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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don't wish to alarm you, but the ebook for Antimatter Blues (the sequel to Mickey7) is currently on sale for $2.99.

Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fun publishing fact: pre-orders are how publishers decide which authors get book tours, and which ones get sacrificed to ensure a bountiful harvest. On an unrelated note, if you'd like a personally engraved copy of MICKEY PRIME, you can pre-order one here: liftbridgebooks.com/list/signed-...

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Signed Mickey Prime Pre-Order 2/23/27

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SFF Addicts Podcast @sffaddictspod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tune in to our Oct. 2026 Patreon bonus episode of THE PLAYLIST! Join co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly as they discuss Silo S03, Aaron N. Hall’s The Legend of Uh, @edashtonwriting.bsky.social’a Mickey7 and more. Support us to access: patreon.com/sffaddictspod

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Me after submitting the first one of the manuscripts I committed to writing this year:

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In February 2027...the Mickeys are multiplying! Meet MICKEY PRIME, the latest novel in @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's fan-favourite MICKEY7 series - the inspiration for Bong Joon Ho's silver-screen SciFi sensation, MICKEY17, starring Robert Pattinson! Preorder now: buff.ly/Kzuc8Ui

A stack of Solaris edition MICKEY7 novels against a black background streaked with gold falling stars.

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Did my first SCUBA lesson tonight. Think I'm gonna go ahead and make this my entire personality now.

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone just told me that my writing reminds her of a Phoebe Bridgers song. Whether this was a good thing or a bad thing was left as an exercise for the reader.

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In the event that AI does wind up killing us all, I just want to get out front with saying "I told you so."

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am now officially at the midway point of the first draft of the new book. Will this finally be the time that my brain lets me down and I can't pull all the threads I've laid out back together? Let's find out!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

No matter what the aliens think, humans REALLY don't make good pets. AFTER THE FALL, the latest standalone comic scifi from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (author of MICKEY7, now filmed as MICKEY17 dir. by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson) is out now! Buy: geni.us/AfterTF

Against a purple fabric background, a stack of Edward Ashton books with AFTER THE FALL at the top. Below, MICKEY7, ANTIMATTER BLUES, MAL GOES TO WAR and THE FOURTH CONSORT.

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Rich Horton @ecbatan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I quite enjoyed Edward Ashton's novel THE FOURTH CONSORT. Fairly traditional and well-done SF about two polities vying for the right to save (or exploit) a new planet ... and about the representatives of each polity as they learn to understand the other. richhorton314252.substack.com/p/communicat...

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Communication, Loyalty, Honor

The Fourth Consort, by Edward Ashton

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Are you dying to preorder MICKEY PRIME (obviously, right?) but only have 75% of the necessary funds? Well, here's your chance. This offer is for members only, but free memberships are available at bn.com.

Preorder discount offer for MICKEY PRIME at bn.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 "Mickey Barnes is back (and he's not happy about it)." But we are...because we've snapped up MICKEY PRIME, the latest novel in @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's fan-favourite MICKEY7 series for the UK! February 2027. Preorder now: geni.us/MickeyPrime

Against a gold and blue background, the book cover for MICKEY PRIME by Edward Ashton

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yesterday was #NationalReadABookDay in the UK, but we'd never get through our TBR mountain like that! To help you read every day of the year, here's a selection of Solaris SFFH Series starters ft: standalones in the same universe, continuing series, & thematically linked. Which would you pick up?

Books ft:
BENEATH THE RISING by Premee Mohamed
SAVAGE COMPANY by Matt Wallace
THE POMEGRANATE GATE by Ariel Kaplan
WEAVE THE LIGHTNING by Corry L. Lee
NORTHERN WRATH by THILDE KOLD HOLDT
RED RABBIT by Alex Grecian
HER SOUL TO TAKE by Harley Laroux
THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD and THE GOBLIN EMPEROR by Katherine Addison
THE BLACK COAST by Mike Brooks
THE HOUSE OF STYX and THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN by Derek Kunsken
THE MOUNTAIN CROWN by Karin Lowachee
BLACK SUN by Rebecca Roanhorse
GORSE by Sam K. Horton
IRONCLADS by Adrian Tchaikovsky
THE AMBER OWL by Juliet Marillier
MOONSTORM and NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee
WHILE THE GODS SLEEP by L D Colter
THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell
WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by Lorraine Wilson
QUEEN OF NONE and NETHERFORD HALL by Natania Barron
MICKEY7 by Edward Ashton
THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF by Taran Hunt
INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
TUNE IN TOMORROW by Randee Dawn
UNDER FORTUNATE STARS by Ren Hutchings
SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C.S.E. Cooney
BLESS YOU HEART by Lindy Ryan

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I've heard people say that they don't love writing, they love having written. I've honestly never felt that way about writing, but pool workouts? Oh yeah. I always feel great getting out, but man, that first hundred meters is rough.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Out of this world SciFi to snap up in Waterstones Double Plus Stamps Sale ft: Clarke Award finalist @rainewilson.bsky.social 's THE SALT ORACLE @aptshadow.bsky.social 's 2nd TERRIBLE WORLDS novella bind up A first contact standalone from @neuvel.net @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's 4th QUANTUM novel!

Solaris SciFi to snap up in the Waterstones Double Plus Stamps sale:

TERRIBLE WORLDS by Adrian Tchaikovsky
AFTER THE FALL by Edward Ashton
QUANTUM DAWN by Derek Kunsken
THE SALT ORACLE by Lorraine Wilson
NINEFOX GAMBIT: 10th anniversary edition by Yoon Ha Lee
THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley
INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just a reminder: you've got 12 days left to enter to win an advance copy of Mickey Prime from Goodreads 🙂

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Eliane Boey 🕷🥩SMALL BITES 🥩🕷11.11.26 @elianeboey.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

If you're at @laworldcon.bsky.social in person or virtually, I'll be reading not one but two!! chapters of 🕷️🥩SMALL BITES🥩🕷️ on Sunday 1800 PDT (Singapore Monday 0900) @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tomorrow: The Hugo Awards! @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's THE CHRONICLES OF OSRETH is a finalist for @thehugoawards.bsky.social for Best Series (inc. new release THE ORB OF CAIRADO) & Bong Joon Ho's MICKEY17 (adapting @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's MICKEY7) for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form!

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Tricia The Cuntiest Lucius - Missing DragonCon 😭 🏴‍☠️🍊🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @lem0nb0iii.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Book 45: Mickey7 by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social While I know I broke the cardinal sin of watching the movie before the book, and the movie was very different, I still thoroughly enjoyed this read. What a fun ride. Also as a note, I had a copy of this book in my tbr pile when the fire happened 🤷‍♀️

A Caucasian hand holding a copy of the book Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

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tina connolly @tinaconnolly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

There's a new book out by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social and it's unique and awesome!

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hey! Do you want a personally inscribed first edition of MICKEY PRIME? Obviously, right? Preorder from my pals at Lift Bridge Book Shop to get yours now! Well, not now. More like in February, actually, but you get the idea. Preorder now! (link in the comments)

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Ben Smith @benjamintsmith.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Posted a review of "Mal Goes to War" by Edward Ashton on my blog. profmorbius.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/m...

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DavidMcDavidface @davidmcdavidface.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Finished After the Fall by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social by Loch Lomond. Excellent read. Thank you, Edward. Two thumbs up. 👍👍

After the Fall, holding the book against a backdrop of mountains and the Loch.

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Looks like Goodreads is giving away 50 copies of Mickey Prime, so if you're itching to read it before February I guess this is your chance :-) (link in the comments)

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Always good to see my boys out in the wild. 😇

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

1 month away from the announcement of the Hugo Awards, where we have 2 nominations, seems a good time to round up all the award wins and nominations that Solaris Books has had this year! Ft. @rainewilson.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com & more!

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DavidMcDavidface @davidmcdavidface.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'd just like to thank @edashtonwriting.bsky.social for participating in my holiday tradition again this year, of being able to pick up his latest in the local #indiebookshop on holiday. (Last year was The Fourth Consort in the same bookshop.) Going on the TBR pile, but looking forward to it.

Cover of After the Fall, in front of the picture window overlooking the ocean.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Humans must be silent. Humans must be obedient. Humans must be good." AFTER THE FALL, the latest standalone comic scifi from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (author of MICKEY7, now filmed as MICKEY17 dir. by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson) is out now! Buy: geni.us/AfterTF

A copy of the UK edition of AFTER THE FALL by Edward Ashton laid against purple fabric.

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Fancier graphics from my friends at SMP 😎

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I don't wish to alarm you, but the next installment in Mickey and Nasha's journey is now available for preorder. 😇

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

What's better than one Mickey Barnes? Multiple Mickeys! We're celebrating the fact that #Mickey17 is nominated for a Hugo Award with a satisfying stack of @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's novels that inspired the film! Including @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social 's special edition of MICKEY7!

A stack of the UK editions of Edward Ashton's MICKEY7 novels.

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Well, I certainly hope the apocalyptic storms this morning help clear away the toxic haze! Ha! Ha ha! #Thisisfine

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

WNY friends: I'll be signing books at The Siren and the Sea in Rochester tonight (7/17) from 5-8pm. Should be a fun time, so if you're in the area please stop by to say hello.😇

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Mike Stores @mstores.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I read and very much enjoyed 'Mickey 7' last year (after seeing the film). So I was delighted to come across 'After the fall' by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social which blends a similar mix of dystopian bleakness with dark humour. Very enjoyable, I'd recommend it highly.

Cover of the book After the fall written by Edward Ashton

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just watched "Disclosure Day." That was... something.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Meet SciFi's newest star - @edashtonwriting.bsky.social ! The author of MICKEY7, the book behind silver screen sensation MICKEY 17, starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Bong Joon-Ho, has a new standalone SciFi novel out! Buy superb comic SF AFTER THE FALL now: geni.us/AfterTF

Meet Edward Ashton - SciFi's Rising Star!
Book covers for MICKEY7. ANTIMATTER BLUES, MAL GOES TO WAR, THE FOURTH CONSORT and AFTER THE FALL.

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hey there, friends. The third book in the MICKEY7 series, MICKEY PRIME, is coming out early next year. Even better, from now until the 26th you can preorder it from bn.com and get 25% off with the code PREORDER25. Fun book, fun discount. Can't beat that, right?

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Seeing as we're celebrating our new home @profilebooks.bsky.social today, it's a good time to remind you of all of our wonderful authors! Ft @premeemohamed.com @aptshadow.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @vajra.me @natania.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @edashtonwriting.bsky.social & many more!

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Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

If I hear the term "snackle box" one more time this morning, I'm gonna absolutely lose it.

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Mark Redman @quillofarkham1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I really enjoyed After the Fall by Edward Ashton. A clever mix of sci-fi, survival, and dark humour with great character dynamics. John, a human pet to a Grey, gets pulled into a wild adventure after a risky business deal goes wrong. Smart, funny, and thought-provoking.

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 19/06/2026

After the Fall, by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (pub by @solarisbooks.bsky.social) is a fun dystopian sci-fi romp that deeps dive into the nature of friendship among different strata while also giving us a fair share of motives to laugh. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/afte... 💙📚

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🎉🎂Happy UK Book Birthday! AFTER THE FALL, the latest comic scifi from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (author of MICKEY7, now filmed as MICKEY17 directed by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson) is out now! geni.us/AfterTF

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

AFTER THE FALL, the latest comic scifi from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social is out next week! If you loved #ProjectHailMary in cinemas, and you're looking for more everyman characters who find themselves in the midst of SciFi Shenanigans, we think you'll love his books! Preorder geni.us/AfterTF

Meet Edward Ashton, SciFi's Rising Star!

Covers for:
MICKEY7
ANTIMATTER BLUES
MAL GOES TO WAR
THE FOURTH CONSORT
AFTER THE FALL

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QuiteBrief @quitebrief.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

#bookreview 📚💙 📚🪐 Fan of: - The singularity - Moving from problem to problem - Trade-ins & upgrades! - Robots finding their way in the world Try @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's Mal Goes To War www.edwardashton.com A stranded body-hopping AI has to learn about people while trying to escape a war zone.

Cover of Edward Ashton's Mal Goes To War
Cover is tones of blue green at the top darkening to purple at the bottom.
The head of a bald statue is superimposed on the cover. It is translucent with lit up circuit traces over it's left side. Through it we see silhouette of a child holding the hand of an adult, walking away from the viewer down a street with destroyed buildings on other side.
Cover text reads
Edward Ashton
Mal
Goes
To
War
A Novel
(With a medallion that reads:)
From the author of Mickey 7, The inspiration for the major motion picture Mickey 17

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Eliane Boey 🕷🥩SMALL BITES 🥩🕷11.11.26 @elianeboey.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

What you see: 3 published books. What you don't see: 3 early practice novels (archived), 2 SF novels that died on trad pub sub, 2 urban fantasy novels I'll shelve for when the trend comes around again, or never. 2 WIPs on spec. Keep writing. Keep it real. And add SMALL BITES on Goodreads plstks

Three books on an amp: OTHER MINDS, SMALL BITES, and CLUB CONTANGO.

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