Author of the Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York urban fantasy series and other strange tales. https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/https://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mtyc3gxndc2kI will be reading an early tale from the worlds of Holly Trinity and Harvey Duckman Presents at York Unleashed Comic-Con this Sunday. #shortstories #urbanfantasy #authorevents #comiccon26 Aug 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyc3gxndc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mspq2ng5pk2jJoining a gathering of other authors for Authors in the Abbey in Selby this weekend. #booksigning #authorevents #bookcommunity https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/authors-in-the-abbey-this-weekend https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/authors-in-the-abbey-this-weekend/10 Aug 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspq2ng5pk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3msilj4qdvc2aAll three Holly Trinity novels have hit the shelves at Books & Bevs in York. Plans afoot for a signing later in the year... #bookshopsoftheworld #authorlife #fantasyreads07 Aug 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msilj4qdvc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mrwswcmyb22hThe Monsters at the Gate cover art is reborn in #Lego form. Check the comments for a quick plug for the Lego Ideas campaign to immortalise Holly Trinity's historic home city of York in Danish bricks. #Legoideas #York #Coverart #Authorlife #Historicyork31 Jul 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwswcmyb22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mrru4e7a3s2xWhen new projects want to project. #Authorblog #fantaxybooks #bookcommunity #dragons https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/burninating-the-countryside/29 Jul 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrru4e7a3s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mr5pq66jwc25The story behind my tale in the new Harvey Duckman Presents anthology. Behold the drawing that started it all, and which has yet to doom me... #authorblog #shortstories #bookcommunity https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/an-inspector-calls-creating-caroline/21 Jul 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5pq66jwc25https://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mr5dqrfapk2wDiane Morgan as the Once and Future King pretty much sums up the vibe of the Holly Trinity stories. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5dqrfapk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mqtmowglwc2tThe latest Harvey Duckman Presents anthology is out today! #urbanfantasy #shortstories #BookSky #newbookalert #fantasyreads https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/feral-fae-released-today/17 Jul 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtmowglwc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mqojunpmvc2gThe first print copy of the new edition of Monsters at the Gate has arrived, and all has been updated over at Kindle. #BookSky #UrbanFantasy #Bookcommunity https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CM1FPDND?ref_=dbs_mng_crcw_2&storeType=ebooks15 Jul 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqojunpmvc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mqbskzdrrc26Me writing the first Holly Trinity novel: Holly and Mira come into the church at night singing a song that celebrates their friendship, and that resonates with Erin's loneliness, and which is kind of spooky, and which the reader will get lodged in their head all day. Bonnie Tyler: Ahem. #BookSky https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/50/7e/b4QoTBOV.gif?hh=371&ww=498&mp4=PQXqM5Y5JY1nJ&webm=G1lRqLkJAJn8EKMK10 Jul 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbskzdrrc26https://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mqbs3b6h622rIf Holly chose to sing karaoke at your bar, you'd remember her, and her perfectly normal friend too. Mira had always said she felt obliged to be Holly when Holly wasn't around. This wasn't exactly what she meant. #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbs3b6h622rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mq7is2dv2s25Once you start tinkering, you can always find new things to tinker with, he says republishing Devilish Preludes to fix a typo and add a To Be Continued on the last page... #authorllife #BookSky #Bookcommunity09 Jul 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7is2dv2s25https://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mq52jo4oak2bCreating Monsters at the Gate's new cover art. #authorblog #BookSky ##urbanfantasy #bookcommunity https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/reopening-the-gates/08 Jul 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq52jo4oak2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mq2577r3622oIntroducing the brand new cover art for Monsters at the Gate, courtesy of The Masque of the Mummers and Harvey Duckman Presents artist Nick Jenkinson. #coverreveals #UrbanFantasy #BookSky #coverart #bookcommunity07 Jul 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2577r3622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mpt4qxvou22uA look at the new map of York accessible through my website, and charting the various real locations featured in the Holly Trinity stories. #York #BookSky #Maps ##UrbanFantasy04 Jul 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpt4qxvou22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mpq4xfadp22iInspirational words from Holly Trinity and another sneaky glimpse at the new Monsters at the Gate cover art. #BookSky #UrbanFantasy #bookcommunity #coverart #coverreveals03 Jul 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpq4xfadp22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mpnmonz4uc2vOld Monsters, new look, coming soon... #coverart #UrbanFantasy #herebemonsters #BookSky #bookcommunity02 Jul 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnmonz4uc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mpimw3tvms2bThe Holly Trinity stories are set in York, which I am quite sure is a real place. So I've made you a map... #York #urbanfantasy #bookcommunity #authorblog #BookSky #fantasyreads https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/ghost-walking/30 Jun 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpimw3tvms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3moxcbsmcrk2b#newbookrelease #BookSky #authorblog #shortstories https://bensawyerauthor.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/of-imminent-anthologies-and-tangenital-merch/23 Jun 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxcbsmcrk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mntskiqpdk2hThe Trinity litany... #ShamelessSelfPromoTuesday #BookSky #Bookcommunity #Books #Ghosts #Fantasybooks #UrbanFantasy #FantasyReads #Readingcommunity09 Jun 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mntskiqpdk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mnrkinf2ls2sShe charged through the writhing foliage, following the roaring to where a stench like rotting fish flooded her brain. And there it was. How big could it be, she'd said... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jun 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrkinf2ls2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mmtge7vypk2oGjallarhorn Is Sounded. #BookSky #FantasyReads #UrbanFantasy #Books #Herebemonsters #Comingsoon27 May 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtge7vypk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mmgvypof4s27A to-do list has landed. One of these things will take longer than the others, but new developments are drawing near. #BookSky #authorlife #bookcommunity #authorgoals #books22 May 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgvypof4s27https://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mmborrn6js2kHe was so unassuming, so normal, so disappointing. He forced himself to recall someone else's account of meeting this man, long ago. She had said he was all these things until he wasn't... ##wipsnips #writingcommunity #booksky #WritingPrompts [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmborrn6js2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mlqswguaas2s#wipsnips ##WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity Time was not a thing to be mastered, even if you knew the places where the hours went away or scurried in unexpected directions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqswguaas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mln7syyzos2x#wipsnips #writesky #Writingcommunity #WritingPrompts "Holly assures me I was invisible at the time. I have elected to believe her." [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mln7syyzos2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mlla7tbhrs2h#WIPSnips The word for May 11th is "nothing" "I have given them an opportunity to do nothing, which they will seize greedily." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts11 May 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlla7tbhrs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3mll53664nk2j#Awesomecharacters for Mothers Day Homicide detective, single mother and queen of snark Caroline sat out the third novel in the Holly Trinity series, but right now I'm enjoying bringing her back for book 4 and revisiting her back story. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts11 May 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll53664nk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bensawyerwriter.bsky.social/post/3ml453p2wt22sHappy International Short Story Month from the strange worlds of Harvey Duckman Presents. Nine volumes of fantastical tales are waiting to be discovered... #shortreads #fantasyreads #booksky #shortstories #bookcommunity05 May 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:fbjuvr2hs2vxfxulvdyjzmbz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml453p2wt22s