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Ricky Broome

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Recovering academic who just can't seem to quit

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Swords & Sorcery Magazine @curtissandsm.bsky.social · 4h
Issue 176, September 2026 is live with 4 new stories and a review for your reading pleasure. Enjoy! swordsandsorcerymagazine.com
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Swords & Sorcery Magazine
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Minilla Jovovich 🍉 read Merynthia's Master ⚔️🪱🐦 @minillajovovich.bsky.social · 5h
Sword & Sorcery overview thread? U BET LOVE'S RED BLOSSOM A rich merchant wishes to wed the daughter of a sultan and believes a mysterious seedling might be just the ticket. His plainswoman bodyguard likes it not...
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Love’s Red Blossom – Swords & Sorcery Magazine
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Hourly Garth Marenghi's Darkplace @hourlydarkplace.bagpuss.org · 3h
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S01E01 Once Upon a Beginning 29 January 2004
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 8h
So, who wants a Mordheim inspired game from the guy who wrote the rules for Warcry, Games Workshop’s best wargame for years? Because that’s what you can get* if you click this link. * well, the beta rules at any rate.
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Black Death City
Black Death City: miniatures-agnostic narrative skirmish game of dark fantasy and gothic horror.
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Zekiel @illmetbymorrslieb.bsky.social · 9h
I return to #WFRP 2nd Edition with my latest review, looking at the bumper book of Chaos released for that edition. Can it live up to the amazing standard set by the Realm of Chaos books of 1988 & 1990? Read my review to see what I think: illmetbymorrslieb.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Review: Tome of Corruption (WFRP 2e)
I crack open WFRP 2nd Edition’s Bumper Book of Chaos.
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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 9h
if you like and want to support human-made, independent literature, might i suggest: asterismbooks.com/product/toad...
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Toadstones | Asterism Books
Bloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star’s lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper’s final job for her late employer. An exhumation to retrieve a poetry manuscri...
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 14h
Dark Ages didn't happen
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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 14h
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
Black and white picture of a vampire on horseback with a sword and staff surrounded by a horde of zombies
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Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 15h
As September comes to a close and autumn takes gentle hold it's time for the latest North Sea dispatches. This round takes in the regal, the forbidden and the unexpected. All testament to just how much the North Sea still matters.
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Royal yachts, a coveted Rembrandt and drama under the mudflats
North Sea Dispatches #12
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Ichor Magazine @ichormagazine.bsky.social · 15h
We are extending our submission window by 2 weeks! You have until 23:59 BST on the 14th October 2026 to get your incredible stories to us!
ICHOR Magazine
Stories In The Tradition Of Sword & Sorcery And Horror
Extending Submissions until 14/10/26
Send your manuscript to ichorzine@gmail.com
Make sure SUBMISSION is in the subject
1.5-2.5K Words, 1c p/w
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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Luana is At It again! 'It' being writing amazing fiction that ya gotta read. This one is a wonderful juxtaposition of the duties of adulthood and the emotions of adolescence all wrapped up in excellent prose that perfectly delivers the grim and gritty action of a medieval battle.
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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Luana is At It again! 'It' being writing amazing fiction that ya gotta read. This one is a wonderful juxtaposition of the duties of adulthood and the emotions of adolescence all wrapped up in excellent prose that perfectly delivers the grim and gritty action of a medieval battle.
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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's the feast of St Michael the Archangel! But did you know it is also the feast of the Blessed Charles de Blois, erstwhile duke of Brittany? Yep, that's because he fought the final(ish) battle of the Breton War of Succession at Auray on 29 September 1364, where he died! And boy was it dramatic
The battle of Auray, 1364. Medieval illustration of two armies clashing with spears. Everyone's dressed in full plate, but on foot, standing on a pile of bleeding corpses. The two leaders wear identical ermine tunics and wave banners. The banner on the right is tipping backwards.

High-definition images courtesy of BnF's Mandragore; low-res images courtesy of the Online Froissart.
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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hallowe'en Season approaching, so now's the time to buy your copy of NIGHT FEARS: WEIRD TALES IN TRANSLATION paradiseeditions.net/products/nig...
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Night Fears: Weird Tales in Translation
With its unique blend of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, Weird Tales was the quintessential pulp magazine of the early 20th century. While classic American writers like H.P. Lovecraft and Robert...
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Samuel Rowe @samdrowe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new post concerning a strange symbol on a coin-type of Gisulf II. After an initial, convoluted attempt to explain it, I found the answer in older historiography (which should never be dismissed out of hand, a fact well illustrated here). #medievalsky mundusbarbarorum.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/t...
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The Mysterious Monogram of Gisulf II
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. “Le emissioni dei duchi di Benevento, con Solidi e Tremisses, si distribuiscono in termini piuttosto monotoni per tutto l’VIII secolo.”Ermanno Arslan, “Emis…
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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 28/09/2026
Greetings from the path from Prague to Stará Boleslav, where Czechs (and at least one Englishman) are gathering in honour of that "good king" from the carol. For the day that's in it, here's a new piece about why his name in English has an N, but not so in Czech. dannybate.com/2026/09/28/g...
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Good King Václav
Every September 28th, thanks to a brutal fratricide over a thousand years ago, the Czech Republic gives itself a day off. The victim of that crime was Wenceslaus, ruler of Bohemia from 921 to maybe…
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Right, we have a horrible amount of work to do over the next 2 days, so if you see us on here feel free to spray us with water or something In the meantime we'll just say that we're seven sales from WS6 going gold on DriveThruRPG, completing a clean golden sweep of our first half dozen issues
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Wyrd Science | DriveThruRPG
Browse titles from Wyrd Science on DriveThruRPG.
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Jon Dell Isola @medievaljon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#medievalsky question: is "Frankia" (as opposed to Francia) more common in a certain subfield than others? I think the consensus is Francia but perhaps I am wrong?
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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Them: "Warhammer's Empire is just a fantasy version of the real Holy Roman Empire" The real Holy Roman Empire:
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Jon Dell Isola @medievaljon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Shorter post this time about what I call "competitive history", or the frustrating trend to typologize and compare historical places, people, and events. Or, in other words, the "RIP to them but I'm different" theory of history #medievalsky
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On "Competitive History"
A few weeks ago I was delivering a lecture on the Mongols, and noted how Chinggis Khan ruled over the "largest land empire in history," a phrase that gets bandied about all over the internet. I asked ...
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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a book I already read and greatly enjoyed in digital format. But it's so good I had to get the physical copy too! Merynthia's Master by @minillajovovich.bsky.social one of the masterpieces of modern S&S.
A copy of the book Merynthia's Master by Luana Saitta
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In recognition of World Cassowary Day, here's a reminder that we sell assorted #cassowary stickers, badges and keychains at the Tet Zoo Store.... tetzoo-store.sumupstore.com/products #WorldCassowaryDay
Montage showing Tet Zoo cassowary products: stickers, keychain and pin badge.
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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liven up your Saturday afternoon with this delightful lecture by the ever-awesome @vauser.bsky.social, held at @castlefest.bsky.social 2026. youtu.be/0YMDcDuZ7QM?... Tooth and Claw, Amber and Ice: Amulets Against the Unseen
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Castlefest 2026 Academy Lecture: Tooth and Claw, Ice and Amber - Amulets against the Unseen
YouTube video by Castlefest
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Missed it? You can watch the recording right here 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
they say they love you but do they even know your favorite type of medieval reliquary?
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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
if you like the big ol' Phorusrhacidae *and* Sword & Sorcery, i wrote a story with 'em: swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/spear-and-ta...
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Spear and Talon – Swords & Sorcery Magazine
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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎃 OFFICIAL MESSAGE FROM PUMPKIN LORD 🎃 HUMANS! YOUR CARVED EFFIGIES IN TRIBUTE PLEASE ME YES! YOU MAY NOW DISPLAY A TRIBUTE TO MY MAJESTIC VISAGE IN YOUR HOME! MAY YOUR GOURDS BE MIGHTY AND YOUR STALKS STRONG 🎃 ALL HAIL PUMPKIN LORD 🎃 www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl... (also free shipping today)
ALL HAIL PUMPKIN LORD a pumpkin dressed as the grim reaper
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Automata posting had me thinkin' about Paul Ernst's 1931 story "The Incredible Formula" so I spent lunch musing upon it on the blog, as is my wont. Check it out if you want a Marxist parable about labor, alienation, and capitalist exploitation...with zombies! geoliminal.com/2026/09/24/a...
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A Specter is Haunting the Pulps #47: “The Incredible Formula” by Paul Ernst, Amazing Stories, v. 6, n. 3, June 1931
Getting to be nearly that Best of All Seasons (Hallowe’en), so I want to get back into the ol’ pulp strainer world and talk about some neat weird horror…BUT, the previous post abo…
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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The palette on this is perfection Gorgeous art Great design And you may spot my Goatskin. Thrilled to see this so soon out!!
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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#OTD in 1066 Harold Godwinson defeated his brother Tostig and the Norwegian King Harald Sigurdsson Hardrada in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. This famous battle and the equally famous march to the south of England to face William the Conqueror are absent from the #BayeuxTapestry. #Medievalsky
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What was the Danegeld, and what legacy did the English payments to the Vikings leave? I'm in The Conversation discussing exactly that (in under 800 words!). #medieval #medievalsky
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The English paid off the Vikings for almost a century. But was the Danegeld such a bad idea?
It’s easy to say now that paying the Vikings to go away ‘didn’t work’. But this obscures the fact paying off one Viking band didn’t ensure another would stop coming.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We will always share our publications with you! For free! And you might even ask questions!
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚔️ Holy cow, at breakfast we needed a little over $1000 to unlock the zine and already you've got it to under $500! ⁉️ Are we gonna unlock the 'zine TODAY? Will we press on to custom dinkuses? WILL I GET TO EXPLAIN "DINKUSES"??? 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
"We need $357 more to reach this goal"
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Alice Hicklin @alicehicklin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Delighted to find a new sleep paralysis demon while innocently searching for a charter in BnF NAL 231. Love his high heeled boots, have spent too long trying to work out if he's wearing clothes
A marginal drawing of a person, likely but not certainly a man, in flared trousers with little high heels on. The top half of his outfit is a bit of a mystery. It is a microfilm copy in black and white
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Norse in the North @norseinthenorth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Norse in the North 2027: Life and Death Abstract deadline: 1st February 2027 We welcome proposals from postgraduate students for papers in any area of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies relating to the theme. We look forward to reading your proposals! #callforpapers #oldnorse
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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am currently really (really) bruised after moshing in the pit at a recent punk gig Which means it is once again time to share my article about how this is the best way to research early medieval warfare; www.epoch-magazine.com/post/what-ar...
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What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them
I have a friend who makes replicas of Early Medieval jewellery. Using authentic techniques, he forges and sells his wares at fairs up and...
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good news everyone, we've just restocked issues 2 & 3 of Secret Passages So remember, a magazine isn't just for Christmas, it can be for late September too, order one today and there's a chance you could be reading it this weekend (like a boss)
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Wyrd Science – Tabletop Gaming Magazines, Merch & More
Everything that we have on sale including magazines, merch, t-shirts, art prints, books and more.
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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Me: Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a Jacob Rees-Mogg. Jacob Rees-Mogg: How about side by side with someone who says the English are a mongrel race, not an Aryan master race? Me: Aye, I could do that Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I highly doubt Eggers - the well-researched purveyor of historically authentic dialogue - meant 6-11th c. Old English when interviewed about this. Similar situation happened with Werwulf (2026) and he had to correct the press release
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Zekiel @illmetbymorrslieb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Book review: Trollslayer, the first anthology of Gotrek & Felix stories. #WarhammerFantasy illmetbymorrslieb.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/r... This is a weird read, given that I read the first 3 stories in my teens (and many times since), while the last 4 are completely new to me!
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Book Review: Trollslayer (Gotrek & Felix novel)
Thoughts on the first novel starring the most famous duo in all of Warhammer.
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Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some good looking gaming medievalism content in this volume!
Screenshot of the link to chapter 7: "Political Medievalism, Militant Patriotism, and Digital Games in post-2022 Russia: The Cases of Smuta and Warhammer 40k" by Olga Kalashnikova and Eugene Mysko
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 23/09/2026
please to see that my latest academic article is out now: "Ghost in the Machine. Crusade Medievalisms in the 21st-century United States" I take on the ghost of Samuel Huntington and some right-wing tropes in scholarship open access so free to read --> www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Minilla Jovovich 🍉 read Merynthia's Master ⚔️🪱🐦 @minillajovovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
for #bivisibilityday you should bi this book with like [quick mental math] five bi bitches at least
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An article from May but I haven't seen anyone else flag it up here. Prehistoric arrows, Viking age skis and so much more - it's truly remarkable what is turning up! www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface. Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the Artifacts Before They're Lost to Time
In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ice patches. As temperatures rise across the world, glacial archaeologists...
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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Slightly odd question but can anyone recommend a translation of the Man’yoshu? I’m particularly interested in books 6 and 8.
Picture of Heijo palace in Nara for visual interest. A timber multiple storey building with red pillars, white walls and large black roof.
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