Mike Brooks
@mikebrooks668.bsky.social
That Audible-bestselling, British Fantasy Awards-losing SFF author with Very Tall Hair. Guitarist, singer, occasional DJ. (d)eaf, queer. He/him.
All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency
All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency
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Neil Gaiman is crawling out of his bog two years after sexual assault allegations to play the sweet old fantasy uncle again -- complete with name-dropping that book you like & his twee "make good art" catchphrase -- all in order to (of course) sell you his upcoming book. Don't you dare fall for it.
February 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Neil Gaiman is crawling out of his bog two years after sexual assault allegations to play the sweet old fantasy uncle again -- complete with name-dropping that book you like & his twee "make good art" catchphrase -- all in order to (of course) sell you his upcoming book. Don't you dare fall for it.
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It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
I keep getting them for my books, and also for books written by pretty much ever other Mike/Michael Brooks out there, and a few with names that are just vaguely similar. On the plus side, I can spot them from the title line alone these days…
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I keep getting them for my books, and also for books written by pretty much ever other Mike/Michael Brooks out there, and a few with names that are just vaguely similar. On the plus side, I can spot them from the title line alone these days…
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Thread up, and especially this part. No one in a creative field should be using gAI in *ANY* way. You don't get to sell out other creatives just b/c it's not "your" field. No gAI writing, art, narration, music, etc. Just. Don't.
The use of generative AI in one form of the creative process is an implicit support for its use in all forms of that process. Solidarity is not conditional.
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Thread up, and especially this part. No one in a creative field should be using gAI in *ANY* way. You don't get to sell out other creatives just b/c it's not "your" field. No gAI writing, art, narration, music, etc. Just. Don't.
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This is a great *paid* opportunity for larp designers from @makeascenemn.bsky.social!
Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!
Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!
Submit a Scenario | MAKE A SCENE!
Calling all scenario authors, past, present, and future! We are seeking brand new live-action roleplaying scenarios exploring the festival theme of Tempo to premiere at Make a Scene in August 2026! We...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This is a great *paid* opportunity for larp designers from @makeascenemn.bsky.social!
Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!
Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!
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This is the Mail.
Both the Times and the Mail spend a lot of time and money telling us regularly how much they care about women and girls in sport.
Just only when a trans person is involved, it seems.
Both the Times and the Mail spend a lot of time and money telling us regularly how much they care about women and girls in sport.
Just only when a trans person is involved, it seems.
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 AM
This is the Mail.
Both the Times and the Mail spend a lot of time and money telling us regularly how much they care about women and girls in sport.
Just only when a trans person is involved, it seems.
Both the Times and the Mail spend a lot of time and money telling us regularly how much they care about women and girls in sport.
Just only when a trans person is involved, it seems.
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In a Downton Abbey/Gossip Girls mash-up, Bunty Cutler would be an absolutely fantastic pen name for the mysterious source that’s all over the society pages revealing juicy secrets from inside the house.
February 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
In a Downton Abbey/Gossip Girls mash-up, Bunty Cutler would be an absolutely fantastic pen name for the mysterious source that’s all over the society pages revealing juicy secrets from inside the house.
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Febyuree
February 2, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Febyuree
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Writers of Bluesky! I'm currently organizing a set of workshops for *next week* that'll fundraise for Minnesota food banks. Shoot me a DM or comment here if you're interested in running a workshop--signups will be open soon.
Reblog this for visibility! (But reply to THIS skeet so I can see you.)
Reblog this for visibility! (But reply to THIS skeet so I can see you.)
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Writers of Bluesky! I'm currently organizing a set of workshops for *next week* that'll fundraise for Minnesota food banks. Shoot me a DM or comment here if you're interested in running a workshop--signups will be open soon.
Reblog this for visibility! (But reply to THIS skeet so I can see you.)
Reblog this for visibility! (But reply to THIS skeet so I can see you.)
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Astonishing that the tech sector response to a deep text processing tool that also has an autocomplete function is to hand over control of vast sections of their lives to it, and then start bugging the rest of us to do the same.
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Astonishing that the tech sector response to a deep text processing tool that also has an autocomplete function is to hand over control of vast sections of their lives to it, and then start bugging the rest of us to do the same.
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Americans will really use anything but the metric system (complimentary)
I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
January 31, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Americans will really use anything but the metric system (complimentary)
But thanks for the offer!
February 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM
But thanks for the offer!
I've got the pdfs, I just want *editable* pdfs, so I don't have to print out the sheets on my broken printer...
February 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
I've got the pdfs, I just want *editable* pdfs, so I don't have to print out the sheets on my broken printer...
(and the vehicle cards, actually...)
February 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
(and the vehicle cards, actually...)
Gaming community, I come to you cap in hand.
Does anyone have a link to an editable pdf (or similar) of the mob roster for Gorkamorka?
Does anyone have a link to an editable pdf (or similar) of the mob roster for Gorkamorka?
February 1, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Gaming community, I come to you cap in hand.
Does anyone have a link to an editable pdf (or similar) of the mob roster for Gorkamorka?
Does anyone have a link to an editable pdf (or similar) of the mob roster for Gorkamorka?
Well this is lovely news to wake up to on a Sunday morning with a slight cold! Thank you, Goonhammer readers, congrats to all other winners and runners-up, and indeed nominees!
2025 GOONHAMMER BOOK AWARD WINNER
Congratulations to @mikebrooks668.bsky.social for winning the @goonhammer.com Best Warhammer 30K/40K Novel for 2025 with the big hit, "Voidscarred."
www.goonhammer.com/the-2025-goo...
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
Congratulations to @mikebrooks668.bsky.social for winning the @goonhammer.com Best Warhammer 30K/40K Novel for 2025 with the big hit, "Voidscarred."
www.goonhammer.com/the-2025-goo...
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
February 1, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Well this is lovely news to wake up to on a Sunday morning with a slight cold! Thank you, Goonhammer readers, congrats to all other winners and runners-up, and indeed nominees!
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I was following this guy, I just saw this racist horror, so I unfollowed and blocked. A PSA for anyone else who might be following Evul
motherfucker I never forget what you did.
block block block. show him he's unwelcomed.
block block block. show him he's unwelcomed.
January 31, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I was following this guy, I just saw this racist horror, so I unfollowed and blocked. A PSA for anyone else who might be following Evul
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January 31, 2026 at 12:02 PM
If you're in the mood for nonsense, whimsy, and fake violence, tune into my friend's Twitch stream at 10pm GMT tonight when we launch our new, entirely simulated (via WWE 2K25) wrestling federation, consisting of community-created wrestlers.
It will be very silly.
www.twitch.tv/kingannalise
It will be very silly.
www.twitch.tv/kingannalise
January 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
If you're in the mood for nonsense, whimsy, and fake violence, tune into my friend's Twitch stream at 10pm GMT tonight when we launch our new, entirely simulated (via WWE 2K25) wrestling federation, consisting of community-created wrestlers.
It will be very silly.
www.twitch.tv/kingannalise
It will be very silly.
www.twitch.tv/kingannalise
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
I saw the trailer for it a few months back, then suddenly it's one of the scrolling adverts on the TV, and I'd heard nothing about it inbetween.
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I saw the trailer for it a few months back, then suddenly it's one of the scrolling adverts on the TV, and I'd heard nothing about it inbetween.
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it