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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I don't post on any social media much, but I feel moved to say that oil washes have changed my hobby life, and I love the smell.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This was enlightening, and I've never even played Dark Souls. www.youtube.com/watch?v=34PS...

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Dark Souls Was Never Hard

YouTube video by Humble Pendant

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hey man. I just read your latest column and I wanted to say I am sorry for your loss. It was a very moving post.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We generally use the term 'void' to mean space in 40k. So it's space.

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Jay “Lorehunter” Kirkman @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The #BlackLibrary Readers' Hall of Fame is proud to induct Skarsnik, by @guyhaley.bsky.social "Gets the tone absolutely spot on for a story about a scheming, backstabbing, nasty little goblin - perhaps the greatest nasty little goblin of all time" @trackofwords.bsky.social #Warhammer #BookSky

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Lord Samper @lordsamper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This week hasn't been a bad one for reading 👍Today, let me tell you about how I got on with @guyhaley.bsky.social's 'Genefather' 🙂 #warhammer40K lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/07/genefather-guy-haley-black-library.html

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‘Genefather’ – Guy Haley (Black Library)

Page Count: 346 Pages I’m not much for ‘reading resolutions’ these days; I don’t have anything against them, they just don’t seem to work ...

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Obviously, you get better at all this with experience and time, but I always say writing is more a craft than an art, and the techniques can be learned.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Writing stories in other people’s universes presents these parameters especially. (This is not good or bad, just considerations applicable to the job). By true tone, I think you may mean voice, which is harder to disguise, but can still be consciously manipulated.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

character, theme, plot, style and tone are the key elements of storytelling, but they are all also selectable variables, in that through craft you can consciously shape them, and what you choose to do is predicated to an extent on the book’s purpose (here tie-in fiction) audience, and client needs.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Like for example, Dark Imperium had to be relatively straightforward as it was introducing a lot of new stuff into the setting, as well as being written as an introduction to 40k. It’s a gateway book. Whereas, say, the Great Work was more me at play within the setting.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I’ll certainly have evolved for sure, but different books do present different challenges and opportunities, and I do consciously go for different themes and feels. But yeah, you do change over time, without a doubt, and hopefully improve!

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Well, thanks for that. I'm glad you stuck with me. Although my first book actually came out in 2011... Which 2016 and 2021 books are you referring to, just out of interest?

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Cinderfall Gaming @cinderfallgaming.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

So excited for this to be getting an audio re-release. My favourite Space Marine chapter the Blood Drinkers in action! If you’re wanting and old school Terminators vs Genestealers in the corridors of a Space Hulk story then Death of Integrity by @guyhaley.bsky.social is the one!

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Jay “Lorehunter” Kirkman @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The 2025 @goonhammer.com Book Awards! Who will win Best #BlackLibrary Writer? Nominees are: > @johnfrench.bsky.social > @guyhaley.bsky.social > Robbie MacNiven > @aptshadow.bsky.social > @cjpt.bsky.social VOTE NOW! www.goonhammer.com/the-2025-goo... #Warhammer #BookSky

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Jay “Lorehunter” Kirkman @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Other folks mentioned this week also include: @miramanga.bsky.social @grahammcneill.bsky.social @cubicle7games.bsky.social @wargamer.com Dominic McDowall, WARCOM, the Warhammer Preview Show, @tacticusgame.bsky.social Thanks as always for reading! #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I did indeed make them up for the reason Gav gives. Apart from the twin hull, very much inspired by the blackstar model, I kept the details deliberately vague.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Heh, I also painted my titans as Legio Solaris. I don’t have any other Tigris details, as it’s not so much me selecting the bits of my imaginings to write down, but rather providing just enough detail to fire yours up.

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Pani Mauser @panimauser.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The book is here, and I'm done with social stuff of weekend, so, Archmagos by @guyhaley.bsky.social is a go 😁 Naturally, live reaction, spoilers and opinions will be abound. So if it's not something you want to see - mute, block, etc you know the drill😉

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I was aware of it, but I’d forgotten so thanks for the reminder!

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Vincent Knotley @vincentknotley.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Kill Team: Dead Silence, individual releases for the Deathwatch Kill Team and Canoptek Circle and a whole bunch of books including @guyhaley.bsky.social's Archmagos are heading to Games Workshop's pre-orders next weekend. #WarhammerCommunity www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team Canoptek Circle

Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team Deathwatch Kill Team

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Vincent Knotley @vincentknotley.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Big weekend for fans of the gridiron and books next weekend with Blood Bowl's Third Season hitting pre-order alongside Robbie MacNiven's Vagabond Squadron, @aptshadow.bsky.social's Starseer's Ruin and the audiobook of @guyhaley.bsky.social's Stormsword. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Scroll down to the bottom of this Warhammer Community article to find out that there's an audio version of my book, Shadowsword coming out. I didn't know. What a nice surprise. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

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Sunday Preview – The Third Season of Blood Bowl is underway - Warhammer Community

What’s coming up next week?

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Finally finished the knight part of my House Vyronii HH army. Just have 20 Solar Auxilia to paint, and I’ll have a full 2000 points.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Oh yeah, I didn’t go that far with it!

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

When I find contradictions like this, which are inevitable, given the setting's huge scope and the number of creators, it's my impulse to make BOTH true, which led to the Cawl series, and Cawl being a gestalt of merged personalities.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

As an aside, GW aren't overly dictatorial about what we write. It was actually my idea, having been introduced to Cawl while writing Dark Imperium, to feature him the distant past as a young man. Interestingly, someone else, simultaneously, wrote about him being old in that period of 40k's setting.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I often try to use science to do this, but a lot of the time my research isn't profound, I do a bit of reading or simply apply logic to the situation. Logic led me to the Ultramaran quarantine protocols, so that's a win for me!

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I also find it fascinating to speculate how this stuff would actually work in real life, and enjoy exploring it without breaking the rules of the universe.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Hey, thanks for that. That's really cool to hear that I got it right. It's very important for me as a writer that all the magic space stuff has a firm, believable background, because then it makes it easier to buy into.

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Variance Hammer @variancehammer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This one is me, talking about plague narratives in 40K, and how much they make sense from an epidemiological perspective. TLDR: If it's @guyhaley.bsky.social odds are it's pretty good! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZG1...

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Warhammer’s Plague Narratives from the Perspective of an Epidemiologist – Warhammer Conference 2025

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

All three Questoris finished. Armigers next.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I spent two weeks of hobby time gluing models together, so have only just got back to knight number 3.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Robots, robots, robots, robots.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I finally got the base on knight #2 done, and I’ve got a bit further with #3.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

So I have my knights well on the way. They will be my third Horus Heresy Army. I worked out with the four armigers, three questoris and twenty Solar Auxilia I have, I've got exactly 2000 points. I'm going to paint that, then I'd like to expand it to 3000. A full banner of 5 Questoris is tempting.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

If you’re certain you’re going to cut that much, do the edit first. An edit that big will change the shape of the project. You’ll get more focussed feedback from your beta readers. It’s better than having them fight through stuff you’re going to lose anyway.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I see! Yeah, apologies if I seemed curt. It’s always the way with 40k. People can take any statement, no matter how it is contextualised or who is saying it, as being the truth. I’m always keen to avoid that!

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Ah yeah. Well, I had to be really careful not to give any spoilers away, so that was one thing, and my original text was cut to avoid it. Another thing is that the sort of ‘great read’ kind of text veers dangerously close to reviewing, which I try to avoid.

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I’m a fan of testimonials in storytelling, to be honest. It’s a trick I’ve used more than once!

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Guy Haley @guyhaley.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I’m racing through this fella!

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