James Bennett
@jamesbennett.bsky.social
British Fantasy Award-Winning author 🏳️🌈
The Ben Garston Novels. Book of Queer Saints. The Dark magazine.
Website: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
The Ben Garston Novels. Book of Queer Saints. The Dark magazine.
Website: https://james-bennett.org/
'Inventive and vivid'
Publishers Weekly
Pinned
Seeing as we're having a 🌈SUPER GAY DAY🌈, I made a promo post for my profile. All links to independent outlets are in the alt text (or sail the Big River if it suits).
Featuring my British Fantasy Award winning story "Morta" and three shortlisted anthologies.
All gay. All slay. All day. 🏳️🌈☠️📚💙
Featuring my British Fantasy Award winning story "Morta" and three shortlisted anthologies.
All gay. All slay. All day. 🏳️🌈☠️📚💙
Reposted by James Bennett
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I know it sounds pretentious.
Took me 10 years of indie pub to get a book deal.
Over 5 years, I've lost an agent. Had a deal not renewed. Lost a deal on the table.
I focused on my craft. 5 years on, another deal.
I've *never* cut corners.
Fuck them and their AI shilling, frankly.
Took me 10 years of indie pub to get a book deal.
Over 5 years, I've lost an agent. Had a deal not renewed. Lost a deal on the table.
I focused on my craft. 5 years on, another deal.
I've *never* cut corners.
Fuck them and their AI shilling, frankly.
My take on AI is don't be afraid of organic growth as an artist. Art isn't something you should want to game. The time it takes to improve is both essential and the point. Later, you may appreciate the fact that you approached your art naturally and honestly. Protect it.
That's the artistic soul.
That's the artistic soul.
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I know it sounds pretentious.
Took me 10 years of indie pub to get a book deal.
Over 5 years, I've lost an agent. Had a deal not renewed. Lost a deal on the table.
I focused on my craft. 5 years on, another deal.
I've *never* cut corners.
Fuck them and their AI shilling, frankly.
Took me 10 years of indie pub to get a book deal.
Over 5 years, I've lost an agent. Had a deal not renewed. Lost a deal on the table.
I focused on my craft. 5 years on, another deal.
I've *never* cut corners.
Fuck them and their AI shilling, frankly.
My take on AI is don't be afraid of organic growth as an artist. Art isn't something you should want to game. The time it takes to improve is both essential and the point. Later, you may appreciate the fact that you approached your art naturally and honestly. Protect it.
That's the artistic soul.
That's the artistic soul.
December 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My take on AI is don't be afraid of organic growth as an artist. Art isn't something you should want to game. The time it takes to improve is both essential and the point. Later, you may appreciate the fact that you approached your art naturally and honestly. Protect it.
That's the artistic soul.
That's the artistic soul.
Of course it would be cruel and unusual to suggest bricking JKR up in a ruined abbey tower.
But if I did...
But if I did...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Of course it would be cruel and unusual to suggest bricking JKR up in a ruined abbey tower.
But if I did...
But if I did...
And back before full dark. That was worth every bramble scratch.
This ramshackle little pub is so cosy I could stay here all winter. 🤗
This ramshackle little pub is so cosy I could stay here all winter. 🤗
December 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
And back before full dark. That was worth every bramble scratch.
This ramshackle little pub is so cosy I could stay here all winter. 🤗
This ramshackle little pub is so cosy I could stay here all winter. 🤗
Reposted by James Bennett
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
If you asked me what's the one thing I never regret, I'm gonna tell you, "Travel."
December 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you asked me what's the one thing I never regret, I'm gonna tell you, "Travel."
Nice though (if chilly).
Currently in the pub waiting for an Uber later. It isn't gonna be a round trip.
Currently in the pub waiting for an Uber later. It isn't gonna be a round trip.
December 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Nice though (if chilly).
Currently in the pub waiting for an Uber later. It isn't gonna be a round trip.
Currently in the pub waiting for an Uber later. It isn't gonna be a round trip.
What every hiker loves to see once they've crossed the field. 😬
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What every hiker loves to see once they've crossed the field. 😬
Me *to barman earlier*: Pfft. I'm sure I can find my way to the barrow. It's pretty much a straight line.
Also me: *gets lost in wild wood* *chased by crazed sheep into ditch*
Also me: *gets lost in wild wood* *chased by crazed sheep into ditch*
December 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Me *to barman earlier*: Pfft. I'm sure I can find my way to the barrow. It's pretty much a straight line.
Also me: *gets lost in wild wood* *chased by crazed sheep into ditch*
Also me: *gets lost in wild wood* *chased by crazed sheep into ditch*
I'm unlikely to have phone reception for the rest of the day. Should I go missing, I'm heading towards the barrow-downs. Thanks.
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I'm unlikely to have phone reception for the rest of the day. Should I go missing, I'm heading towards the barrow-downs. Thanks.
Even though I was a Midlands lad for a while I never really explored Yorkshire. It's kind of a shame, because it's earthy and friendly in a way I've only ever encountered in Spain.
And the scenery is stunning.
Cold tho.
And the scenery is stunning.
Cold tho.
December 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Even though I was a Midlands lad for a while I never really explored Yorkshire. It's kind of a shame, because it's earthy and friendly in a way I've only ever encountered in Spain.
And the scenery is stunning.
Cold tho.
And the scenery is stunning.
Cold tho.
Up at the crack for a slap up Yorkshire breakfast and a (chilly) hike on the moors.
Also me:
Also me:
a woman in a red dress is dancing in a field .
Alt: Kate Bush in a red dress is dancing in a field .
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Up at the crack for a slap up Yorkshire breakfast and a (chilly) hike on the moors.
Also me:
Also me:
HR article (by non gay male): The show erases the gay community of its period setting.
Me: It's a romantic drama TV series.
HR article (by non gay male): The show presents a conservative reality for out gay men.
Me: It's a romantic drama TV series.
Me: It's a romantic drama TV series.
HR article (by non gay male): The show presents a conservative reality for out gay men.
Me: It's a romantic drama TV series.
December 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
HR article (by non gay male): The show erases the gay community of its period setting.
Me: It's a romantic drama TV series.
HR article (by non gay male): The show presents a conservative reality for out gay men.
Me: It's a romantic drama TV series.
Me: It's a romantic drama TV series.
HR article (by non gay male): The show presents a conservative reality for out gay men.
Me: It's a romantic drama TV series.
This hotel bed is so fucking comfortable. I ordered beef and horseradish sandwiches from room service so as not to interrupt my reading.
It's called being an adult.
It's called being an adult.
December 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This hotel bed is so fucking comfortable. I ordered beef and horseradish sandwiches from room service so as not to interrupt my reading.
It's called being an adult.
It's called being an adult.
Quite like HR. Not remotely a fan of the "weighty" discourse on gay male experience/culture going on by those who are not gay men.
December 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Quite like HR. Not remotely a fan of the "weighty" discourse on gay male experience/culture going on by those who are not gay men.
Said it a hundred times. To certain members of a demographic that's benefited from systemic exclusion for centuries, the slightest change in that situation may well seem like persecution.
In reality, opportunities have simply become more diverse and fairer.
In reality, opportunities have simply become more diverse and fairer.
This shit is made up, actually
December 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Said it a hundred times. To certain members of a demographic that's benefited from systemic exclusion for centuries, the slightest change in that situation may well seem like persecution.
In reality, opportunities have simply become more diverse and fairer.
In reality, opportunities have simply become more diverse and fairer.
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
How I'm walking out of 2025
Post a perfect album from the
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam
Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam
Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
December 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Post a perfect album from the
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam
Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam
Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
What is the ancient secret of St Gregory's? What's the meaning behind the salacious glint in the local vicar's eye?
How the fuck should I know? I'm just a visiting gay author who came here to do a little research.
Mind your own!
🤷♂️🥾 #Mooching
How the fuck should I know? I'm just a visiting gay author who came here to do a little research.
Mind your own!
🤷♂️🥾 #Mooching
December 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What is the ancient secret of St Gregory's? What's the meaning behind the salacious glint in the local vicar's eye?
How the fuck should I know? I'm just a visiting gay author who came here to do a little research.
Mind your own!
🤷♂️🥾 #Mooching
How the fuck should I know? I'm just a visiting gay author who came here to do a little research.
Mind your own!
🤷♂️🥾 #Mooching
Moody castle action this afternoon.
December 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Moody castle action this afternoon.
Findings: British public transport is complicated and slow.
Do we really need to stop at Dewey Bottom? There hasn't been a passenger here since 1814.
Do we really need to stop at Dewey Bottom? There hasn't been a passenger here since 1814.
December 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Findings: British public transport is complicated and slow.
Do we really need to stop at Dewey Bottom? There hasn't been a passenger here since 1814.
Do we really need to stop at Dewey Bottom? There hasn't been a passenger here since 1814.
On the road again. Very best wishes to all.
December 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
On the road again. Very best wishes to all.
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Free. Gay book. Free. For you. Gift, from me. Season's greetings!
Both the ebook and audiobook are free, so take your pick 😘
shop.ravenswordpress.com/products/jac...
Both the ebook and audiobook are free, so take your pick 😘
shop.ravenswordpress.com/products/jac...
Jack of Thorns
What do you do when a Celtic god rings your doorbell?
Laurence Riley is a San Diego florist whose ex won't leave him alone. Quentin d'Arcy is a British earl on the run from his own family. Despi...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Free. Gay book. Free. For you. Gift, from me. Season's greetings!
Both the ebook and audiobook are free, so take your pick 😘
shop.ravenswordpress.com/products/jac...
Both the ebook and audiobook are free, so take your pick 😘
shop.ravenswordpress.com/products/jac...
Frosty morning walk in Yorkshire.
The countryside in these parts is splendid.
The countryside in these parts is splendid.
December 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Frosty morning walk in Yorkshire.
The countryside in these parts is splendid.
The countryside in these parts is splendid.