Benedict Patrick | Fantasy Author

This is the corner that used to be my writing desk.

The new desk just got delayed by another three days.

I’d be more annoyed if it want so damned hot in Scotland right now…

We finished reading the first story - Araminta.

Adele: Are her stories normally this spicy? 🌶️

Not as far as I’ve ever experience? Hope she isn’t disappointed with the rest…

#bluesky

One week to go!

Thanks to more support than I ever expected, Mostly’s campaign has already blown through three stretch goals.

Only two left!

Can we manage it in 7 days?

You can help out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

The Ties that Bind Special Edition Omnibus A special edition omnibus of Rob J. Hayes' debut Epic Fantasy series, The Ties that Bind. Witch hunters, demons, and pirates. Oh my!

I just backed The Ties that Bind Special Edition Omnibus on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/god...

The Ties that Bind Special Edition Omnibus A special edition omnibus of Rob J. Hayes' debut Epic Fantasy series, The Ties that Bind. Witch hunters, demons, and pirates. Oh my!

I just backed The Ties that Bind Special Edition Omnibus on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/god...

I rarely follow up a book by reading its sequel.

Finished The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett this morning, and I’m already hours into A Drop of Corruption.

Would currently die for Din and Ana.

#booksky

Adele and I have been doing buddy reads recently, and our next batch of books just arrived.

Can you tell who picked what? 😘

#booksky

I have a handful of Discworld books I’ve still never read. I didn’t want to live in world in which I’d no more Discworld to look forward to.

How happy I am to discover that most of his work is a new experience for me again.

It’s going to be fun rediscovering him over the next few years…

Finished a Guards! Guards! reread yesterday; it was my first Pratchett book since we lost him.

Adele and I often read side by side. She couldn’t get over how much I chuckled as I rediscovered a clever turn of phrase.

“I need to read a book like that,” she said.

Yes. Everyone should.

#booksky

Always essential reading at the start of a month 👀📚#booksky

As well as the classic cover for ‘Mostly’, the current Kickstarter will also feature a foil-stamped new cover designed by @claymorecovers.bsky.social .

Rachel has also modified her cover to become a premium, engraved bookmark.

You can find the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

Adele, Otis and I visited one of my favourite places in Scotland yesterday.

St Abbs - used as New Asgard in the Avengers films - has some stunning cliff walks.

Hey @taradrawstuff.bsky.social - a friend let me know this has been making its way around the intertubes.

Not sure if your work has become a meme before?

New achievement!

‘Mostly’s’ Kickstarter campaign just hit its first stretch goal:

We’re getting a full colour map from @morenopaissanmaps.bsky.social and Angela Gubert!

As soon as I saw their map of Middle Earth, I knew I had to have them on this project.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

Each cover she has created for me has been iconic, and anything in the last ten years of being a published writer that has resembled success can be laid at her feet; sure, I wrote the books, but her covers are why people pick them up in the first place.

It has been the great privilege of my career to get to work with Jenny Zemanek .

I’m thrilled to be revisiting her first ever Yarnsworld cover in the current Kickstarter campaign, and can’t wait to have it proudly displayed in hardback on my bookshelf!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

Thank you! A lot of hard work from a lot of people has gone into making this book happen...

I fell in love with Tara’s art for her Fae Heart Tarot deck, and she absolutely nailed the fairytale/folklore vibe for ‘Mostly’.

I’m thrilled to get to show off an illustration by @taradrawstuff.bsky.social for the deluxe edition of ‘They Mostly Come Out At Night’.

The deluxe edition is currently funding on Kickstarter:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

#booksky

Thank you, you living legend!

Thank you, Alex - lovely to hear, and it’s an honour to know the impact ‘Mostly’ had on you.

Yesterday, Adele (my better half) showed me a book she thought I’d like. It was Thorn by @booksbyintisar.bsky.social - my own gateway book to the indie world.

Funny how one book can have such a big impact.

The Kickstarter is now live!

To celebrate, I’m chatting over on Reddit Fantasy about the gorgeous artwork inside the new book.

Come, stay a while, and listen…

www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/...

Getting a lot of questions about campaign launch time today.

Four hours to go!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

Been hearing a lot of buzz about The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett , so picked it up for my newest audiobook.

Early days, but I’m already hooked by the world and main character.

Has anyone else read this yet?

#booksky

Tomorrow!

The long-awaited Kickstarter for They Mostly Come Out At Night begins, and the Magpie King will be revealed in all his glory! 📚

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

Just finished Blood of the Novice by Davis Ashura.

Classic progression fantasy set up in a South-Asia-inspired magical martial arts school.

This is how you write a top-tier prog-fantasy book - looking forward to continuing the series.

(Also included a kung fu panda 🐼)

#booksky

I don’t know if I ever did the dice rolling properly. But I can definitely remember the frustration of dying over and over again!

‘Warlock’ is a stone-cold classic. Not tried Starship Traveller. Will have to look out for it.