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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 30/09/2026

Curious Physiologies - British urban fantasy 🚇Underground railways disguise London's mythical citizens 🗡️Murder in plain sight. But is the culprit a man or a monster? 💉A desperate nurse discovers her patients aren't human 🚨A transport cop is the only one who knows mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 29/09/2026

The Terminus Of All Things, my very British urban portal fantasy, is one year old today! Yay! Show it some birthday love, because its younger siblings are far more popular, and no one wants a bitter older brother (I've seen S2 of The Gentlemen) mybook.to/terminusofallthings

The cover of The Terminus Of All Things, by Jay Neill, declaring it to be 'Your next urban fantasy obsession' accompanied by several positive Goodreads reviews.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 28/09/2026

I was about to post that I was one short of 200 preorders for Monstrous Bloodlines (book 4 in the LineFolk Of London series) and would anyone fancy pushing it over the line. While I was thinking about this, someone pushed it over the line.

The cover of Monstrous Bloodlines by Jay Neill, showing a dragon creature emerging from the Vitruvian Man.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 27/09/2026

One of the nicest times of year is when the polo ponies come for their post-season holiday on the field outside our house. They are so excited when they first arrive!

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 25/09/2026

Prowritingaid is soooo prudish. If I wrote 'fucking' I didn't mean 'messing'.

A screenshot from prowritingaid where the software is suggesting the author replace the word fucking with messing.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 18/09/2026

OK, so it's a little early to be pushing books with a Christmas vibe, but trust me, this quick read has all the Halloween feels as well (my daughter reliably informs me that her Halloween planning is well under way). A steal on Amazon for 99p or free if you join my newsletter at www.jayneill.com

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 17/09/2026

I've spent so long in my LineFolk universe that I sometimes forget that before I obsessed about a hidden London, I wrote a book about a man who thinks he's gone to Portsmouth but ends up in an alternate England. 🌆Dystopian 🌀Portals 📺Nostalgic 😘Mega slowburn romance mybook.to/terminusofallthings

The cover of the Terminus Of All Things by Jay Neill - Your next urban fantasy obsession.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 15/09/2026

I wrote Curious Physiologies because I always suspected there was something about the London Underground that felt...off. ❌Built to transport millions of commuters every day? No. ✅Built to hide thousands of mythical beasts, hunted into near extinction? YES mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

The most dangerous thing you can do is care.
Mythical beast in London
Found family
Hidden society
Murder mystery
Start the series from only £1.99 or free on Kindle Unlimited.
The image shows the cover of Curious Physiologies by Jay Neil

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 10/09/2026

It's currently 741am. These two things do not compute. And I rushed morning yoga for this!

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 07/09/2026

I handed Monstrous Bloodlines over to my editor today. This one has been TOUGH, but that's all my fault. I felt a huge responsibility to the characters and the readers to make sure that book 4 lived up to expectations.

The cover of Monstroud Bloodlines by Jay Neill showoing a dragon emerging from the Vitruvian Man.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 02/09/2026

I finished the first clean draft of this beauty today which is just about the latest I could have managed it and still hit my publishing deadline. Nothing like pressure. mybook.to/monstroudbloodlines

Monstrous Bloodlines. Jay Neill. The LineFolk Of London Book 4. November 13th. Available for preorder from Amazon.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 28/08/2026

Only 2 more days left of the 99¢ promotion for book one of the LineFolk Of London, which recent reviews have described as: 5⭐"a fascinating start" 5⭐"a well spun haunt in an alternative London" 5⭐"a perfect fun read" mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

A secret clinic under the London Underground. Her patients aren't human. Read Book 1 for only 99¢. Curious Physiologies by Jay Neill. The cover shows a heraldic lion emerging from Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 26/08/2026

📖Over 800 copies sold in two days 🧙Top 10 in urban fantasy for two days 📦50 boxsets ordered I realise that ebooks can't go out of stock, but if this were a mall sale, there would be a queue around the block! It's become a lot of readers' new urban fantasy obsession. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

The most dangerous thing you can do is care.
Mythical beast in London
Found family
Hidden society
Murder mystery
Start the series from only 99p or free on Kindle Unlimited.
The image shows the cover of Curious Physiologies by Jay Neill

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 25/08/2026

#1 in Celtic, English, Welsh Mythology #6 in Urban Fantasy Get the Amazon-bestselling fantasy Curious Physiologies for only 99¢ this week. 🩺An unwitting nurse 🩻A very unusual medical practice 💂A hidden London Your new urban fantasy obsession! mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 24/08/2026

Day 2 of Curious Physiologies being just 99¢ for my USA readers. I know that many US politicians pretend that London is a hellhole, but it's a wonderful place. Apart from: 🐈‍⬛Werecats 🦇Haemovores 🧌Trolls 🚇...and the other beasts deep in the underground railway tunnels mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

The most dangerous thing you can do is care.
Mythical beast in London
Found family
Hidden society
Murder mystery
Start the series from only 99¢ or free on Kindle Unlimited.
The image shows the cover of Curious Physiologies by Jay Neill

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 23/08/2026

US fantasy skeeters! Curious Physiologies is only 99¢ for the next few days, so you have no excuse (even a monstrous TBR) not to pick up a copy and save it for a rainy day! mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 19/08/2026

ScribeFest Christmas Edition is shaping up to be an amazing event. Over 80 authors and a tonne of vendors selling bookish merch. If you love your books and you're anywhere near Northampton on November 8th, this is a must attend. And I'll be there! scribe-sign.com/collections/...

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 18/08/2026

The audiobook for Unusual Afflictions is out now, read as always by Sarah Edwards, who does her usual amazing job. A review of the paperback this week described it as the 5⭐ "s**t hits the fan installment" in the series, and I couldn't agree more. mybook.to/unusualafflictions

The cover of the audiobook Unusual Affliction, The LineFolk of London book 3 by Jay Neill. Read by Sarah Edwards. It shows a Vitruvian Man transforming into a bat.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 10/08/2026

I'm so excited to be part of Scribefest's first Christmas edition in 2026, and joining over 50 authors for a great day of bookish chat, meeting readers, and signing books. PS book 4 of the LineFolk of London, Monstrous Bloodlines, will be a festival exclusive! scribe-sign.com/products/scr...

I'll be signing books and chatting at Scribefest Christmas Edition at Sedgebrook Hall, Northamptonshire, Sunday 8th Nov, £30 entry in advance. 50+ authors, 20+ bookish businesses. The image shows the author Jay Neill and five of his popular books.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 06/08/2026

It's been a while since I did a roundup of recent reviews... 5⭐"delightful, a strange world within London" 5⭐"great" 5⭐"fascinating start to what looks to be an excellent and quite unique take on UK urban fantasy" It might just be your new urban fantasy obsession mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

Gritty and witty British urban fantasy. "In a London built on monsters, the most dangerous thing you can do is care" Start the series on ebook for only £1.99 or free on Kindle Unlimited

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 04/08/2026

I can pull a more celebratory face, but this seems more like the one I would have pulled if someone had told me six months ago that I would hit this milestone.

Celebrating 1 million page reads. Thank you to everyone who has read even one page of the LineFolk Of London series since February 2026. I promise that as long as you keep reading them...I'll keep writing them

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 10/07/2026

🚇Mythical beasts hiding in plain sight, trapped by the London Tube lines 👩‍⚕A nurse who discovers some curious physiologies 🩻A mysterious death that isn't a murder...or is it? The series starter for urban fantasy The LineFolk Of London is only 99p on Kindle all month. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 08/07/2026

🚇London Underground as a sanctuary for mythical beasts? 👩‍⚕A nurse desperate for work risks a very unusual Harley St practice? 🩻 Some very curious physiologies? The series starter for the urban fantasy The LineFolk Of London is only 99p on Kindle all month. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 08/07/2026

There was a comic store in Kingston near where I grew up. It also sold miniatures. Every week I would go in and ask if they had the Judge Death figure in stock. Every week they would say no. I never got a Judge Death figure. I just remembered after 40 years and have a new retirement quest unlocked.

Judge Death from the 2000AD comic strip, Judge Dredd

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 03/07/2026

It's on a Kindle deal for the entire month of July! ✔ London urban fantasy ✔ Mythical beasts living as human ✔ Acclaimed world-building ✔ Characters to fall in love with Start your new urban fantasy series obsession for only 99p! mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 22/06/2026

Yes, it's UK only, yes it's Kindle only, no you probably don't eagerly scour the Celtic, English, Welsh mythology charts. But it's my little Everest, and now I can climb the next one.

Amazon UK #1 bestseller in Celtic, English, and Welsh mythology.

Thankyou to everyone who has read Curious Physiologies.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 16/06/2026

I'm not saying that urban fantasy is the best genre...but what other books let you see the magical right where you live, in the buildings where you work, and on the transport that you ride. mybook.to/curiousphysi...

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 09/06/2026

It's the offical, final, last, not-to-be-repeated (for three months) day of my urban fantasy series starter, Curious Physiologies, being slashed from £1.99 to 99p/¢ . 5⭐"delightful, a strange world within London" 5⭐"uniquely entertaining" 5⭐"even better than I hoped" mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 07/06/2026

Hannah's patients are monsters. Literal monsters, who hide in plain sight on London's streets and in the tunnels of the Tube. But in a city built on monsters, the most dangerous thing you can do is care. Start the urban fantasy series for only 99p/¢ until Monday. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 06/06/2026

It's wet and miserable in England today, so an ideal time to find a new read to curl up with! Cosy modern fantasy with a dark edge ✔️ Relatable heroine ✔️ Mythical beasts roaming London ✔️ Curious Physiologies has it all and more, and it's 99p/¢ until Monday mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 05/06/2026

All this urban fantasy excitement for 99p/¢ until Monday! Get the series starter that will suck you in and not let go! 5⭐ "superb, enthralling" 5⭐ "thrilling and exciting" 5⭐ "twists had me guessing" 5⭐ "impossible to put down" 5⭐ "immersive" mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 04/06/2026

Thursday is the new Friday, and Friday is for buying your weekend reads. Curious Physiologies is only 99p/¢ until the end of the weekend. Pick up the fantasy series starter that has readers saying 5⭐ "superb, enthralling" 5⭐ "thrilling and exciting" 5⭐ "immersive" mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 02/06/2026

Amazon reader reviews for Curious Physiologies 5⭐ "superb, enthralling" 5⭐ "thrilling and exciting" 5⭐ "twists had me guessing" 5⭐ "impossible to put down" 5⭐ "immersive" mybook.to/curiousphysiologies London-based urban fantasy that shows you the monsters hiding in plain sight.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 01/06/2026

Start the series with Curious Physiologies for only £1.99 on Kindle or FREE on Kindle Unlimited. mybook.to/curiousphysi...

The paperback and ebook of Curious Physiologies by Jay Neill showing a man transforming into a heraldic lion

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 01/06/2026

Unusual Afflictions is out today, and it takes the LineFolk of London into some very dark places (although you can guarantee that being British, they will combat this with cups of tea). ✔️Unknown sickness ✔️Ancient legacies ✔️Long lost love ✔️Betrayal ✔️A chosen one? mybook.to/unusualaffli...

The cover of the ebook and Paperback of Unusual Afflictions by Jay Neill, showing a man transforming into a bat

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 27/05/2026

Mythical beasts of the UK trapped inside the Circle Line in London? A plucky female protagonist with no idea they're there? Terrifying monsters living next to endearing ones? I've got you covered. 5⭐"thrilling & exciting" 5⭐"twists had me guessing" 5⭐"impossible to put down" mybook.to/linefolk

The covers of the LineFolk of London series of urban fantasy novels by Jay Neill. Curious Physiologies, Peculiar Consequences and Unusual Afflictions in paperback. The Angel of Kings Cross as an ebook.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 22/05/2026

Is this incoming heatwave in England reminding you of long, hot, childhood summers? It is? In Endland, all the summers are hot, because that memory got stuck there. Along with a tonne of other nostalgia. Urban portal fantasy that will make you think. mybook.to/terminusofal...

Jay Neill holds up a copy of The Terminus Of All Things in front of his face

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 21/05/2026

Just 10 days away from this lovely, grimy, witty, thing hitting the—virtual—shelves and I had my first comment back from an ARC reader. WoW I don't think they meant World of Warcraft, although I guess the full review will let me know. Preorders open mybook.to/unusualaffli...

An ebook and paperback copy of Unusual Afflictions by Jay Neill showing a Vitruvian man transforming into a bat.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 18/05/2026

ARC copies have gone out for Unusual Afflictions, book three of the LineFolk of London series. I thought this one was going to be late, but somehow it all came together in the end. On sale on June 1st. Pre-orders already open. How far would YOU go to save a monster? mybook.to/unusualaffli...

An ebook and paperback copy of Unusual Afflictions by Jay Neill showing a representation of the Vitruvian Man transforming into a bat.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 10/05/2026

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 08/05/2026

Not Julius Wayworthy's drawing room in Curious Physiologies, but it could be...

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 29/04/2026

Spent ages today on a new Facebook ad (see below). Published it. Watched it recveive absolutely no engagement in its first four hours (unusual). Then realised I had put a massive typo into the caption (not the image itself). Not sure what I expected. Who buys from an author that can't spell?!

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 26/04/2026

To everyone who has bought Curious Physiologies and discovered a hidden London. Thank you! And if you haven't, it's a secret waiting to be found. mybook.to/curiousphysi...

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 22/04/2026

The audiobook for Peculiar Consequences, book two of the LineFolk of London series is here, narrated by @sarahedwardsvoice.bsky.social. Cosy modern fantasy with a dark edge ✔️ Relatable heroine ✔️ Mythical beasts roaming London ✔️ Dastardly plotting ✔️ mybook.to/peculiarconsequences

The cover of the audiobook of Peculiar Consequences by Jay Neill

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 19/04/2026

A paperback and an ebook version of Curious Physiologies by Jay Neill

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 14/04/2026

Cockpit Steps. Where the ghost of the headless lady in the red dress lurks.

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 14/04/2026

Station 25??! St James's Park

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Jay Neill - Author @jayneill.com · 14/04/2026

Another attempt at Station 24. Victoria.

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