Neil Williamson

Everything is terrible. I can’t sleep. Please buy my book.

That is a magnificent opening true, but... I'm now obsessed by the asterisk attached to the chapter title! What alarming caveat awaits at the bottom of the page, Adam?

Happy birthday!

A man in a rat mask in a darkened alley

Fabulous news! Just learned that "Blood in the Bricks" (edited by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social & published by Newcon Press) has been shortlisted for a British Science Fiction Association award for Best Collection.

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🐀🎉📚💙 #BloodInTheBricks

An array of books arranged on a grey blanket. Titles include: Weird Horror, Chthonic Matter, All That Is In The Earth by Andrew Knighton, In This City Where It Rains by Lyndsey Croal, Remains, Call And Response by Christopher Caldwell, How Much Is That Mermaid by Anna Tambour.

Might have spent the last month obsessively writing music but the postie has ensured I've got a lot of great reading ahead of me.
Book mail truly is the best mail.
Oh, and the latest issue of Interzone on ebook (not pictured).

Wonderful news from the BSFA, pals. Our Jenni Coutts, E.M. Faulds and Neil Williamson have all made the BSFA Awards shortlist! Well done all!

Here's the breakdown...

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

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INTERZONE 304 CONTENTS IZ 304 / MARCH 2026 CLIMBING STORIEs // Aliya Whiteley column, 1600 words Mutant popcorN // Nick Lowe column, 8850 words County Colours // Val Nolan story illustrated by Emma Howitt, 12,730 words BODYSWAP.GOV // R.T.Ester story, 3460 words REBOOT THЕ SKY // Dominic Green story, 7390 words The IsLand WIthout SPICE // Jennifer Jeanne McArdle story, 8230 words 2 pages left in chapter 1%

NKATA // Simon Guerrier story, 4270 words CoPS ANd RoBBErs #1: The Bridge // Rachael Cupp story, 4570 words DAnCInG IN THE LIBRARy // Una McCormack story, 1460 words Book Zone // Kelly Jennings. Paul Kincaid, Paul McAuley Val Nolan book reviews, 12,120 words THE A to Z of ZELAZNy / Alexander Glass story, 2010 words FoLDEd Spaces // Val Nolan story, 1630 words INTERZONE * PATREON 2 pages left in chapter 1%

I'm thrilled to be included with this amazing group of authors and feature writers for Interzone 304. My story BodySwap(dot)gov is about a botched military engagement in the middle eastern desert and the behind-the-scenes scramble to control the fallout.

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Very cool to see that my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella DESCENT is now a finalist for the BSFA Awards! Many thanks to @clarkesworldmagazine.com for publishing it, to everyone who read and congratulations to all my fellow finalists whom I'm pleasantly intimidated to be counted among!
#bsfa #awards

Photos of those guests in a row stripped across the middle of the Eating the Fantastic icon, with the logo and the top of a flying saucer visible above, and a chicken leg and donut visible below. The guests captured eating are Gareth L. Powell, Amal El-Mohta, Wole Talabi, and Eugenia Triantafyllou.

Congratulations to everyone who made the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards shortlist! I'm particularly pleased four of them have previously dined with me on my Eating the Fantastic podcast. I invite you to learn more about these amazing creators by eavesdropping as we chat and chew. pod.link/1083737796

Cheers!

Cheers!

Thanks Farah!

Thank you very much Womble!

Cheers Vaughan!

Ta, Mel!

Thank you! And congrats to you for yours for River!

Delighted to discover the Blood In The Bricks has been shortlisted for this year's @bsfa.bsky.social awards in the Best Collection category. Thanks to NewCon Press, artist Vinnie Chong and the absolutely brilliant contributors!

And congrats to all the other nominees.

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Thank you very much!

Thanks Elaine! What lovely company to be in. :D

Thanks Raine, congrats to you also!

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Discworld ebook bundle! Pay what you want (at least $16) to get 39 Discworld books (almost the whole series).

Two big important caveats, if this bundle is the same as last time they offered it:

* Available only in the US.

* Available only for Kobo.

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Audio book cover for The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen - two siblings in silhouette stand in front of a blue and red aurora with monstrous eyes

Audio book cover for A Million Points of Light by CL Hellisen. A single silhouetted figure stands in front of a strange being of ice and light

My Crossfades duology is now all up on Audible, narrated by the very talented Omari Douglas from Black Doves.

If dark queer fantasy is your jam, then you might like this in your ear holes.

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Befriended a local ghost in Edinburgh, had a rainy adventure, committed to the bit... @lunapress.bsky.social 👀👻✨️🖤

Cover of Fight Like A Girl #2. Art by Oisin McGann. Image is of a brown-skinned girl in light armour wielding a Very Big Sword. She is surrounded by images of other things she might use to fight, not all of them obviously weapons.

With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 was a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much:
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Thanks! That's three of my absolute favourites right there too.

Bless you Shona, ta. Those are indeed all great short story writers (and me).

Cover of issue 12 of WEIRD HORROR showing a witchy figure floating above the ground and gliding right to left as their hair and robe traisl behind. Chloe N. Clark, Roy Graham, Rick Kennett, Annika Barranti Klein, Rajiv Moté, Russell Nichols, Rory Say, R.L. Summerling, D. Matthew Urban, and Aliya Whiteley.

Weird Horror #12 is alive! Another fab ToC! Thank you to everyone who preordered. I will get your copy out soon. You can grab a copy direct from us (or elsewhere). Our friends @weightlessbooks.bsky.social have the official digital subscription.

Thx!

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Congratulations! Getting this ordered right now.
WCE FTW!

The Rainseekers “A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth, New York Times...

Today, today, TODAY! Today is the pub date of THE RAINSEEKERS. Congratulations to @matthewkressel.net on this extraordinary book! 😍❤️📚. Do yourself a favor a pick up a copy today! You're gonna love it.

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Just back from Harold & Maude, still for my money the purest love story every committed to film. Bless them both.