The Devils by Joe Abercrombie @joeabercrombie.com is a wickedly dark, action-packed fantasy, and we are ecstatic to have it as our May 2025 GSFF pick.
This brutal, brilliantly paced novel blends sharp wit, relentless violence, and unexpected heart, creating a tale as hilarious as it is harrowing.
cover art for Moon's Artifice - from across a river an armed warrior faces a huge moon that sits behind a city.
FREE BOOK ALERT!
For today only, Moon's Artifice is free on kindle - so if you're looking for a fantasy action-thriller with fox-spirits, gods & found family, pick it up for free today!
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While the situation is ongoing, can I suggest you can’t and you shouldn’t … and the time you have should be spent on self-care until things have settled down a little? Because emergency, and crisis, need your energy and your creativity isn’t helped by trying to work through something so stressful xx
Thought I'd demystify publishing language for debuts.
'Structural edit' = rewrite your book
'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong
'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong
'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors
'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?
Millie Prestidge acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the Gothic horror from debut author Isabela Livino. 👇 #BookSky
Cover of Dreams & Shadows by C. Robert Cargill, and damn if we don't have a lot going on here, and believe me, this isn't HALF of what's in this book. It looks like Hieronymus Bosch's first draft for an SNL Stefon sketch. Hokay, here we go. Cover is a dark blue background with text and images a white-tinted-blue. Name and title are in the center of the book with the text A dark place to be... Between them, so that's ominous right there. On top, we got: A sleeping angel (not weeping, sorry to disappoint Whovians) A telescoping matryoshka doll of heads, 4 deep. A sexy nude female fairy posing on her stomach while a puppet in cowboy boots walks on her back. Frog eyes above a zipper mouth with a grasping right hand next to it. An eye with lid, but there's a clawed hand coming out of the lid A skeleton wearing a jacket kissing a woman with an anchor tattoo on her left arm and a crazy straw coming out of her head. Nude ballerina Person lifting a giant head mask off their normal sized head. Nude woman looking over her left shoulder sitting in a flower More eyes Puppet with half it's face melted and a large left hand. Goat with a hummingbird tongue. Cat's eyes - Cheshire cat style. Bottom half Punk bird man drinking from a bottle Woman wearing a sun dress with a purse ( DEFINITELY a tourist for this cover!) Middle finger Winged cyote Six misshapen tiny puppets with cowboy hats Another winged fairy The invisible man, smoking something rolled, except his cowboy hat, hair and hand flipping the bird fist-style are visible. Finally, a coyote with human arms and legs is bent over,grabbing a cane, and smiling with his tongue hanging out, so you know he's about to, or has just finished starting shit. ...and I believe none of the protagonists are on the cover. Phew.
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Urban fantasy
Unintended consequences
ALL THE MYTHOLOGY!
@crobertcargill.bsky.social's Dreams & Shadows
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A stolen infant, a changeling, and a genie that shouldn't have let an 8 year old make wishes have to deal with...a lot when they grow up.
Delighted to announce that you can preorder signed US hardcovers of The Devils, along with holy relics based on the internal art from Joel Daniel Phillips, at Lit Escalates. joeabercrombie.com/more-weapons/
This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
AI is literally ‘something a computer read on the internet’.
We are pleased to help announce The Poet Empress by @dragons.bsky.social, a sweeping adult fantasy featuring intense politics, complex characters, and literary magic. The Poet Empress graces your bookshelves winter 2026!
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Promo image for the event, which says: SRFC this month: Author of Sanctuary, Now a new AMC TV Series: V.V James Sunday Times #1 Bestselling Author: Stuart Turton 7pm, 11th February Star of Kings, Near Kings Cross Station £5 donation on the door (optional)
It's tomorrow!
Come and hear STUART TURTON and VV JAMES read from and chat about their latest books - bestsellers all round!
7pm, Tuesday 11th February
Star of Kings, nr Kings Cross station
Look at it. Just LOOK at it.
😈 Signed by @joeabercrombie.com himself
😈 Alternative cover colourway
😈 Foiled board
😈 Sprayed edge
😈 Those endpapers?!
Pre-order the @waterstones.bsky.social Exclusive Edition of #TheDevils today: bit.ly/TheDevilsWTSExcl
Oooooooooooooooh!
Peppermint hot chocolate with a splash of Baileys :) yours looks *delicious*
Six days. That should do it, right?
I have introduced my husband to the joy that is lightly spiked hot chocolate. My work for 2025 is complete.
I have been a little frustrated by this years brown New England winter, and your photos have turned frustration into appreciation, so thank you :)
Already read BROKEN LIGHT? Great news! THE MOONLIGHT MARKET is also on sale for just 99p on Kindle UK! www.amazon.co.uk/Moonlight-Ma...
Happy Holidays whatever you celebrate (in the Arcana Imperii universe humans call the midwinter festival ‘Allday’
My Boston husband would have said the same thing in the same instant 🤣
Very happy to be able to share that I'll be MC'ing World Fantasy Con Brighton 2025... I'll be on my best behaviour. Well.. there will be behaviour. Of sorts. Close enough? Looking forward to seeing a lot of you there!
A few weeks ago I managed to dislocate my left shoulder. In fact, I’ve had a number of interesting injuries … so let’s talk injuries and wounds on #writingfighting
I want one of those "surprise you have magical abilities" young adult books but about a full grown adult. A coming-of-middle-age tale. On his 40th birthday he finds out he's a wizard and is like, "cool but I can't really go to boarding school right now, I've used most of my vacation days already."
Let me check … evidence says you’re ok on this point. Please proceed to the next profound question.
Agree with everything in this thread and he is *also* incredible in Rings of Power. Utterly different character also totally nails it. And in Penny Dreadful. And in Our Flag Means Death.
Scans are terrifying, and getting the results is stressful. Thinking of you!
Oh no. I live with an author. I love him dearly, but no one wants this.
Amazing world building, a marriage of convenience that becomes something else, & political intrigue set on a colonized Mars drew me in & made THE MARS HOUSE by @natashapulley.bsky.social a #LibFaves24. My picks are not ranked, it's tough enough to pick just 10! @macmillanlib.bsky.social #publibs 💙📚
In the university English department where I studied for my undergrad degree, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight was always the last text before Christmas in the 1st year. It is 100% a Christmas story, so fill your festive boots
Is it a coincidence that the storm warning sounded at the precise moment @joeabercrombie.com was opening an envelope of The Devils pins?
I think not.
