Never more appropriate than right now, it seems. #scarfolk

As it's #WorldBookDay I thought I'd mention I've written 2 #Scarfolk books. Having just checked, Discovering Scarfolk seems to have gone out of print*. The Annual's still in print. Book 3? Rights available if interested. I've also written a novel, yet to find a publisher, with 2 new novels on the go.

*Just before it would have started, finally, to pay out royalty payments.
Want to get rich? Or even just reach the heady heights of minimum wage?
Don't write books.
Thank you coming to my TEDTalk.

My publisher wrote to ask for my consent to allow the #Scarfolk book to be used in #AI training.
My reply is post watershed.

The more I play immersive, open-world #videogames, the more I think #Scarfolk is well suited to that format. The entire town/environs to explore, an overarching satirical narrative, darkly odd side missions to complete. The basic narrative, tone, artworks, & even the maps already exist. #PS5 #Xbox

Wow, apparently I launched #Scarfolk on this day 12 years ago.

Have you remembered to pay your Physics tax for this year? Deadline is today. For more information, please reread.

#scarfolk (source @Richard_Littler )

To those who used #Scarfolk books to train their #AI without consent (Scarfolk was in the 2023 'Books3' dataset leak), I hope you enjoy #Deepseek using your intellectual property like a colostomy bag and obliterating your company's worth.
"How do you like your blue-eyed boy, Mr Death"?

Yesterday, I was reading about the known US producer/actor who is developing #Scarfolk for TV.
Sounds great!..
...except it's not true.

If you're a producer who has entertained the idea of pursuing Scarfolk but haven't because you assumed it was already optioned and/or in development, it's not.

I was looking through some old #Scarfolk posters and found this one to be worryingly/amusingly* relevant in 2025.

Where are the minds behind Scarfolk today? They're needed more than ever.

(*delete as you feel appropriate)

Absolutely gutting. Few artists have influenced me as much as #DavidLynch. #Scarfolk, for example, couldn't have happened without his unique genius for revealing the dark, sometimes absurd, underbelly of small-town life. His final Twin Peaks season is some of the finest TV ever broadcast. RIP.

@cstross @Richard_Littler

Just opened my copy of “A Conventional Boy” and it’s a #Laundry novel set in … #Scarfolk?!

OMG (for extremely Elder values of G), how perfect.

Back in 2022 I did a Banned Books Week display inspired by @Richard_Littler and #Scarfolk.

Hidden underneath each book were little notes saying things like "Put that back", "You're on CCTV" and "Isn't the 'No' poster big enough for you?"

It was to highlight that in many parts of the world - even those built on the buzzwords of freedom and democracy - a lot of books are deemed dangerous or undesirable by certain groups of privileged people who want to regulate and control others.

It got very positive feedback and so far I haven't been detained. I assume it's only a matter of time.