Gary J Mack
@garyjmack.bsky.social
Cross Genre Author- Legacy of the Magpie books - Doctor Who, UNIT, and Blakes 7 stories.
Avid Reader. Vinyl Records and Comics Fan. Student of History (Medieval)
Avid Reader. Vinyl Records and Comics Fan. Student of History (Medieval)
The sequels are a coming. First The Raven’s Message which should be out Oct 31st. Then Pawns of Prophecy: Impossible Fruit Too will be out at the end of Feb. In addition both the above books will be revised with new covers to coincide with their sequels’ release.…
September 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The sequels are a coming. First The Raven’s Message which should be out Oct 31st. Then Pawns of Prophecy: Impossible Fruit Too will be out at the end of Feb. In addition both the above books will be revised with new covers to coincide with their sequels’ release.…
Thanks Rod. Been away a while, but new books coming soon.
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I ditched my personal Twitter account today. It was a long time coming. I will use twitter in future as an outlet for professional updates but it probably will be under a Magpie Universe handle. The first years on Twitter were fab. Lately it’s a cesspit.
September 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Thanks Rod. Been away a while, but new books coming soon.
I ditched my personal Twitter account today. It was a long time coming. I will use twitter in future as an outlet for professional updates but it probably will be under a Magpie Universe handle. The first years on Twitter were fab. Lately it’s a cesspit.
September 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I ditched my personal Twitter account today. It was a long time coming. I will use twitter in future as an outlet for professional updates but it probably will be under a Magpie Universe handle. The first years on Twitter were fab. Lately it’s a cesspit.
Got my new @sirbenfro.bsky.social Inspector McClean book. So excited. This series has been an inspiration to me. The police procedural with a nuance of the supernatural- my readers will be familiar with such themes in The Secret Magpie - but this isn’t about me - go out and get the McClean books!
July 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Got my new @sirbenfro.bsky.social Inspector McClean book. So excited. This series has been an inspiration to me. The police procedural with a nuance of the supernatural- my readers will be familiar with such themes in The Secret Magpie - but this isn’t about me - go out and get the McClean books!
Happy Father’s Day to those who can celebrate with their dads and kids, or to those who have to remember. This was my dad as a young man when he played for West Bromwich Albion 1954-56. He passed just after my 18th birthday and has been missed ever since.
June 21, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Happy Father’s Day to those who can celebrate with their dads and kids, or to those who have to remember. This was my dad as a young man when he played for West Bromwich Albion 1954-56. He passed just after my 18th birthday and has been missed ever since.
As always, it’s a delight to get a new UNIT book from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social - The Vaughn Supremacy by @mrbrell - not to mention the latest edition of the Benton Novellas. Congratulations all, I’m sure this will be marvellous.
June 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
As always, it’s a delight to get a new UNIT book from @candyjarbooks.bsky.social - The Vaughn Supremacy by @mrbrell - not to mention the latest edition of the Benton Novellas. Congratulations all, I’m sure this will be marvellous.
Thousands of books and I couldn’t decide what to read. So @JaceMacky gave me a bookcase number (2) a shelf number (4) and 5th book from the left. How ironic my library spat this one out from her coordinates. Cheers loves. 50 pages in and it’s fab @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social
April 19, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Thousands of books and I couldn’t decide what to read. So @JaceMacky gave me a bookcase number (2) a shelf number (4) and 5th book from the left. How ironic my library spat this one out from her coordinates. Cheers loves. 50 pages in and it’s fab @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social
I’ve stepped back into Roarhaven after a wee while. I really enjoyed Mind Full of Murder. So much so I was smirking viscerally all the way through. And that might just be my new sorcerer name. @dereklandy.bsky.social a marvellous new volume thanks!
March 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I’ve stepped back into Roarhaven after a wee while. I really enjoyed Mind Full of Murder. So much so I was smirking viscerally all the way through. And that might just be my new sorcerer name. @dereklandy.bsky.social a marvellous new volume thanks!
Finally, but with an overwhelming sense of loss, I have finished the Rirya Revelations. #michaeljsullivan has created a wonderful world full of brilliant characters both good, evil, and in between. Marvellous.
March 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Finally, but with an overwhelming sense of loss, I have finished the Rirya Revelations. #michaeljsullivan has created a wonderful world full of brilliant characters both good, evil, and in between. Marvellous.
Still think this is the best photo I’ve ever taken. Of my three sons at sunset in Sennen Cove 2017. They are all adults now, but boys then. 💙
March 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Still think this is the best photo I’ve ever taken. Of my three sons at sunset in Sennen Cove 2017. They are all adults now, but boys then. 💙
Post a tree you have photographed.
February 26, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Post a tree you have photographed.
Another year older, another year wiser.
February 26, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Another year older, another year wiser.
10,000 word, three chapter mark. I know it irritates some people when writers post word counts. I, however, make no apologies. It’s the first hurdle for me, and the first hurdle in a much longer steeplechase. My previous books have weighed in at 90-120k…cont..
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
10,000 word, three chapter mark. I know it irritates some people when writers post word counts. I, however, make no apologies. It’s the first hurdle for me, and the first hurdle in a much longer steeplechase. My previous books have weighed in at 90-120k…cont..
What is this brightness that blinds me so. ‘‘Tis magic after all that grey.
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM
What is this brightness that blinds me so. ‘‘Tis magic after all that grey.
This was my first go at doing a cover for myself. The picture is the same image David Collins used on the original book. I took this pic and it’s a photo of Stowe Pool Lichfield the city I live in and where the book is set.
January 25, 2026 at 8:20 PM
This was my first go at doing a cover for myself. The picture is the same image David Collins used on the original book. I took this pic and it’s a photo of Stowe Pool Lichfield the city I live in and where the book is set.
Proof of concept alert. I will be rereleasing Impossible Fruit later this year to tie in with the release of Impossible Fruit Too. To that end I wanted to revise the cover. This is probably near to the final image I’d like to use.
January 25, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Proof of concept alert. I will be rereleasing Impossible Fruit later this year to tie in with the release of Impossible Fruit Too. To that end I wanted to revise the cover. This is probably near to the final image I’d like to use.
And so it begins. My first full fantasy novel. It’s a working title, no doubt it will change. I’ve been reading Eddings, Hobb, Feist, Brooks and Jordan on the lead up to this. So hopefully some of the fantasy magic of my boyhood authors will rub off.
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
And so it begins. My first full fantasy novel. It’s a working title, no doubt it will change. I’ve been reading Eddings, Hobb, Feist, Brooks and Jordan on the lead up to this. So hopefully some of the fantasy magic of my boyhood authors will rub off.
It’s been so long since I’ve got a review for this, my first novel. The review numbers are so low, considering the copies I have sold in the last three years, that when I do get one it’s marvellous. Thanks Georgia.
January 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It’s been so long since I’ve got a review for this, my first novel. The review numbers are so low, considering the copies I have sold in the last three years, that when I do get one it’s marvellous. Thanks Georgia.
First read of the new year. @sirbenfro.bsky.social Rest Is Death. Police Procedure with underlying supernatural terror. Marvellous. James is an inspiration for me and he also wrote the Sir Benfro fantasy series as #jdoswald.
January 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
First read of the new year. @sirbenfro.bsky.social Rest Is Death. Police Procedure with underlying supernatural terror. Marvellous. James is an inspiration for me and he also wrote the Sir Benfro fantasy series as #jdoswald.
Merry Christmas to all my writing, reading, Whovian, and Blake 7 friends. Here’s to a marvellous 2026.
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Merry Christmas to all my writing, reading, Whovian, and Blake 7 friends. Here’s to a marvellous 2026.
Another trilogy reread from the books I originally had as a teenager. This time the Sword of Shannara. It’s the omnibus version, another big book with lots of little writing as my wife would say.
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Another trilogy reread from the books I originally had as a teenager. This time the Sword of Shannara. It’s the omnibus version, another big book with lots of little writing as my wife would say.
Happy Doctor Who day friends. 62 years and counting. And happy birthday Nanny Mack who would be 112 if she wasn’t off elsewhere in the universe.
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Happy Doctor Who day friends. 62 years and counting. And happy birthday Nanny Mack who would be 112 if she wasn’t off elsewhere in the universe.