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James Bennett
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*thwacks Columbo round the head with wine bottle* It's a Ripley thing.
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British Fantasy Award winning author. 🏳️🌈
The Ben Garston Novels. The Book of Queer Saints. The Dark magazine.
New collection 'Preaching to the Perverted' out Sept 2024 www.lethepressbooks.com
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
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James Bennett
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*thwacks Columbo round the head with wine bottle* It's a Ripley thing.
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James Bennett
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This job is full on, but I like a challenge. Miss the fella. Love Oxford. Weekend off now. Ppl to meet.
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James Bennett
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Think we discussed some stuff. He's from Texas. Great guy. Met his wife. I conveniently left my bag in his mansion.
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James Bennett
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Oh God. Lol
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James Bennett
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Think I drank a little too much last night. Ended up in some film producer's wine cellar. I'm not taking questions at this time. 🤦♂️
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James Bennett
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Lol. I've read a few absolute corkers recently. And I don't mean in a good way. 😂
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James Bennett
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Dear me. Endless flowery curtain covers aside, I do wish supposed gay men in fiction would stop 'thrusting each other passionately with swords' etc. And written by ppl who literally have no idea what it means to be male and/or gay. Please stop.
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James Bennett
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Ugh. Lord, this is such a horrible country by any measure. Have ppl been elsewhere? Doubt it.
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James Bennett
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Who? Sorry, I can't hear you over the champagne corks popping.
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James Bennett
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You'll have fewer paparazzi there. I'm practically kicking them out of the way here. I need some r&r in the south of France. *reclines*
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James Bennett
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I'm not sure I'll make it. I have to go travel. FCon in October though.
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James Bennett
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Don't get me wrong. I'm LOVING it. Such a great experience. Plus they're paying me silly money. 👍
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James Bennett
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I'm currently teaching at a residential school in Oxford. Once a week, I get the curfew duty. I also have to ferry 30+ of them to school at 7am every morning. Totes hilare!
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James Bennett
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After doing the teen curfew last night, it was the answer. I had no adverse reactions. I imagine my stomach lining has long since repaired itself. 👍
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James Bennett
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Brace yourself for 5 years of it.
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British Fantasy Society
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It's tomorrow, folks. Summer hasn't arrived yet, so spend the day with us and get that glow from the inside.
Free for BFS members. £5 for non-members.
britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...
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James Bennett
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In other news, I had my first cup of coffee today in two years. *chef's kiss*
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James Bennett
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Yup. Still glad I don't have to live in Brexit Britain. No thanks. 👍
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James Bennett
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Different brand of bigotry, but there's still enough systemic prejudice to see wankers like Farage into positions of power. A lot of casual bigotry. A massive amount of exclusion, though it's improved somewhat.
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James Bennett
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I'm only passing through. It's always great to visit in summer, but I couldn't eat a whole one. No thanks.
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James Bennett
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It's pretty bad for women out there at present too. I was hoping to see the Lib Dems as opposition and Reform laughed out of town. Sadly, the UK media will continue to pump Farage up and he will grow in influence and power as a result. No. I'm not happy. Then again, I don't have to live under it.
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James Bennett
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I hope so. A good model would've been Sanchez tying himself in knots to keep the far right away from power. Unfortunately, that failed in the UK this morning. The UK has once again validated bigotry as a political viewpoint. That's Very Bad News for ppl like me.
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James Bennett
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I don't blame ppl for feeling joyous. I'm glad the Tories are out. But it's somewhat shy of victory for me. Then again, I live in a leading radical liberal democracy. I have the contrast.
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James Bennett
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Big Friday mood.
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James Bennett
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Impossible to see a Parliament that's allowed a rabidly racist and transphobic party to enter as a 'victory'. I see it as a big step in the wrong direction tbh Appalling and embarrassing.
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James Bennett
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Victory will come when Britain at last sheds the archaic Victorian bigotry that's been a prevalent feature of the national system for as long as I've been alive. The UK still looks laughably backwards to other European countries I could name. But sure. Victory. 👍
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James Bennett
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Thanks for the reposts and likes. x
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James Bennett
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Neighbourhood. Happy 4th July to all my American readers and friends. 🇺🇸
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James Bennett
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Massive day for the UK today (and indeed the world). My new collection is actually a thing!
Out September. Pre-orders available now.
😇🏳️🌈😈
www.lethepressbooks.com/store/p704/P...
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James Bennett
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Good luck, UK! Crossing everything for ya. 🤞
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James Bennett
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Massive day for the UK today (and indeed the world). My new collection is actually a thing!
Out September. Pre-orders available now.
😇🏳️🌈😈
www.lethepressbooks.com/store/p704/P...
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James Bennett
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'Good story with a convincing historical feel.' SFRevu Nice. I'll take it.
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James Bennett
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A selection of possibly relevant old badges I found in a case in an Oxford library.
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James Bennett
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I have written on a forecourt.
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James Bennett
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'Good story with a convincing historical feel.' SFRevu Nice. I'll take it.
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E.M. Faulds
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Any reposts gratefully received! I really want people to hear about it. And thank you, lovely folk who have already done so 🫶
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James Bennett
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Wait. Is the place passing or are we?
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James Bennett
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And we can't all be ignorant mean-spirited cunts. That's just the reality.
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Alasdair Stuart
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Signal Boost time. If you've got a creative project you want to promote, leave the details people need in replies, like a title or a link. If it's a crowdfunder pre-launch, let us know 2 weeks out. We'll include as many as we can in this week's issue of The Full Lid.
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Tiffani Angus, PhD
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Happy book birthday to me and @vallescurarule.bsky.social and @lunapress.bsky.social! SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 2 is alive!! And you can get a special bundle deal on volumes 1&2 directly from the publisher!
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James Bennett
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Thanks so much for the likes and shares! ❤️
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James Bennett
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New story trumpet! 🎺
Witchy tale 'The Terms & Conditions of Kindness' is out today in The Dark magazine. Featuring stories from stellar talents Ray Cluley, @angelaslatter.bsky.social, Alex Sobel and yours truly.
www.thedarkmagazine.com/the-terms-co...
🧙♀️ #NewStories
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James Bennett
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Hugs.
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James Bennett
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Fixed it.
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Tade Thompson
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My free book 'Immortal, Invisible' up at Subterranean Press, cover art by @alisonsampson.bsky.social (one of my favourite artists).
Read for zero sestersi.
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James Bennett
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Yes. You really don't need to have caged rats nibbling at your face. Should've said!
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James Bennett
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Whereas I'm having a big fried lunch because that's what one of my characters does. It's research.
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James Bennett
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Fevre Dream - GRRM
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James Bennett
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Last day in Yorkshire. Off to Oxford tomorrow. I'm pretty nervous about it tbh. But it can't be worse than teaching feral Spanish teens.
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James Bennett
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'Some cracking horror stories... Bennett is doing a fine job of making all of us a bit less bitter and afraid, and I can think of no greater compliment to give than that. What a marvellous collection.'
John Llewellyn Probert
House of Mortal Cinema
www.lethepressbooks.com/store/p704/P...
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