Andrew Knighton
@aknighton.bsky.social
Writer of sff + comics.
Rearranging words for a living since 2013.
he/him
Mailing list: https://eepurl.com/Zviqn
The Executioner's Blade: https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/the-executioner-s-blade-paperback
Also found at andrewknighton.com
Rearranging words for a living since 2013.
he/him
Mailing list: https://eepurl.com/Zviqn
The Executioner's Blade: https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/the-executioner-s-blade-paperback
Also found at andrewknighton.com
Making curtains from scratch for the first time. I've made costume before, so this should be easy, right?
Right?
Right?
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Making curtains from scratch for the first time. I've made costume before, so this should be easy, right?
Right?
Right?
And this on practising as an apprentice:
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
And this on practising as an apprentice:
This is good on the main tool of the trade:
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is good on the main tool of the trade:
On a quick skim through, this seems like the most relevant bit from Harrington:
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
On a quick skim through, this seems like the most relevant bit from Harrington:
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
Walking a Wounded Land opens with…
Walking a Wounded Land opens with…
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
Walking a Wounded Land opens with…
Walking a Wounded Land opens with…
My book haul from World Fantasy. Almost crippled myself lugging them all home, but it'll be worth it. There's so much great genre fiction right now, & such a wide variety.
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My book haul from World Fantasy. Almost crippled myself lugging them all home, but it'll be worth it. There's so much great genre fiction right now, & such a wide variety.
Ghosts linger amid the fields of England, waiting to be summoned by passing feet. As a walker faces the spectres of his own grief, he's drawn into a struggle between the paths connecting us & the boundaries that cut us apart, in Walking a Wounded Land.
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...
November 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ghosts linger amid the fields of England, waiting to be summoned by passing feet. As a walker faces the spectres of his own grief, he's drawn into a struggle between the paths connecting us & the boundaries that cut us apart, in Walking a Wounded Land.
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...
Brighton beach under moonlight. The whole weekend would have been justified by this view alone.
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Brighton beach under moonlight. The whole weekend would have been justified by this view alone.
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a Spider does.
Brighton bound for fantasy,
But first it's time for coffee.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a Spider does.
Brighton bound for fantasy,
But first it's time for coffee.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a Spider does.
Brighton bound for fantasy,
But first it's time for coffee.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a Spider does.
Brighton bound for fantasy,
But first it's time for coffee.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Only a few days to go until his book is out, with novellas by me & @r-emrys.bsky.social. If you're at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social come to the @wtpress.bsky.social booklaunch on Saturday to see it in the paper, or get your preorders in over here
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Only a few days to go until his book is out, with novellas by me & @r-emrys.bsky.social. If you're at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social come to the @wtpress.bsky.social booklaunch on Saturday to see it in the paper, or get your preorders in over here
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...
wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...
I have been blessed with an intervention from the god of laps & purring.
October 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I have been blessed with an intervention from the god of laps & purring.
And this is what I'm on the rails for this time, if you're over in the northwest why not come along...
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
And this is what I'm on the rails for this time, if you're over in the northwest why not come along...
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
Got a BFS event
Sure it will be excellent.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a spider does.
Got a BFS event
Sure it will be excellent.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
Got a BFS event
Sure it will be excellent.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a spider does.
Got a BFS event
Sure it will be excellent.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
I did the work that felt like pulling teeth, & the universe rewarded me - a near complete run of Robinson and Harris's Starman from a local charity shop.
20 years ago, this book taught me the joys of legacy superheroes & goofy old DC characters. Can't wait to read it again.
20 years ago, this book taught me the joys of legacy superheroes & goofy old DC characters. Can't wait to read it again.
October 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I did the work that felt like pulling teeth, & the universe rewarded me - a near complete run of Robinson and Harris's Starman from a local charity shop.
20 years ago, this book taught me the joys of legacy superheroes & goofy old DC characters. Can't wait to read it again.
20 years ago, this book taught me the joys of legacy superheroes & goofy old DC characters. Can't wait to read it again.
...There is no lesson to this story. It ought to be "don't get a cat", but how could anyone say that to this face?
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
...There is no lesson to this story. It ought to be "don't get a cat", but how could anyone say that to this face?
Spidermug Spidermug,
Does whatever a Spider does.
Off for a day of critique,
Hope the feedback's not too bleak.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a Spider does.
Off for a day of critique,
Hope the feedback's not too bleak.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
October 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Spidermug Spidermug,
Does whatever a Spider does.
Off for a day of critique,
Hope the feedback's not too bleak.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a Spider does.
Off for a day of critique,
Hope the feedback's not too bleak.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Humber on the train
To talk about books again.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Humber on the train
To talk about books again.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
October 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Humber on the train
To talk about books again.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Humber on the train
To talk about books again.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
My weekend so far - interviewing @caimhmc.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones, marching in support of immigrants with the Prof (and 3000 other Leeds folks), and tackling our first potato harvest. Time very well spent.
October 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My weekend so far - interviewing @caimhmc.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones, marching in support of immigrants with the Prof (and 3000 other Leeds folks), and tackling our first potato harvest. Time very well spent.
I'm heading down to Beverley in a couple of weeks to talk to the Humber SFF group about my books. If you're in the area & like big fantasy stories about dragons, murder, & characters kicking against the system, then please come along.
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I'm heading down to Beverley in a couple of weeks to talk to the Humber SFF group about my books. If you're in the area & like big fantasy stories about dragons, murder, & characters kicking against the system, then please come along.
Spooky doesn't think I should get back to my desk, and I can't disagree.
September 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Spooky doesn't think I should get back to my desk, and I can't disagree.
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
All the trains south are delayed,
Will he reach Sheffield today?
Look out, here comes Spidermug! (hopefully)
Does whatever a spider does.
All the trains south are delayed,
Will he reach Sheffield today?
Look out, here comes Spidermug! (hopefully)
September 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
All the trains south are delayed,
Will he reach Sheffield today?
Look out, here comes Spidermug! (hopefully)
Does whatever a spider does.
All the trains south are delayed,
Will he reach Sheffield today?
Look out, here comes Spidermug! (hopefully)
Share your favourite black and white movie.
It was either this or Casablanca, & we've had plenty of La Marseillaise chatter recently, so here's something French instead.
It was either this or Casablanca, & we've had plenty of La Marseillaise chatter recently, so here's something French instead.
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Share your favourite black and white movie.
It was either this or Casablanca, & we've had plenty of La Marseillaise chatter recently, so here's something French instead.
It was either this or Casablanca, & we've had plenty of La Marseillaise chatter recently, so here's something French instead.
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Edge-Lit for the day,
Hear what authors have to say.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Edge-Lit for the day,
Hear what authors have to say.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
September 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Edge-Lit for the day,
Hear what authors have to say.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Edge-Lit for the day,
Hear what authors have to say.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
Want to know more about sff writing & publishing? Join me, @keithwdickinson.bsky.social, @emmasternerradley.bsky.social & @northodoxpress.bsky.social at Urmston Books on 22 October for an evening discussing paths to publication, courtesy of @alethearlyons.bsky.social & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Want to know more about sff writing & publishing? Join me, @keithwdickinson.bsky.social, @emmasternerradley.bsky.social & @northodoxpress.bsky.social at Urmston Books on 22 October for an evening discussing paths to publication, courtesy of @alethearlyons.bsky.social & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
I have found my new politics.
September 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I have found my new politics.