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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 21h

Obviously if I do land a movie deal, you'll know about it because I'll become so much more unbearable.

James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 21h

If you see reports from Threads that Marvel has bought the movie rights to "Mother of Night", I'm afraid that the information is false. I hate this crap. Stop f***ing lying and messing with other ppl's dreams.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 23h

Up at the crack and got 1K words down. I'm taking my time to be particularly gruesome. I do love a good monster reveal. They're a definite highlight to write.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I completely get why many cishet men are so quick with the pop psychology that all bigotry and homophobic abuse is perpetrated by closeted queer men a.k.a Not Them. I get it. But it isn't remotely true.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tonight's splendour. So thankful to have these views from the casa.

A golden sunset over the sea. Houses and trees in the foreground.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My personal mission from God encompasses entering local bars and yelling at the managers I know to stop using generic AI slop flyers. I mean, I'm keeping it up.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New article series alert! Thanks to @karinjr.bsky.social, who chatted with BFS Horizon Editor @robincmduncan.bsky.social to find out more about what he’s looking for in submissions, and to get his take on the landscape for short fiction now. britishfantasysociety.org/ready-for-su...

A text-heavy graphic gives the name of the article series, Get Ready for Submission, plus features images of Karin J Robinson and Robin CM Duncan. An illustration of a telescope sits above Robin's photo.

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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN AUGUST 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's July's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My deepest thanks to @crimereads.bsky.social for hosting the cover reveal of "Mother of Night". To everyone at @zandoprojects.bsky.social and my wonderful agent @helenlane.bsky.social An exclusive excerpt from the novel is now available on the CrimeReads site: crimereads.com/category/dai... 🏳️‍🌈⚔️📚💙

A man with a melting face looks to heaven is the cover of my new Horror novel "Mother of Night".

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lots of pieces in the print media recently about the decline of reading in children. Here's a little thread on ways to help your kids get reading again:

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Almost a 1000 ppl have added "Mother of Night" to their "want to read" shelf on GR. We're six months away from release. That's good right? 🙏 #Gracias

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Right. Enough *gallivanting for now. Time to crack on with the edits. *Oh, but what fine gallivanting.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's 10:39 am. Went for brekky at this cute corner cafe. A hearse squeezed around the corner and half crushed me against the wall with a faceful of funereal flowers. 🫤

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Haunted by dangling modifiers. But great editors don't just get your novel into shipshape. They also point out your bad habits so you can grow as a writer. I've always been open to and appreciative of that.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is part of what I'm referring to with many people demanding stories that reassure them they're a good person. They want the moral instruction because otherwise, rather than processing the reading experience, there's a thrum of "am I bad? am I bad? what if someone finds out I'm bad?"

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stories about abuse are allowed to exist without reducing themselves to moral instruction. i think sometimes when people complain about the “romanticization” of abuse, what they're actually objecting to isn't necessarily the way abuse is being represented, but the fact that the representation doesn't provide them with constant moral reassurance. like, there is a difference between “this story frames abuse as desirable or inherently romantic” and “this story depicts abuse in an erotic/ambiguous/complicated way and doesn't repeatedly tell me that abuse is bad, therefore the depiction itself is irresponsible.”

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Does the media deliberately spread confusion and fear in order to manipulate ppl? 🤔

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Don't invite me to a cowboy party and expect me not to turn up as a bandito.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My editor noticed a dangling modifier in my *bio*, so I've just changed that on all channels. 🤦‍♂️

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not Our Cat is quite at home. He's completely deaf and comes most days. His owner, the little old lady across the street, says she's never seen him behave this way before. Me: Have you considered the possibility that your cat is a homosexual? She digested this. Then laughed uproariously.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Managed 1K words this morning and it actually flowed. The "setting up" part of this book (i.e. most of it) has been hellish. But now it's smashin' time and that's always fun.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thoroughly enjoyed my re-read of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". It's more of an amusing character study than a spooky tale, but it still begs the same old question. Fun.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An annual reminder that I think that the Booker Prize is an insidious and inimical evil and I'll continue to think so until I'm on the shortlist. TY.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No, GT. AI isn't "making the world straighter". I'm tired. I wish folks would stop affording this venal and pointless tech a Godlike power that it simply does not have. It's basic, as the kids say.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This afternoon's comfort read. It's an old fave and Halloween is taking too long. Incidentally, I've paid a visit to Irving's house in Seville. He lived there for a year in 1828.

A silhouette of a horseman in spooky trees is the cover of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A late pre-order treat to myself for finishing the edits. I lurve the cover, the story appeals and I already know that @clhellisen.com is an author that everyone should be reading. 📚💙🌈

A silhouette of antlers on a red background makes up the cover of "The Shape of Monsters" by CL Hellisen, an exciting new Fantasy novel.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 21/09/2026

REMEMBER KIDS It's only cannibalism if both parties are human. Otherwise it's just lunch.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Proofread complete and revisions sent to the publisher. It's a stronger book sans my bad dangling modifier habit and I'm grateful.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dancing

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Angela Slatter 📚 @angelaslatter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fitcher's Bird will be out on 6 Oct in the UK & US then in Oz on 13 Oct. Pls consider pre-ordering to help a writer keep writing terrifying & monstrous stories to give you, your children & your children's children horrible nightmares. 💜 to Alma Katsu for blurbage (and y'all should get Incarnate).

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Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno · 20/09/2026

I've had queer (cis) friends say that they "just want to enjoy the new adaptation uncomplicatedly", but the sad truth is that that is not possible—and never has been. I'll shout it from the rooftops once again: Starve her of oxygen. LET 👏 THE 👏 IP 👏 DIE 👏. Grieve it, then let it go COMPLETELY.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Coffee on the brew. This morning I'm tackling the final proofread of "Mother of Night". And the doc is in Adobe Acrobat, which I've never used to edit before.

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Satan Loves Me Message

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Home alone tonight. It's quite windy, so I'm listening to that. Also wondering why this is a lot more emotional than I expected it to be. He's home tomorrow. Dumb feels.

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's always great to see the stuff you write become an actual thing. 🙏🏻📚💙 #Arcs

Advance reader copies of Tapeworm by AP Thayer, Morsels by Abe Moss, Mother of Night by yours truly and Ana Must Die Again by EJ Green

A poster of Tapeworm makes up the background.

Advance reader copies of Tapeworm by AP Thayer, Morsels by Abe Moss, Mother of Night by yours truly and Ana Must Die Again by EJ Green

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More Anthropic forms to fill out. The pure joy of it. I never signed up to take a course in legal administration, but it's been the most fulfilling endeavour of my life.

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Ki Agency @kiagency.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Feast your eyes on the gorgeous cover of Livvy Jane Baker's debut, ADVANCED ALCHEMY. These chaotic sapphics will smash their way into your hearts in April 2027 thanks to the good folks over at @alcovepress.bsky.social. See the official cover reveal: reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Like pulling hens' teeth" is the perfect malaphor for the writing of this novel. I'm currently attacking it in bursts of 500 words before expiring in abject despair on the bed. Writing is the best!

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 17/09/2026

It's ONE WEEK to go before The Shape of Monsters is out in print! I am so amped for readers to meet Aleks, Vai and *evil grin* my sweet innocent precious Ilea. Come join @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and me at Blackwell's in Edinburgh at 7pm on Thursday the 24th September!

Cl Hellisen: The Shape of Monsters in conversation with Annabel Campbell (sadly she can't make this,but the wonderful Heather Palmer is taking her seat)
Thursday 24th September, 7pm

And a picture of me in a stripy top, with the red and dark purple cover of the Shape of Monsters with its creepy stag head

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James Bennett | Pre-order "Mother of Night" @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Definitely impressed. It's a miracle I made it past that age.

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