Will Wiles
@willwiles.bsky.social
"The Anechoic Chamber & other weird tales" (Salt) is out now! Author of several novels, most recently "The Last Blade Priest" (Angry Robot), which won best novel at the 2023 Kitschies. Its sequel, "The Dead Man's Empire", coming 2026. He/him
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On 13 November, join me, @justmarvewrites.bsky.social , @stewarthotston.com and @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social at Waterstones Covent Garden for a discussion of religion in epic fantasy! Tickets now on sale! www.waterstones.com/events/kill-...
The boy (13) is doing gothic literature in English and has to write a gothic story. This has several promising elements - burning abbey, nuns, senseless murder - "but," he says, "I keep worrying it's turning into a comedy." So begins the most important lesson of the gothic.
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The boy (13) is doing gothic literature in English and has to write a gothic story. This has several promising elements - burning abbey, nuns, senseless murder - "but," he says, "I keep worrying it's turning into a comedy." So begins the most important lesson of the gothic.
This is Thursday! Join us! Joooooin uuuuus
The BFS and Waterstones Covent Gdn is excited to bring you Kill the Gods: Epic Fantasy Religion on Thursday 13th November at 6pm.
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfswatgod
@stewarthotston.com @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @justmarvewrites.bsky.social @willwiles.bsky.social
Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfswatgod
@stewarthotston.com @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @justmarvewrites.bsky.social @willwiles.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is Thursday! Join us! Joooooin uuuuus
Taking psychoactive mushrooms and thinking you're immortal, eh? Someone should write an epic fantasy series about why that's a bad idea
Over on X, the weird life extension guy just did a heroic dose of magic mushrooms (5g), and someone is live tweeting it for him.
Clearly someone misguided him along the way, though, because he seems to be under the impression he’s peaked after just one hour.
Bad news for you, buddy…
Clearly someone misguided him along the way, though, because he seems to be under the impression he’s peaked after just one hour.
Bad news for you, buddy…
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Taking psychoactive mushrooms and thinking you're immortal, eh? Someone should write an epic fantasy series about why that's a bad idea
But if Dr Frankenstein is supposed to be the *real* monster then why is the book called "Frankenstein's Monster" eh answer me that
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
But if Dr Frankenstein is supposed to be the *real* monster then why is the book called "Frankenstein's Monster" eh answer me that
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Remembering William Hope Hodgson, author of 'The House on the Borderland', 'The Night Land' and other celebrated works of weird fiction. Killed in action at the Fourth Battle of Ypres on 19th April 1918, aged 40.
#RemembranceSunday
#RemembranceSunday
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Remembering William Hope Hodgson, author of 'The House on the Borderland', 'The Night Land' and other celebrated works of weird fiction. Killed in action at the Fourth Battle of Ypres on 19th April 1918, aged 40.
#RemembranceSunday
#RemembranceSunday
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Kill the Gods: Marvellous Michael Anson, Stew Hotson, Anna Smith Spark and WP Wiles in conversation with Alexandra Beaumont | Events at Waterstones Bookshops share.google/yoVXxRescCJh...
Kill the Gods: Marvellous Michael Anson, Stew Hotson, Anna Smith Spark and WP Wiles in conversation with Alexandra Beaumont | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Kill the Gods: Marvellous Michael Anson, Stew Hotson, Anna Smith Spark and WP Wiles in...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Kill the Gods: Marvellous Michael Anson, Stew Hotson, Anna Smith Spark and WP Wiles in conversation with Alexandra Beaumont | Events at Waterstones Bookshops share.google/yoVXxRescCJh...
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Kill the Gods: Epic Fantasy and Religion. Alexandra Beaumont, Marvellous Michael Anson, Stew Hotson and Will Wiles in conversation.
Waterstones Covent Garden, Thursday 17th November, 6pm.
Waterstones Covent Garden, Thursday 17th November, 6pm.
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Kill the Gods: Epic Fantasy and Religion. Alexandra Beaumont, Marvellous Michael Anson, Stew Hotson and Will Wiles in conversation.
Waterstones Covent Garden, Thursday 17th November, 6pm.
Waterstones Covent Garden, Thursday 17th November, 6pm.
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New #Shelfies alert! This week, it's @willwiles.bsky.social on the agony of choosing a shelf!
Shelfies #61: Will Wiles
I’ve been agonising over what shelf to share with you far longer than any reasonable human being should, and it’s ridiculous.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New #Shelfies alert! This week, it's @willwiles.bsky.social on the agony of choosing a shelf!
Come to this great event next week! Now with added @annasmithspark.bsky.social ! Doctors do recommend five @britfantasysoc.bsky.social authors a day
Kill the Gods: Epic Fantasy Religion - @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social in conversation with @annasmithspark.bsky.social , @justmarvewrites.bsky.social, @willwiles.bsky.social and me. 6pm, Waterstones Covent Garden, 13th November
#SciFi #London @waterstones.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
#SciFi #London @waterstones.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Come to this great event next week! Now with added @annasmithspark.bsky.social ! Doctors do recommend five @britfantasysoc.bsky.social authors a day
A last shout for my Apollo piece on the demolition of the East Wing and the coming Trump ballroom, the third of a loose trilogy of pieces on Trump and classical architecture ...
‘The heavily gilded renderings of ballroom interior owe far more to the baroque, even the rococo, than to Thomas Jefferson. It sits on the city limits between Las Vegas and St Petersburg. It is, quite simply, not the sort of thing democracies build.’
— Will Wiles on the White House
— Will Wiles on the White House
So, goodbye East Wing. What’s next for the West Wing?
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble, writes Will Wiles
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November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A last shout for my Apollo piece on the demolition of the East Wing and the coming Trump ballroom, the third of a loose trilogy of pieces on Trump and classical architecture ...
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Once adopted their win was an absolute lock (will get my coat etc)
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Once adopted their win was an absolute lock (will get my coat etc)
At last the American left has taken my advice and taken its graphic design from Britain's traditional canal boats. And see how it immediately starts winning, attributable to this one factor alone.
Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
At last the American left has taken my advice and taken its graphic design from Britain's traditional canal boats. And see how it immediately starts winning, attributable to this one factor alone.
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‘The heavily gilded renderings of ballroom interior owe far more to the baroque, even the rococo, than to Thomas Jefferson. It sits on the city limits between Las Vegas and St Petersburg. It is, quite simply, not the sort of thing democracies build.’
— Will Wiles on the White House
— Will Wiles on the White House
So, goodbye East Wing. What’s next for the West Wing?
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble, writes Will Wiles
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
‘The heavily gilded renderings of ballroom interior owe far more to the baroque, even the rococo, than to Thomas Jefferson. It sits on the city limits between Las Vegas and St Petersburg. It is, quite simply, not the sort of thing democracies build.’
— Will Wiles on the White House
— Will Wiles on the White House
Be sure to flush your brain tonight (and every night)
During sleep, your brain cleans itself by flushing through cerebrospinal fluid to prevent damage to brain cells. If you're lacking in sleep, this happens when you are awake – and seems to cause momentary lapses in attention
Can't focus after a bad night's sleep? Your dirty brain is to blame
During sleep, your brain cleans itself by flushing through cerebrospinal fluid to prevent damage to brain cells. If you're lacking in sleep, this happens when you are awake – and seems to cause momentary lapses in attention
www.newscientist.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Be sure to flush your brain tonight (and every night)
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Like a phoenix the flamingo rises…
Open for bookings soon.
It’s a stay like no other.
7 nights in the squalid life of a dishwasher.
With no life.
And no foreskin.
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
Open for bookings soon.
It’s a stay like no other.
7 nights in the squalid life of a dishwasher.
With no life.
And no foreskin.
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
Oh… some news from Badger HQ - we’ve pressed CTRL+P to get a small run of the brilliant ‘Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel’ by @drewgum.bsky.social back in print!!
A book this good deserves to be available, and will hopefully serve as a springboard for new titles in 2026!! 🤞🏼
A book this good deserves to be available, and will hopefully serve as a springboard for new titles in 2026!! 🤞🏼
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Like a phoenix the flamingo rises…
Open for bookings soon.
It’s a stay like no other.
7 nights in the squalid life of a dishwasher.
With no life.
And no foreskin.
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
Open for bookings soon.
It’s a stay like no other.
7 nights in the squalid life of a dishwasher.
With no life.
And no foreskin.
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
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Loved this. Highly recommended
Traditional witch bottles also make an appearance in "Deeds", my tale of a property industry marketing executive turning to the occult, included in "The Anechoic Chamber" with eight other weird and spooky tales share.google/xus5n9QFRgyV...
The Anechoic Chamber, Will Wiles
A debut collection of weird tales from Will Wiles, author of 'Care of Wooden Floors', 'The Way Inn' and 'Plume'.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Loved this. Highly recommended
Carving pumpkins is a bit messy so I'm making traditional witch bottles with the kids
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Carving pumpkins is a bit messy so I'm making traditional witch bottles with the kids
On the East Wing and the coming ballroom, which is more Tsarskoye Selo than Monticello (a line I thought of too late to put in the piece)
‘The demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex in St Louis in 1972 marked the point at which a hidden process, the ebbing of confidence, became spectacular. And so it is with the East Wing.’
Will Wiles finds the symbolism of recent events almost too on-the-nose
Will Wiles finds the symbolism of recent events almost too on-the-nose
So, goodbye East Wing. What’s next for the West Wing?
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble, writes Will Wiles
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
On the East Wing and the coming ballroom, which is more Tsarskoye Selo than Monticello (a line I thought of too late to put in the piece)
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The dissolution of certainties about US power now has its perfect visual emblem in the form of bulldozers reducing the East Wing to rubble. @willwiles.bsky.social considers what lies ahead for the White House and looks back at another spectacular demolition marking the end of an era buff.ly/2ikkJLf
So, goodbye East Wing. What lies in store for the West Wing?
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble, writes Will Wiles
apollo-magazine.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The dissolution of certainties about US power now has its perfect visual emblem in the form of bulldozers reducing the East Wing to rubble. @willwiles.bsky.social considers what lies ahead for the White House and looks back at another spectacular demolition marking the end of an era buff.ly/2ikkJLf
A WhatsApp notification from your nextdoor neighbour while you're on holiday
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as acid reflux
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A WhatsApp notification from your nextdoor neighbour while you're on holiday
On the demolition of the East Wing and the USA's recrudescent belly-rubbing wahoo-yahoo architectural rampage
The dissolution of certainties about US power now has its perfect visual emblem in the form of bulldozers reducing the East Wing to rubble. @willwiles.bsky.social considers what lies ahead for the White House and looks back at another spectacular demolition marking the end of an era buff.ly/2ikkJLf
So, goodbye East Wing. What lies in store for the West Wing?
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble, writes Will Wiles
apollo-magazine.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
On the demolition of the East Wing and the USA's recrudescent belly-rubbing wahoo-yahoo architectural rampage
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Yesterday was a great day of reading. Read comic story collection Short Sword by @willtempest.bsky.social; novella The Carrying Capacity of Paradise by Deborah L. Davitt from @lunapress.bsky.social; and finished The Anechoic Chamber short story collection by @willwiles.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Yesterday was a great day of reading. Read comic story collection Short Sword by @willtempest.bsky.social; novella The Carrying Capacity of Paradise by Deborah L. Davitt from @lunapress.bsky.social; and finished The Anechoic Chamber short story collection by @willwiles.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
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Science fiction is like sex - of you don't know any women who like it, that reveals more about you than them.
October 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Science fiction is like sex - of you don't know any women who like it, that reveals more about you than them.
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Here’s fun: just bought this old painting from a charity shop as I liked the style & pensive expression.
After I paid, the lady at the till told me the person who donated it said they think it’s is maybe of the guy those books by the door are about.
As I left, I looked at the books: it’s John Buchan
After I paid, the lady at the till told me the person who donated it said they think it’s is maybe of the guy those books by the door are about.
As I left, I looked at the books: it’s John Buchan
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Here’s fun: just bought this old painting from a charity shop as I liked the style & pensive expression.
After I paid, the lady at the till told me the person who donated it said they think it’s is maybe of the guy those books by the door are about.
As I left, I looked at the books: it’s John Buchan
After I paid, the lady at the till told me the person who donated it said they think it’s is maybe of the guy those books by the door are about.
As I left, I looked at the books: it’s John Buchan
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This is deranged and dangerous from the Conservatives, and similarly from Reform. If they could enact it, it would rip British society apart, destroy the economy & NHS, & make the UK an international pariah. Every decent politician & political journalist/commentator needs to push back hard.
The draft legislation is crackers. It would fail immediately if we stayed in the ECHR but it disappears the human rights act. if passed after that it would involve mandatory loss of ILR for up to 400,000 people + refusal of 2-3 million others, though without no credible means to identify or remove
Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This is deranged and dangerous from the Conservatives, and similarly from Reform. If they could enact it, it would rip British society apart, destroy the economy & NHS, & make the UK an international pariah. Every decent politician & political journalist/commentator needs to push back hard.