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Jaine Fenn

@jainefenn.bsky.social
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SFF Author, games designer, cat-mum. I like nature, honesty and cake. I dislike liars, bigots and dickheads.

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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's a new chapter up for my lovely patrons: www.patreon.com/jainefenn/po... And if you're not a patron yet then why not JOIN US. You'll get a lot of free audiobookery for very little dosh.
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Guardians of Paradise - chapter 18 | Jaine Fenn
Guardians of Paradise - chapter 18 by Jaine Fenn on Patreon. Join Jaine Fenn's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Relaxing is such hard work #caturday
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Cosmic Lighthouse Comics @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Coming to Kickstarter! ALL SYSTEMS RED — the official Graphic Novel adaptation of Book 1 in The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com. Click here to sign up for exclusive discounts and content! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Stories combining rock music and horror? Bring it on. I'm really pleased to be part of this: theslab.press/2026/09/23/s...
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Screams and Wails – Cover and ToC Reveal
I was at a rock and metal one-dayer when I had the idea for a horror anthology about music. After all, why not? From The Rocky Horror Picture Show to Studio 666 music and horror have been happy bed…
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Some thoughts on Imposter Syndrome: www.jainefenn.com/2026/09/impo...
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Imposter! - Tales from the Garret
I first heard the term ‘imposter syndrome’ when someone who was well-respected in their field applied it to themselves. This perplexed me. I was pretty sure it wasn’t false modesty, yet how could they...
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Though we haven't had enough rain to make a difference, there was enough that my garden is now full of snails having sex.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Milford and me: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com
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On writing science fiction and fantasy
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Fenris failed to eat the sun, and now it’s going down in a blaze of glory #eclipse
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Cornish party hire company. Made I laugh.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
During a recent visit to a local stately home I found this memorable Georgian statue, which I've entitled 'Nude Bloke Checking his Phone' I think it's meant to be the god Hermes - the phone is actually a scroll.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Returning to a previously-abandoned novel and collating my hand-written notes, I have to ask myself why I wrote, in capitals 'ADD BOILS AND POX' I suspect I may never know.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The Inappropriate Scarecrow club has a new member, though he's a bit of a slacker....
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I could blame this rant on the excessive heat here in the UK, but it's been brewing for a while: www.jainefenn.com/2026/06/four...
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Four Words to Live By - Tales from the Garret
WARNING: The following blog post is LONG. It also contains SWEARING. And OPINIONS. I’m not religious, but I do think of myself as ethical. I try to do what I believe to be the ‘right’ thing, not becau...
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Toffee was hoping we’d accidentally take her with us when we went away for the weekend (she was mistaken) #caturday
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My lawn mower just died. It's 30 years old, it had started to rattle alarmingly, and I was asking it to cut a frankly jungle-like lawn. Even so, it cut almost all of it (see image for uncut bit) before the engine burned out in a sad puff of smoke. Rest in peace, good and faithful machine.
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Naomi Eselojor @naomieselojor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Cover reveal😍❤️
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Massively relieved #Eurovision
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Updating our #Eurovision drinking game to add: Metal-encased boobs Asymmetrical costume Over-use of hair product Levitation
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
One for the BDSM crowd #Romania #eurovision
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Slightly concerned that Croatia may be about to summon something unspeakable #eurovision
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Pretentious any? #Serbia #Eurovision
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I’ve been a good and responsible adult all week. That ends now #Eurovision
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Me and my Patreon - a decade on: www.jainefenn.com/2026/05/ten-...
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Ten Years of Patronage - Tales from the Garret
Subject tag: Shameless self-promotion All in all, 2016 wasn’t a great year. A referendum here in the UK, and the American elections, began to steer he world on a course that I for one wish it wasn’t t...
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
An excellent turnout of Steampunks in The Village this year.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Glastonbury medieval festival is one of my favourite reenactment events, because we get to camp inside the Abbey grounds. Here's the view from my tent.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Unfortunate placement of garden ornament...
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I love the Lychford books, there's nothing quite like them for combining cosy mystery with a bit of horror and a lot of wit.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is a Cream Egg donut. I managed to eat half of it. I'll come back and eat the rest when I can see straight again.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I long for the time when the Orange Loon's worst excesses - threatening to invade Greenland, kidnapping the Venezuelan president, trying to start WW3 to distract from his sex crimes - would only be reported on this morning. This afternoon we'd find they were just sick jokes. Happy April Fools Day.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I went to bed an hour earlier than usual to try and offset the effects of the clocks changing and I feel well-rested but now have no idea what the time actually is.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Respect to everyone who is attending the marches today - No Kings in the US and the Together Alliance here in the UK. Love and Unity must stand.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
AI-generated-book-promo-scam phrase of the day: apparently my book 'recently soared into our group like a ship out of the darkness—and our members have been orbiting it ever since.' Sure it did, hon.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Unexpected visitor in the patio area. I live near open country, but it's been a while since I've seen a pheasant in the garden, so this was a nice surprise. Isn't he magnificent?
A male pheasant, with fine plumage, strolling across the patio
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Happy Ides of March. Here's to peaceful regime change in a country once considered an ally, but now ruled by a deranged bully.
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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
#Booksky! Today is RELEASE DAY for BONE & BLOOD! There is a story of a widow & her two daughters, Snow White and Rose Red, the most perfect & darling little girls who had ever lived. This is not—quite—that story. I'm so proud of this one, guys! Please RT! :) www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW...
The staggeringly fabulous cover for CE Murphy's BONE & BLOOD, a retelling of "Snow White, Rose Red" features two women standing back to back: one is garbed all in blood red, with dark red hair and a black mask; the other wears flowing white, with wheat-pale hair and a glittering mask. Cover art & design by Ravven.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Authors get their own special flavour of AI sloop... www.jainefenn.com/2026/03/your...
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[your book] here - Tales from the Garret
TL;DR: Authors get served their own special flavour of AI sloop, delivered daily to their inbox. And I shall now rant at length upon this topic: For as long as the internet has existed, published writ...
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Ideally I would now have arrived in Birmingham, ready to appear as the guest speaker at the Brum SF Group's monthly meeting. However, having contracted flu earlier this week, I am curled up on my sofa with the cat. The best laid plans, as they say... the plan is to reschedule; watch this space.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Note to self: do not give Toffee her catnip just before the Zoom yoga class. It's hard to achieve complete relaxation with a cat tap-dancing on your solar plexus.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I succeeded in my mission to find some spring flowers on this morning's walk, even if the photos are not the greatest. Happy Imbolc, to those who celebrate it.
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Birmingham Science Fiction Group @birminghamsfgroup.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
FEBRUARY EVENT: We are very excited to welcome our first guest of 2026, award-winning SFF author @jainefenn.bsky.social on 13th Feb. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or online via Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite (link to be provided soon).
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Storm Ingrid also did for some of the local beach huts:
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Exciting times in our little seaside town this weekend, courtesy of Storm Ingrid. The new seawall held up, but the pier in Teignmouth, 3 miles away along the coast, got trashed, and bits of it ended up on top of our seawall.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Some helpful advice and quiet wisdom for this dark Friday: www.cavletter.com/its-not-for-...
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It’s Not for Me: A Healthier Way to Disagree Online
Four little words with the power to make all the difference.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Polestars is a set of single-author collections which I was honoured to be part of, and you can now pick up a sampler showcasing authors who are part of that collection of collections, from Newcon Press: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
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Polestars Shining Brightly, Rose Biggin, Emma Coleman, C�cile Cristofari, Jaine Fenn, Juliet E. McKenna, Fiona Moore, Justina Robson, Patrice Sarath, Teika Marija Smits, Ana Sun, Aliya Whiteley, Liz W...
NewCon Press is a multiple award-winning independent publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
New year, new plans. These include not neglecting my blog, ancient and simple thing though it is. It can be found here: www.jainefenn.com
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Tales from the Garret - Jaine Fenn
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Stormy seas used as cover for invasion by Alien Foam Monster:
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Got #Whammed in the local carvery last night. It was inevitable.
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It's an odd time of year, and not always in a good way. This helpful and perceptive blog post by the most excellent @cavan.bsky.social really hit the spot for me, hope it does for you: www.cavletter.com/stop-beating...
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Stop beating yourself up!
Yes, I'm talking to you!
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Lizbeth Myles @lizbethmyles.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I have book news!! Where We Stand, Where We Fall is now available to preorder from Herne Books:
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Jaine Fenn @jainefenn.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
My Bristolcon schedule: www.jainefenn.com/2025/10/bris...
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Committee and Contacts
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