Victoria Hayward
@writervh.bsky.social
Writer / Science Fiction / Fantasy / Birds / 🍸
Warhammer 40K Darktide / Black Library Author / Lancaster University Creative Writing Scholarship PhD Student 🌈
All views her own, she/her
https://linktr.ee/WriterVH
Warhammer 40K Darktide / Black Library Author / Lancaster University Creative Writing Scholarship PhD Student 🌈
All views her own, she/her
https://linktr.ee/WriterVH
Watched The Tale of Silyan last night and it's absolutely gorgeous.
Huge recommendation for this beautiful story interwoven with North Macdeonian folklore about nature, love, struggle & a farmer & the injured stork he rescued 🖤
m.youtube.com/watch?v=14xo...
Huge recommendation for this beautiful story interwoven with North Macdeonian folklore about nature, love, struggle & a farmer & the injured stork he rescued 🖤
m.youtube.com/watch?v=14xo...
The Tale of Silyan | Official Trailer | National Geographic Documentary Films
YouTube video by National Geographic
m.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Watched The Tale of Silyan last night and it's absolutely gorgeous.
Huge recommendation for this beautiful story interwoven with North Macdeonian folklore about nature, love, struggle & a farmer & the injured stork he rescued 🖤
m.youtube.com/watch?v=14xo...
Huge recommendation for this beautiful story interwoven with North Macdeonian folklore about nature, love, struggle & a farmer & the injured stork he rescued 🖤
m.youtube.com/watch?v=14xo...
Reposted by Victoria Hayward
Stories in "Our Dust Earth" and "Mmeory" are eligible for Nebula nominations. If you're an #SFWA member and would like a free review copy, get in touch with us (email link at aanpress.com) and we'll be happy to meet your needs. #SFF #sciencefiction
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Stories in "Our Dust Earth" and "Mmeory" are eligible for Nebula nominations. If you're an #SFWA member and would like a free review copy, get in touch with us (email link at aanpress.com) and we'll be happy to meet your needs. #SFF #sciencefiction
Good morrow fellow bulwark admirers!
May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱
May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Good morrow fellow bulwark admirers!
May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱
May your weekend be fortified with rest & relaxation ✨️🧱
Reposted by Victoria Hayward
There’s a Black Library bumper crop on Warhammer TV today, as my guest spot on Battle Report goes live along with a Scribes & Scriveners episode with the unmatchable @squintywitch.bsky.social!
See me play 40K like it was intended—by making weird little sound effects every time my minis do stuff.
See me play 40K like it was intended—by making weird little sound effects every time my minis do stuff.
January 21, 2026 at 1:49 PM
There’s a Black Library bumper crop on Warhammer TV today, as my guest spot on Battle Report goes live along with a Scribes & Scriveners episode with the unmatchable @squintywitch.bsky.social!
See me play 40K like it was intended—by making weird little sound effects every time my minis do stuff.
See me play 40K like it was intended—by making weird little sound effects every time my minis do stuff.
Reposted by Victoria Hayward
Just picked up my first Warhammer read of the year - @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social's Black Library book Demolisher!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just picked up my first Warhammer read of the year - @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social's Black Library book Demolisher!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
It's PLR statement day!
In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤
This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀
In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤
This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀
January 19, 2026 at 11:42 AM
It's PLR statement day!
In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤
This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀
In the UK authors receive payment every time you borrow one of their books from a library 🖤
This includes Warhammer books which you can certainly find if your local library is in Nottingham! 📚💀
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I pulled my personal Trazyn and Orikan models out of the display case at Warhammer World to let them tussle with @princeofbieltan.bsky.social’s beautiful Salamanders army on Battle Report!
Genuinely one of the most fun gaming experiences I’ve ever had. Thanks so much to the entire WarhammerTV team.
Genuinely one of the most fun gaming experiences I’ve ever had. Thanks so much to the entire WarhammerTV team.
January 18, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I pulled my personal Trazyn and Orikan models out of the display case at Warhammer World to let them tussle with @princeofbieltan.bsky.social’s beautiful Salamanders army on Battle Report!
Genuinely one of the most fun gaming experiences I’ve ever had. Thanks so much to the entire WarhammerTV team.
Genuinely one of the most fun gaming experiences I’ve ever had. Thanks so much to the entire WarhammerTV team.
Just picked up my first Warhammer read of the year - @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social's Black Library book Demolisher!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just picked up my first Warhammer read of the year - @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social's Black Library book Demolisher!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
It's a sequel to Steel Tread which I absolutely loved so am excited to crack in!
✨️His✨️Eyelashes*✨️
*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar
*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar
January 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
✨️His✨️Eyelashes*✨️
*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar
*exquisite modified feathers belonging to Leonard the budgerigar
Please enjoy this nuthatch hatching a whole nut 🖤
January 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Please enjoy this nuthatch hatching a whole nut 🖤
Meet Lobelia, a magnificent Eurasian Griffon Vulture at World of Wings in Cumbernauld!
She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).
It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤
She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).
It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Meet Lobelia, a magnificent Eurasian Griffon Vulture at World of Wings in Cumbernauld!
She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).
It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤
She's currently in training & doing very well at not eating people's welly boots (mostly).
It was a pleasure to meet her - she was very boisterous & playful. Vultures are always fabulous & she is especially so 🖤
My New Year read was @adamroberts.bsky.social very clever & very scary Lake of Darkness which gave me the mega creeps by chapter 2 but which I couldn't stop reading.
It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...
It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
My New Year read was @adamroberts.bsky.social very clever & very scary Lake of Darkness which gave me the mega creeps by chapter 2 but which I couldn't stop reading.
It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...
It's beautiful & horrible and I recommend/don't recommend reading it in a remote forest depending or not whether you value sleep...
A brisk and bright start to the New Year aboard a Victorian steamship on Loch Katrine (whisky compulsory, it was gorgeous but very cold! ❄️)
...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️
...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️
January 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A brisk and bright start to the New Year aboard a Victorian steamship on Loch Katrine (whisky compulsory, it was gorgeous but very cold! ❄️)
...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️
...Then home for some writing! 🖤✍️
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Grateful to reflect on a busy author year! ✨️
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Grateful to reflect on a busy author year! ✨️
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
Grateful to reflect on a busy author year! ✨️
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Grateful to reflect on a busy author year! ✨️
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
💀2 x Warhammer anthos
💀 1st translations of my work
💀 Buying Joe Haldeman a drink at WFC
💀 Signing books at Warhammer Tokyo
💀 Working on more Darktide
💀 Deathworlder in 2024's top 10 Black Library books
💀 Year 1 of PhD done
💀 Chatting 40K stories on WHTV
This was my Warhammer festive read - an absolute banger from Dan 🖤
Lovely character work & super evocative. It kept me guessing until the end and chomping through a *lot* of Christmas chocolate as the tension ramped up 😂 🍫
Lovely character work & super evocative. It kept me guessing until the end and chomping through a *lot* of Christmas chocolate as the tension ramped up 😂 🍫
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This was my Warhammer festive read - an absolute banger from Dan 🖤
Lovely character work & super evocative. It kept me guessing until the end and chomping through a *lot* of Christmas chocolate as the tension ramped up 😂 🍫
Lovely character work & super evocative. It kept me guessing until the end and chomping through a *lot* of Christmas chocolate as the tension ramped up 😂 🍫
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
Reposted by Victoria Hayward
i made an illustration for it last year... go read it, great writing
December 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
i made an illustration for it last year... go read it, great writing
Wouldst thou like a grimdark festive tale from a snowy corner of Warhammer?
The Feast of Saint Luthera is available for £2.99 & your coin will buyeth more awful 40K swine than u ever knew u wanted 💀⚙️🐖
❄️
Plus
💀 Ruined castles
💀 spooky jester
💀 Decayed grandeur
💀 Flamboyant, evil king
🐖 Pig eggs
The Feast of Saint Luthera is available for £2.99 & your coin will buyeth more awful 40K swine than u ever knew u wanted 💀⚙️🐖
❄️
Plus
💀 Ruined castles
💀 spooky jester
💀 Decayed grandeur
💀 Flamboyant, evil king
🐖 Pig eggs
Black Library - The Feast Of Saint Luthera (eShort)
www.blacklibrary.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Wouldst thou like a grimdark festive tale from a snowy corner of Warhammer?
The Feast of Saint Luthera is available for £2.99 & your coin will buyeth more awful 40K swine than u ever knew u wanted 💀⚙️🐖
❄️
Plus
💀 Ruined castles
💀 spooky jester
💀 Decayed grandeur
💀 Flamboyant, evil king
🐖 Pig eggs
The Feast of Saint Luthera is available for £2.99 & your coin will buyeth more awful 40K swine than u ever knew u wanted 💀⚙️🐖
❄️
Plus
💀 Ruined castles
💀 spooky jester
💀 Decayed grandeur
💀 Flamboyant, evil king
🐖 Pig eggs
Reposted by Victoria Hayward
On Christmas Eve, I’m back on the Scribes and Scrivners show on Warhammer+, talking about vampires and writing.
More here:
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
More here:
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
December 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On Christmas Eve, I’m back on the Scribes and Scrivners show on Warhammer+, talking about vampires and writing.
More here:
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
More here:
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
PSA - if you're in the Nottingham city centre Warhammer store you can pick up a signed copy of @robertrath.bsky.social's The Fall of Cadia (while supplies last! ;-) ) in the Black Li rary section :-) 🖤
December 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
PSA - if you're in the Nottingham city centre Warhammer store you can pick up a signed copy of @robertrath.bsky.social's The Fall of Cadia (while supplies last! ;-) ) in the Black Li rary section :-) 🖤
December 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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A veritable Exterminatus of Black Library Authors descended upon Warhammer World today!
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A veritable Exterminatus of Black Library Authors descended upon Warhammer World today!
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
A veritable Exterminatus of Black Library Authors descended upon Warhammer World today!
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A veritable Exterminatus of Black Library Authors descended upon Warhammer World today!
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
You may find that a few Black Library books in the store have now been signed ✍️
@notsosilentrobb.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social @robertrath.bsky.social @noahvannguyen.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social
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@writervh.bsky.social just finished Deathworlder. Congratulations, that's the first book that ever made me cry.
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
@writervh.bsky.social just finished Deathworlder. Congratulations, that's the first book that ever made me cry.