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Just a quick note to let you know that the Based Book Sale ends soon. But when exactly? See the below video for further details. So get the Hogman’s Homunculi while it’s still only 99p / 99c. Nice things what people have said about the book: “Completely and unapologetically weird…a wildly original, chaotic corner of speculative fiction.” “The humor is filthy, frequently cruel, occasionally moving, and always specific.

Baste! How low can you go? So sang Public Enemy crooner Chuck D, on the seminal roast dinner hit Bring the Noise: Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. See? But how low can you go? If you’re talking book prices, the answer is VERY, with the Baste Book Sale 2026 which is on now! There’s something for every literary taste, as long as you like indie sci-fi and fantasy of a very particular sort. Hit the button, good people, and grab thee a bargain.

Get your arse to the sale here: https://www.epicindie.net/summer-sale-2026 I'll be having a good rifle through the goods on offer, shaking them against my ear, sniffing them, and popping one or two in my virtual basket. The Starved God, my specualtive evolution MASTERPIECE, is on there for just 0.99: https://books2read.com/u/bpL5Vq The sale’s not on for long, so hurry the fugg up and grab a bargain xoxoxoxox

Get on down to Smashwords where most of my books are on sale at half price! See link below xoxoxoxo. That is all, goodbye.

Freshly Fried Ferret Fillets, it's The Warp! Welcome to The Warp, the increasingly-unhinged, not-as-funny-as-it-used-to-be newsletter of the science fiction writer Thomas Norford! It’s a packed low-content edition this egg-cycle, but first up, look serious, for we have sad news.

Quick infospurt to let you know that the special intro price for The Hogman’s Homunculi eBook will expire in the next few days, so it’s your last chance to get a copy for just 0.99 before it goes up to 3.99. Act now or perish! I’ve had a few positive reviews; here’s bits of them: What surprised me most was the depth underneath all the absurdity. Norford clearly has fun with his writing, and that energy is infectious, but he's also built something genuinely layered here.

Just a quickie, dear subscribers. I made This Burdened Clay free on Google Play until the end of April, and lo and behold, Sir Jeffrey Amazon went and made it free on Kindle as well, but only in the US as far as I can tell. So fill your boots. This bearded maniac is filling his boots with soil for some reason. Fill your boots with sci-fi horror! While you’re there, remember my new effort The Hogman’s Homunculi and the Angelwing Massacre is only 0.99 EVERYWHERE. How long for? Don’t know.

At shitting last! The lovely DansMonsters did the cover art and here it is: That’s a Gliesan on the cover btw; Prince Darov finds out where their genitals are the hard way I’ll put it up to three or four quid at some point. It’s also on Google Play Books and it’ll be on all the other stores and there’ll be a paperback soon-ish. What’s it about I don’t hear you ask. Well...it’s complicated, and I can’t quite remember all of it.

Welcome one and all to The Warp. Take refuge from the darkness and join me for a splurge of pabulum and self-promotion. It’s an extra low-effort offering this month, which is just one reason why this newsletter and its attendant mental health concerns will remain FREE, always and forever. First up, it’s the: God forbid anyone should learn any new words, for fuck’s sake. While we’re on FB, here’s the: You need more than a literary agent I reckon, mate.

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