Antony Johnston
@antonyjohnston.bsky.social
Atomic Blonde, Can You Solve the Murder, The Dog Sitter Detective, The Exphoria Code, The Organised Writer, Resident Evil Village, etc. I write all the things. Reps: http://antonyjohnston.com/contact
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Antony Johnston
Award-winning author and creator of Atomic Blonde.
antonyjohnston.com
Lots of new followers. Hi!
I write all the things, too much to list in a single Bluesky post. Don't believe me, visit antonyjohnston.com 😂
Books, videogames, graphic novels, non-fiction, plus podcasts + music.
I mostly post about writing, sometimes food pics + bad jokes too. Big fan of dogs.
I write all the things, too much to list in a single Bluesky post. Don't believe me, visit antonyjohnston.com 😂
Books, videogames, graphic novels, non-fiction, plus podcasts + music.
I mostly post about writing, sometimes food pics + bad jokes too. Big fan of dogs.
OXFORD-BASED ASPIRING ARTISTS, get yourself down to Blackwell’s on Jan 17 to learn a thing or two from my good friend, ATOMIC BLONDE artist Sam Hart:
downthetubes.net/sam-harts-ne...
downthetubes.net/sam-harts-ne...
Sam Hart’s new book “Comic Art Superheroes” gets launch tutorial event in Oxford
Learn to Draw Comic Art Superheroes
downthetubes.net
January 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
OXFORD-BASED ASPIRING ARTISTS, get yourself down to Blackwell’s on Jan 17 to learn a thing or two from my good friend, ATOMIC BLONDE artist Sam Hart:
downthetubes.net/sam-harts-ne...
downthetubes.net/sam-harts-ne...
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Hey, I know a lot of you use Discord.
You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too.
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?
You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too.
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?
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January 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Hey, I know a lot of you use Discord.
You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too.
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?
You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too.
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?
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It was recently announced in The Bookseller, but anyway here's the lineup so far for Coastal Crime in September! I'll be chatting whodunits with luminaries @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and @alexpavesi.bsky.social!
coastalcrime.org/main-hall-pr...
coastalcrime.org/main-hall-pr...
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
It was recently announced in The Bookseller, but anyway here's the lineup so far for Coastal Crime in September! I'll be chatting whodunits with luminaries @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and @alexpavesi.bsky.social!
coastalcrime.org/main-hall-pr...
coastalcrime.org/main-hall-pr...
Freezing day at the canal
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Freezing day at the canal
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Cold night is curry night, with a little help from The Twisted Curry Co's "Christmas Curry" mix 🎄 (I know it's January, shhh)
January 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Cold night is curry night, with a little help from The Twisted Curry Co's "Christmas Curry" mix 🎄 (I know it's January, shhh)
Apart from the actual computers, the most advanced thing in my house is a decade-old TV that’s barely smarter than a rock. No “smart” appliances, switches, or plugs. This is why.
world.hey.com/jason/the-bi...
world.hey.com/jason/the-bi...
The big regression
My folks are in town visiting us for a couple months so we rented them a house nearby. It’s new construction. No one has lived in it yet. It’s amped up with state of the art systems. You know, the one...
world.hey.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Apart from the actual computers, the most advanced thing in my house is a decade-old TV that’s barely smarter than a rock. No “smart” appliances, switches, or plugs. This is why.
world.hey.com/jason/the-bi...
world.hey.com/jason/the-bi...
Looking forward to appearing at Coastal Crime in September! Initial line-up just announced in The Bookseller:
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-coa...
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-coa...
New Coastal Crime festival launches in Southampton
Coastal Crime, a new crime fiction festival, will be held at Southampton’s Leonardo Royal Grand Harbour Hotel in September 2026.
www.thebookseller.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Looking forward to appearing at Coastal Crime in September! Initial line-up just announced in The Bookseller:
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-coa...
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-coa...
I am thoroughly amused by how many of the people in this "anonymous" #gothsuptrees photo from a 1990s UK net.goth picnic I recognise… 🤘🦇🖥
gothsuptrees.net/post/8046758...
gothsuptrees.net/post/8046758...
gothsuptrees
Anonymous submitted this photo with the comment “Net goth picnic late 90’s”.
Ahh the 90s net goths. I sooo wanted to be one but my early attempts at joining the local community were futile as I...
gothsuptrees.net
January 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I am thoroughly amused by how many of the people in this "anonymous" #gothsuptrees photo from a 1990s UK net.goth picnic I recognise… 🤘🦇🖥
gothsuptrees.net/post/8046758...
gothsuptrees.net/post/8046758...
Frozen canal / Lots o' wires
January 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Frozen canal / Lots o' wires
Unexpected visitor on a frosty morning 🐿❄
January 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Unexpected visitor on a frosty morning 🐿❄
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I’m so stoked that my original story Shifted is being published as part of this comic anthology, with artwork by Jody James Brenton. Seeing a piece of a story that’s only lived in my head and on the page for over a decade come to life to aid a dear cause was mind blowing! bit.ly/HorrorNotHate
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 AM
I’m so stoked that my original story Shifted is being published as part of this comic anthology, with artwork by Jody James Brenton. Seeing a piece of a story that’s only lived in my head and on the page for over a decade come to life to aid a dear cause was mind blowing! bit.ly/HorrorNotHate
Just got my payment for December’s sales of Heliosphere. THANK YOU to everyone who bought it – especially those of you who opted to pay during the name-your-price launch period. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed recording it 🤘
silencaeon.bandcamp.com/album/helios...
silencaeon.bandcamp.com/album/helios...
Heliosphere, by SILENCAEON
7 track album
silencaeon.bandcamp.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Just got my payment for December’s sales of Heliosphere. THANK YOU to everyone who bought it – especially those of you who opted to pay during the name-your-price launch period. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed recording it 🤘
silencaeon.bandcamp.com/album/helios...
silencaeon.bandcamp.com/album/helios...
Picture of the staff who operate my account:
December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Picture of the staff who operate my account:
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Did you know that I released a new game this year? Going For Broke is a fast-paced, party roleplaying game that tells sitcom stories about a collective house that's scrambling to pay rent. It's cheap, easy to teach, and takes less than an hour to play. Check it out!
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
Going For Broke - Buried Without Ceremony
Going For Broke is a fast-paced sitcom roleplaying game about a collective house scrambling to get enough money together. Choose one of twelve house members, pick an episode, and dive right in.
buriedwithoutceremony.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Did you know that I released a new game this year? Going For Broke is a fast-paced, party roleplaying game that tells sitcom stories about a collective house that's scrambling to pay rent. It's cheap, easy to teach, and takes less than an hour to play. Check it out!
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
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GODFATHER FROM HELL has risen from the grave!
Earlier this year, we had to make the difficult decision to stop individual issues of our infernal neo-noir thriller but in 2026, @thevaultcomics.bsky.social will publish the entire story as an OGN with a new cover by @piusbak.bsky.social (1/3)
Earlier this year, we had to make the difficult decision to stop individual issues of our infernal neo-noir thriller but in 2026, @thevaultcomics.bsky.social will publish the entire story as an OGN with a new cover by @piusbak.bsky.social (1/3)
December 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
GODFATHER FROM HELL has risen from the grave!
Earlier this year, we had to make the difficult decision to stop individual issues of our infernal neo-noir thriller but in 2026, @thevaultcomics.bsky.social will publish the entire story as an OGN with a new cover by @piusbak.bsky.social (1/3)
Earlier this year, we had to make the difficult decision to stop individual issues of our infernal neo-noir thriller but in 2026, @thevaultcomics.bsky.social will publish the entire story as an OGN with a new cover by @piusbak.bsky.social (1/3)
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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#ttrpg writers wanted by @cubicle7games.bsky.social
A chance for rpg writers to start something new in 2026?
A chance for rpg writers to start something new in 2026?
*WRITERS WANTED*
We’re looking for freelance writers who know and love The Laundry Files.
If that sounds like your kind of hazard pay, we want to hear from you!
https://cubicle7games.com/en_EU/blog/call-for-writers-the-laundry-roleplaying-game
We’re looking for freelance writers who know and love The Laundry Files.
If that sounds like your kind of hazard pay, we want to hear from you!
https://cubicle7games.com/en_EU/blog/call-for-writers-the-laundry-roleplaying-game
December 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
#ttrpg writers wanted by @cubicle7games.bsky.social
A chance for rpg writers to start something new in 2026?
A chance for rpg writers to start something new in 2026?
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Also, if you're the one who makes it, don't snub all those friends you made on the way up. You'll need them on the way back down.
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
December 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Also, if you're the one who makes it, don't snub all those friends you made on the way up. You'll need them on the way back down.
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While you lot are all eating cheese in your pjs, I’m Solving Murders*
*in my pjs. With a plate of cheese.
Books by G T Karber, @jdwhitelaw13.bsky.social, @antonyjohnston.bsky.social, G B Rubin
#booksky 💙📚
*in my pjs. With a plate of cheese.
Books by G T Karber, @jdwhitelaw13.bsky.social, @antonyjohnston.bsky.social, G B Rubin
#booksky 💙📚
December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
While you lot are all eating cheese in your pjs, I’m Solving Murders*
*in my pjs. With a plate of cheese.
Books by G T Karber, @jdwhitelaw13.bsky.social, @antonyjohnston.bsky.social, G B Rubin
#booksky 💙📚
*in my pjs. With a plate of cheese.
Books by G T Karber, @jdwhitelaw13.bsky.social, @antonyjohnston.bsky.social, G B Rubin
#booksky 💙📚
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Hohoho! I drew this year's holiday card for my art rep, Felix Comic Art. I wanted the recipients to get something that looked like a piece of vintage original art, but also couldn't help poking some fun at Felix's love for Dark Knight Returns.
December 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hohoho! I drew this year's holiday card for my art rep, Felix Comic Art. I wanted the recipients to get something that looked like a piece of vintage original art, but also couldn't help poking some fun at Felix's love for Dark Knight Returns.
That's my holiday reading sorted, then. Merry Christmas, all 😄📚
December 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
That's my holiday reading sorted, then. Merry Christmas, all 😄📚
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The Positive Climate News You May Have Missed This Year by @davidfickling.bsky.social
Some Grids Have Almost Decarbonized:
"in some parts of world, decarbonizing electricity is approaching its endgame.
Roughly three-quarters of power generation in UK & Europe this year came from non-fossil sources"
Some Grids Have Almost Decarbonized:
"in some parts of world, decarbonizing electricity is approaching its endgame.
Roughly three-quarters of power generation in UK & Europe this year came from non-fossil sources"
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Positive Climate News You May Have Missed This Year by @davidfickling.bsky.social
Some Grids Have Almost Decarbonized:
"in some parts of world, decarbonizing electricity is approaching its endgame.
Roughly three-quarters of power generation in UK & Europe this year came from non-fossil sources"
Some Grids Have Almost Decarbonized:
"in some parts of world, decarbonizing electricity is approaching its endgame.
Roughly three-quarters of power generation in UK & Europe this year came from non-fossil sources"
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A reminder as we go into the (potentially stressful) holidays: two of my more relaxing ambient music albums, Shelter/Place and Witchsilver, are pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp. Put on some headphones, listen, and chill.
silencaeon.bandcamp.com
silencaeon.bandcamp.com
SILENCAEON
noises in the dark
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SILENCAEON is the solo musical project of writer Antony Johnston (Atomic Blonde, Can You Solve the Murder, The Dog Sitter Detective, Resident Evil Village, etc)....
silencaeon.bandcamp.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A reminder as we go into the (potentially stressful) holidays: two of my more relaxing ambient music albums, Shelter/Place and Witchsilver, are pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp. Put on some headphones, listen, and chill.
silencaeon.bandcamp.com
silencaeon.bandcamp.com