It was such a wonderful event with so many incredibly emotive things to mull over.

I loved that stories of mundane reality was fantasy with all the fun bits removed :)

Looking forward to it! Just getting logged in now...

#Cymera 2026 event tickets are now on sale! From workshops to talks, here's a reminder of what your GSFWC pals will be bringing you this Cymeramas.

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From the Fantasy community on Reddit: AMA: I'm Cameron Johnston, author of FIRST MAGE ON THE MOON, and THE LAST SHIELD Explore this post and more from the Fantasy community

I'm doing an AMA on Reddit r/fantasy today if you want to Ask Me Anything

www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

The Photonic Effect “What space opera is meant to be. A brilliantly complex novel about love, loss, and war.” —K.B. Wagers A starship captain and her crew face conspi...

THE PHOTONIC EFFECT releases tomorrow! To tempt you into preordering, let's deep dive into the initial pitch of "Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect" and how its influences all shake out on the characters and world. THREAD

(And the all-important preorder links!)

www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ph...

The next book is DONE!
DONE I say!

Now to send it off to Agent Ed @teddyfromtheblock.bsky.social to see what he makes of this marvellous manuscript.

Great to hear you enjoyed it!

Read @cameronjohnston.bsky.social’s The First Mage on the Moon. Viciously on point for “everything has gone to shit so we should go to the moon.” Plus fun magical engineering and social commentary
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Easy to do when you have a whole lot of books! Especially when it's in a very different subgenre.

The Big Idea: Cameron Johnston The Scientific Method is immensely helpful, but so is literal magic. Would the power of science prove to be more powerful than the power of wizardry? It’s tough to say, but author Cameron Joh…

I had a thing about the origins of First Mage On The Moon posted on @scalzi.com's blog yesterday (Thanks, John & Athena!)

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/04/16/t...

I love to see it! I'm a big fan, as folk might have noticed.

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop

First Mage on the Moon by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social is here!

Take rockets & a Space Race; a neverending war between great powers; and add magic & a heretical plan to reach the moon, forbidden home of the gods... This novel is generating some buzz, so come find out why!

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#SFF

Rumours that I pulled some strings to get NASA to delay the launch of Artemis II until the week before my book launch are...

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Paperback novel with a sketchy illustration of a golden space rocket against a deep blue background with girders and cranes. White schematics overlay the image. Title First Mage on the Moon and author name Cameron Johnston looks like stamps and stickers on top.

My extremely pretty paperback has arrived! First Mage on the Moon by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social and it sounds great - industrialised magic, heresy and space travel?

I'm in!

Woohoo! That was quick.

Chaotic Capers with A.Y. Chao, Cameron Johnston and James Logan — CYMERA Train hijacks, moon missions, alchemic artefacts, what could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, actually. In A.Y. Chao’s Paris Celestial , Lady Jing has settled into her role as a Minister of Hell, bu...

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Saturday 6 June
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
Chaotic Capers with A.Y. Chao, Cameron Johnston and James Logan
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

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We had the great pleasure of having Cameron on the Four Beardsmen of The Bookpocalypse on the weekend.
We talk about a range of subjects from how you get NASA to help with marketing to some rather nasty golems

Episode link in the comments
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Ups and downs, but getting by!

I've just seen that :) Marvellous stuff!

A promotional panel for First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston. The text says: Amazon Editors' Pick Best Science Fiction & Fantasy. Out now!

"The Fire Dragon has landed."

Wishing @cameronjohnston.bsky.social a very happy publication day.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :)

What a great cocktail you made to go with it!

[Image desc: An advance reader copy of FIRST MAGE ON THE MOON by Cameron Johnston on a post alongside a tall reddish fizz with a white foam on top in a tall swizzle glass.]

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about FIRST MAGE ON THE MOON by Cameron Johnston. This fantasy adventure does exactly what it says on the tin: puts a wizard on the moon. The moon in the SKY. So much fun, so clever, so bouncy. IN THE SKY. Our drink is the Fire Dragon Fizz!

Cheers! :) Hope you are doing well!

I'm getting soooo much scammy fake book club and dodgy PR offer spam today. A definitely uptick on publication day.

My favourite has been the woman's book club wanting to give me a spotlight talking about my Warhammer 40k story (undoubtedly for free, right? Right?)

I hope you have a blast with it!

Cheers! I hope you have a blast!

Woohoo!

Many thanks!

You most certainly do!