Leigh O. Nostrum

✍🏻 Coleridge wrote 'Christabel' in two parts, the first in 1797 and the second in 1800. It remains unfinished 🎨 In this b&w illustration, Norah McGuinness captures the viperous eyes of Geraldine while the beguiled Christabel looks on. Dated between 1925-1929 when the artist lived and worked in Leitrim

"The brands were flat, the brands were dying,
Amid their own white ashes lying;
But when the lady passed, there came
A tongue of light, a fit of flame"
Coleridge (1797)
The supernatural Geraldine, a “thing unblest”, dupes her victim to cross the castle threshold, trailing ruin with her #BookWormSat

@nephdeath.bsky.social

"It appears congratulations are in order."

"Did you know, today is Michael Caine's 93rd Birthday."

"Not a lot of people know that."

A digital illustration of a subterranean cave, with a waterfall and sunlight pouring in from above. A giant Tyrannosaurus rex is emerging from behind large, moss-covered rocks. It has a grey body with some black and orange patterning and a bright red (possibly blood-stained) head with gaping jaws.

In the Hall of the Tyrant King.
#SciArt

Adapted from Axelsson et al. 2013 Fig 2c: Histogram showing the distribution of diploid amylase copy number in wolf (n=35, blue) and dog (n=136, red). Dogs carry more copies of the starch-digesting gene AMY2B than wolves. Additional copies make dogs better than wolves at digesting starchy foods like grains & vegetables.

Dogs evolved to eat your leftovers! Comparing dog & wolf genomes revealed dogs have up to 30 EXTRA copies of the amylase gene (AMY2B) that helps digest starch. This is a key genomic signature of living alongside humans & table scraps for thousands of years 🐕 www.nature.com/articles/nat... #2026MMM

Three soldiers in uniform and armour artwork

ROTA OF HANUSZ SCHOLTZ, COSMIN FOREST, 1497

Left: Tomasz z Pogłowa, dziesiątka of Ambroży z Brzegu
Centre: Irzyk z Brześcia
Right: Jan, dziesiątka of Irzyk z Brześcia

Art from 'Renaissance Polish Armies 1492–1569'.

Illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri

https://bit.ly/3NfnMd0

Living in the World of Leroy Jenkins

Hearken to the words of Marie. When the minstrel tells his tale, let the folk about the fire heed him willingly. The singer must be wary not to spoil good music with unseemly words. Listen to the words of Marie, for she pains herself grievously not to forget this thing.

-Marie de France, b. 1140

From bullet points to an ending.

#authorslife #amwriting #novelwriting #worldswithwords

+++ Wishing a most wonderful 71st birthday to the one & only Nina Hagen, who was born on this day, the 11th of March 1955, in East Berlin. +++

#ninahagen #punk #postpunk #NDW #neuedeutschewelle #newwave #OTD #gothcore #alt

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

I’m one of the thousands of authors who have published this empty book, in protest at AI companies stealing our copyrighted work www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A movie still of Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider with a black leather jacket and sunglasses, riding a motorbike with polished chrome handle and a superimposed cropped image of a Warhammer 40,000 Grot /Gretchin wearing goggles with a grimace and hands gripping metal bar handle.

Now I really want a Grot Easy Rider homage on a Chopper bike.

The Störtebeker Saga

Read the tale of the Dread Pirate Störtebeker - Scourge of the German Seas!

#Germany #folktale #folklore #pirate
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_St%C3%B6rtebeker_Saga

A digital illustration of a small, fluffy baby dinosaur sitting in a person’s cupped hands.

It’s dangerous to go alone.
Take this.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 6230:
Writing is freedom. You are free to write whatever you like, in whatever way you like. You're free to take advice, or not. You're free to describe the real world, or to build it differently. Your successes, your mistakes, your decisions belong to you. Own them.

there is nothing harder than keeping details on the correct side of a character when they turn around

Thank you to all the people who are good at talking about random things for hours.

A woman wearing a ghillie suit holding an assault rifle while standing in shallow water. She’s looking off, scanning the horizon for threats.

It’s almost International Women’s Day and I’m currently thinking about some of the most badass women on earth: The Akashinga Rangers
These Zimbabwean women train hard to protect wildlife from the worst people on the planet: poachers

Hearing that the Matrix 5 looks like its going to happen took me back to 2019/2020 when i was lucky enough to do some work on the Matrix 4. Such a cool franchise to be part of.
#conceptart #conceptartist #conceptdesigner #productionart #matrix4 #thematrix #freelanceartist

Printed my little droid model last night. Those horizontal lines are from my decimation I’ll have to sand those out before I start to paint.

this made me cackle all the way through

Just to clarify, after writing half of the first and second seasons, I wrote all of seasons three and four and all but one of season five for a total of 92 episodes out of 110, single credit, no writers room, while also showrunning the series. It's not the entirety, but 92 eps equals 10 seasons now.

80's Action-Comedy INNERSPACE To Receive Arrow Video Limited Edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray Release | Horror Cult Films Arrow Video has announced the release of 80’s flick INNERSPACE on limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray on 27th April 2026. From director Joe Dante (Gremlins, The ‘Burbs) and producer Steven Spielberg (P...

My movie Innerspace is coming to 4K UHD & Blu-ray in a special @arrowvideo.bsky.social limited edition!

horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2026/03/80s-...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 646528:
Reading the classics is great. But if you want to connect to a modern audience you also need to read modern books.

Page from the Ortus sanitatis (1491), section about soap, illustration could depict a soap seller, although it looks like he might just be a chap showing off his book collection.
In the 1497 publication there's a very different illustration.
I need more medieval soap related art.

Wiv enuff Dakka t' be a wun-Grot Kill Team.

It's the weekend... and relax.

an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’

i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)

open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...

The cover of JITTERBUG by Gareth L Powell features a stylised rocket silhouette at the centre of an orrery, with a space suited figure dangling in its wake

Finally, the wait is over! Jitterbug hits bookstores today, published by @titanbooks.bsky.social

The dentition of tyrannosauroid theropods: a review - Discover Geoscience Discover Geoscience - Tyrannosauroidea is a clade of early-diverging carnivorous coelurosaur theropods known from the Middle Jurassic to Late Cretaceous that includes the eponymous Tyrannosaurus...

Hernández-Luna, C.A., Hendrickx, C., Marín-Leyva, A.H. et al. The dentition of tyrannosauroid theropods: a review. Discov Geosci 4, 96 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s442...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 8643:
Writing a synopsis is one of the hardest things to do. That's because in long form, it's easy to overlook things that don't make sense, or are not properly explained or developed. A detailed synopsis lays these things bare, which is why it's worth persevering.