Me after submitting the first one of the manuscripts I committed to writing this year:
Edward Ashton
@edashtonwriting.bsky.social
Author of Mickey7, Mal Goes to War, and Three Days in April, among other things. I also make maple syrup.
In February 2027...the Mickeys are multiplying! Meet MICKEY PRIME, the latest novel in @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's fan-favourite MICKEY7 series - the inspiration for Bong Joon Ho's silver-screen SciFi sensation, MICKEY17, starring Robert Pattinson! Preorder now: buff.ly/Kzuc8Ui
Did my first SCUBA lesson tonight. Think I'm gonna go ahead and make this my entire personality now.
Someone just told me that my writing reminds her of a Phoebe Bridgers song. Whether this was a good thing or a bad thing was left as an exercise for the reader.
In the event that AI does wind up killing us all, I just want to get out front with saying "I told you so."
I am now officially at the midway point of the first draft of the new book. Will this finally be the time that my brain lets me down and I can't pull all the threads I've laid out back together? Let's find out!
No matter what the aliens think, humans REALLY don't make good pets. AFTER THE FALL, the latest standalone comic scifi from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (author of MICKEY7, now filmed as MICKEY17 dir. by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson) is out now! Buy: geni.us/AfterTF
I quite enjoyed Edward Ashton's novel THE FOURTH CONSORT. Fairly traditional and well-done SF about two polities vying for the right to save (or exploit) a new planet ... and about the representatives of each polity as they learn to understand the other. richhorton314252.substack.com/p/communicat...
Communication, Loyalty, Honor
The Fourth Consort, by Edward Ashton
richhorton314252.substack.com
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🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 "Mickey Barnes is back (and he's not happy about it)." But we are...because we've snapped up MICKEY PRIME, the latest novel in @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's fan-favourite MICKEY7 series for the UK! February 2027. Preorder now: geni.us/MickeyPrime
Yesterday was #NationalReadABookDay in the UK, but we'd never get through our TBR mountain like that! To help you read every day of the year, here's a selection of Solaris SFFH Series starters ft: standalones in the same universe, continuing series, & thematically linked. Which would you pick up?
I've heard people say that they don't love writing, they love having written. I've honestly never felt that way about writing, but pool workouts? Oh yeah. I always feel great getting out, but man, that first hundred meters is rough.
Out of this world SciFi to snap up in Waterstones Double Plus Stamps Sale ft: Clarke Award finalist @rainewilson.bsky.social 's THE SALT ORACLE @aptshadow.bsky.social 's 2nd TERRIBLE WORLDS novella bind up A first contact standalone from @neuvel.net @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's 4th QUANTUM novel!
Just a reminder: you've got 12 days left to enter to win an advance copy of Mickey Prime from Goodreads 🙂
If you're at @laworldcon.bsky.social in person or virtually, I'll be reading not one but two!! chapters of 🕷️🥩SMALL BITES🥩🕷️ on Sunday 1800 PDT (Singapore Monday 0900) @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social
Eliane Boey 🕷🥩SMALL BITES 🥩🕷11.11.26@elianeboey.bsky.social · 2mo agoThree months to 🕷🥩SMALL BITES🥩🕷! What does self-erasure taste like? How do you take no space, and still be selfish? How does a spider speak? Preorder from @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social
Tomorrow: The Hugo Awards! @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's THE CHRONICLES OF OSRETH is a finalist for @thehugoawards.bsky.social for Best Series (inc. new release THE ORB OF CAIRADO) & Bong Joon Ho's MICKEY17 (adapting @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's MICKEY7) for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form!
🚨 ROLL UP ROLL UP🚨 This Bank Holiday Weekend it's @waterstones.bsky.social DOUBLE PLUS STAMPS SALE! Snap up Solaris books inc: @aptshadow.bsky.social @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @derekkunsken.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @rainewilson.bsky.social @alexgrecian.bsky.social @lavanya.bsky.social
Book 45: Mickey7 by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social While I know I broke the cardinal sin of watching the movie before the book, and the movie was very different, I still thoroughly enjoyed this read. What a fun ride. Also as a note, I had a copy of this book in my tbr pile when the fire happened 🤷♀️
There's a new book out by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social and it's unique and awesome!
Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · last mo.“The best buddy road trip dramedy about a guy & his bumbling alien overlord" @tinaconnolly.bsky.social “Enormously engaging" @aptshadow.bsky.social "Comedic & thoughtful" @reactorsff.bsky.social AFTER THE FALL, the latest scifi from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social is out now! geni.us/AfterTF
Hey! Do you want a personally inscribed first edition of MICKEY PRIME? Obviously, right? Preorder from my pals at Lift Bridge Book Shop to get yours now! Well, not now. More like in February, actually, but you get the idea. Preorder now! (link in the comments)
Posted a review of "Mal Goes to War" by Edward Ashton on my blog. profmorbius.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/m...
Finished After the Fall by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social by Loch Lomond. Excellent read. Thank you, Edward. Two thumbs up. 👍👍
Looks like Goodreads is giving away 50 copies of Mickey Prime, so if you're itching to read it before February I guess this is your chance :-) (link in the comments)
No matter what the aliens think, humans REALLY don't make good pets. AFTER THE FALL, the latest standalone comic scifi from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (author of MICKEY7, now filmed as MICKEY17 dir. by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson) is out now! Buy: geni.us/AfterTF
1 month away from the announcement of the Hugo Awards, where we have 2 nominations, seems a good time to round up all the award wins and nominations that Solaris Books has had this year! Ft. @rainewilson.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com & more!
I'd just like to thank @edashtonwriting.bsky.social for participating in my holiday tradition again this year, of being able to pick up his latest in the local #indiebookshop on holiday. (Last year was The Fourth Consort in the same bookshop.) Going on the TBR pile, but looking forward to it.
"Humans must be silent. Humans must be obedient. Humans must be good." AFTER THE FALL, the latest standalone comic scifi from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (author of MICKEY7, now filmed as MICKEY17 dir. by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson) is out now! Buy: geni.us/AfterTF
