Tim Major
@timjmajor.bsky.social
Author: Jekyll & Hyde, Sherlock Holmes, Hope Island, Snakeskins. https://linktr.ee/timjmajor
OUT TODAY!
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is a country house murder mystery at an artists’ retreat with comedians, actors, magicians, inventors. Plus detectives Muriel Carew & Henry Jekyll… and uninvited guest Edward Hyde.
Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is a country house murder mystery at an artists’ retreat with comedians, actors, magicians, inventors. Plus detectives Muriel Carew & Henry Jekyll… and uninvited guest Edward Hyde.
Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
OUT TODAY!
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is a country house murder mystery at an artists’ retreat with comedians, actors, magicians, inventors. Plus detectives Muriel Carew & Henry Jekyll… and uninvited guest Edward Hyde.
Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is a country house murder mystery at an artists’ retreat with comedians, actors, magicians, inventors. Plus detectives Muriel Carew & Henry Jekyll… and uninvited guest Edward Hyde.
Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social
Not sure how I missed this until now, but last week my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY featured in the Financial Times as one of the ‘best SF summer books of 2025’, with this wonderful write-up!
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Not sure how I missed this until now, but last week my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY featured in the Financial Times as one of the ‘best SF summer books of 2025’, with this wonderful write-up!
Delighted that I'll have a story in folk horror anthology 'Hiding Under the Leaves', edited by the excellent @wishusdonna.bsky.social. My story's called 'Rumours Overheard in the School Playground Relating to Miss Angeline Holst', and the book will be released at World FantasyCon in October.
June 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Delighted that I'll have a story in folk horror anthology 'Hiding Under the Leaves', edited by the excellent @wishusdonna.bsky.social. My story's called 'Rumours Overheard in the School Playground Relating to Miss Angeline Holst', and the book will be released at World FantasyCon in October.
Delighted to find my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY reviewed in the Financial Times today!
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April 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Delighted to find my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY reviewed in the Financial Times today!
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GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY is published today!
Sixteen weird tales of robots and robot-like figures from history and myth, including ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’, which won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction 2024.
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Sixteen weird tales of robots and robot-like figures from history and myth, including ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’, which won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction 2024.
timjmajor.com/great-robots...
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY is published today!
Sixteen weird tales of robots and robot-like figures from history and myth, including ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’, which won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction 2024.
timjmajor.com/great-robots...
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
Sixteen weird tales of robots and robot-like figures from history and myth, including ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’, which won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction 2024.
timjmajor.com/great-robots...
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
My weird-fiction collection Great Robots of History is out tomorrow! This final author testimonial is from the incomparable @timothyjjarvis.bsky.social, whose own collection Treatises on Dust is staggeringly good.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My weird-fiction collection Great Robots of History is out tomorrow! This final author testimonial is from the incomparable @timothyjjarvis.bsky.social, whose own collection Treatises on Dust is staggeringly good.
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@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
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My SF-meets-weird-fiction collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on 27 March!
Thanks so much to BSFA Award-winning author @adamroberts.bsky.social for this terrific quote!
You can preorder at blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
Thanks so much to BSFA Award-winning author @adamroberts.bsky.social for this terrific quote!
You can preorder at blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
March 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My SF-meets-weird-fiction collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on 27 March!
Thanks so much to BSFA Award-winning author @adamroberts.bsky.social for this terrific quote!
You can preorder at blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
Thanks so much to BSFA Award-winning author @adamroberts.bsky.social for this terrific quote!
You can preorder at blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
Here’s a lovely quote from the wonderful malcolmdevlin.bsky.social about my upcoming short story collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY!
GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on 27 March.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on 27 March.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
March 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here’s a lovely quote from the wonderful malcolmdevlin.bsky.social about my upcoming short story collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY!
GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on 27 March.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on 27 March.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
My collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on 27 March. Some wonderful authors have been very kind about it!
First up is Marian Womack, whose collection OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK you must read asap.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
First up is Marian Womack, whose collection OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK you must read asap.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
March 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social on 27 March. Some wonderful authors have been very kind about it!
First up is Marian Womack, whose collection OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK you must read asap.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
First up is Marian Womack, whose collection OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK you must read asap.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
Cover reveal! JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is the second book in my Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives series. Isn’t it beautiful? And wintry, and theatrical.
Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in October, and available for preorder now.
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Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in October, and available for preorder now.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Cover reveal! JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is the second book in my Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives series. Isn’t it beautiful? And wintry, and theatrical.
Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in October, and available for preorder now.
(1/2)
Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in October, and available for preorder now.
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ANNOUNCEMENT! My new story collection contains 16 weird tales of magical and mechanical automatons from history and myth.
GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social in March, and can be preordered now from the website.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
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GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social in March, and can be preordered now from the website.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
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January 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT! My new story collection contains 16 weird tales of magical and mechanical automatons from history and myth.
GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social in March, and can be preordered now from the website.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
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GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social in March, and can be preordered now from the website.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
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Book announcement!
The sequel to JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a country house murder mystery with locked-room puzzles, disgruntled servants, disguises (& two detectives who share a body).
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT will be published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in October.
The sequel to JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a country house murder mystery with locked-room puzzles, disgruntled servants, disguises (& two detectives who share a body).
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT will be published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in October.
January 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Book announcement!
The sequel to JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a country house murder mystery with locked-room puzzles, disgruntled servants, disguises (& two detectives who share a body).
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT will be published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in October.
The sequel to JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a country house murder mystery with locked-room puzzles, disgruntled servants, disguises (& two detectives who share a body).
JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT will be published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in October.
Here's my final blog post of the year – this one lists my favourite books of 2024.
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December 30, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Here's my final blog post of the year – this one lists my favourite books of 2024.
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New blog post: My favourite albums of 2024
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December 23, 2024 at 9:35 AM
New blog post: My favourite albums of 2024
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Story acceptance! For the first issue of Saros, a speculative-fiction sister publication to Fusion Fragment.
‘Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes’ is part of the same Great Robots of History series as my British Fantasy Award-winning (!) ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’.
‘Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes’ is part of the same Great Robots of History series as my British Fantasy Award-winning (!) ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’.
October 20, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Story acceptance! For the first issue of Saros, a speculative-fiction sister publication to Fusion Fragment.
‘Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes’ is part of the same Great Robots of History series as my British Fantasy Award-winning (!) ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’.
‘Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes’ is part of the same Great Robots of History series as my British Fantasy Award-winning (!) ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’.
Woke up this morning to discover that I really did win the Best Short Fiction award at last night's British Fantasy Awards! Thanks so much to Gareth Jelley and @interzone.digital for publishing 'The Brazen Head of Westinghouse' in the first place.
October 13, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Woke up this morning to discover that I really did win the Best Short Fiction award at last night's British Fantasy Awards! Thanks so much to Gareth Jelley and @interzone.digital for publishing 'The Brazen Head of Westinghouse' in the first place.
The beautiful hardback edition of SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE TWELVE THEFTS OF CHRISTMAS is only £7.50 on Amazon UK – cheaper than the paperback!
I haven’t started Christmas shopping yet, but maybe you have? This’d make a great gift, probably.
www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Hol...
I haven’t started Christmas shopping yet, but maybe you have? This’d make a great gift, probably.
www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Hol...
September 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM
The beautiful hardback edition of SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE TWELVE THEFTS OF CHRISTMAS is only £7.50 on Amazon UK – cheaper than the paperback!
I haven’t started Christmas shopping yet, but maybe you have? This’d make a great gift, probably.
www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Hol...
I haven’t started Christmas shopping yet, but maybe you have? This’d make a great gift, probably.
www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Hol...
It was a pleasure to pop into the Criminally Good Bookshop to sign copies of Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives and Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas! I'm very lucky to have such an amazing bookshop here in York.
September 15, 2024 at 8:55 AM
It was a pleasure to pop into the Criminally Good Bookshop to sign copies of Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives and Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas! I'm very lucky to have such an amazing bookshop here in York.
BOOK BIRTHDAY!
JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a Gothic murder mystery that I absolutely loved writing…
…and it has beautiful endpapers, embossed gold birdcage and a flickbook effect in the page corners.
Maybe you’d like to buy a copy?
timjmajor.com/jekyll-hyde-...
JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a Gothic murder mystery that I absolutely loved writing…
…and it has beautiful endpapers, embossed gold birdcage and a flickbook effect in the page corners.
Maybe you’d like to buy a copy?
timjmajor.com/jekyll-hyde-...
September 3, 2024 at 9:57 AM
BOOK BIRTHDAY!
JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a Gothic murder mystery that I absolutely loved writing…
…and it has beautiful endpapers, embossed gold birdcage and a flickbook effect in the page corners.
Maybe you’d like to buy a copy?
timjmajor.com/jekyll-hyde-...
JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a Gothic murder mystery that I absolutely loved writing…
…and it has beautiful endpapers, embossed gold birdcage and a flickbook effect in the page corners.
Maybe you’d like to buy a copy?
timjmajor.com/jekyll-hyde-...
Thanks so much to JS Barnes for his kind words about JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES!
"Highly enjoyable, terrifically good fun, very well paced, and full of relish for Stevenson's original story."
J&H:CD will be available five days from now!
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"Highly enjoyable, terrifically good fun, very well paced, and full of relish for Stevenson's original story."
J&H:CD will be available five days from now!
timjmajor.com/jekyll-hyde-...
August 29, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Thanks so much to JS Barnes for his kind words about JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES!
"Highly enjoyable, terrifically good fun, very well paced, and full of relish for Stevenson's original story."
J&H:CD will be available five days from now!
timjmajor.com/jekyll-hyde-...
"Highly enjoyable, terrifically good fun, very well paced, and full of relish for Stevenson's original story."
J&H:CD will be available five days from now!
timjmajor.com/jekyll-hyde-...
JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES will be published in 6 days!
I can’t thank Tom Mead enough for his lovely and generous quote, which ended up on the front cover…
I can’t thank Tom Mead enough for his lovely and generous quote, which ended up on the front cover…
August 28, 2024 at 4:37 PM
JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES will be published in 6 days!
I can’t thank Tom Mead enough for his lovely and generous quote, which ended up on the front cover…
I can’t thank Tom Mead enough for his lovely and generous quote, which ended up on the front cover…
Thrilled that Jeremy Dyson (League of Gentlemen) liked my novel JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES!
“A wonderful concept, beautifully executed. Delightful and enthralling in equal measure. Replete with a delicious Victorian atmosphere, as thick as a pea-souper.”
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“A wonderful concept, beautifully executed. Delightful and enthralling in equal measure. Replete with a delicious Victorian atmosphere, as thick as a pea-souper.”
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August 13, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Thrilled that Jeremy Dyson (League of Gentlemen) liked my novel JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES!
“A wonderful concept, beautifully executed. Delightful and enthralling in equal measure. Replete with a delicious Victorian atmosphere, as thick as a pea-souper.”
(1/2)
“A wonderful concept, beautifully executed. Delightful and enthralling in equal measure. Replete with a delicious Victorian atmosphere, as thick as a pea-souper.”
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Calling all book reviewers – my novel JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is available on NetGalley now!
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August 9, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Calling all book reviewers – my novel JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is available on NetGalley now!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
Surprised and chuffed to see that my story ‘Far From the Tree’ has been shortlisted for Brave New Weird (best weird fiction of 2023) by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
It was originally published by Chthonic Matter in the excellent anthology Come October.
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It was originally published by Chthonic Matter in the excellent anthology Come October.
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
February 21, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Surprised and chuffed to see that my story ‘Far From the Tree’ has been shortlisted for Brave New Weird (best weird fiction of 2023) by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
It was originally published by Chthonic Matter in the excellent anthology Come October.
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
It was originally published by Chthonic Matter in the excellent anthology Come October.
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
Very pleased to announce that Salò Press will publish my story ‘Echec!’ as a chapbook next month. It’s a dark comedy about the chess-playing automaton known as the Mechanical Turk.
It's pre-orderable now, shipped in early March.
www.salopress.com/store/echec-...
It's pre-orderable now, shipped in early March.
www.salopress.com/store/echec-...
February 18, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Very pleased to announce that Salò Press will publish my story ‘Echec!’ as a chapbook next month. It’s a dark comedy about the chess-playing automaton known as the Mechanical Turk.
It's pre-orderable now, shipped in early March.
www.salopress.com/store/echec-...
It's pre-orderable now, shipped in early March.
www.salopress.com/store/echec-...