Victoria Hayward

Not without a nasty stub to the toe - it's a quality volume.

I was so incensed I put my foot through my copy and sent Locus the bill

YouTube video by National Geographic The Tale of Silyan | Official Trailer | National Geographic Documentary Films

Watched The Tale of Silyan last night and it's absolutely gorgeous.

Huge recommendation for this beautiful story interwoven with North Macdeonian folklore about nature, love, struggle & a farmer & the injured stork he rescued 🖤

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Mad Max: Fury Sausage

Cover shows a figure in space suit confronts another figure standing on/riding a giant multi limbed tentacle octopus type monster amalgam of organic and tech. The monster floats above building wreckage and in front of a cloudy/smoky sky.

The book cover (with two illustrated faces, each with a collage of eyes facing away from each other. The title and back text follow the curves of the profiles.

Stories in "Our Dust Earth" and "Mmeory" are eligible for Nebula nominations. If you're an #SFWA member and would like a free review copy, get in touch with us (email link at aanpress.com) and we'll be happy to meet your needs. #SFF #sciencefiction

😍😍😍 ah such a cutie!

Got a print tray before I went to Japan specifically because I wanted a reason to acquire loads of little things to put on shelves 😂

🙌🙌🙌🙌

Can he come and do some of mine 😂😂😂

Power to your typings!

Tory stands in front of the Warhammer World space marine at Games Workshop HQ. She wields a sword and an Imperial Fists Soace Marine helmet

Good morrow fellow bulwark admirers!

May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱

Battle Report

Jude Reid S&S

There’s a Black Library bumper crop on Warhammer TV today, as my guest spot on Battle Report goes live along with a Scribes & Scriveners episode with the unmatchable @squintywitch.bsky.social!

See me play 40K like it was intended—by making weird little sound effects every time my minis do stuff.

Yesss so much fun!

Victoria stands in front of the Warhammer World 40K tank. She is a woman with long blonde hair and a purple velvet dress

Just picked up my first Warhammer read of the year - @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social's Black Library book Demolisher!

It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!

Tory holds a copy of her Black Library novel Deathworlder in from of library shelves

It's PLR statement day!

In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤

This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀

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Josh and I. This was genuinely so much fun.

I pulled my personal Trazyn and Orikan models out of the display case at Warhammer World to let them tussle with @princeofbieltan.bsky.social’s beautiful Salamanders army on Battle Report!

Genuinely one of the most fun gaming experiences I’ve ever had. Thanks so much to the entire WarhammerTV team.

Victoria stands in front of the Warhammer World 40K tank. She is a woman with long blonde hair and a purple velvet dress

Just picked up my first Warhammer read of the year - @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social's Black Library book Demolisher!

It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!

If there's any chance it might tell you /help you experience something new about how your characters feel or might respond later I would be inclined to do it now! And/or if you have it clear in your how now how it will work, it might be easier to whizz it off while it's fresh.

Thank you he definitely knows it and makes sure we do too 😂

A close up image of a budgerigar's face

✨️His✨️Eyelashes*✨️

*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar

Please enjoy this nuthatch hatching a whole nut 🖤

Paintbrush holder? 🖌💀

Lobelia, a magnificent Eurasian Griffon Vulture at World of Wings in Cumbernauld walking along the top of a fence with her rings slightly raised

Meet Lobelia, a magnificent Eurasian Griffon Vulture at World of Wings in Cumbernauld!

She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).

It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤

I don't remember the last time I actually jumped when reading a book - it happened twice reading this!!

I was like 'wow incredible craftsmanship' while hiding under more blankets 😂

Victoria holds up a copy of Adam Roberts' book Lake of Darkness against a snowy backdrop and lichen-covered trees

My New Year read was @adamroberts.bsky.social very clever & very scary Lake of Darkness which gave me the mega creeps by chapter 2 but which I couldn't stop reading.

It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...

They are ALWAYS ruining my schemes (often together on a package holiday)

Thank you. Number 12 this time 🙏🪦 it's beginning to look rather careless on my part!

Yes! It gorgeous! Such a special trip :-)

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Victoria is aboard a boat looking out at the Scottish scenery

A brisk and bright start to the New Year aboard a Victorian steamship on Loch Katrine (whisky compulsory, it was gorgeous but very cold! ❄️)

...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️

A grid of 9 images: 1. Victoria Hayward and Gav Thorpe at World FantasyCon Brighton grinning having stolen Mike Brooks' author badge 2. The Darkness Eternal anthology cover 3. The Death and Duty anthology cover 4. Image of the French Deathworlder translation 5. Victoria at Lancaster University 6. An advert for Victoria Hayward speaking to Alex Doddy on the WHTV show Scribes and Scrivener 7. Advert for the Warhammer 40K Darktide Arbites Character 8. Victoria outside of the Warhammer Games Workshop Tokyo store 9. An image of the rankings for the top ten Black Library novels of 2024

Grateful to reflect on a busy author year! ✨️
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV