sunyi
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~Reader, writer, occasional thinker // multi-award-losing author // rep: Harry Illingworth @harryillingworth.bsky.social
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sunyi
@sunyidean.com
· Oct 6
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
I’ve noticed a lot of Qipao-coded influences in western fashion lately, more than usual. But often they aren’t marketed or labelled as such. That makes me curious—western folks, do you pick up these designs as have that Qipao influence?
If not, how would you think of them or describe them?
If not, how would you think of them or describe them?
December 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I’ve noticed a lot of Qipao-coded influences in western fashion lately, more than usual. But often they aren’t marketed or labelled as such. That makes me curious—western folks, do you pick up these designs as have that Qipao influence?
If not, how would you think of them or describe them?
If not, how would you think of them or describe them?
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91 of 2025 I cannot wait for the rest of the world to get to see what @sunyidean.com has brought to life (and death and life again) in this one. Equal parts rumination on grief and forgiveness and a good old fashioned ghost tale, there’s so much Good going on here. And and and also? A cat named Bao.
December 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
91 of 2025 I cannot wait for the rest of the world to get to see what @sunyidean.com has brought to life (and death and life again) in this one. Equal parts rumination on grief and forgiveness and a good old fashioned ghost tale, there’s so much Good going on here. And and and also? A cat named Bao.
TFW when you take an incredibly weak chapter in your MS and turn it into one of your favorite sections through careful polish and rejigging 😌🤌
there is no drug that compares to that high lmao
there is no drug that compares to that high lmao
December 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
TFW when you take an incredibly weak chapter in your MS and turn it into one of your favorite sections through careful polish and rejigging 😌🤌
there is no drug that compares to that high lmao
there is no drug that compares to that high lmao
Flashback to the time my children created horror beyond comprehension with some gingerbread cookies and a slurry of icing
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Flashback to the time my children created horror beyond comprehension with some gingerbread cookies and a slurry of icing
Lost my phone for a day and a half, and I’m devastated to report that I rewrote two ms chapters and read 3 books as a result 😩
December 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Lost my phone for a day and a half, and I’m devastated to report that I rewrote two ms chapters and read 3 books as a result 😩
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What a better way to start a Monday than with the second part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"?
Second part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
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Second part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
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December 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
What a better way to start a Monday than with the second part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"?
Second part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
Second part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
Finally watching WEAPONS. It is so so so well structured.
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Finally watching WEAPONS. It is so so so well structured.
She looks great, but this social double standard drives me insane. No one would bat an eyelid if she were a man.
And no one is expecting my partner to wear makeup when we get hitched, but loads of people keep baiting death by telling me I’ll look “tired and sick” if I don’t learn to facepaint.
And no one is expecting my partner to wear makeup when we get hitched, but loads of people keep baiting death by telling me I’ll look “tired and sick” if I don’t learn to facepaint.
December 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
She looks great, but this social double standard drives me insane. No one would bat an eyelid if she were a man.
And no one is expecting my partner to wear makeup when we get hitched, but loads of people keep baiting death by telling me I’ll look “tired and sick” if I don’t learn to facepaint.
And no one is expecting my partner to wear makeup when we get hitched, but loads of people keep baiting death by telling me I’ll look “tired and sick” if I don’t learn to facepaint.
Fancy hotel gyms are a nice treat, but I love my small home one the best. Can’t go into a public gym in my pjs with a cup of tea/coffee, and put on Star Trek.
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fancy hotel gyms are a nice treat, but I love my small home one the best. Can’t go into a public gym in my pjs with a cup of tea/coffee, and put on Star Trek.
The Christmas Bonus no one asked for: the epilogue to The Book Eaters, originally found in the Waterstones Special Edition. It’s taken quite a long time to get this sorted, sorry! Freeing up formerly exclusive content isn’t always straightforward 🤓
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EPILOGUE: The Book Eaters — © Sunyi Dean 2025
Bonus Epilogue (as featured in the Waterstones Special Edition)
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December 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Christmas Bonus no one asked for: the epilogue to The Book Eaters, originally found in the Waterstones Special Edition. It’s taken quite a long time to get this sorted, sorry! Freeing up formerly exclusive content isn’t always straightforward 🤓
www.sunyidean.com/bonuscontent...
www.sunyidean.com/bonuscontent...
When watching Pluribus, I keep thinking of this fantastic parable by Anthony De Mello, a Hindu Jesuit priest who died in 2005.
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
When watching Pluribus, I keep thinking of this fantastic parable by Anthony De Mello, a Hindu Jesuit priest who died in 2005.
One of my quiet fears for GWATF is that it sits in this uncomfortable place between current reader groups. There is no spice/romance to catch Romantasy, no true magic to catch the “magic system” readers, and not enough historical content to be true hist fic.
It’s also slow, and second person.
It’s also slow, and second person.
December 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
One of my quiet fears for GWATF is that it sits in this uncomfortable place between current reader groups. There is no spice/romance to catch Romantasy, no true magic to catch the “magic system” readers, and not enough historical content to be true hist fic.
It’s also slow, and second person.
It’s also slow, and second person.
Years of reading about heroines who hate stitching has left me unprepared for how much I enjoy embroidery. It’s such a chill, cathartic little hobby, so different from the martial arts that eats my free time, while still being incredibly grounding. And you get something beautiful at the end of it.
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Years of reading about heroines who hate stitching has left me unprepared for how much I enjoy embroidery. It’s such a chill, cathartic little hobby, so different from the martial arts that eats my free time, while still being incredibly grounding. And you get something beautiful at the end of it.
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So happy of receiving an ARC of one of my most awaited releases of 2026: thanks to @sunyidean.com for this gorgeous copy of The Girl with a Thousand Faces. The Book Eaters already was one of my fav books, and I'm sure this will end in a similar spot.
December 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So happy of receiving an ARC of one of my most awaited releases of 2026: thanks to @sunyidean.com for this gorgeous copy of The Girl with a Thousand Faces. The Book Eaters already was one of my fav books, and I'm sure this will end in a similar spot.
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‘Where do you get your ideas from’ that authors often dread focuses on this misunderstanding. Ideas are easy.
Ideas spring from ideas. Ideas create a more complex ecosystem that prompts the evolution of…
Ideas spring from ideas. Ideas create a more complex ecosystem that prompts the evolution of…
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
‘Where do you get your ideas from’ that authors often dread focuses on this misunderstanding. Ideas are easy.
Ideas spring from ideas. Ideas create a more complex ecosystem that prompts the evolution of…
Ideas spring from ideas. Ideas create a more complex ecosystem that prompts the evolution of…
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
Swung by York to do arc drops for the fantastic Criminally Good Books and had an amazing platter lunch at Valhalla
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Swung by York to do arc drops for the fantastic Criminally Good Books and had an amazing platter lunch at Valhalla
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The news is out!!!! Cannot wait to share my disgusting little book with the world! A huge thanks to the team at @titanbooks.bsky.social for making this happen!
We are delighted to announce that Titan Books will be publishing THE FLESH I WANT by @toddsjordan.bsky.social, a captivating literary body horror about desire, the male gaze, and the gory lengths we will go to satisfy our hunger…
Coming February 2027! 🩸
Coming February 2027! 🩸
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The news is out!!!! Cannot wait to share my disgusting little book with the world! A huge thanks to the team at @titanbooks.bsky.social for making this happen!
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We are delighted to announce that Titan Books will be publishing THE FLESH I WANT by @toddsjordan.bsky.social, a captivating literary body horror about desire, the male gaze, and the gory lengths we will go to satisfy our hunger…
Coming February 2027! 🩸
Coming February 2027! 🩸
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We are delighted to announce that Titan Books will be publishing THE FLESH I WANT by @toddsjordan.bsky.social, a captivating literary body horror about desire, the male gaze, and the gory lengths we will go to satisfy our hunger…
Coming February 2027! 🩸
Coming February 2027! 🩸
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Oh blimey, this book. Like the mad offspring of Iain Banks and Lucy Rose. Grisly, weird Sussex-set body horror. @toddsjordan.bsky.social is one of the most exciting new voices in the genre I've come across in a while. You're going to love this one.
We are delighted to announce that Titan Books will be publishing THE FLESH I WANT by @toddsjordan.bsky.social, a captivating literary body horror about desire, the male gaze, and the gory lengths we will go to satisfy our hunger…
Coming February 2027! 🩸
Coming February 2027! 🩸
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Oh blimey, this book. Like the mad offspring of Iain Banks and Lucy Rose. Grisly, weird Sussex-set body horror. @toddsjordan.bsky.social is one of the most exciting new voices in the genre I've come across in a while. You're going to love this one.
I'm insanely excited that @toddsjordan.bsky.social news is finally public 🙂 THE FLESH I WANT is so, so, so good. Stunning literary voice and creeping, suffocating horror in the heart of 90s rural Britain.
Via @titanbooks.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/rights/titan...
Via @titanbooks.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/rights/titan...
Titan Books acquires Todd S Jordan's 'terrifying literary horror' debut in two-book deal
Titan Books has acquired a "terrifying literary horror" by debut author Todd S Jordan in a two-book deal.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'm insanely excited that @toddsjordan.bsky.social news is finally public 🙂 THE FLESH I WANT is so, so, so good. Stunning literary voice and creeping, suffocating horror in the heart of 90s rural Britain.
Via @titanbooks.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/rights/titan...
Via @titanbooks.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/rights/titan...
The Write Hive mentor reading period ends in six days 👀
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Write Hive mentor reading period ends in six days 👀
Tippin pages landed this morning! Excited and privileged to be doing this once again 🤓
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Tippin pages landed this morning! Excited and privileged to be doing this once again 🤓
One day I’ll learn to write novels without having to do substantial rounds of rewrites and redrafting, over and over
but not today
but not today
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
One day I’ll learn to write novels without having to do substantial rounds of rewrites and redrafting, over and over
but not today
but not today
Kind of want to see Zootopia in cinemas but my kids don’t do animated films and my friends are too adult for such nonsense 🤔
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Kind of want to see Zootopia in cinemas but my kids don’t do animated films and my friends are too adult for such nonsense 🤔