Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne
@rflong.bsky.social
Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her
(pretty much always a library in my books)
http://www.rflong.com/
Jessica Thorne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jessica-Thorne/author/B07KRHB3HR
(pretty much always a library in my books)
http://www.rflong.com/
Jessica Thorne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jessica-Thorne/author/B07KRHB3HR
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Big news folks - The final book in The Feral Gods is called...
The God of Bronze
Pre-order now & get 25% off your pre-order at Waterstones website or app (code FEB26) until the 20th Feb.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-god...
The paperback of The Lore of Silver is in the same deal.
Out in November
The God of Bronze
Pre-order now & get 25% off your pre-order at Waterstones website or app (code FEB26) until the 20th Feb.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-god...
The paperback of The Lore of Silver is in the same deal.
Out in November
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This is a travesty! Perilous Times is one of the most delightful books I read last year and I want more queer knights please and thank you
This is perhaps one of many reasons why it won't be published in the US any time soon. As I said at WFC in Brighton: Ballantine Books, who published Perilous Times in the US, wanted me to cut a major queer storyline from the book. When I refused to makes those edits, they cancelled the contract.
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This is a travesty! Perilous Times is one of the most delightful books I read last year and I want more queer knights please and thank you
Big news folks - The final book in The Feral Gods is called...
The God of Bronze
Pre-order now & get 25% off your pre-order at Waterstones website or app (code FEB26) until the 20th Feb.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-god...
The paperback of The Lore of Silver is in the same deal.
Out in November
The God of Bronze
Pre-order now & get 25% off your pre-order at Waterstones website or app (code FEB26) until the 20th Feb.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-god...
The paperback of The Lore of Silver is in the same deal.
Out in November
February 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Big news folks - The final book in The Feral Gods is called...
The God of Bronze
Pre-order now & get 25% off your pre-order at Waterstones website or app (code FEB26) until the 20th Feb.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-god...
The paperback of The Lore of Silver is in the same deal.
Out in November
The God of Bronze
Pre-order now & get 25% off your pre-order at Waterstones website or app (code FEB26) until the 20th Feb.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-god...
The paperback of The Lore of Silver is in the same deal.
Out in November
Brilliant morning at #axeclubdub . ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Would axe again! 🥰🪓
February 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Brilliant morning at #axeclubdub . ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Would axe again! 🥰🪓
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Excellent book. Buy it.
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen is going on sale today! Snap it up for $1.99.
Gentleman/smuggler romance with awkward families, sinister secrets on the marsh, bugs.
It's on sale wide but I'm not going out to the shed in this weather so here's the kobo link
Gentleman/smuggler romance with awkward families, sinister secrets on the marsh, bugs.
It's on sale wide but I'm not going out to the shed in this weather so here's the kobo link
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen ebook by KJ Charles - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen" by KJ Charles available from Rakuten Kobo. Gothic scandal meets Bridgerton intrigue in this swashbuckling Regency romance from celebrated author KJ Charles...
www.kobo.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Excellent book. Buy it.
Books as dresses 2026: The Lore of Silver and Renate Reinsve at the 2026 Golden Globes.
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Books as dresses 2026: The Lore of Silver and Renate Reinsve at the 2026 Golden Globes.
Getting ready to discuss Wuthering Heights online with writingtheoccult.carrd.co Preparing to cause consternation...
Writing the Occult: Events
All about the
writingtheoccult.carrd.co
February 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Getting ready to discuss Wuthering Heights online with writingtheoccult.carrd.co Preparing to cause consternation...
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
A regular verb in the past tense
Gets a séimhiú.
Violets are blue
A regular verb in the past tense
Gets a séimhiú.
February 14, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
A regular verb in the past tense
Gets a séimhiú.
Violets are blue
A regular verb in the past tense
Gets a séimhiú.
Treated myself in Dalkey (after signing copies of The Book of Gold and The Lore of Silver in @gutterdalkey.bsky.social )
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Treated myself in Dalkey (after signing copies of The Book of Gold and The Lore of Silver in @gutterdalkey.bsky.social )
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🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
#BREAKING EU Parliament votes to accept a report, that calls for "the full recognition of trans women as women" as part of the EU priorities for the UN CSW on "women’s rights and gender equality."
#Eurovision #EU
#Eurovision #EU
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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This is a great book in a great trilogy. :)
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
This is a great book in a great trilogy. :)
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Loved this book!
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Loved this book!
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed.
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley .
Are you ready to go back to Amberes?
www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-...
@hodderscape.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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the cool thing about landsknechts was that they were exempt from sumptuary laws (laws detailing what clothes different social classes could wear) because they were considered to live short, brutish lives. so they fucking rolled with it.
Just ran across a tumblr thread of Slutty Boy 15/16th century mercenaries. Historically accurate costuming! The past was alive, y'all, and it was fabulous.
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
the cool thing about landsknechts was that they were exempt from sumptuary laws (laws detailing what clothes different social classes could wear) because they were considered to live short, brutish lives. so they fucking rolled with it.
Today I am cheering myself up by singing along to the entire soundtrack of both seasons of Hazbin Hotel.
February 11, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Today I am cheering myself up by singing along to the entire soundtrack of both seasons of Hazbin Hotel.
I've been getting a number recently pretending to be from major publishing houses using real names of people working there. Do be careful and check the actual emails they're coming from folks. It's incredibly frustrating but there are so many unscrupulous sharks out there.
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
I've been getting a number recently pretending to be from major publishing houses using real names of people working there. Do be careful and check the actual emails they're coming from folks. It's incredibly frustrating but there are so many unscrupulous sharks out there.
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Elodie was hoping to expand her cake business to open a cafe, but Mal got 'her' cafe space instead. Now she has to work with him to cater a wedding that could change her business for ever.
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio.
https://books2read.com/manbuns
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio.
https://books2read.com/manbuns
February 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Elodie was hoping to expand her cake business to open a cafe, but Mal got 'her' cafe space instead. Now she has to work with him to cater a wedding that could change her business for ever.
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio.
https://books2read.com/manbuns
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio.
https://books2read.com/manbuns
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Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
Just thinking about today's writing and my new project and getting a bit like oh it's crap and juggling to keep the story going and needs so much fixing and....
Oh yes. 24k.
Of course.
Like clockwork.
#amwriting
Oh yes. 24k.
Of course.
Like clockwork.
#amwriting
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Just thinking about today's writing and my new project and getting a bit like oh it's crap and juggling to keep the story going and needs so much fixing and....
Oh yes. 24k.
Of course.
Like clockwork.
#amwriting
Oh yes. 24k.
Of course.
Like clockwork.
#amwriting
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I don’t know if I trust people who have written more books than they’ve read
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I don’t know if I trust people who have written more books than they’ve read
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I want every single one of you who is an artist to find success and happiness making it, and I want every one of who loves to consume art to be swimming in an absolute sea of genius. Every attempt to shortcut that muddies those waters and robs real artists of success. That's my anti-AI stance.
February 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I want every single one of you who is an artist to find success and happiness making it, and I want every one of who loves to consume art to be swimming in an absolute sea of genius. Every attempt to shortcut that muddies those waters and robs real artists of success. That's my anti-AI stance.
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Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
In happier postings in honour of tonight (& the other half's beloved Seahawks) here's my sketch of the Superb Owl from a couple of years ago
February 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
In happier postings in honour of tonight (& the other half's beloved Seahawks) here's my sketch of the Superb Owl from a couple of years ago
Plus it's not actually a race
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Plus it's not actually a race