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Dr Stew Hotston (he/him)
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Author, LARP, physics, economics. Subjective Chaos, BSFA, BFA finalist. Board @SoA, Treasurer @BFS, Chair @BSFA.
Rep:John Baker @PFD. Writer @ (hugo winner) Nerds of a feather

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Next: Mage against the machine (05/27)
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The goodreads reviews of The End of Everything are just phenomenal.
September 23, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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My debut horror novel THE FLESH I WANT is now available to request on NetGalley and I think that’s rad!
September 23, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Control Resonant is beautiful.
September 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I’m reading proofs of the next novel and have reached the stage where i’m really not in love with my writing anymore. Absolutely normal but still makes it difficicult.
September 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
These short stories about London’s future were performed by @liarsleague.bsky.social in Fitzrovia recently. They’re all inspired by what might come to the city in the next few years. The performances aRe brilliant, so go see for yourself :-)
September 21, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I'm gonna be there buying more books. You should come along too! We can buy books together!
The BFS is excited to announce our next in-person Reading event, The Things that Haunt Us: Writing the Gothic Today. Wed 28 October 2026, 6:30pm. Waterstones, Reading.

Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsgothic

@mkhardywrites.com @mlinton.bsky.social @juniperjennyt.bsky.social@gretacolombani.bsky.social
September 21, 2026 at 11:35 AM
morning folks, what have you got happening this week? I'm mainly writing and then preparing for a weekend of tabletop games with a crew of intrepid but... determinedly inept adventurers.
September 21, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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24 hours left! Book yours now!
This is the last week to book your place at the banquet!

britishfantasysociety.org/product/brit...
September 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
What was good this week? Played the first test of an RPG I've written to be published alongside two novels coming next year from Harper Collins. It was SO much fun.

I'm well into the new space opera and it is a story about catching a serial killer that is also a meditation on the nature of art
September 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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A new essay! In which Dove Cooper explores aspec traces and resonances in John Wiswell's novels.

Subscribe now to read it: AUD30 (~GBP16, USD22) - and get the back catalogue and the next 11 subscriber essays too!
www.speculativeinsight.com

Ping @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social.
September 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
@mattrodda.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social why isn't the government protecting these people? Why are you actually protecting far right terrorists who cover their faces and doxx innocent people to make them fear doing what's right?
That's the Overton window moving. People always wanted to do this to RNLI, but now thanks to politicians and the media repeating what they say without question they feel empowered and entitled to do this
"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised"
September 18, 2026 at 8:14 AM
apropo of nothing but for the first time in a couple of years I'm able to concentrate on non-fiction. Not for very long (c.10-15mins at most before I zone out) but that feels really good. #CFS #Longcovid
September 18, 2026 at 7:22 AM
today is markov boundaries, consciousness and the measurement problem. This novel's going to get a list of papers referenced I think.
September 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
@jayrayner1.bsky.social hey. Do you know what’s happened to the kitchen cabinet? It’s not updating on itunes and BBC Sounds has just one episode…i’m kinda looking for cosy listening and 53 series appear To have gone awol.
September 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
@louiestowell.bsky.social a friend has an 8 year old boy who she wants to introduce to some fiction that gives space to women to be whoever they want to be. Could you recommend anything with that specifically in mind?
September 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
It's not a surprise that a rural village full of Whites state that they hate brown people. What's more surprising is that anyone takes them seriously. Oh, wait, checks notes. Nope, sorry, it is equally unsurprising that British media lauds these smug self-satisfied gutter racists.
September 16, 2026 at 8:22 AM
@gregorylouden.bsky.social this was a perfect game, honestly. So well told and Sam Slater on the soundtrack was chef's kiss.
September 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I really loved this game!
September 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
If you're coming to FantasyCon, the British Fantasy Awards are presented at the banquet - tickets for that are only on sale until 21st September.
September 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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A question posed by @franceswrites.bsky.social during a long industry discussion.

Can you think of a SFF book in the past 5 years which was a breakout success, WITHOUT being a) in a crate; b) from an established author; c) an indie success ported to trad?

Cause we were struggling.
September 14, 2026 at 9:04 AM
today is more on the space opera about the nature of art featuring serial killers who kill entire civilisations as artworks and the artist hunting them down.
September 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Please read my book reviews 🥺👉👈

I’m trying so hard to get eyes on indie books and I swear these are my most overlooked posts every time. On my book page.
September 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM