hapthorn's profile picture. Author of science-fantasy and crime fiction. editor and occasional ghostwriter.

Matthew Hughes

@hapthorn

Author of science-fantasy and crime fiction. editor and occasional ghostwriter.

The paperback of my new Dying Earth novel, A GOD IN HIDING, is now live on Amazon at $14.99. amazon.com/dp/192788036X This will be my last tweet. I won't share anything with the likes of Alex Jones.


My new Dying Earth novel, A God in Hiding, now available on Amazon as a Kindle ebook, with the typographical screw-up fixed. I’m working on a ppbk, trying to solve a glitch with bleeds and margins beyond my skill-set. I’ll try to get a Kobo launch today. amazon.com/God-Hiding-Mat…


My new Dying Earth novel, A God in Hiding, launches today on Amazon. A typesetting glitch that wasn’t apparent in the pdf file involves the oversize letter that begins each chapter. I will get it fixed. Meanwhile, I’ll get the paperback underway. amazon.com/God-Hiding-Mat…


Later this week, I’ll be sending out my monthly emailed newsletter to a list of folks who are interested in my work. It’s my main way of communicating with readers about what I’m writing. New sign-ups get a free ebook, 9 Tales of Henghis Hapthorn. eepurl.com/cyNSA9


If you liked my characters, Baldemar the wizard's henchman and Nachecko the necromancer, I think you'll like Banda the mute porter. Intrigue and derring-do by a sympathetic struggler.

We released our first Cypher System product! “The Porter” is a bundle of a novelette by award-winning fantasy author Matthew Hughes @hapthorn and character folio! NPC stats edited by @Qedhup drivethrurpg.com/product/459833… #CypherSystem #TTRPG @MonteCookGames

ZealZaddy's tweet image. We released our first Cypher System product! “The Porter” is a bundle of a novelette by award-winning fantasy author Matthew Hughes @hapthorn and character folio! NPC stats edited by @Qedhup

drivethrurpg.com/product/459833…

#CypherSystem #TTRPG @MonteCookGames
ZealZaddy's tweet image. We released our first Cypher System product! “The Porter” is a bundle of a novelette by award-winning fantasy author Matthew Hughes @hapthorn and character folio! NPC stats edited by @Qedhup

drivethrurpg.com/product/459833…

#CypherSystem #TTRPG @MonteCookGames
ZealZaddy's tweet image. We released our first Cypher System product! “The Porter” is a bundle of a novelette by award-winning fantasy author Matthew Hughes @hapthorn and character folio! NPC stats edited by @Qedhup

drivethrurpg.com/product/459833…

#CypherSystem #TTRPG @MonteCookGames
ZealZaddy's tweet image. We released our first Cypher System product! “The Porter” is a bundle of a novelette by award-winning fantasy author Matthew Hughes @hapthorn and character folio! NPC stats edited by @Qedhup

drivethrurpg.com/product/459833…

#CypherSystem #TTRPG @MonteCookGames


Last year, I partnered with a talented voice artist to create an audiobook edition of my Baldemar story collection. Harry Frost did a wonderful job of giving life to the characters. He has now posted an extended sample of the audiobook on YouTube. youtube.com/watch?v=6VPsEW…

hapthorn's tweet card. Baldemar Fantasy Novel Audiobook

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Baldemar Fantasy Novel Audiobook


Let me know what you think of it?

My other Indie purchase. I attended a fantastic session with @hapthorn and knew I wanted to read one of his crime novels. It arrived just before our doors lock for the day. This one is set during the War in the Woods in the early 90’s here in BC.

Magskall's tweet image. My other Indie purchase. I attended a fantastic session with @hapthorn and knew I wanted to read one of his crime novels. It arrived just before our doors lock for the day. 
This one is set during the War in the Woods in the early 90’s here in BC.


Another episode in my autobiography-in-progress, A GUY JUST PASSING THROUGH. This one is called "Pain and Me." medium.com/@matthewhughes…


I love these cartoons, especially the book-related ones that run every Saturday in The Guardian.

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.

tomgauld's tweet image. My latest cartoon for @newscientist.


I just published Pain and me link.medium.com/byf2CcgLGDb It's part of an autobiography in progress called A GUY JUST PASSING THROUGH that I'm putting up on a web site.


Some folks never learn. Ever notice that tornadoes always strike the Bible Belt? Wake up! God's on the line!


Here’s a podcast interview with Karlo and Pete from Podside Picnic, talking about me and Jack Vance, the Dying Earth, and the space-opera universe of the Ten Thousand Worlds. soundcloud.com/user-733327042…

hapthorn's tweet card. Episode 238: Noonautical Nonsense (Ft. Matt Hughes)

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Episode 238: Noonautical Nonsense (Ft. Matt Hughes)


Robert Runté gives my Cascor collection a review in The Ottawa Review of Books. “What elevates Hughes beyond other writers--besides dark humor, convincing world-building, and clever mysteries--is his riotous word play." He compares me to Dr. Seuss. 😲 ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/ca…


I mostly don't brag, but this is a tightly written little book that, I think, captures the diverse worldviews of three main characters: an Alberta farm boy, an Arab prince, and a Metis girl running a trapline. Plus, there's a mama grizzly. And it's a finalist for an award.

A great new review of THE EMIR'S FALCON by Matt Hughes (@hapthorn), "a fascinating story from page one to its gratifying conclusion," published by our sister company @ShadowpawPress. reviews.skbooks.com/emirs-falcon-t…



As always, quietly brilliant.

My cartoon for this weekend’s @GdnSaturday / @GuardianBooks

tomgauld's tweet image. My cartoon for this weekend’s @GdnSaturday / @GuardianBooks


The collection of Cascor novelettes is now live as a POD paperback on Amazon, priced at US$15.99. My usual price is $14.99, but this book is fatter than most of mine (495 pages) so Amazon’s printing cost is higher. amazon.com/dp/1927880386


The collection of Cascor novelettes is now an ebook on Amazon at my usual price of US$4.99. A paperback will soon follow at $15.99. amazon.com/dp/B0CFYSPKZP


Here’s the cover art for CASCOR, a collection of 10 novelets about a freelance discriminator (P.I.), most of which ran in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It should be available on Amazon et al in the next couple of days I made it myself using an AI image generator.

hapthorn's tweet image. Here’s the cover art for CASCOR, a collection of 10 novelets about a freelance discriminator (P.I.), most of which ran in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

It should be available on Amazon et al in the next couple of days

I made it myself using an AI image generator.

I'm going to self-pub ebook & ppbk of CASCOR, a collection of stories about a freelance discriminator of the Dying Earth. The collection will have 10 novelettes, totaling 137k words, priced at $4.99 and $14.99.


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