Alice E Johnson

Screenwriter | Author | BBC/Notts TV presenter | THE LIONS CHAMBER • QUEENSBURY HALL • FRESH WATER | Too much tea

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Some stories don't have heroes.

Some have witnesses.

THE DARKEST NIGHT | 71 AD

Written by Alice E. Johnson

#Britishhistory #Romans #Celticbritian #featurefilm #Filmdevelopment

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[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

@CharlieSokaitis And the learning never ends with that. I feel you. ❤️

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Nobody tells you that the hardest part of writing
isn't the writing.
It's scheduling the writing between everything else being on fire. #AuthorLife

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

A hall. A history. Voices that won't stay quiet. Queensbury Hall is coming. #BritishDrama #Gothic

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

The Darkest Night series has a Spotify playlist, QR codes inside both books, raven chapter headers, illuminated drop caps, and a Pictish world built on five years of research.

This is what independent publishing looks like when you care. 📖⚔️

#HistoricalFiction #IronAge #NewRelease #BookTwitter #IndieAuthor #RomanBritain

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Contemporary British drama — what's the last thing you watched that really landed? Drop it below 👇 #BritishDrama

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Independent publishing in 2026 looks like this:

Scheduling posts at midnight, editing with three kids underfoot, designing covers between school runs, and launching a book you've been writing in stolen hours for years.

Hostile Lands is that book. I hope it shows. 📖🦅

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

What happens when the place you grew up is the place you can't escape? Fresh Water. Coming soon. #FreshWater #BritishDrama

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Fantasy readers — world building or character depth? Which pulls you in first? 👇 #DarkFantasy

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

'I did have it all.'

Four words. Everything Bentik lost. Everything that drives him.

Hostile Lands 🩸⚔️

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#HistoricalFiction #IronAge #NewRelease #BookTwitter #IndieAuthor #RomanBritain

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

The edit became a rewrite.
The rewrite became a revelation.
The revelation became another cup of tea. ☕#WritingLife

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

For sale. Some sitting tenants. Non-negotiable.
A supernatural drama series with something to say.
#SupernaturalDrama #BritishDrama #QueensburyHall #PeriodDrama

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Independent. British. Stories Without Boundaries.
Queensbury Publications here I come.
👑#QueensburyPublications

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

72 AD fact:

Vindolanda — a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall — contained some of the most remarkable archaeological finds in Britain. Including personal letters home from soldiers missing their families.

Even the Romans were human.

Bentik knew that.

It cost him something. ⚔️

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Georgian Nottingham. Dark streets. Darker secrets.
#GeorgianNoir #PeriodDrama #BritishDrama #TheLionsChamber
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[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Contemporary drama doesn't have to be miserable to be real.
It just has to be honest.
#FreshWater #BritishDrama

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

What happens when home is the place you can't escape?
Fresh Water.
Coming. #FreshWater #BritishDrama

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Book 1 is where it begins. Book 2 is where it gets harder.
The Darkest Night series — both available now.

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📖⚔️

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[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Georgian Nottingham. Dark streets. Darker secrets.
#GeorgianNoir #PeriodDrama #BritishDrama #TheLionsChamber
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[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Hostile Lands is out now. Bentik's story continues. Historical Fiction. Real mythology. No compromises. 📖 #HostileLands #Historicalfiction #RomanBritain

[Alice E Johnson @WriterAEJohnson]

Four boys from Brigante. No rite of passage. No land. Only each other.
#TheDarkestNight #FeatureFilm #CelticBritain #HistoricalDrama
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