Julian M. Miles

@rafellin

Author (sci-fi/horror/fantasy: over 2,000,000 words in print), storyteller, game designer, pagan, poet, & jaded heathen cynic. Also a staff writer for @365tomorrows.bsky.social He/Him. Contact thru DM or via the email links on my website: lothp.org

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Julian M. Miles@rafellin· 9h

The trick is using two rings: one solid, one broken. Although for advanced autonomous systems you might need a ring of traffic cones. 😁

Picture of a self-driving vehicle being logic errored into immobility by two circles of salt. Thus is because the solid line is interpreted as a stop command and the broken line is interpreted as a go command.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· 25d

Not necessarily by humans, but... (Linoprint art by Rayan Forestgreen.)

B&W drawing of a decrepit, overgrown tank in the shadow of a tree. Text reads: "WHAT WAS BUILT TO DESTROY WILL BE OUTLIVED".

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Jul 19

Six CRT TV screens, displaying one word per screen: "WHO ARE YOU WHEN NOBODY'S WATCHING?"

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Jul 8

#newbookincoming #booksky #authorsky #horrorsky

It's said that working with ropes, not words, is the craft which truly enables a civilisation.

It's also said that the one who first taught that craft was punished by God, but there are apocrypha that use the word 'betrayed' instead of 'punished'.

Nathan and those he commands have been killing or capturing servants of evil for many years. One he's overlooked is closer than he suspects, just waiting for an opportunity.

Lorryn thought she was done with Jack. Now something she made a desperate pact with threatens to get him killed - or worse. She's got to work fast, especially with Nathan and his fanatics after her.

Jack's fascinated with something he discovered at the scene of a slaughter. So much so, he's started dreaming about it. Lorryn says it's dangerous. He doesn't care.

There are many angels. Only one chose to stay instead of falling. Originally, it wanted understanding. Now it'll settle for revenge.

BINDING SEASON

An angelic horror x modern Mythos thriller, coming in August 2026.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Jul 4

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“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”

– IBM Training Manual, 1979.

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Photo of Stonehenge in 1984 showing a rocker in leather jacket and cutdown surrounded by robed druids.

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Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Jun 2

Cartoon showing smartphone fixated people obliviously marching over the edge of a swastika-shaped pit. The quote above the art is by George Carlin: "The game is rigged. And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care."

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Jun 1

Betrayed again. Linktree is implementing AI use.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 23

Buy book, read book, repeat. Thank you. lothp.org

Montage built from the book covers for (L-R, top row first) Hill, The Ballad of Septimus Mak, Databane, Fire in Mind, Six Sixteen, Six Degrees of Sky, Snow Blight, Between the Thunder and the Sun, Haajinn, Homestead, A Place in the Dark, Exiled Flame.
Central text overlay reads: "Action, Adventure, Magic, Terror, and more..."
Lower text overlay comprises two lines:
"Julian M. Miles"
"Books you should be reading."

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 22

Ah, new book day. A superb feeling like no other. Curious? Go to lothp.org/book/click-c... to find out more. #booksky #authorsky #cyberpunk #horror

Photo showing the three physical editions of my latest book, 'Click Click'.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 21

Graffiti on the wall of a building: "THE WORLD BURNS WHILE WE SCROLL".

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 18

Hey, #booksky. You feeling the need for a slightly twisted cyberpunk horror thriller? Good timing, my latest book is exactly that. lothp.org/book/click-click 🪐📚 🩸📚

Promo flyer for my book 'Click Click' with a QR code link to lothp.org/book/click-click/

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 16

#booksky #authorsky #fantasybooksky #scifibooksky #yegodsbutIhatemarketing

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 13

Think I might just have come across one from another angle.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 11

Honestly, my cutdown gets more compliments than my books at conventions. Thought I'd better reassure people about its strangely charismatic presence - (With huge thanks to @tabletoptinkering.bsky.social for the new steel.)

Photo of pin on my ancient battlejacket. Text reads 'Definitely not a mimic' around a graphic of pointy teeth.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 10

Seeing all the #warhammer on here is prodding me back towards finishing my biggest custom build project. (It's in the background here.) I just build 'em, can't paint for sh*t. My Harlequin troupe was painted by the awesome @tabletoptinkering.bsky.social #w40k #eldar #Titan #aeldari

Photo of Warhammer 40,000 Titans and Eldar. Foreground: Harlequin diorama with a Revenant Titan Solitaire and some of the Masque of Isha's Grace.
Background: WIP Warlock Titan conversion on a Forgeworld Phantom Titan using an original Merlyn Warlock Titan head (released for the Armorcast Phantom Titan). One foot of the monstrous machine is crushing a Necron Monolith.

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Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 8

Text image: "Aging 'gracefully' is a scam. I'm trying to age wizardly - becoming even weirder, more perplexing, and increasingly unhinged."

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 8

Short-haft Lucerne hammer.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 3

Game on for day 2 of Portsmouth Comic Con. I'm in Comic City 2. Do come and visit. #booksky #scifibooksky #fantasybooksky 🪐📚 🩸📚 🗡️📚

Another photo of my pitch showing the promo posters on the backdrop and a range of books available on the table.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· May 2

All set up and ready for the first day of Portsmouth Comic Con. I'm in Comic City 2 with just about my entire range of titles (40+) available to start the weekend. #booksky #scifibooksky #fantasybooksky 🪐📚 🩸📚 🗡️📚

Photo of my pitch showing the book cover backdrops and range of books available.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Apr 13

Nazir Afzal

"I successfully prosecuted 1000s of men for rape.

They were all documented & vetted.

They didn't come by boat & live 4 to a room in hotels.

They live in every town & city.

88% of them are white.

If you ONLY care about the black/brown perps then you don't really care about women & girls."

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Apr 4

A grave on a deserted battlefield, marked with a soldier's helmet atop an assault rifle embedded barrel-first in the dirt.
The accompanying quote reads:
"Maybe the best way to honour the fallen...
...would be to find more ways to not send others to join them."

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Mar 22

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You know who Empire loves most?

Spiritual people who never get angry.

The ones who respond to every injustice with "everything happens for a reason." The ones who meet ecological collapse with a gratitude journal. The ones who call boundaries "low vibration" and rage "unhealed."

Empire loves a meditator who won't march. A healer who won't speak. A mystic too "above it all" to name what's happening on the ground.

That's not enlightenment. That's obedience with some beautiful feathers and crystal cover-up...

The old medicine people weren't peaceful because they avoided conflict. They were peaceful because they knew exactly what they were willing to fight for - the children, the mothers, the water, the soil, the songs, the fire.

If our spirituality doesn't make us dangerous to systems that harm life, it's not spirituality. It's anesthesia.

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Mar 1

Game on for day 2 of @paradiceuk.bsky.social Board Game Convention. Hope to see some of you there, #booksky

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Feb 28

All set up and ready at @paradiceuk.bsky.social Board Game Convention. Hope to see some of you there, #booksky

Julian M. Miles@rafellin· Feb 21

Hey, #booksky, I'm stocking up for @paradiceuk.bsky.social Game Convention next weekend. Hopefully see some of you there.