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Tom Mock
@tommock.bsky.social
Indie SFF/horror author & editor: proofreading & dev editing (he/him)

THE LONG NIGHTS is a #1 Best Seller in Contemporary Fantasy, Vampire Thriller, and more. SPFBO8 semi-finalist & 2021 Indies Today Awards: Runner-Up in Horror

https://linktr.ee/TomMock
I stop reading and find myself still thinking about the situation and the characters, drawing me back into the world of the story. This is a quality that simply cannot be denied. This may be more sci-fi on the surface than fantasy, but I’m in!
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Oublié: A Timelessness Novel
Stranded on a sentient moon with nothing but their enha…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The characters, their collective post-crash quasi-amnesia, the problems they face in a quaking moon colony with strained resources and the weight of leadership, it’s all fascinating.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I especially enjoyed the deftness with which a minor character - something of an old medical crone - was rendered.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Despite my delayed understanding, there was always enough energy, enough character, enough interesting detail and competence of prose to keep me turning the pages.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Beginnings are hard, especially when so much of consequence has happened before the first page - an asset to any story. That's very much the case here. We begin in the middle of things, and once I AM oriented, the circumstances are exciting.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I think I did a good job summarizing what this opening is about in my first paragraph, but it took pages for me to build the confidence to write that much. Dialogue took precedent over context. Something WAS happening, and it was important ... I just wasn't sure what it was.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
There’s a lot this opening has to get us up to speed on, and while all of it is engaging, I have been slow to understand some of the details, especially those that would have oriented me in the circumstances of these two characters.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
They are in conflict with each other, tho they have common goals - survival. They are in conflict with their environment - their subterranean colony is beset by moon quakes. There’s much they’re uncertain of. There’s tension with their non-telepathic cohabitants.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The 3rd person pov is descriptive and engages in good scene and character details while keeping its protagonists at the center of the narrative. At least two distinct characters begin to emerge before the reader, both interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This reminds me of a silver age sci-fi story in the best way. It feels very much cut from the same cloth. There’s much about it that is strange, but enticingly so.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Oh cool!
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Nice!
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sorry it’s taken so long, but I’m more engrossed with and impressed by the story with every page.
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Yikes. Thanks for the heads up!
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
And congratulations on the dissertation! I only ever did a thesis, but it was a long and arduous process because I started it with NO IDEA what I was writing about 💀

Hope you’ve found it rewarding!
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hey, me too 😂 that’s why I had to put my opening reads thing on hold. I think I’ll get back to it now, tho I would also really like to finish writing another novel
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
One day I’ll get my head on straight enough to do all my other work and read all these great novels I’ve got laying around, Steve.
Count on it ♥️
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I haven’t read his books yet, but @stevewestenra.bsky.social is a rising, recommended fantasy/horror author
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM