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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 10h

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 10h

I have bought a new Jackery and ordered a camping turbine and five water carriers and a 12kg bag of rice, and also 100 allium bulbs because if we bite the Big One i hope i can leave something beautiful behind #climategrief

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 12h

It's October🎃 which means, SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 5! **This is our yearly Best-Of Weird Fiction anthology, only eligible REPRINTS will be considered** Get the full submissions details here, and check out the full cover reveal! tinyurl.com/4474xej6

THE CALL OF THE WEIRD
All October, Tenebrous Press is accepting submissions for the Fifth Volume of our Weird Fiction Award anthology, BRAVE NEW WEIRD.
This is a reprint anthology. Only works published between 10/31/25-10/31/26 will be considered.
Full details at www.tenebrouspress.com

Cover art by Matt Blairstone.
Beneath a swirling tile mosaic sea filled with fish and squid, two mountain giants surround a rural village who are burning a wicker man in their honor.
One of the giants eats the worshippers, while the other digs what they're throwin' down.

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here’s our weekly #HelpSky and #MutualAid💕💸 #CrowdFund thread Drink some water🚰 Take your meds 💊 Water your green pets 🪴 Check in with yourself 🫵🏽 Check in with your people 👩🏾‍🐰‍👩🏼 Mutual Aid is radical resistance 🤟🏼 All mutual aid requests welcome, please include your links and alt text

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“A unique voice, tone and heart.” Everything Will Swallow You has been chosen as one of the top ten paperback releases so far of 2026 by this week’s Bookseller Magazine. Free international delivery here in case you’ve not got yours yet: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

A round up of the year’s best paperbacks, beginning with my latest novel.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 18h

Hey, America! Kobo has put SCRATCH MOSS in its Spooky Stories promo and you can get the ebook for just $1.99! Come and join us down the deep, dark coal mine. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

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Scratch Moss ebook by David Barnett - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Scratch Moss The most original folk horror novel of the year from the author of Withered Hill" by David Barnett available from Rakuten Kobo. It's bad when the heart is ripped out of a community....

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 15h

Press Release: Wizard's Tower to Publish Beowulf in Hel by Adam Roberts wizardstowerpress.co...

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 30/09/2026

Over at #Ebooks Direct: our #Autumn #Sale is on! All our #sciencefiction and #fantasy #ebook bundles have had prices cut to make it easier for you to pick up some new-season reading. And you get our free lifetime replacement guarantee! Do stop by and take advantage of us. dduane.link/AutumnEbookS...

Screengrab of the Ebooks Direct front page image for our Autumn Reading sale

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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · 16h

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated by Eric H. Cline A quick guide to the world prior to the Bronze Age Collapse and speculations as to what might have caused it. jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/speak...

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Speak, Memory

Eric H. Cline’s 2021 book, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated1, is a popular history text. The subject? The apparently abrupt collapse of complex societies in the Eastern ...

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On pre-order, our very Welsh Kickstarter project. They Are Still Here features stories of resistance and resilience in Welsh community, with a little help from our supernatural friends. wizardstowerpress.co...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is the final day of the eBook sale for The Green Man's Holiday. The book is 99p on Amazon, and a similar price on most eBook platforms. Don't miss out. wizardstowerpress.co...

Cover of The Green Man’s Holiday by Juliet E McKenna. Art by Ben Baldwin.

Image is of an animal-like face with many sharp teeth peering out from a pile of gray rocks. Foliage and white flowers cover the rocks.

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Stephen Cox - "funny, raunchy, romantic, satisfyingly twisted" @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 18h

Me, as you know. Everyone else, I'm going and I'll be launching a book Jo edited!

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 18h

Shaggy ink cap, Nantymeillion, October 1st

A shaggy ink cap mushroom growing in the airlock

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 19h

This time next week @rozc.bsky.social and I will be well on our way to Glasgow for Fantasycon! Who else is going?

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 20h

On National Poetry Day, here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

The Power of Poetry

with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,

it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,

so he reached for his copy
of The Complete Works of Yeats

and bludgeoned the President
of the United States

Brian Bilston

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 22h

The Chills, Thrills and Kills October Itchio book sale is live!!! Get this amazing deal of October-themed reads that'll last you until next year! 80+ books for just $69! Less than a dollar a book and all the jokes you can make about the price! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic 2 for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 21h

War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to “a war against” whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 23h

Meet the Murderbot creators! @simonbowland.bsky.social has been a letterer for 22 years, our go-to for every book, master of this art that does its job when you don’t notice it. Wise about printing, production, design… He’s Mr. Comics. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!

The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In good news, as the weather has got colder I appear to have got my cooking mojo back. Tonight's dinner is Mongolian Mystery Meat From The Freezer. chefsavvy.com/30-minute-mo...

Mongolian...something with grilled réd peppers and rice

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There has been a lot of talking about AI on here today, and if you're as fed up of it as I am, I'd like to recommend the Doodl app. Daily prompts, no pressure, art générated by real humans in all their messy glory. Much better than doomscrolling while we wait for IT to happen.

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Captain Danger @realcaptaindanger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The sooner the better

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sometimes, we say enough is enough. We are tired of the hate, the harm, the division and the misrepresentation. This is just one of 113k cis women who signed and spoke. If you feel the same, and know others who’d agree, please sign and share: notinourname.org.uk

Blonde haired women smiles. She says “I signed because it was a huge relief to find a group of women who feel the same way I do. Some women are uncomfortable with the negative stories we keep being told about trans people — I am one of them.

I’m proud to call myself a NION woman”

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Susan Murray @pulpthorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's Book Quote Wednesday and the #BookQW word is 'treat'. In Waterborne Exile the freemerchant Marten's plans - years in the making - are unravelling.

Extract from Waterborne Exile by Susan Murray:

“Marten, the sight raises more questions than it ever answers. I’ve seen you as a great man. You had everything in place before Tresilian betrayed us all. And you can again. You will. But you must stay true to your people.”

“What, the people who made me a laughing-stock today?”

“They are still your people. You risked everything for them once.”

“Never again.” Marten stood up slowly, his eyes on Alwenna. “I’ll see you set back on your throne as queen of all the Peninsular Kingdoms before I’ll treat with them.” He pushed away from the table and the wine in the bottle was stirred by his movement, ripples spreading across the dark surface. Alwenna’s attention was drawn into the darkness beneath the perturbed surface and she could no more resist her sight than she could convince Marten of what he must do.

She dived down and down, deeper into darkness, moving through the liquid as if it were nothing more than a breeze. Her hair trailed loose behind her, free and unfettered and her heart pumped blood through her veins with a wicked glee. It was so good to be alive, so good. And revenge would be even better. Ahead of her lay a small cairn. As she drew closer she could see it was composed not of rocks as she had assumed, but of bones. Reposing on the very top of the cairn lay the jewelled dagger.

#BookQW – treat

Cover of Waterborne Exile by Susan Murray. A woman in a blood-spattered white gown moves past the viewer, holding a bowl of blood in both hands. A bloodstained dagger is tucked in her belt. Cover art by Paul Young.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's #buyastrangerabook day! @hierath77.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £20. ANY book, not just what's on my website. So, if there's a particular book you'd like, get in touch. UK only.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Is there à downloadable programme for Fantasycon, does anyone know?

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 30/09/2026

It's new Hurley story day! For a buck you get 120+ pieces of short, weird fiction you can read instead of doom scrolling. Join the 1000+ other folks who think that's a GREAT idea www.patreon.com/kameronhurley

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Kameron Hurley — creating Short Stories

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LAST DAY OF THE 30% DISCOUNT SALE. Good morning - I hope you slept like a kelp swaddled sea-otter - just letting you know that the 30% Discount Sale closes tonight at midnight, if you haven't yet had a chance to swan around our shop, picking up bargains like autumn leaves. www.rathergoodart.co.uk

A Ravilious watercolour of a flint-knapped cottage below the Sussex downs. A figure is in the garden looking back towards the house, seemingly satisfied with their morning's digging, and the view.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Humans are messy and imperfect and emotional and funny and they pour that into their art. Why would anyone want to outsource that to the planet-killing plagarism machine?

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

*rocking intensifies" I'm about to go full Falling Down on a data centre...

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A YouTube milestone - 400 subscribers! ❤️ Here's a new short from our extras series to celebrate. Bookmark for when you need a dose of summer.

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Butterflies and bees in a meadow with the sound of cicadas

YouTube video by Radio Lento

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So far this morning I have seen someone defending AI music and someone else defending ai Written épisodes of Doctor Who, so if you need me I'll be rocking gently in the corner...

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So Andy Burnham has talked à good game. I'll believe it when it happens; until then I réserve the right to be deeply sceptical.

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This month's story is a bit of a banger, I contend. A little bit alt history, a little bit horror. Free to read, as ever, although feel free to pitch in with a subscription as my redundancy date gets ever closer. www.patreon.com/Queex/posts/...

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Story: Unsporting Strategies Division | Queex

Story: Unsporting Strategies Division by Queex on Patreon. Join Queex's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 KINDLE UK DAILY DEAL 🚨 Don't miss out! Grab @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's belovéd fantasy classic THE GOBLIN EMPEROR and enter the court of reluctant ruler Maia as he learns to navigate his distant father's complex realm and builds bridges along the way. Snap it up for only 99p! 👉️ buff.ly/dnkFJbc

Against a black and gold patterned background, an eReader with the UK cover for Katherine Addison's THE GOBLIN EMPEROR. White text: "Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal" 99p.

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Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The message is clear: people want nature protected, and they want more ambition. With 2030 fast approaching, the Government must listen and turn public support into real action for nature. Read the full article here: www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/polling...

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Polling finds public ambition for nature is double that of Government | The Wildlife Trusts

New polling and evidence from The Wildlife Trusts demonstrates that the public grasp the importance of nature far more than politicians

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh my gosh, I have made a squash tagine in the slow cooker and it is absolutely smashing, just what I needed #bliss

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Brian M. Milton isn't just co-editor of our anthology #Haverin -- he's also an all-round good egg! Brian is running this weekend's Glasgow Half-Marathon in aid of the Community Renewal Trust and Caledonia Funeral Aid. You can sponsor him today at the link below: @munchkinstein.bsky.social

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Brian's Glasgow Half Marathon 2026

Brian is raising money for Community Renewal Trust & Caledonia Funeral Aid. Donate at https://givi.ng/8n4p

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Numpty shortly before she cut her foot open and had to be whizzed to the vets...

Elsa white lurcher in attractive pawprint pyjamas standing in a field

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I had a hard day, so Chris bought me flowers ♡

Yellow and white flowers in a spherical vase, dramatically lit

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enid Blyton has taken à dark turn...

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is your friendly reminder that I have a witchy, tarot-filled, feminist, myth/fairytale-laden poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods, from @clashbooks.bsky.social ! You can snag it here: www.alitrotta.com/recent-works @reactorsff.bsky.social review: reactormag.com/book-review-...

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It’s In the Cards: Ali Trotta’s Offerings for Ordinary Gods - Reactor

Myths, legends, and arcana are the materials with which Trotta reflects our lives, showing readers how close they might be to the stuff of legends.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I MAY have a speaking gig at à WI. How obnoxiously trans-positive do I dress for such an event on a scale of 1-10?

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello Evening Crowd just one blog this week may be another week for normal service to return

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Them "You should promote yourself more!" Me : *promotes self * Them "not like that! How very dare you!* And this is why self promotion is hard, kids... *crawls back under rock*

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s excellent you wants this

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