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Mark Stay
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Author, screenwriter and podcaster. https://markstaywrites.com/all-the-links/
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It's here! THE END OF GODS is out today! And what better way to celebrate its publication, than a simple unboxing video. One in which I use actual magic! youtu.be/wxNBVxpn2_A
Just watched the first episode of Small Prophets. When something is this good, it needs to be savoured and not binged.
February 11, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Join me and @jeremyszal.bsky.social author of the Common trilogy. We’ll be discussing writing epic science fiction, and much more!

Join in the conversation live on TUESDAY 17TH FEBRUARY, 8PM GMT
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YT: www.youtube.com/live/JeUHGrx...
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The Crow Folk is five years old today!

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The Crow Folk is Five Years Old Today #booktok #booktubetbr #yadystopian
YouTube video by Mark Stay
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February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Really enjoyed Ben Elton’s autobiography. It gets a bit “poor me” towards the end, but the UK press were constantly giving him a kicking, so I think he’s earned the right to reply. But even if he only ever co-wrote Blackadder II, he still gets a pass for life from me.
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Here we go! If you’re anywhere near the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, come and say hi!📚
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
@ellisblackwood.bsky.social is the author of the brilliant Samuel Pepys Mysteries and once made a very strange video with me on Youtube (we were young and needed the money)...
LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2399041/epis...
WATCH: youtu.be/j5ub3PYlio4
January 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM
FUEGO!!!
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1781
January 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Join me and Julie Wassmer for a LIVE recording of the Creative Differences podcast! !
Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/escalate-a...?
January 28, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Chatting Alien Cult with the guys @authorizedpod.bsky.social and @markstay.bsky.social. Cows. (One day I'll be able to fully explain the xenomorph/custard connection): open.spotify.com/show/68YhhFL...
Alien: Cult by Gavin. G. Smith (w/ Gavin G. Smith and Mark Stay)
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January 28, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Always a pleasure to be a guest on @authorizedpod.bsky.social but doubly so when discussing Alien Cult by @gavingsmith.bsky.social
The book is thrilling stuff and we discover that the real enemy is… cows. 🐄
OUT NOW! @markstay.bsky.social joins to discuss Alien: Cult, the delightful new tertiary tome by our old friend Gavin G. Smith. Then we talk to Gavin, because we like him as much as we like his books! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Did you know that you can get FREE Witches of Woodville short stories from the Woodville Village Library when you sign up to the newsletter here… witchesofwoodville.com#library
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Lose yourself in a bit of epic fantasy this weekend… theendofmagic.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
TONIGHT! Join me and @ellisblackwood.bsky.social live as we discuss the little things that make a big difference to writers!
8pm GMT
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YT: www.youtube.com/live/ol8bJ6c...
January 22, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Ahh yes, a "simple" unboxing video. Mark Stay is as understated as ever.

I had a fantastic time with the first two books in the series and The End of Gods promises yet more excellent storytelling. I can't wait to get into it!

#BookSky #Fantasy 🌏📚💙📚👀
It's here! THE END OF GODS is out today! And what better way to celebrate its publication, than a simple unboxing video. One in which I use actual magic! youtu.be/wxNBVxpn2_A
January 21, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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Everything AK says in this 🧵 is correct, and I'll add that if you sign up to a mailing list, PLEASE add the email address it sends from to your contacts. Email providers LOVE to send those emails to spam, or bury them in "promotions" folders 🙄
If you want to hear from your favourite indies - artists, authors, craftspeople, musicians, comedians, actors, costume makers, you name it - you absolutely MUST make the effort to go where they can reach you. Hit notify buttons, join their patreon / discord / newsletter / telegram etc
January 20, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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Hello, would you like some queer urban fantasy books? Would you like to discover them through the media of pretty pictures? GREAT! Here's a thread for you!!

1: Laurence and Quentin, by @rudiindra4.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Did you know that every time someone loans a book from a library in the UK or Ireland that the author gets money?!

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Authors get money when you loan a library book
YouTube video by Mark Stay
youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Bone Temple is grisly and bleak with terrific needle drops and an ending that offers hope and had me cackling with glee. A great start to 2026 at the movies.
January 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Today’s admin listening is the Jackie Brown soundtrack on CD with all the snippets of dialogue…
January 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Who could have foreseen the state of the world anyway apropros of nothing whatsoever here's a book about queers fighting a megalomaniac billionaire who wants to kill us all

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January 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
A Quick Tour of My Notebooks... youtube.com/shorts/KZzK-...
A Quick Tour of My Notebooks
YouTube video by Mark Stay
youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Apparently we’re all sharing photos from 2016 for some reason. So here’s me and Kit Cox at one of the first MCM comic cons I ever did!
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Ever bought a second-hand book and found something strange inside...?
January 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The End of Gods has been out for just over a week and readers seem to love it! You can get the ebook on all platforms, or pop along to my store for signed and dedicated paperbacks. witchesofwoodville.com/the-village-...
January 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Join me and the brilliant @ellisblackwood.bsky.social for a lively chat in which we not only discuss his super Samuel Pepys mysteries, but also a secret Youtube video that we recorded when we were young and needed the money…
Join the conversation on THURSDAY 22nd JANUARY, 8pm GMT. Links...
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM