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Rob Young

@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social

Speculative fiction/Sci-fi and Black Library author. Digital marketer/graphic designer by day. MASTER OF RITES is out now! All views my own

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For World Book Day, I am sharing the book which was graced with the most awesome of covers and which I probably had the most fun writing. Based on the tabletop game ‘Wild West Exodus’, I give you ‘Lazarus’.

Book also features the most judgey animal ever.

www.waylandgames.co.uk/lazarus-wex9...

05.03.2026 14:30 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game IDW, publishers of the Godzilla comics, are creating the official Godzilla tabletop roleplaying game! Fight Kaiju and save the day!

If you haven’t seen it yet, I’ve co-designed the official Godzilla RPG alongside @markalatham.bsky.social and the legendary Jervis Johnson.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/idw...

05.03.2026 22:44 — 👍 48    🔁 14    💬 3    📌 1
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There's something wonderful about holding the book you've worked on for so long - and this one is very special indeed! Many thanks to the team @discoverkelpies.bsky.social for bringing it to life - pre-orders are open now, and it's out on the 19th!

discoverkelpies.co.uk/books/fantas...

06.03.2026 02:29 — 👍 36    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 2

Now's your time!! I'm so glad I threw my bag of ideas into the ring - it's been the best experience and the team are fabulous to work with!

05.03.2026 12:48 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

World book day. Go read a book. That is all. Happy reading.

05.03.2026 09:03 — 👍 26    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0

A Mike Brooks book AND eternal love/positive vibes for only £6.99?

Be rude not to, frankly

05.03.2026 13:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This Is Where The Future Bleeds A thrilling adventure packed with laughs, escapes and kick-ass action, about a smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts being thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destini...

A FANTASY NOVEL? FOR £6.99?! IN THIS ECONOMY???

YES!

If you'd like to pre-order my upcoming fantasy adventure novel THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS then you can do so NOW and you can do it HERE and I will love you forever (or at least be positively disposed): forbiddenplanet.com/486220-this-...

05.03.2026 12:36 — 👍 68    🔁 29    💬 7    📌 5

Folks mentioned in this week's column also include:

@mikebrooks668.bsky.social @malkydel.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social @justinhillauthor.bsky.social William King, Nate Crowley, Jostein Gaarder, Iain Banks, C. L. Werner, @notsosilentrobb.bsky.social

#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

23.02.2026 16:56 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game – Official Kickstarter Trailer
YouTube video by IGN Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game – Official Kickstarter Trailer

youtu.be/ahjIewL_S4E?...

28.02.2026 08:04 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Post image "At home, a lot of girls dress the same way.
It's boring. I pretty much dress like this all
the time. People always get a shock when I
turn up to their door to fix something. I work
with lots of fortysomething men and they
probably just think I'm a bit weird."

"At home, a lot of girls dress the same way. It's boring. I pretty much dress like this all the time. People always get a shock when I turn up to their door to fix something. I work with lots of fortysomething men and they probably just think I'm a bit weird."

Trope doing rounds in Reform circles that Hannah Spencer is a "fake plumber" because those people can't imagine that a Green politician might be anything other than the sum of their horrid prejudices.

If it were a lie she'd have been playing the longest of long games... because here she is in 2013.

28.02.2026 08:37 — 👍 1185    🔁 257    💬 80    📌 17

Their stuff is gold. Also highly recommend Don’t Touch My Clogs

28.02.2026 13:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s not science fiction that makes us nervous about of autonomous weapons platforms breaking free of human command- it’s history.

Control of warriors has been an unending struggle.

The founding myth of the English is of mercenaries who topple a kingdom.

28.02.2026 10:56 — 👍 201    🔁 24    💬 10    📌 2
Headline: "Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot" by Jan Martindale Dec. 10 2025

Headline: "Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot" by Jan Martindale Dec. 10 2025

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

15.12.2025 17:11 — 👍 22956    🔁 8321    💬 247    📌 587

A repost for the later crowd.

03.02.2026 19:53 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Reminder: I do not engage with, promote, or collaborate with products that use generative AI. I will not do any work for your game if you're using AI!

03.02.2026 18:29 — 👍 59    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0
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Yep

01.02.2026 12:21 — 👍 6532    🔁 2762    💬 42    📌 72

Looks JMW Turner-like to me, only with less dramatic lighting

29.01.2026 16:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can confirm it was written WELL before that meme came about 😅

17.01.2026 20:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I really only have the energy to be mad at one government at a time

15.01.2026 07:44 — 👍 58    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0

Hope you enjoy mate!

15.01.2026 09:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Khan: We could be heading for new era of mass unemployment — Sky News The mayor will announce free AI skills training for all Londoners and a taskforce to ensure AI is embedded in every industry.

“AI could cause massive unemployment. BEST USE MORE OF IT THEN”

Ffs.

apple.news/APx9aw5c0RXa...

15.01.2026 08:17 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Like, Grok should've been taken off the air IMMEDIATELY, either by the company or by government.

06.01.2026 19:29 — 👍 155    🔁 43    💬 5    📌 0

Folks mentioned this week include:

Chris Wraight, @johnfrench.bsky.social @malkydel.bsky.social Dan Abnett, @notsosilentrobb.bsky.social Darius Hinks, The Proclaimers, @adamtroke.bsky.social Eddie Eccles, @guyhaley.bsky.social John Banks, Marvel Comics

#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

05.01.2026 18:55 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Thunders Edge: Echoes of Memory by @skullqueen.bsky.social, a prequel to the recently released game from @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social takes you on a thrilling journey set in the vast universe of #TwilightImperium.⁠

Order your copy wherever you purchase books: books2read.com/TWIThundersE...

02.01.2026 17:19 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

I’m no expert, so probably couldn’t hurt?

30.12.2025 19:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Parsnip? Not even honey roasted either, just boiled

30.12.2025 19:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I finished Dropsite Massacre yesterday and let me tell you, it is one hell of a ride. It’s an instant recommend for anyone interested in the Horus Heresy, and a masterclass in telling an expansive multi-POV story that respects and fleshes out each viewpoint - all in under 400 pages.

Well deserved!

30.12.2025 15:38 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Thank you to all who voted to make Dropsite Massacre the Black Library Book of 2025!

www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

30.12.2025 14:41 — 👍 65    🔁 10    💬 6    📌 1
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Black Library Book of the Year 2025 – The winners You chose the best Warhammer fiction of the year.

I am beyond delighted to have made the No. 10 spot in the list of Black Library books of 2025. My sincere thanks to everyone who voted for TOMB WORLD, particularly given what has been a ridiculously good year for Warhammer stories.
Looking forward to 2026!
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

30.12.2025 15:14 — 👍 39    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0