Brandon Ketchum

Those fuckers.

I'm very lucky that my hearing loss happened in the military. My wonderful bluetooth hearing aids allow me to listen to whatever I want, and would have cost probably 15 grand in our nonsensical medical system otherwise.

Not getting enough sleep because I stayed up to watch The Pitt.

A small girl wearing a rabbit costume and blue coat carries a book as she walks to school. Her mother (head out of shot) wheels her baby brother along in a pushchair. The baby says "Peter Rabbit may be the 'Hero' of the story, but surely the obedient, widowed Mrs Rabbit is a more effective symbol of the oppression inherent within Mister McGregor's regime" The girls looks furious and snaps "Mum!! He's critiquing my world book day costume from a marxist perspective again!"

A cartoon reminder that tomorrow is World Book Day (In the UK anyway). Originally for the @theguardian.com

I don't think my brain cold handle the map!

This book was nails!

INTERVIEW: with author Christopher Buehlman We sat down with Christopher to talk about the March 2026 traditional republishing of his self-published medieval horror novel Between Two Fires, the next installment in the Blacktongue Series, the jo...

We sat down with @buehlmeister.bsky.social to talk about the March 2026 traditional republishing of his self-published medieval horror novel Between Two Fires, the next installment in the Blacktongue Series, the joy of fictional languages, writing horror creatures, and more.

Oh for Pete's sake...damn it, no, for fuck's sake!

A gothic castle in the transylvanian mountains. A great bear of a man, waring a stovepipe hat and carrying a cane: "Now that you are my bride, you will never leave this castle!" His new bride replies "Wow! Your library is amazing!" He continues "Beyond the castle is a high wall with no gate, and beyond that is a deep. Dark forest with no path." She pulls a volume from a great bookcase, "I suppose it's my library too, now we're married." He goes on "The forest is crawling with ravenous wolves, malignant birds and the spirits of long-dead travellers." Ignoring him, carrying a pile of hardbacks "So many books! I can't believe My luck!" He has sprouted wings, claws and cloven hoofs. "When the sun sets, I transform into a wild beast and soar into the night, seized by a terrible bloodlust!" She sits, examining her books as he flies out the window "Ok. I'll stay here and read. See you in the morning"

'Castle'
One of the limited-edition prints in my shop
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It's like they don't believe we can go back and watch the tape. "What? They can't go back to watch and listen to what I said. That would be time travel!"

Two scifi books with flying saucers. Rights of Use and Farewell Speech, both by Shannon Eichorn

For real, though: it arrived.

Project Black Book Volume 2: Farewell Speech

More body-sharing aliens, more secret government facilities, plus a single mom with aphasia trying to give her overprotective son everything he needs.

Three panels showing a bench on a small hill in London on a grey drizzly day. A man in a fedora carrying a suitcase arrives, then he is joined by a woman carrying an umbrella and a man in dark glasses reading a newspaper. They all look shifty and hurriedly converse: "Good." "Very." "Agreed." Then they all walk off down the hill. Caption: Every month, the Espionage Book Club discuss a classic work of spy fiction at a clandestine meeting. To minimise the risk of exposure, infiltration or surveillance by hostile agents, conversation is restricted to the essentials.

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

We are! He is insane and misbehaves, which drives me mad. I make mistakes, which drives him mad. But there's also lots of fun play and cuddles/snuggles. So, we're in a typical cat-human relationship lol

Okay, but just a peek.

I know it! I got to sit in on her reading at Worldcon and was spellbound.

Woo!

I am insanely jealous that you have this already.

A little signal boost about our current sale.

I needed this info yesterday lol I ended up doing cropped screenshots.

Sheer stupidity. Though I love that we won the gold in the game, a part of me wanted Canada to have it because of idiocy like this.

If the US loses this hockey game it will be because of their unwillingness to shoot in the first. If they win we will look back at the penalty kill in the second.

Happy Birthday!

Title: "Literary ecologists celebrate the successful reintroduction of rare species to the Yorkshire moors." Image: The sun is going down on a bleak windswept moor, various figures and trees are each labelled as one of the following: 1. Classic literary Cathy and Heathcliff 2. Young, carefree Cathy and heathcliff 3. Sexy Hollywood Cathy and Heathcliff 5. Ghost Cathy, tormented Heathcliff 5. Spooky tree

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

Don’t be too jealous; I don’t remember it well. Ooh, sounds like road trip time!

It would be an upset but no miracle. If Sid were playing I think the US loses. Without him, I don’t hate the US’s chances. And I’m torn about Sid the Kid. I don’t want him to play so he’s fresh for the Pens, but what is winning the gold if the best player is out. Hmm…

I’ve been there, many maaany moons ago.

Stunning! Who's the artist?

Did you find him?

The title of this post explains why much of the episode was a "get on with it" disappointment.