Michael @ Track of Words
@trackofwords.bsky.social
He/him. SFF author interviews, articles and occasional book reviews.
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GODSTORM by @greensolitaire.bsky.social is out now from @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social. Check out this 'Behind the Scene' post for an excerpt of chapter 2 & Solitaire's commentary setting the scene for what to expect from this Roman Empire-inspired Fantasy debut!
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Behind the Scene: Godstorm by Solitaire Townsend
Hello and welcome to this Behind the Scene post here on Track of Words, and welcome too to author Solitaire Townsend, whose debut Fantasy novel Godstorm is out now from Bedford Square Publishers! F…
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January 26, 2026 at 10:06 AM
GODSTORM by @greensolitaire.bsky.social is out now from @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social. Check out this 'Behind the Scene' post for an excerpt of chapter 2 & Solitaire's commentary setting the scene for what to expect from this Roman Empire-inspired Fantasy debut!
www.trackofwords.com/2026/01/26/b...
www.trackofwords.com/2026/01/26/b...
GODSTORM by @greensolitaire.bsky.social is out now from @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social. Check out this 'Behind the Scene' post for an excerpt of chapter 2 & Solitaire's commentary setting the scene for what to expect from this Roman Empire-inspired Fantasy debut!
www.trackofwords.com/2026/01/26/b...
www.trackofwords.com/2026/01/26/b...
Behind the Scene: Godstorm by Solitaire Townsend
Hello and welcome to this Behind the Scene post here on Track of Words, and welcome too to author Solitaire Townsend, whose debut Fantasy novel Godstorm is out now from Bedford Square Publishers! F…
www.trackofwords.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:06 AM
GODSTORM by @greensolitaire.bsky.social is out now from @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social. Check out this 'Behind the Scene' post for an excerpt of chapter 2 & Solitaire's commentary setting the scene for what to expect from this Roman Empire-inspired Fantasy debut!
www.trackofwords.com/2026/01/26/b...
www.trackofwords.com/2026/01/26/b...
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"If you were only ever going to read one @grahammcneill.bsky.social novel, it would surely be Storm of Iron. Not because it’s necessarily his best-written book, but because it just captures the feel of 40k so perfectly." - @trackofwords.bsky.social
BIG CONGRATS!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
BIG CONGRATS!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
December 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"If you were only ever going to read one @grahammcneill.bsky.social novel, it would surely be Storm of Iron. Not because it’s necessarily his best-written book, but because it just captures the feel of 40k so perfectly." - @trackofwords.bsky.social
BIG CONGRATS!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
BIG CONGRATS!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
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Black Library Readers' Hall of Fame featured inductee:
Inquisitor, by Ian Watson
“For all of its oddities which don’t quite fit in with 40k as we now know it, there’s just so much in here that went on to become fundamental..." @trackofwords.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BlackLibrary #WRHoF #BookSky
Inquisitor, by Ian Watson
“For all of its oddities which don’t quite fit in with 40k as we now know it, there’s just so much in here that went on to become fundamental..." @trackofwords.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BlackLibrary #WRHoF #BookSky
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Black Library Readers' Hall of Fame featured inductee:
Inquisitor, by Ian Watson
“For all of its oddities which don’t quite fit in with 40k as we now know it, there’s just so much in here that went on to become fundamental..." @trackofwords.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BlackLibrary #WRHoF #BookSky
Inquisitor, by Ian Watson
“For all of its oddities which don’t quite fit in with 40k as we now know it, there’s just so much in here that went on to become fundamental..." @trackofwords.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BlackLibrary #WRHoF #BookSky
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Folks getting a mention this week further include:
Tea & Sanctuary Podcast, @aptshadow.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social Secret Passages, @trackofwords.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com @locusmag.bsky.social @gavthorpe.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
Tea & Sanctuary Podcast, @aptshadow.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social Secret Passages, @trackofwords.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com @locusmag.bsky.social @gavthorpe.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
Today in Black Library weekly, Jay looks at a thankfully-light announcement slate from the past week and shares a six pack with John French!
Black Library Weekly: There’s No Presents, Not This Christmas
Today in Black Library weekly, Jay looks at a thankfully-light announcement slate from the past week and shares a six pack with John French!
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December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Folks getting a mention this week further include:
Tea & Sanctuary Podcast, @aptshadow.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social Secret Passages, @trackofwords.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com @locusmag.bsky.social @gavthorpe.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
Tea & Sanctuary Podcast, @aptshadow.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social Secret Passages, @trackofwords.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com @locusmag.bsky.social @gavthorpe.bsky.social
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
This is the first year for a long time that I haven't done a Track of Words Advent Calendar, which is a bit sad, but you know what I've just realised? It's also the first year in over a DECADE that there's no #BlackLibrary Advent Calendar! I feel like that says a lot...
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is the first year for a long time that I haven't done a Track of Words Advent Calendar, which is a bit sad, but you know what I've just realised? It's also the first year in over a DECADE that there's no #BlackLibrary Advent Calendar! I feel like that says a lot...
BTW, out of the 5 I've read it's a pretty clear choice for me - my vote goes to GROTSNIK: DA MAD DOK by Denny Flowers! Absolutely brilliant book.
The last few years I've really fallen behind on reading new #BlackLibrary books, but this year has taken the biscuit! Out of 29 books on the 'book of the year' list, I've read a whopping...five.
I've got some catching up to do...
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I've got some catching up to do...
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Vote for your favourite Black Library book of 2025
May the best book win.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
BTW, out of the 5 I've read it's a pretty clear choice for me - my vote goes to GROTSNIK: DA MAD DOK by Denny Flowers! Absolutely brilliant book.
The last few years I've really fallen behind on reading new #BlackLibrary books, but this year has taken the biscuit! Out of 29 books on the 'book of the year' list, I've read a whopping...five.
I've got some catching up to do...
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
I've got some catching up to do...
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
Vote for your favourite Black Library book of 2025
May the best book win.
www.warhammer-community.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The last few years I've really fallen behind on reading new #BlackLibrary books, but this year has taken the biscuit! Out of 29 books on the 'book of the year' list, I've read a whopping...five.
I've got some catching up to do...
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I've got some catching up to do...
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
SECRET PASSAGES #3 is live on Kickstarter - go check it out! I've got a review in this one, looking back once again to one of the first #Warhammer books I ever read. I still love it, but it has a very different feel now than when I first read it!
Looks like another fantastic issue all told...
Looks like another fantastic issue all told...
Secret Passages #3 is now live on Kickstarter, and I'm THRILLED to be joined by @jordansorcery.bsky.social for A Regrettable Mystery of Pyrates, a swashbuckling cosmic horror adventure oozing early #WFRP vibes.
Throw it some dubloons at www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
#ttrpg #oldhammer
Throw it some dubloons at www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
#ttrpg #oldhammer
Secret Passages #3: An Old School RPG and Oldhammer Magazine
Packed with interviews and illustrations, this is the third issue of a new zine exploring the tabletop games that raised us.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
SECRET PASSAGES #3 is live on Kickstarter - go check it out! I've got a review in this one, looking back once again to one of the first #Warhammer books I ever read. I still love it, but it has a very different feel now than when I first read it!
Looks like another fantastic issue all told...
Looks like another fantastic issue all told...
I’ve had STEEL TREAD on my shelf for ages, and *finally* picked it up a couple of days ago. Blasted through it in no time - loved it! Just confirms something I’ve thought for a while: that the ‘Astra Militarum’ series is easily the most consistently excellent #BlackLibrary series going right now.
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’ve had STEEL TREAD on my shelf for ages, and *finally* picked it up a couple of days ago. Blasted through it in no time - loved it! Just confirms something I’ve thought for a while: that the ‘Astra Militarum’ series is easily the most consistently excellent #BlackLibrary series going right now.
The first round of Goonhammer's #BlackLibrary Readers' Hall of Fame is over, and the votes have been tallied. The inductees are:
DRACHENFELS by Kim Newman
INQUISITOR by Ian Watson
SPACE MARINE by Ian Watson
All excellent choices! What did you vote for?
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DRACHENFELS by Kim Newman
INQUISITOR by Ian Watson
SPACE MARINE by Ian Watson
All excellent choices! What did you vote for?
www.goonhammer.com/the-black-li...
The Black Library Readers’ Hall of Fame: Class of 1989-1998
The Black Library Fan Hall of Fame is here to perform its first inductions, from the early period (1989-1998) of Black Library publication!
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November 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The first round of Goonhammer's #BlackLibrary Readers' Hall of Fame is over, and the votes have been tallied. The inductees are:
DRACHENFELS by Kim Newman
INQUISITOR by Ian Watson
SPACE MARINE by Ian Watson
All excellent choices! What did you vote for?
www.goonhammer.com/the-black-li...
DRACHENFELS by Kim Newman
INQUISITOR by Ian Watson
SPACE MARINE by Ian Watson
All excellent choices! What did you vote for?
www.goonhammer.com/the-black-li...
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Another step closer towards the audio drama adaption of my novelette, The Coronet, being completed — another round of edits nearly done, along with the casting audition sheets.
As ever, grateful to @trackofwords.bsky.social and @storiesalt.bsky.social for their input!
As ever, grateful to @trackofwords.bsky.social and @storiesalt.bsky.social for their input!
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Another step closer towards the audio drama adaption of my novelette, The Coronet, being completed — another round of edits nearly done, along with the casting audition sheets.
As ever, grateful to @trackofwords.bsky.social and @storiesalt.bsky.social for their input!
As ever, grateful to @trackofwords.bsky.social and @storiesalt.bsky.social for their input!
I wonder what this could mean? 🤔
2026. Sign up at hawberkpress.com to be the first to know.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I wonder what this could mean? 🤔
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LAST DAY to vote on the first round of books, folks! If you haven't yet, come help kick off the Black Library Readers' Hall of Fame in epic fashion. The turnout and engagement has already well exceeded what I'd hoped, thanks to all who have participated!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
The #BlackLibrary Readers' Hall of Fame has kicked off over at Goonhammer, and YOU can have your say in which books are inducted! The first round is all about novels published pre-'99, so we're talking serious old-school vibes. Check it out and get voting!
www.goonhammer.com/announcing-t...
www.goonhammer.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Black Library Readers’ Hall of Fame
One of the most common questions asked in the various Black Library reader communities is, “What are the best Warhammer books ever written?” New readers ask this as they try to get a se…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
LAST DAY to vote on the first round of books, folks! If you haven't yet, come help kick off the Black Library Readers' Hall of Fame in epic fashion. The turnout and engagement has already well exceeded what I'd hoped, thanks to all who have participated!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
#BlackLibrary fans, have you voted? This first round closes at the weekend, so there's not long left!
The #BlackLibrary Readers' Hall of Fame has kicked off over at Goonhammer, and YOU can have your say in which books are inducted! The first round is all about novels published pre-'99, so we're talking serious old-school vibes. Check it out and get voting!
www.goonhammer.com/announcing-t...
www.goonhammer.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Black Library Readers’ Hall of Fame
One of the most common questions asked in the various Black Library reader communities is, “What are the best Warhammer books ever written?” New readers ask this as they try to get a se…
www.goonhammer.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#BlackLibrary fans, have you voted? This first round closes at the weekend, so there's not long left!
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THE BLACKFIRE BLADE by @jamesloganauthor.bsky.social, book 2 in the LAST LEGACY series & sequel to THE SILVERBLOOD PROMISE, is out tomorrow from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social! To celebrate, I'm delighted to have an annotated excerpt exploring how James has expanded the setting for this 2nd instalment.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
THE BLACKFIRE BLADE by @jamesloganauthor.bsky.social, book 2 in the LAST LEGACY series & sequel to THE SILVERBLOOD PROMISE, is out tomorrow from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social! To celebrate, I'm delighted to have an annotated excerpt exploring how James has expanded the setting for this 2nd instalment.
THE BLACKFIRE BLADE by @jamesloganauthor.bsky.social, book 2 in the LAST LEGACY series & sequel to THE SILVERBLOOD PROMISE, is out tomorrow from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social! To celebrate, I'm delighted to have an annotated excerpt exploring how James has expanded the setting for this 2nd instalment.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
THE BLACKFIRE BLADE by @jamesloganauthor.bsky.social, book 2 in the LAST LEGACY series & sequel to THE SILVERBLOOD PROMISE, is out tomorrow from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social! To celebrate, I'm delighted to have an annotated excerpt exploring how James has expanded the setting for this 2nd instalment.
The #BlackLibrary Readers' Hall of Fame has kicked off over at Goonhammer, and YOU can have your say in which books are inducted! The first round is all about novels published pre-'99, so we're talking serious old-school vibes. Check it out and get voting!
www.goonhammer.com/announcing-t...
www.goonhammer.com/announcing-t...
Announcing the Black Library Readers’ Hall of Fame
One of the most common questions asked in the various Black Library reader communities is, “What are the best Warhammer books ever written?” New readers ask this as they try to get a se…
www.goonhammer.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The #BlackLibrary Readers' Hall of Fame has kicked off over at Goonhammer, and YOU can have your say in which books are inducted! The first round is all about novels published pre-'99, so we're talking serious old-school vibes. Check it out and get voting!
www.goonhammer.com/announcing-t...
www.goonhammer.com/announcing-t...
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WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by @catamaroon.bsky.social is out now in hardback from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social and it's wonderful! I absolutely loved it so I was thrilled to be able to interview E.J. about this brilliant speculative story of rewilding, climate change and hope for a sustainable future.
October 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by @catamaroon.bsky.social is out now in hardback from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social and it's wonderful! I absolutely loved it so I was thrilled to be able to interview E.J. about this brilliant speculative story of rewilding, climate change and hope for a sustainable future.
WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by @catamaroon.bsky.social is out now in hardback from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social and it's wonderful! I absolutely loved it so I was thrilled to be able to interview E.J. about this brilliant speculative story of rewilding, climate change and hope for a sustainable future.
October 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by @catamaroon.bsky.social is out now in hardback from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social and it's wonderful! I absolutely loved it so I was thrilled to be able to interview E.J. about this brilliant speculative story of rewilding, climate change and hope for a sustainable future.
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As someone asked me earler for a list of the Silver Skulls stories, I remembered this lovely article by @trackofwords.bsky.social and thought I'd share it again.
www.trackofwords.com/2021/03/12/4...
www.trackofwords.com/2021/03/12/4...
40k Reading Order: Silver Skulls – Sarah Cawkwell
Welcome to this 40k Reading Order article, the first of many where I’ll be taking a look at a range of Black Library series and providing recommended orders in which to read the various stories …
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September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As someone asked me earler for a list of the Silver Skulls stories, I remembered this lovely article by @trackofwords.bsky.social and thought I'd share it again.
www.trackofwords.com/2021/03/12/4...
www.trackofwords.com/2021/03/12/4...
I’ve not been online much recently, but I’ve still been chipping away with my reading. Here are my two current reads - very different books, but both fascinating in their own rights!
What have you been reading lately?
What have you been reading lately?
September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I’ve not been online much recently, but I’ve still been chipping away with my reading. Here are my two current reads - very different books, but both fascinating in their own rights!
What have you been reading lately?
What have you been reading lately?
So this is happening, and it's super exciting! Lots of really cool things in the pipeline at the moment. More information as and when...
👑 I’m excited to announce that my King in Yellow-inspired novelette — The Coronet — is being adapted into an audio drama, working with long time friend and editor @trackofwords.bsky.social and @storiesalt.bsky.social as part of a much larger, to be announced project…
I cannot wait to unleash this!
I cannot wait to unleash this!
September 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So this is happening, and it's super exciting! Lots of really cool things in the pipeline at the moment. More information as and when...
I’ve been meaning to read THE KING IN YELLOW for ages, and now I’m finally taking the plunge. One story in and it’s a *wild* ride! Anyone else a fan of this one?
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I’ve been meaning to read THE KING IN YELLOW for ages, and now I’m finally taking the plunge. One story in and it’s a *wild* ride! Anyone else a fan of this one?
Just found out there's a Humble Bundle available at the moment (in the UK, at least) with the whole MURDERBOT DIARIES series alongside a bunch of other Martha Wells books! If you haven't got into Murderbot yet, get on this right away!
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
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August 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Just found out there's a Humble Bundle available at the moment (in the UK, at least) with the whole MURDERBOT DIARIES series alongside a bunch of other Martha Wells books! If you haven't got into Murderbot yet, get on this right away!
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...