Another banging episode!
10.03.2026 23:28
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Another banging episode!
A live person doesn't have a ghost inside them. What becomes the ghost, post mortem, is something distinct. Hence a live person isn't stopped by a ward that would affect a ghost or demon.
The cover for the novel Forged for Royalty by Andrew Knighton. Three swords crossed across a crescent moon inside a ring, against a background of swirling green and yellow. Text next to the cover: War has come to Estis, as Raul and his allies try to free their homeland. But Raul is also battling with his own future and the forces thrust upon him; with the dangers of politics, magic, and love. The fate of a nation lies on the shoulders of a fake chosen one, an idealist forced into bitter compromises, an uncertain hero for a troubled age. Can a rebellion built on lies lead to a better future?
New book day!
A fake saviour, a one-handed warrior, & a shape-shifting actor set out to free nation. But can they survive a web of politics & prophecy? The story that began with the award-nominated Forged for Destiny reaches its thrilling* climax.
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I think some third option with a bit of both. Hegemonic stuff seldom fits neatly into human conceptions.
You should see the Disaster Suits that are the next model up.
I mean they’re called that for a reason.
Today on Starship Alexandria, Emma and I talk about Bester's Demolished Man starshipalexandria.com/episode-11-t... whilst in the patron's bonus episode we look at Vance's Rumfuddle patreon.com/StarshipAlexandria , added to which, there's some SA merchanise to grab! starshipalexandria.teemill.com
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If I had a dollar for every artist who doesn’t know what a crab looks like…
I don't know if it's how it seems to reptiles (obviously) but they have a lot of sensory equipment there (possibly for carrying baby crocs without crushing them?) so it seemed a logical development of that.
Today on Starship Alexandria, Emma and I talk about Bester's Demolished Man starshipalexandria.com/episode-11-t... whilst in the patron's bonus episode we look at Vance's Rumfuddle patreon.com/StarshipAlexandria , added to which, there's some SA merchanise to grab! starshipalexandria.teemill.com
XD Oh god that clip is priceless
16. The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín: I don't read a ton of YA but @aptshadow.bsky.social recommended this so I gave it a try -- and YES PLEASE MORE OF THIS. body horror! the Sidhe! Ireland! more body horror! RUN OR DIE! a fun, nasty, excellently-paced novel, and I'm definitely ready for the sequel.
A foggy forest background with teaser text from BONE & BLOOD, reading: "There's something wrong in the forest. Can't you feel it?" Chloe curled her fingers around the branches, eyes half closed against the moonlight. "Something is hurt, or trapped, or lost." "The trees haven't told me anything," Yara replied sullenly, but she closed her eyes, too, reaching out with her feeling senses instead of her eyes. BONE & BLOOD is available at Amazon on March 12, 2026!
BONE & BLOOD, my retelling of Snow White, Rose Red, is out on March 12, 2026! Preorder now! :) #booksky #preorder #fairytales #romantasy #fantasy #sisters
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The genus name is ‘Oi!’
It’s not quite ‘have someone come in with a gun’ but ‘if you’re not sure where a scene is going have a bunch of capitalist giants fight a crab’ is also a maxim to live by.
Oh I surely will at some point.
Wait, the slime moulds talk about it? That is impressive. :)
He would have been the adventure :)
There is an amazing @adamroberts.bsky.social short story where the hero is transformed into a bug and just has the best time. My sort of Kafka take :)
Amazing over-engineered autoreader for the health centre. The text ‘Dr N’ (followed by surname) was just read out as ‘Drive North’
in another world he’d be riding about on a slime mould the size of a city block shouting ‘They called me mad, did they?’
He was enormously, hyperfixatedly enthusiastic about slime moulds, really interesting but one absolutely thought that
One of the first events I ever did, I was on a panel with a scientist who put slime moulds through mazes.
Seriously, in the best possible way, there are some people who are just one weird science accident off fighting Spider-Man.
Life goals.
That would be amazing :)
It’s always good to discover one is not dead.
I mean, “children of strife”, right?
This smells strongly of ‘imaginary story concocted to foment disagreements’ tbh.