Crawling out of the reviewers' hole to share with you all the good word about an excellent collection of short stories by Niamh Mulvey.
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Just boosting this again. Please do have a listen - leave a comment / like if you can.
High praise indeed; will gladly look out for the print reissues.
This is smart and beautiful, and seems really under folks' radar, which is a real shame. Think THE UNWRITTEN by Carey/Gross, and that's not a comparison I would make lightly.
My game is once again on sale. All proceeds go directly to my coffers and will be used to fund an undead uprising that may have catastrophic consequences but is probably still better than the plans of other, less scrupulous overlords.
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
The cover of Clair Obscur shows a team of adventurers facing a giant ghostly apparition.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 isn't just a good game, it's excellent science fiction storytelling.
This should be one of the frontrunners for next year's Hugo Award for Best Game.
New blog review: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/art-...
Yesterday was a a busy day: I shared some design for the excellent ttRPG, Mythic Bastionland, on my Substack.
The Fated Knight, haunted by loss, fated for greatness. open.substack.com/pub/delversc...
My pleasure! It’s been a while since I read The Gutter Prayer, but when I reread City of Last Chances some time ago, I was struck by an affinity between the texts; and they are both such joy to read.
Vinay reviews James Logan's highly anticipated sequel of The Silverblood Promise, THE BLACKFIRE BLADE:
"A sequel that leans on the adventurous strength of its predecessor while not being afraid to go dark and emotional as needed"
More: tinyurl.com/2j25pejc
@jamesloganauthor.bsky.social
An anticipated read, and how pleasing it is to see that Baldree does not lose track of the series’ identity even as he puts a greater accent on action in this one.
The thumbnail of my essay on City of Last Chances and the Gutter Prayer
Halloween might be over, but gothic vibes are never out of season! To this end: Two of my favourite fantasy novels set in distinctly gothic cities: City of Last Chances by @aptshadow.bsky.social and The Gutter Prayer by @mytholder.bsky.social.
My write-up:
wp.me/p8LkPa-35Y
youtu.be/PlmCeM_TEUU
The president is experiencing OBVIOUS mental and physical decline. Pre$$ ignores. He barks about a third term, and the press asks how he'll do it, rather than pointing out that it's unconstitutional. That's not legal.
Oligarchs purchased the news media and it died.
Corporate news is a cancer.
I’m sorry, are there any actual journalists who read this headline? Does anyone working in media outlets today know the meaning of “ceasefire”?
this should be so embarrassing for AI boosters - a claim that ChatGPT had “found” solutions to longstanding maths problems: turned out not that it had SOLVED them but had found solutions by googling for them
they’re seeing what they want to see, not what’s there
garymarcus.substack.com/p/erdosgate
Philip K Dick still undefeated at correctly predicting our current dystopia
Will do, thanks! Couldn’t agree more, a book without any typos on its first print run especially is about as achievable as the Pals’ drive for perfection.
Evan Dahm creates some incredible, detailed fantastic worlds, and 3rd Voice is breathtaking in its scope and intricacy. The webcomic at rice-boy.com/3rdvoice/ind... is well into the 2nd sequence, still metering out the secrets of the setting. It's the story of a pair of
Hey @aptshadow.bsky.social, I clocked a pair of typos in the hardcover print run of Lives of Bitter Rain, is there anyone at Head of Zeus I could ping about them for future printings? Loved the novella to bits!
Please do!!
A hardcover copy if Lives of Bitter Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Not my wallet, victimised by @aptshadow.bsky.social today. What a gorgeous hardback this is! Can’t wait to blaze through it.
Ian Green’s Extremophile is seriously punk, and deserves to be widely read. If you haven’t picked it up yet, do!
I got the audiobook and loved it to pieces.
A short'n'sweet review of Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo, a science-fiction novella of the close future...An interesting read, that.
My thoughts:
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Art vs Artist
A thumbnail of my post showcasing the cover of All the Lovers in the Night
Mieko Kawakami's All the Lovers in the Night speaks to the part of the human that yearns for connection. It illustrates, too, the difficulty of reaching out and making those connections, especially in the aftermath of deep and abiding trauma.
Find my review here:
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An excellent review of The Lords of the Summer Season by @wsbookclub.bsky.social. Bizarre is just another word for fun in my vocabulary, so: gimme!
wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2025/10/02/b...
a group of uniformed animals with muskets, wearing red and blue uniforms including tasselled caps and old fashioned long coats, rallying around a flag.
A uniformed mantis with a sabre and a flag.
A uniformed hamster loading a musket
A uniformed giant anteater aiming a musket.
So for this year's somewhat abbreviated Oktobersketch I'm experimenting with group scenes, one per week. Here are some stalwart defenders of some small European nation circa 1800(?). Group first then the individual originals.
Absolutely appalling.
