail.

0187

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Omg if you haven't read this you absolutely must go get it now. Especially at that price. Piggy bombs people PIGGY BOMBS!

073

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oho, it looks like The Maleficent Seven is on sale at the moment! Bargain! That's a whole lot of mayhem...

1107

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Christian and Miles Cameron @phokion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Soulstealer tour!

1162

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 24/09/2026

The Shape of Monsters is finally out in print and ebook from Tor UK! If you're here for a dark gothic fantasy with all the broken people, twisted dynamics, mages, murder and monsters then you have gone through the correct door Get it now from your favourite bookshop

137843

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#Haverin TOC reveal alert! Find out what's in our 40th anniversary anthology, including tales from Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan, Hal Duncan, E.M. Faulds, Elaine Gallagher, Gary Gibson, Cameron Johnston, Neil Williamson, and more. Check out the Haverin TOC at the link below: #GSFWC40

gsfwc.wordpress.com

GSFWC 40th Anniversary Anthology

Haverin is a Scots word that means talking nonsense, babbling or chattering. Often that is how stories start, in the nonsense, the babbling, the chattering of writers inspiring each other to keep g…

12120

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 09/09/2026

Nearer to Glasgow? I'll be joining award-winning writer @emfaulds.com to chat about my fantasy novel The Shape of Monsters on Friday the 2nd of October at Sauchiehall Waterstones! I'd love you to be there while we have a totally normal conversation *evil grin* www.waterstones.com/events/cl-he...

waterstones.com

CL Hellisen launches The Shape of Monsters | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about CL Hellisen launches The Shape of Monsters today.

01810

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 14/09/2026

The coming month is going to be busy for me! Hopefully I'll catch some of you at one (or more) of these events

book promo post foe The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen.

Text is pale yellow on a deep crimson background, and reads:

Where to find me

Thursday 24th September – Blackwell’s Edinburgh
Friday 2nd October – Waterstones Sauchiehall Glasgow
October 9-11 – FantasyCon Glasgow
Saturday 24th October – ComicCon London

0135

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A repost for the morning crew. Yes, it's our Waterstones event. Tell your friends, make them buy tickets and books. If you're local to Glasgow, like speculative weirdos and not going to FantasyCon, this is the one for you.

2109

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Glasgow Haverin is nearly here! 'Mon and celebrate 40 years of the GSFWC with our book launch on 21st October at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street. Grab yourself new stories by Christopher Caldwell, E.M. Faulds, Neil Williamson, Eliza Chan -- and maybe some homemade tablet too! #Haverin #GSFWC40

waterstones.com

Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC today.

02625

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Author Daniel Coolbaugh @danielecoolbaugh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Join us this Tuesday, September 15th from 7 to 8 PM EST for our #kickstarter 's Live Launch Party! Arcane Awakenings will be live this Tuesday but it is not too late to follow our pe-launch page! We already got a #projectswelove badge from Kickstarter! Come and join our authors in the chat!

122

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Incomer is the best film I've seen this year. It's well worth a watch if you get the chance.

181

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

(12/13) 1300 - Landscapes in Fantasy (Main) - Cameron Johnston 1300 - Reading (Malin) - E.M. Faulds 1400 - Reading (Malin) - Ian Hunter @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @emfaulds.com @ianhunter60.bsky.social

britishfantasysociety.org

Fantasycon 2026 – The British Fantasy Society

121

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Join us in welcoming #Fantasycon back to Glasgow on 9th - 11th October! Your GSFWC pals'll be there all weekend -- after all, our 40th anniversary anthology, #Haverin, launches on the Friday! britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan... Here's where to find us: @britfantasysoc.bsky.social (1/13)

The promotional image for Fantasycon 2026 over 9th - 11th October in Glasgow. The background is designed to look like aged paper, and there is a black tentacle stretching from the top. The text indicates the schedule for Fantasycon 2026 is now available on the BFS website.

The cover of Haverin, the GSFWC anthology, which features a red-haired girl reading while surrounded by books and a cat in a green space. Text reads: Featuring: Neil Williamson, E.M. Faulds, Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan and many more. Haverin, Edited by Brian M. Milton, Peter Morrison and Heather Valentine.

12720

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside. Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40 @jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)

The back of the cover of Haverin, continuing the green landscape dotted with various creatures, including a robot head, lion, and a pie. Text reads: Haverin, Scots, Verb: Talking in a foolish or trivial manner, speaking nonsense. Glaswegians enjoy a bit of haverin and few enjoy it more than the Glasgow SF Writers' Circle have for the last forty years, following many hard critique sessions with a bit of a haver in the pub. This anthology is a celebration of those forty years, with more than forty stories of Fantasy, Science and the Odd from members past and present. Join us on this fantastical journey, turning havers into stories and revelling in the full range of writing that has come out of the Circle since 1986.

56635

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've been busy of late. A novel edited up and ready to go, a screenplay finished off, a short story acceptance, several other works in progress at varying states, an application for a screenwriting development programme sent off... No rest for the wicked!

4221

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I love it when you finish a draft of a novel manuscript. Even more so when that's it ready to go out into the wild blue yonder...

3180

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm not sure why I enjoyed The VelociPastor so much. Guess I just like a bad B-movie that plays it up. It knew exactly what it was, and that works for me.

010

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cover Reveal! As a Friday Treat how about some news on a great new novella series that features deep space adventure, mecha suits and they’re used by cats? It my pleasure to share the cover for Beasts of the Wild Black by RJ Barker coming soon! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/8/...

runalongtheshelves.net

Cover Reveal - Beasts of the Wild Black by RJ Barker — Runalong The Shelves

Helllooo! Well that was a long hot week in the UK! I think you deserve a treat and as its from me that means booktempting! Gentle Readers of the blog will know I’m a huge fan of RJ Barker’s work from...

2277

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And live: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/...

A very old photo of me (still glasses, still beard, but beard is not so grey as it should be), and a note saying I’m doing an ask me anything on Reddit today. And I am.

0185

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ah, the solar eclipse. Truly breathtaking... Every time there's something astronomical!

0100

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today's mysterious portal seems to lead to Faerie.

070

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

'#TheDeepAndTheDrowned is a captivating display of Green's narrative power' @rainewilson.bsky.social For publication day, @ianthegreen.bsky.social introduces the first entry in his new fantasy trilogy #CutlassAndCrow 🏴‍☠️⚔️🏹 Out today: geni.us/TDATDorgsoc

0139

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk · 05/08/2026

🎵 Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me Black Doe is OUT TODAY Go and buy it, pleeeeease! 🎵 Grab it on kindle now, or order from your favourite bookshop in person or online. #newbook #kindlebooks #historicalfantasy #scottishbooks 🩵 📚 blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... amzn.eu/d/0a0NApjt

amzn.eu

Black Doe

Buy Black Doe by Smith, Cleland from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.

63319

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Off to Trimontium Roman and Iron Age event in Melrose today. Lots of great historical crafters and reenactment going on.

070

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

static.klipy.com

Monty Python: That's No Ordinary Rabbit

ALT: Monty Python: That's No Ordinary Rabbit

2282

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🪐📚 Listen I enjoy a fucking bastard being forced to save the world as a revenge side quest and that's exactly what this is with some side notes on the fall of empire, historical revisionism, and the conservative nature of established institutions. And secrets of fallen empires. 1/

The cover of The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston. There's a scruffy guy walking towards the viewer on a bridge lined with fancy statues and a hazy really giant statue in the background.

1111

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Good morning! I am reading and very much enjoying The Last Shield by Cameron Johnston. Gender-flipped Die Hard in a Bronze Age (I think) castle. Really fun book that shows far more research and craft that you might initially expect.

073

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I'm really enjoying Ride or Die - Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham are excellent. Have to say, Hannah would make an excellent Briar in an adaptation of The Last Shield. I'm also very on board with this trend of older actors getting to do more cool stuff: The Boroughs etc.

070

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Shadows at the Door @shadowsatthedoor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

BECK’S END is a new folk-horror audio drama. Think SALEM’S LOT meets REAR WINDOW meets ALAN WAKE. Produced by us and distributed by @rustyquill.com we’re now funding on Kickstarter and have just passed 50% See below to meet our amazing cast and crew! 👀

13624

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

With my werewolf action-horror feature screenplay done, now it's time to take on malicious faeries... Meanwhile, novel-wise, I'm awaiting comments from my agent on the new standalone.

2120

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside... Come for the sea-serpent gods and pirate fights, stay for the skua-candles and folk songs sung to desolate rocks as night closes in geni.us/TDATDcovrev

1136

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Some cool things spotted on my trip to Durham and York last week...

170

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We interrupt your regularly scheduled feed for a special announcement: "Milton, Morrison & Valentine are delighted to announce: Haverin. An anthology celebrating 40 years of Glasgow SF Writer’s Circle, with stories from members past and present. Coming October 2026." #GSFWC40 #Haverin

13219

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Why yes, I will be banging on about this almost constantly for the next three months. Forty (40!) years of crits will be celebrated this October. Keep your eyes peeled for details.

0145

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Back from holiday to Durham and York and I have multiple pots of creative endeavours on the boil. -A finished novel with my agent awaiting comments. -A second novel waiting in the wings. -A finished action-horror historical werewolf feature screenplay I need to try and figure out what to do with.

1193

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I've had a workshop with Hal before, and my goodness, this man has deep insight into everything from the rhythm and flow of sentences to the muscle of story and character. He'll unpack things for you in a way that's understandable, done with care, and with a view to helping your work flourish.

0108

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm not sure how I feel about The Boroughs being cancelled after one season. On the one hand, I really enjoyed it, but on the other, I don't think it needed (or perhaps even wanted) a second season.

430

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Well, Masters of the Universe was a lot of fun! Perfectly pitched to my Gen X nostalgia engine, and much funnier than I'd expected.

080

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I adored Black Doe - easily one of the best historical fantasy books I've ever read.

153

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Maya Gouliard | Fantasy Author @mayagouliard.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Last Shield by Cameron Johnston. Briar is a warrior at midlife, seriously injured and questioning everything - and the story that unfolds is one of the most honest portrayals of acceptance and resilience I have read in a long time. Exactly the kind of book the Wise Woman shelf was made for. 4 ⭐️

3104

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

47 The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen Creepy, tense, heart-breaking, full to the brim with monsters of every definition! It shines a light on the monstrosity present in humanity and sinks its claws deep into your skin. Delicious!

The cover of The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen featuring a red background, a blue deer filled with stars with red strands hung from its antlers

253

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Two novels in the can and I'm taking a quick break to work on a kickass screenplay idea - like most things I write, it's what I'd like to read or watch myself.

0151

Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I had a fantastic time at @cymerafestival.co.uk on the weekend there. Always a pleasure to see such enthusiastic fans and excellent authors, and the volunteers and admin did an amazing job!

1102

Reposted by Cameron Johnston

Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Random idea I shall now obsess over for a few hours. Combine @cameronjohnston.bsky.social’s FIRST MAGE ON THE MOON with the D&D Manual of the Planes. Rockets to reach reality-escape velocity to go astral. Earnest artificers trying to figure out how to a probe that can survive in the Plane of Fire.

4262