Thomas Elrod
@thomas-elrod
THE FRANCHISE (Tor, May 2026) WE USED TO BE HEROES (Tor, May 2027) more tk Philadelphia and environs. Posts mostly about books and baseball
What better way to spend a rainy afternoon than at a bookstore? I’m at Barnes & Noble in Montgomeryville signing copies of THE FRANCHISE. Stop on by!
Seated for a movie which, I am told, is based on a book by Homer Simpson. Surely I didn’t hear that wrong. Should be a barrel of laughs
I turned in edits for my second book this week so I felt like I was allowed to go outside and buy a new book. Happy then that I could go to a super fun talk by @wiswell.bsky.social about his newest at @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social tonight. Thanks for the encouragement, John!
I signed a copy of THE FRANCHISE at Seller’s Books in Jim Thorpe, PA, so stop on by if you find yourself in the Poconos!
Ambler has a new bookstore, The Bookshop on Main. I stopped in and signed a copy of THE FRANCHISE. If you are in the area you should swing by. It’s a nice store, very good selection
Bringing the book tour home to the Upper Dublin Library @torbooks.bsky.social
Busy day in the Big Apple. I signed books at @strandbooks.com for their sci-fi book subscription box, visited the offices of @torbooks.bsky.social, and did a panel at the Center for Fiction with @yumewrites.bsky.social @isabel.kim & @josepheckert.bsky.social
Fun and crazy day at Indiana Comic Convention. Signed some books, met some cool people (@mjgwrite.bsky.social @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social @literaryhypewoman.bsky.social @kierstenwhite.bsky.social @katherinewashere.bsky.social) and talked about SF on some cool panels. Until next time, Indianapolis!
June 10: Come see cool people talking about cool books. @josepheckert.bsky.social @isabel.kim @yumewrites.bsky.social (and me)
An extremely specific Amazon category, sure, but still cool to be #1
Chatting it up at the Gold Coast Book Festival today w/ @lisaslagerobinson.bsky.social @daveydavis.bsky.social @danwilbur.bsky.social
Signing books and talking SF with @johnchu.bsky.social at the Gaithersburg Book Festival today
My novel THE FRANCHISE is available now! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Booklist ★ review: "a daring debut" BookPage: "captivating" Polygon: "one of the strangest and perhaps most entertaining fantasy novels coming out this spring" Lightspeed: "like a demented Shakespearean play (complimentary)"
Come out this Saturday to the Gaithersburg Book Festival to hear me and @johnchu.bsky.social talk about our books! (I’m reading John’s right now and it’s terrific!) www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org
Today is pub day for my novel THE FRANCHISE. It’s a long road for any book to reach publication, and there are a lot of people who helped out a long the way:
Thank you to @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social and @chuckwendig.bsky.social for a great night! The book launch for THE FRANCHISE was terrific. It’s out officially tomorrow!
I’m going on tour! More info on all the events at link in bio. @torbooks.bsky.social 🪐📚💙#booksky
Author copies have arrived. I’m hesitant to actually open one up because I’ll almost certainly see a typo immediately
Happy to say that the incredible @chuckwendig.bsky.social will be joining me next month @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social to talk about my debut novel. If you want a signed or personalized copy the bookstore will ship it to you! doylestownbookshop.com/Elrod
Today we visited the Vampa museum in Doylestown which is extremely metal and contains the single scariest artifact I’ve seen in a while (this thing is like three feet tall, fyi)
My very first bookstore event for my novel THE FRANCHISE will be at local favorite @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social on May 11th. They got a shoutout in my acknowledgments so I’m excited to launch the book there. I’m feeling very cool and normal about this 📚🪐💙 #book #debut @torbooks.bsky.social
From today, March 24th to Thursday, March 26th, B&N Members get 25% off on pre-orders in print, eBook, and audio formats. Premium members get an additional 10% off on print pre-orders. Use code PREORDER25 at checkout and preorder THE FRANCHISE now. Out May 12th! #BNPreorder @barnesandnoble.com
I’ll be at the Lehigh Valley Book Festival on March 28th, talking about SF with some other authors. More info coming soon! lvbookfest.com