SALE! Only $1.99! Please pick up a copy wherever you buy e-books. You don't need any D&D playing or reading experience to enjoy this story. It can act as an open door to the world of D&D and Ravenloft, but seasoned players will feel right at home, too. Also there is a hairless flying cat. 🦇

I just piublished the first edition of my First World War focused newsletter examining the book 'Victory Through Coalition' by Elizabeth Greenhalgh. Available free to all subscribers! 🗃️ the-historians-holonet.ghost.io/victory-thro...

Exuberant YouTube voiceover: Could Batman survive the Predator? Me, in my cranky old man voice: Son, I assure you that he has. Twice, in fact. Hell, Alfred damn near killed one.

Here's a drawing of gold-toothed Kentucky hero Smilin' Sid Hatfield (yes, related to the feuding ones), chief of police of Matewan, WV, who battled coal coal company gun thugs after preventing them from displacing and robbing the striking miner families to whom he'd sworn his protection. 1/

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

Some Sunday fiction for all you Royal Occultist enjoyers. Thrill to the spectral horrors of "The Uninvited Guest"...

My first ever solo title is THIRTEEN years-old! I guess this means I'm no longer that bright-eyed twenty-something who's picture graces my Goodreads page... www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

My occult detective series character, Derek Adams, the Glaswegian MIDNIGHT EYE, was created 35 years ago this month, and he's still telling me new stories... 3 novels, six novellas and a dozen short stories so far and counting... www.williammeikle.com/aboutmeye.html

Finally got around to finishing this! You bet your ghibli ass I had to put a unicorn up in this bad boy

Accompanying the forthcoming Chapter 2 Core Set for Arkham Horror: The Card Game from @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social, Bullets in the Dark tells the story of the newly returned Isabelle Barnes (alongside unlikely sidekick Tommy Muldoon). Available now to pre-order! books2read.com/Bulletsinthe...

Today's review is another of my favourites, the 1962 occult thriller, NIGHT OF THE EAGLE...

Work in progress. Oil on board. Can you guess the hill fort? This will be on show at my studio in early May for Oxfordshire Artweeks.

The great Reggie Bannister, who was one of my biggest early cheerleaders and always kind to this kid just starting out, has entered hospice care. www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...

Selkie details. She's based on a combination of old photos of women from the Orkney Isles, where selkies are common folklore. I wanted her to seem warmer and less lonely than the mermaid, so i gave her warmer tones & sea foam colours rather than deep sea iridescents. click prev post for more!

⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️ Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story... The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues! Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Teyonah Parris, probably. Or maybe Nia-Malika Henderson.

Awards eligibility... awolfstale.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...

Exciting news! My science fiction horror story THE SIN EATER is featured in the newest episode of Nocturnal Transmissions, brought to life by the sinister voice talents of Kristin Holland! Enter a world of neon shadows, corruption, and a man with a literal addiction to murder...

Good thread here on what's facing folks getting snatched:

Just saw the cover for a thing that I can't talk about yet, but boy howdy I can't wait to share it. Sorry to vague-post, but it's seriously awesome. Bucket list type of thing. Anyway, as you were.

The last Parliament of Bears in England was held in 490 AD. However, the date of the last Parliament of Ghost Bears is much contested and a sure way to start an argument in a tavern. - #CLNolan, BBC National Programme talk, 1934

Today's look at the Royal Occultist mythos focuses on a certain house on Cheyne Walk...

For some reason I'm seeing my art of THE SPIDER doing the rounds — The Spider is of course my favorite pulp hero, being as he is a cackling psycho who dresses like a scary witch to kill gangsters with his girlfriend

Experimenting by releasing a short story on Kindle & KU. Rider in the Widow Lands is a 25 page sword & sorcery tale. Available now! Mybook.to/widowlands

Please help the cats left behind after ICE kidnapped their owners.

Morning. 🖼️ Maggie Vandewalle

The Pulp Factory Award nominations are out. I am honored to have made the ballot this year in the Best Novel and Best Short Story categories. Voting is open to the public. Check out the amazing nominees and cast your vote here: forms.gle/EgVZVTmnxkGw...

It's Sunday. Have some jazz.

I see Kid Rock has completed his transformation into Wario Ernest P. Worrell.

Welsh Iranian artist, Roshi Nasehi, speaks to fellow musicians about the dangers of allowing the protest movement to be hijacked by hard left anti-imperialist ideologues and outlines how practical help can be offered The Writing’s on the Wall for the Betrayal of Iran buff.ly/bL70kF6

Did you enjoy "Blacker Than Night" and "On Toad Hill"? Did you know that there's a new Lady Dee adventure in this collection? "Goat-Foot" finds Dee and Dodgson up against an avant-garde film director and the Great God Pan. Read it today! ko-fi.com/s/e4e59a4a36

Today's review is an infernal mystery from 2022, HELLHOLE...

If I ever get to write a sixth Daidoji Shin novel, I've got a whole Thin Man thing planned, with Shin and Konomi playing Nick and Nora Charles and Shin's family as the suspects. Anyway, please buy some Daidoji Shin books. joshuamreynolds.co.uk/works/licens...

An underrated skill of Mignola's: quickly developing immensely tragic side characters. The Troll Witch, Von Klempt's granddaughter ("Rubezahl..."), the new Bog Roosh, and most of all the little girl from the Wolves of St. August—a tale of utter despair sketched in only six panels.

Solar Pons 1919 The Kickstarter for Belanger Books' newest anthology, Solar Pons: A Year of Mystery 1919, is now live! 1919. Great Britain has just been through one of her greatest tests: A four-year global war that has left a million of her young men dead, and another million-and-a-half wounded –…

March is approaching soon, and so is the release of Light of the Song. draft2digital.com/book/3142750 #lightofthesong #swordgoddessacolyte

The very first proper post is out! Each month I give all subscribers a free round up of any news, podcast interviews, signings etc that are taking place this month or on the horizon. So sign up now (even at the free tier) to get that each month! the-historians-holonet.ghost.io/feburary-news/

The complete Calling of the Green volume 1 open.substack.com/pub/paulleon... ICYMI, the first volume in a trilogy of D&D high fantasy adventures is complete. Join the young elvish cleric Medh and her corgi Stoutheart as they embark on a sacred quest! Take a look and let me know what you think!

Today's look at the Royal Occultist mythos delves into the history of a deadly family heirloom...

OK, everyone: I'm finally launching an author newsletter! If you enjoy my writing and/or want to keep up with my forthcoming projects and weird thoughts regarding films and books that I've been exploring lately, then sign up here! colinharker.eo.page/p5w7q

Five-year-old me: Oooh, that Batman cartoon! What adventures will he go on today? *the villain is left in tears, unable to process their fears and obsessions. And Batman, a looming presence born of the inability to rationalize terror, is the only one there to comfort them* Me: Oh. Huh.

"Now, on Fox Kids, it's Eek! The Cat. And after that, a former child star grapples with a physical condition that keeps her from ever growing up and forces her into a state of psychosis that shatters her ability to process reality. And then, Bobby's World!"

"Lilith in the Valley of a Thousand Sculptures" Mixed media: coffee, graphite, and gold leaf on Arches paper. The first piece to surface from the Labyrinth. In pale marble, she carves a tree. The Golden Serpent coils nearby — patient, watchful.

Reminder: I released a new lo-fi DIY collection on Ko-fi this weekend. Twelve tales of occult detection, involving hyperborean mummies, cursed records, and pagan sex-parties. Grab it here: ko-fi.com/s/e4e59a4a36

So far enough of you have signed up to this in various forms that I'll be able to upgrade the payment I make to Ghost from the monthly to the annual payment and guarantee 12 months of content!

Fascinating (and horrifying) thread. Give it a read.

Need some $$$ to go around on my Paypal (yes, there, specifically) so please consider getting some of my recent zines from Itch because they all are completely free but also have cool extra materials at $3 donation tier! ohotnig.itch.io

"Mother had remained herself until almost the end—sharp and lucid and utterly aware of what was happening (...) Had it been a blessing; or a curse? He didn’t have answers; and he wasn’t sure he wanted that awful certainty to shatter him." clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_01_... On grief and AIs

This is it now. If you want one, order now. Suspect we'll sell out by the end of today. Last ever chance for the first edition of the first ever Willerby book. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...