Finn Longman
@finnlongman.com
Author (THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy; THE WOLF AND HIS KING) and medievalist specialising in the Ulster Cycle. #1 fan of Láeg mac Ríangabra.
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https://finnlongman.com
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Finn Longman
@finnlongman.com
· Oct 15
Books
I write both YA and Adult fiction, with three books published and three forthcoming. You can find more information about most of my books on their dedicated pages — use the dropdown menu or c…
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Intro thread! I'm Finn, an author & medievalist. My books:
· THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy: a teenage assassin tries to live a normal life
· THE WOLF AND HIS KING (2025): a queer retelling of Bisclavret
· THE ANIMALS WE BECAME (2026): a queertrans take on Math fab Mathonwy
FinnLongman.com/books
· THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy: a teenage assassin tries to live a normal life
· THE WOLF AND HIS KING (2025): a queer retelling of Bisclavret
· THE ANIMALS WE BECAME (2026): a queertrans take on Math fab Mathonwy
FinnLongman.com/books
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US readers! There are 100 ARCs of THE WOLF AND HIS KING, my retelling of the medieval werewolf tale, 'Bisclavret', up for grabs in this Goodreads giveaway. The book comes out Jan 27 2026, but this is a great chance to nab it early!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
US readers! There are 100 ARCs of THE WOLF AND HIS KING, my retelling of the medieval werewolf tale, 'Bisclavret', up for grabs in this Goodreads giveaway. The book comes out Jan 27 2026, but this is a great chance to nab it early!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Next is the king -- controversially, in second person. I think second person is woefully misunderstood, and this is tragic, because it can do things that no other perspective can. I hope this might make people realise it's not exclusive to reader-insert fanfic! finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7998249...
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Next is the king -- controversially, in second person. I think second person is woefully misunderstood, and this is tragic, because it can do things that no other perspective can. I hope this might make people realise it's not exclusive to reader-insert fanfic! finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7998249...
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Over on Tumblr (and Instagram, in abbreviated form), I'm introducing the different narrative POVs in THE WOLF AND HIS KING and why I chose them.
First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...
First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Over on Tumblr (and Instagram, in abbreviated form), I'm introducing the different narrative POVs in THE WOLF AND HIS KING and why I chose them.
First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...
First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...
Waking up this morning to find one of my manuscript posts has 5,445 notes on Tumblr and counting
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Waking up this morning to find one of my manuscript posts has 5,445 notes on Tumblr and counting
Over on Tumblr (and Instagram, in abbreviated form), I'm introducing the different narrative POVs in THE WOLF AND HIS KING and why I chose them.
First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...
First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Over on Tumblr (and Instagram, in abbreviated form), I'm introducing the different narrative POVs in THE WOLF AND HIS KING and why I chose them.
First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...
First up is Bisclavret-the-man's perspective, in third person, with a strong emphasis on the body: finnlongman.tumblr.com/post/7997493...
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Danish Grading System #nordic #comedy #denmark #school
YouTube video by Ólafur Waage
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November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"How's the lead-up to publication going? Is the promo working?"
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"How's the lead-up to publication going? Is the promo working?"
17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 2 edition
("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")
("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 2 edition
("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")
("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")
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I'm a pacifist. Yes, I'm an idealist without all the answers to how things should work in the real world (if I knew that, I'd be a politician or something). But I don't believe pacifism is just opting out of violence: I believe it's about actively dismantling violent systems & building alternatives.
November 10, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I'm a pacifist. Yes, I'm an idealist without all the answers to how things should work in the real world (if I knew that, I'd be a politician or something). But I don't believe pacifism is just opting out of violence: I believe it's about actively dismantling violent systems & building alternatives.
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Critiquing the military is often seen as an unpatriotic act. Especially if you do it around Remembrance, which has in many ways shifted from being about remembering the enormous horror and loss of war to a jingoistic competition to see who can perform patriotism the loudest.
November 10, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Critiquing the military is often seen as an unpatriotic act. Especially if you do it around Remembrance, which has in many ways shifted from being about remembering the enormous horror and loss of war to a jingoistic competition to see who can perform patriotism the loudest.
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Poetry letters: Curly! Interesting curved fadas. Very curly Ds in particular.
Prose letters: Much more angular, with more conventional fadas, more straightforward Ds, but much more complex/angular As.
Prose letters: Much more angular, with more conventional fadas, more straightforward Ds, but much more complex/angular As.
July 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Poetry letters: Curly! Interesting curved fadas. Very curly Ds in particular.
Prose letters: Much more angular, with more conventional fadas, more straightforward Ds, but much more complex/angular As.
Prose letters: Much more angular, with more conventional fadas, more straightforward Ds, but much more complex/angular As.
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Got a scribe here who uses completely different letter forms for verse and prose and yet it's clearly the same person (exact same size letters, same ink, same pen, no gap in MS, single name in colophon right below both). His special Poetry Letters are much curlier and cuter. I enjoy it.
July 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Got a scribe here who uses completely different letter forms for verse and prose and yet it's clearly the same person (exact same size letters, same ink, same pen, no gap in MS, single name in colophon right below both). His special Poetry Letters are much curlier and cuter. I enjoy it.
Several people have asked me for publishing advice recently and it's made me realise that my own experiences are completely non-replicable. The website where I learned to write is gone. Twitter is functionally gone. NaNo imploded. The mentorship programme I did doesn't exist any more. Etc.
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Several people have asked me for publishing advice recently and it's made me realise that my own experiences are completely non-replicable. The website where I learned to write is gone. Twitter is functionally gone. NaNo imploded. The mentorship programme I did doesn't exist any more. Etc.
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Okay, listen:
The Wolf and His King comes out in <3 weeks and I just got my finished copies. So I'm going to be doing a lot more book promo. BUT also my article about the manuscripts of OCC is due in a month, so I'll be posting about that too. Stick with me through the promo & you get manuscripts.
The Wolf and His King comes out in <3 weeks and I just got my finished copies. So I'm going to be doing a lot more book promo. BUT also my article about the manuscripts of OCC is due in a month, so I'll be posting about that too. Stick with me through the promo & you get manuscripts.
Not sure what it says about this app that my most popular posts are always the ones about random things I found in manuscripts of Oidheadh Con Culainn. Possibly that you're all nerds 😆
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Okay, listen:
The Wolf and His King comes out in <3 weeks and I just got my finished copies. So I'm going to be doing a lot more book promo. BUT also my article about the manuscripts of OCC is due in a month, so I'll be posting about that too. Stick with me through the promo & you get manuscripts.
The Wolf and His King comes out in <3 weeks and I just got my finished copies. So I'm going to be doing a lot more book promo. BUT also my article about the manuscripts of OCC is due in a month, so I'll be posting about that too. Stick with me through the promo & you get manuscripts.
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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Bicycle Jousting is Strictly Forbidden
(Somewhere on the mean streets of Belfast)
Actually this junction is horrible to cross whether on foot or Bicycle Jousting.
#bikeart #bicycle #streetart #ireland #belfast
(Somewhere on the mean streets of Belfast)
Actually this junction is horrible to cross whether on foot or Bicycle Jousting.
#bikeart #bicycle #streetart #ireland #belfast
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Bicycle Jousting is Strictly Forbidden
(Somewhere on the mean streets of Belfast)
Actually this junction is horrible to cross whether on foot or Bicycle Jousting.
#bikeart #bicycle #streetart #ireland #belfast
(Somewhere on the mean streets of Belfast)
Actually this junction is horrible to cross whether on foot or Bicycle Jousting.
#bikeart #bicycle #streetart #ireland #belfast
Typo of the day: "please take one of my hands, I have five and they're huge and nobody wants them"
Um. Yeah, no, that should have been *off* my hands. I only have two hands, they're small, and I very much want both of them.
Um. Yeah, no, that should have been *off* my hands. I only have two hands, they're small, and I very much want both of them.
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Typo of the day: "please take one of my hands, I have five and they're huge and nobody wants them"
Um. Yeah, no, that should have been *off* my hands. I only have two hands, they're small, and I very much want both of them.
Um. Yeah, no, that should have been *off* my hands. I only have two hands, they're small, and I very much want both of them.
Okay, listen:
The Wolf and His King comes out in <3 weeks and I just got my finished copies. So I'm going to be doing a lot more book promo. BUT also my article about the manuscripts of OCC is due in a month, so I'll be posting about that too. Stick with me through the promo & you get manuscripts.
The Wolf and His King comes out in <3 weeks and I just got my finished copies. So I'm going to be doing a lot more book promo. BUT also my article about the manuscripts of OCC is due in a month, so I'll be posting about that too. Stick with me through the promo & you get manuscripts.
Not sure what it says about this app that my most popular posts are always the ones about random things I found in manuscripts of Oidheadh Con Culainn. Possibly that you're all nerds 😆
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Okay, listen:
The Wolf and His King comes out in <3 weeks and I just got my finished copies. So I'm going to be doing a lot more book promo. BUT also my article about the manuscripts of OCC is due in a month, so I'll be posting about that too. Stick with me through the promo & you get manuscripts.
The Wolf and His King comes out in <3 weeks and I just got my finished copies. So I'm going to be doing a lot more book promo. BUT also my article about the manuscripts of OCC is due in a month, so I'll be posting about that too. Stick with me through the promo & you get manuscripts.
US readers! There are 100 ARCs of THE WOLF AND HIS KING, my retelling of the medieval werewolf tale, 'Bisclavret', up for grabs in this Goodreads giveaway. The book comes out Jan 27 2026, but this is a great chance to nab it early!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
US readers! There are 100 ARCs of THE WOLF AND HIS KING, my retelling of the medieval werewolf tale, 'Bisclavret', up for grabs in this Goodreads giveaway. The book comes out Jan 27 2026, but this is a great chance to nab it early!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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He keeps doing it. Every time somebody gets beheaded in this text, the word "head" is replaced with a little hand-drawn emoticon. And considering how many people get beheaded in this story, that's a lot of lil face drawings.
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
He keeps doing it. Every time somebody gets beheaded in this text, the word "head" is replaced with a little hand-drawn emoticon. And considering how many people get beheaded in this story, that's a lot of lil face drawings.
Not sure what it says about this app that my most popular posts are always the ones about random things I found in manuscripts of Oidheadh Con Culainn. Possibly that you're all nerds 😆
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Not sure what it says about this app that my most popular posts are always the ones about random things I found in manuscripts of Oidheadh Con Culainn. Possibly that you're all nerds 😆
Ooh, I'm allowed to tell you what this was about now! This was for the special edition being sold by @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social. It's got a sprayed edge and they've all been signed in a variety of colours and one of them has a smiley face in there (the last one I did.)
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ooh, I'm allowed to tell you what this was about now! This was for the special edition being sold by @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social. It's got a sprayed edge and they've all been signed in a variety of colours and one of them has a smiley face in there (the last one I did.)
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The Wolf and His King comes out in ONE MONTH today! (Or three months today if you're in the US.) This book is a retelling of the medieval French poem 'Bisclavret', about a werewolf knight and the king who loves him.
More info and preorder links: finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
More info and preorder links: finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
October 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Wolf and His King comes out in ONE MONTH today! (Or three months today if you're in the US.) This book is a retelling of the medieval French poem 'Bisclavret', about a werewolf knight and the king who loves him.
More info and preorder links: finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
More info and preorder links: finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
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Hey, 19th century Irish scribe nerds, I'm sure there are some of you around... anyone feel confident identifying unspecified Ó Longáins? I've got some maybe-Seosamh maybe-Peattair probably-not-Pól manuscripts and I'm not sure I can spare the time to work out how to tell them apart at present.
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hey, 19th century Irish scribe nerds, I'm sure there are some of you around... anyone feel confident identifying unspecified Ó Longáins? I've got some maybe-Seosamh maybe-Peattair probably-not-Pól manuscripts and I'm not sure I can spare the time to work out how to tell them apart at present.
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Three (US) ARCs to mark three weeks until UK publication! I realise using ARCs that have a different publication date on them is confusing, but they just arrived and I couldn't resist.
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Three (US) ARCs to mark three weeks until UK publication! I realise using ARCs that have a different publication date on them is confusing, but they just arrived and I couldn't resist.
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...