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Stephen Cox

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Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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I’m interested in strong, believable characters and their relationships. I like writing to have hope and humour, and to recognise the dark and unfair side of life. Usually, my work has some speculative or fantastical elements, but I am not interested in strict barriers between genres.

“Cox’s writing style is warm, lyrical and not afraid to explore humanity’s many complex and opposing points of view. This is the kind of book that makes you think about what being human is and could be.” (Run along the shelves blog)

The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder - Spooky Sapphic Victorian Murder Mystery was published in 2025 and was a success.

"London 1881. Two older women, lovers living off their spiritualist scam; a beautiful young Lady lost in grief; an ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 555 ratings · 211 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Our Child of the Stars 3.70 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Child of Two Worlds 3.93 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder: A Spooky Victorian Mystery 4.24 avg rating — 43 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror 4.26 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Ethical use of ai” and other unicorns

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These are some brief thoughts.

The Society of Authors recently released a charter on the “ethical use” of AI without prior consultation with members. It was widely taken as accepting ethical use of AI in publishing exists and that some claims made for so called gen AI are true. The widespread backlash from working authors was substantial.

I sent the following thoughts

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