Scott Lynch
@scottlynch78
48, fantasy writer, author of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA. Ex-firefighter, veteran MechWarrior. Minnesotan transplanted to Massachusetts. Gizmonic Institute (1989-92). Instructor at Viable Paradise.
Last but not least, my sword-and-sorcery novelette THE SMOKE OF GOLD IS GLORY is now available at Amazon as well as at my own store: Grab it at Amazon: www.amazon.com/Smoke-Gold-G... Grab it at my place: www.scottlynchstore.com/product-page...
And next, KAIJU AGONISTES! Amazon cancelled my f'ing pre-order and promptly apologized, but there was no un-flipping that switch, so I had to relist the book. Fortunately, it's back up faster than expected with a new monster by Doruk Golcu! Grab it here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HC1ZWWQ...
It's new release day! First up, THE WIZARD WHO KEPT HIMSELF SUSPICIOUS, my fair-play murder mystery about a scruffy cigar-smoking deductive investigator named Colum-- I MEAN SHIVERICK-- who will neither confirm nor deny that he can actually cast spells. Get it at: www.amazon.com/Wizard-Himse...
Urgent freelance art commission! My previous arrangement has fallen through, so I need someone who can look at this sad lil' placeholder kaiju and whip up a proper, looming, nicely lit and atmospherically appropriate monster I can place into this same composition. Feel free to reply here- THREAD 🧵
Now available for pre-order, dropping July 28, is my enhanced edition of "Kaiju Agonistes," substantially expanded and paired with an essay on the story's long gestation + its relationship with Cliff Simak's THEY WALKED LIKE MEN. Behold my cute placeholder cover art. www.amazon.com/dp/B0H86ZDJ91
My new short story, "The Wizard Who Kept Himself Suspicious," drops on July 28! It's part of the MAGIC & MYSTERY collection, edited by John Joseph Adams, also with stories by Sarah Beth Durst, Robert Jackson Bennett, Heather Fawcett, Tananarive Due, & J. M. Miro! www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3TTX6Q...
Today (which is now yesterday) has kicked me in the head a bit, so my annual World Goth Day music thread gets to be a Wee Hours Following World Goth Day music thread. Put your translucent black capes back on the rack and get comfortable, kids, we're goin' musically adventuring--
Random treasures from Quaboag Bookshop, a palace of random treasures in the middle of nowhere, Massachusetts. Incredibly delighted to discover that this venerable volume of Carl Sandburg (my favorite American poet) was actually signed by the man.
The e-book of the short story "Locke Lamora and the Bottled Serpent," originally published by @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social , then published by Conversation Tree Press as a limited edition, is now out on Kindle and Kobo! Amazon US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZYBK64S Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
My original Star Wars toys are long gone, but one of the surviving treasures of my childhood is this pillowcase. My mom got a few yards of this Return of the Jedi fabric in 1983 and made assorted pillows and sheets for me and my brothers with it. Yub nub, y'all.
Monday, April 27th, at 6 PM! Joe Abercrombie and me in conversation at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA! Event arranged by the fine folks at Brookline Booksmith; use this link for information and tickets-- brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-0...
9 very important games to me. As for whether the Shadowrun in question is SNES, Genesis, or Returns, the answer is 'yes.'
Oh, shit. Gamers of a certain age, start your engines... V: TM - Gothic Rock 2 compilation, Cleopatra Records W: TA - Fear Factory, Demanufacture M: TA - Peter Gabriel, Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Me and the boys rolling out to hunt down the guy who decided that the Microsoft updater should launch itself unprompted about forty times a day
Procedure eve. Still drinking my pound of polyethylene glycol lightly flavored with Gatorade. Hooooo dawg.
No problem, bud-- two... uh, three, uh... let's go with six... stimpaks comin' right up.