Mark A. Latham
@markalatham.bsky.social
Writer (THE LAST VIGILANT). Award-winning TTG designer (Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms). Scriptwriter (Darktide; Total War: Warhammer). Former White Dwarf magazine editor. Rep'd by @JennieGoloboy.bsky.social. Website: mark-latham.com
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Mark A. Latham
@markalatham.bsky.social
· Jul 21
As war approaches and an old enemy stirs, only an outcast soldier and the last member of a near-mythical order stand against the rising darkness.
THE LAST VIGILANT is out now!
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#TheLastVigilant #EpicFantasy #MysteryBooks #OrbitBooks
THE LAST VIGILANT is out now!
mark-latham.com/products/the...
#TheLastVigilant #EpicFantasy #MysteryBooks #OrbitBooks
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One of the most depressing things I've ever read. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
One of the most depressing things I've ever read. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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“Are the fae open source?” is such a terrifying question in so many ways.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“Are the fae open source?” is such a terrifying question in so many ways.
Just ran session 1 of our much-postponed Halloween RPG. The players are all YouTube ghost hunters, investigating an abandoned asylum. It's already going a bit Grave Encounters.
a group of people standing next to each other in a dark room with a flashlight shining on them .
ALT: a group of people standing next to each other in a dark room with a flashlight shining on them .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just ran session 1 of our much-postponed Halloween RPG. The players are all YouTube ghost hunters, investigating an abandoned asylum. It's already going a bit Grave Encounters.
I grew up less than 8 miles from here, which is why I (and probably everyone else who remembers the stories) would give this a great big Nope!
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I grew up less than 8 miles from here, which is why I (and probably everyone else who remembers the stories) would give this a great big Nope!
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
It's very weird these days watching movies in which the office of President of the USA is treated with respect and awe.
a man is standing in front of the white house and pointing at it .
ALT: a man is standing in front of the white house and pointing at it .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's very weird these days watching movies in which the office of President of the USA is treated with respect and awe.
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We have a graphic for the event this coming Saturday at Redditch Library at noon, where I'll be with the inimitable @garethlpowell.bsky.social and @annasmithwrites.bsky.social to discuss crafting sci-fi and fantasy! A local bookstore is bringing stock!
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We have a graphic for the event this coming Saturday at Redditch Library at noon, where I'll be with the inimitable @garethlpowell.bsky.social and @annasmithwrites.bsky.social to discuss crafting sci-fi and fantasy! A local bookstore is bringing stock!
Just back from a few days in Amsterdam, helping one of my best friends celebrate the big 5-0. Saw Sinterklaas arrive by boat. Drank lots of (slightly pretentious) cocktails. Saw some herons at a fishmarket. Narrowly dodged lots of bicycles. Good times.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Just back from a few days in Amsterdam, helping one of my best friends celebrate the big 5-0. Saw Sinterklaas arrive by boat. Drank lots of (slightly pretentious) cocktails. Saw some herons at a fishmarket. Narrowly dodged lots of bicycles. Good times.
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A week on Friday! I'm at Waterstones Nottingham, interviewing @markalatham.bsky.social and @franwritesstuff.bsky.social about their new books!
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A week on Friday! I'm at Waterstones Nottingham, interviewing @markalatham.bsky.social and @franwritesstuff.bsky.social about their new books!
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Last week I had the pleasure of popping in to the Super Relaxed Fantasy Club (@srfantasyclub.bsky.social ) for a reading and a Q&A.
Before that, I had to figure out the right pacing. You can now find the (no spoilers) alternate reading up on Youtube (link in reply).
Before that, I had to figure out the right pacing. You can now find the (no spoilers) alternate reading up on Youtube (link in reply).
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Last week I had the pleasure of popping in to the Super Relaxed Fantasy Club (@srfantasyclub.bsky.social ) for a reading and a Q&A.
Before that, I had to figure out the right pacing. You can now find the (no spoilers) alternate reading up on Youtube (link in reply).
Before that, I had to figure out the right pacing. You can now find the (no spoilers) alternate reading up on Youtube (link in reply).
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We must salt the earth, and make the soil that would produce such a sick harvest as this barren for decades to come
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We must salt the earth, and make the soil that would produce such a sick harvest as this barren for decades to come
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Our Piper at the Gates of Dawn jumper stirred a bit of Satanic Panic! Thank you, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, for covering this story for The Guardian.
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our Piper at the Gates of Dawn jumper stirred a bit of Satanic Panic! Thank you, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, for covering this story for The Guardian.
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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Nottinghamshire gang: the rescheduled One More Chapter event with me and @marieoregan.bsky.social is now on Saturday 6th December. If you kept your ticket, it's still valid. If you missed out last time, there's still time to grab tickets here:
www.onemorechapter.shop/events
www.onemorechapter.shop/events
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Nottinghamshire gang: the rescheduled One More Chapter event with me and @marieoregan.bsky.social is now on Saturday 6th December. If you kept your ticket, it's still valid. If you missed out last time, there's still time to grab tickets here:
www.onemorechapter.shop/events
www.onemorechapter.shop/events
Apparently the Kindle edition of The Last Vigilant is just 99p on Amazon UK until the end of November. Seems like the perfect opportunity to give it a try if you haven't already!
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Apparently the Kindle edition of The Last Vigilant is just 99p on Amazon UK until the end of November. Seems like the perfect opportunity to give it a try if you haven't already!
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"One of the most visually & psychologically disturbing comics of the year." AIPT
Readers love the #horror that the #EventHorizon prequel brings, "Christian Ward and Tristan Jones continue to prove this adaptation is transcending the cult film."
#EventHorizonDarkDescent #3 is at LCS!
#IDWDARK
Readers love the #horror that the #EventHorizon prequel brings, "Christian Ward and Tristan Jones continue to prove this adaptation is transcending the cult film."
#EventHorizonDarkDescent #3 is at LCS!
#IDWDARK
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"One of the most visually & psychologically disturbing comics of the year." AIPT
Readers love the #horror that the #EventHorizon prequel brings, "Christian Ward and Tristan Jones continue to prove this adaptation is transcending the cult film."
#EventHorizonDarkDescent #3 is at LCS!
#IDWDARK
Readers love the #horror that the #EventHorizon prequel brings, "Christian Ward and Tristan Jones continue to prove this adaptation is transcending the cult film."
#EventHorizonDarkDescent #3 is at LCS!
#IDWDARK
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Enter the Deadzone! The mysterious kai-sei infected wasteland the government says is uninhabited…
In this issue, our traveling circus of freaks come across a 40-foot woman who’s in love with the #KingoftheMonsters!
#GodzillaEscapeTheDeadzone [#KaiSeiEra] #4 is at LCS!
#Godzilla
In this issue, our traveling circus of freaks come across a 40-foot woman who’s in love with the #KingoftheMonsters!
#GodzillaEscapeTheDeadzone [#KaiSeiEra] #4 is at LCS!
#Godzilla
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Enter the Deadzone! The mysterious kai-sei infected wasteland the government says is uninhabited…
In this issue, our traveling circus of freaks come across a 40-foot woman who’s in love with the #KingoftheMonsters!
#GodzillaEscapeTheDeadzone [#KaiSeiEra] #4 is at LCS!
#Godzilla
In this issue, our traveling circus of freaks come across a 40-foot woman who’s in love with the #KingoftheMonsters!
#GodzillaEscapeTheDeadzone [#KaiSeiEra] #4 is at LCS!
#Godzilla
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The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
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Back at the November session @srfantasyclub.bsky.social at the Star of Kings pub in Kings Cross to sell books for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Back at the November session @srfantasyclub.bsky.social at the Star of Kings pub in Kings Cross to sell books for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
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The James Bond canon discourse is very funny. The Craig era didn't even have internal consistency. Skyfall completely contradicts Casino Royale, and plays out like a Brosnan script. And then Spectre totally rewrites Blofeld but is actually a rehash of Austin Powers: Goldmember. It doesn't matter.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The James Bond canon discourse is very funny. The Craig era didn't even have internal consistency. Skyfall completely contradicts Casino Royale, and plays out like a Brosnan script. And then Spectre totally rewrites Blofeld but is actually a rehash of Austin Powers: Goldmember. It doesn't matter.
Feeling the urge to rewatch the Branagh Frankenstein movie. I remember not really gelling with it, but I've got the DVD so...
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Feeling the urge to rewatch the Branagh Frankenstein movie. I remember not really gelling with it, but I've got the DVD so...
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Finally, folks mentioned this week also include:
@jmswallow.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social Starship Alexandria, @markalatham.bsky.social Jervis Johnson, @gavthorpe.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
Thanks for reading!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
@jmswallow.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social Starship Alexandria, @markalatham.bsky.social Jervis Johnson, @gavthorpe.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
Thanks for reading!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
The Black Library Weekly is here to look at upcoming titles from Games Workshop and share a six-pack with author David Guymer!
Black Library Weekly: Too Much of a Good Thing?
The Black Library Weekly is here to look at upcoming titles from Games Workshop and share a six-pack with author David Guymer!
www.goonhammer.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Finally, folks mentioned this week also include:
@jmswallow.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social Starship Alexandria, @markalatham.bsky.social Jervis Johnson, @gavthorpe.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
Thanks for reading!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
@jmswallow.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social Starship Alexandria, @markalatham.bsky.social Jervis Johnson, @gavthorpe.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
Thanks for reading!
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
What's it like inside your head?
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
What's it like inside your head?
I've missed #MiniatureMonday a few weeks in a row, but I'm back with a new #WarhammerQuest hero. Using this guy as a Lord of Aenarion (the @gavthorpe.bsky.social expansion).
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I've missed #MiniatureMonday a few weeks in a row, but I'm back with a new #WarhammerQuest hero. Using this guy as a Lord of Aenarion (the @gavthorpe.bsky.social expansion).