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Tom Mason

@tommasonwriter.co.uk
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Science fiction writer in the UK. There's usually a typo somewhere. My debut speculative fiction novel, The Grief Tree, is out now. linktr.ee/tom.m.mason

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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 10/05/2026
My delight at running a new PB of 1:41 in today’s #BristolHalf was utterly eclipsed by the sight of someone with a sign saying The Devil Wears Strava.
A red and gold medal.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 09/05/2026
Volunteering slot today at ParkRun. #CheersMarshall
Me in sunglasses and a purple hat in a pink volunteer tabard. There are runners in the background.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 09/05/2026
One of those wonderful mornings where I find myself actually enjoying editing my manuscript instead of wanting to give my laptop flying lessons.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A guess a lot people will be spending a lot of today checking some slowly changing numbers on a BBC webpage. If you enjoy that sort of thing and want it to be a more than annual occurrence - can I recommend getting into county cricket?
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 06/05/2026
I went to see Underland at the weekend, a documentary based on Robert Macfarlane’s brilliant non-fiction book. Do catch it if you can. It’s a fascinating film about deep time and our relationship with the earth beneath our feet.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Are you passionate about SF, fantasy, and pop culture? Our Managing Editor is looking for original essay pitches: author appreciations, scholarly analysis of all aspects of pop culture, critical and personal essays, think pieces, literary analysis and deep dives into film, television, and fiction
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 03/05/2026
The graffiti on the railway path has really upped its game for spring. #Bristol
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 02/05/2026
I ran my 100th #Parkrun today and, boy, do my knees have some strong constructive criticism.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 30/04/2026
I would very much like to be following more #ScienceFiction writers on here. Please do make yourself known.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 28/04/2026
This bookstore in China is built into a cliff. I bet they do a roaring trade in tote bags. asianews.network/bookstore-in...
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 27/04/2026
Thanks. Let me know what you think if you pick up a copy.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 27/04/2026
Are you looking for a fast-paced speculative fiction book that explores how AI will make everyone you know immortal? You can download my novel, The Grief Tree, here: www.amazon.co.uk/Grief-Tree-T... #scifi #books #scifibooks
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 27/04/2026
Sushi and friend. #CatsofBluesky
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 27/04/2026
Thanks Nic. Yeah it’ll be in the anthology.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 27/04/2026
I sold a book yesterday! I hope it finds a happy home where the other books make it feel welcome.
A screenshot showing one processed order.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 26/04/2026
One of the highlights of the past few weeks was being shortlisted for the Bedford Competition with a little #scifi story I wrote earlier in the year. Always nice to have small wins during the glacial process of redrafting.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 25/04/2026
We are BLESSED in Bristol with many wonderful independent bookshops. Today, we trekked across town to pay our respects to Gloucester Road Books on its fifth birthday. Many new books were bought. No restraint was shown.
The shopfront of Gloucester Road books. A 'five' balloon is floating in front of the shop.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 24/04/2026
I think this cartridge is broken.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 24/04/2026
Hello, you.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 24/04/2026
Found my Bluesky account in a box in the attic so thought I'd blow into the cartridge and see if it still worked. Did I miss anything while I was away?
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 24/04/2026
Congratulations! I'm just getting into Dissolution at the moment. A cracking read.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 03/03/2026
Thanks Nic!
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Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A compelling speculative fiction debut by @tommason.bsky.social In the near future UK, Solomon is mourning his wife, with the assistance of an AI therapist avatar who resembles her. Elsewhere, a nightmarish realm of digital afterlives exists. Grief, tech-life, and, ultimately, hope. #books 💙📚🪐
The Grief Tree
By Tom Mason
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 30/04/2025
A day out in London.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 21/04/2025
Why I'm scared of writing. A new post on the fear of moving from first draft to second draft. #Writing #WritersofBlueSky #Blueskywriters #AmWriting #Sciencefiction #SciFi
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Why I am scared of writing
Some thoughts on moving from first to second draft
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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Just popping in to say it doesn't matter if you've published one book or twenty, you'll never stop comparing yourself to others and feeling moments of inadequacy and frustration that you aren't as 'successful' as your peers. That's why it's important to carefully define what 'success' is for you.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 21/04/2025
Why I'm scared of writing. A new post on the fear of moving from first draft to second draft. #Writing #WritersofBlueSky #Blueskywriters #AmWriting #Sciencefiction #SciFi
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Why I am scared of writing
Some thoughts on moving from first to second draft
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 20/04/2025
Do they have a good pension?
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 20/04/2025
Lovely morning run from Bristol ➡️ Bath.
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Abi Hynes @afahynes.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Thrilled to bits to have a story coming out in issue 2 this spring. Look at that line-up!
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 18/04/2025
Had a wonderful evening performing last night. Thanks Mark and Mel.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 15/04/2025
Thank you!
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 15/04/2025
❤️ Are we meeting at 6 or 6.30? Cc @nic-v.bsky.social
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 15/04/2025
It’s the @smallcitybookshop.bsky.social book club tonight and I cannot wait to talk about The Other Valley. One of those books where my eyes could move quick enough across the page.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 15/04/2025
Not a snack, but if it's any sort of helpful motivation, I pointed out your novel in Storysmith to a friend at the weekend and said they should give it a read.
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 13/04/2025
A little sci-fi short story from me on AI, job interviews and weird eye tests. #WritersofBluesky #Scifi underdogwriters.substack.com/p/the-three-...
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 10/04/2025
New blog: Five techniques that have helped me write more #fiction. #WritersofBluesky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
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Five things that made me write more
As a counterweight to the last blog on what hasn't helped me be a better writer, here's some of the writing techniques that have worked for me over the past few months.
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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
As @aptshadow.bsky.social has just announced, we've started a new podcast called Starship Alexandria. It's cosy, nerdy and relentlessly positive. We take it in turns to recommend a beloved book/film/graphic novel to each other and discuss it enthusiastically. starshipalexandria.com/episode-1-th...
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Starship Alexandria: Episode 1 - The Kraken Wakes
For this very first episode of Starship Alexandria, Emma puts forward John Wyndham’s classic SF novel The Kraken Wakes (1953) for Adrian to read and consider (published in the US as Out of the Deeps.)...
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Daniel Carpenter @dancarpenter.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I turn 40 this week. If you want to make an ancient man happy, buy a copy of my debut collection. If you want to make an ancient man unhappy, don't buy it. If you want to make him confused, buy a copy and then immediately leave a one star review on Goodreads. blackshuckbooks.co.uk/hunting-by-t...
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Hunting by the River – Black Shuck Books
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 08/04/2025
Resolution to catch up with the best TV of 2024 (and a bit of the year before) progressing rather nicely. Next up: Kaos
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 07/04/2025
A new blog from me on the five techniques that have helped me write more #fiction. #AmWriting #WriterSky
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Five things that made me write more
As a counterweight to the last blog on what hasn't helped me be a better writer, here's some of the writing techniques that have worked for me over the past few months.
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Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is high art
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 07/04/2025
happy trying to get the cat into the carrier so we can go to the vet for a checkup day to all those (me) who celebrate.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 06/04/2025
You can’t share this on the internet, Tom. It’s too adorable. My heart cannot take it.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 06/04/2025
Sushi in her happy place.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 06/04/2025
Looking forward to #TalkingTales next week. See some of you there?
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
Title: Modern Folk horrors of the British Isles 

Five images of various characters:

A coven of murderous witches...
Who play loud youtube videos on public transport.

An ancient malevolent demon... 
With a three-hour podcast interviewing entrepreneurs.

A flock of bloodthirsty ravens...
Who think absolutely everything is "Woke". 

A primordial shambling beast... 
Wearing a "Make albion great again" baseball cap. 

A mob of satanic villagers... 
Who give bad reviews to books they haven't read.
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Tom Mason @tommasonwriter.co.uk · 06/04/2025
Looking forward to it. Hopefully will have a story to send you this week.
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