Okay, Telefantasy Time Jump is back on Spotify! (Plus an awkward orphan episode called 'test', but ignore that one!)

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Who Killed Nessie? – @paulcornell.bsky.social & @rachaelsmith.bsky.social’s Cryptozoological Murder Mystery Beautifully Explores Ideas of Finding Your Place in the World. From @averyhill.bsky.social. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/who-killed-n...

For those who’ve missed Telefantasy Time Jump on Spotify, the auto-posting from our host, Libsyn, seems to have stopped working. I’ve put up our newest free episode directly, though. Let me know if you can find it.

I'm going to be one of the judges of the @2000ad.bsky.social new talent search at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social ! 2000ad.com/news/2000-ad...

“Clutch Cargo” (and to a lesser extent, “Space Angel”) were staples of Chicago kids’ TV in my youth. I’ve never seen lips the same way since.

Oh no! The Horror of Synchro-Vox!

Serious Nick Fury, Agent of Shield vibes there. About three years early?

The new Patrons-only episode of Telefantasy Time Jump is out now! Join me and @lizbethmyles.bsky.social as we watch Alex Toth in artistic action on 1962's Space Angel! www.patreon.com/posts/142841...

If you’re near Bedford, you can find pre-release signed copies of my Avengers book at Close Encounters Comics! www.closeencounters.co.uk/books/104688...

We've just launched the Kickstarter for my gamebook saga 'The Curse of Cthulhu Books 1 & 2'! Travel to a remote Scottish island, infiltrate a deadly cult and find the idol - or die trying! Art by @willirobertsart.bsky.social & @lyndondraws.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/sim...

So @lizbethmyles.bsky.social @paulcornell.bsky.social 5 minute episodes on your favourite book of each year?

Wonderful work, it should be read by everyone with an interest in alternate history. Cracking read too.

Ah my home town! Close Encounters is lovely.

Careful, now. Keep an eye on the skies.

I’ll be at the Bedford Central Library from Noon, and then at the Close Encounters comic shop from 1pm. @davestokes.bsky.social & @rachaelsmith.bsky.social ‘s presence will bring along a crowd.

I’m off up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire today.

The US before-insurance bill for this at an ER would be around $5,500. Protect your NHS, UK.

The NHS (the wonderful Lucia) did triage, x-ray and removal in 80 minutes, pulling a shard of glass out of my foot! More details in the Newsletter, which will be out on time! Thank you, NHS!

The Newsletter might be late today. I’m in Minor Injuries with a (very) minor injury, a spelk (as my Mum used to call them) in my heel which after two weeks feels like it’s still in there, making it occasionally painful to walk. NHS great as always: walk in, get x-ray, don’t pay a penny.

Sweet sorrows?

I think it would if it were just Big Dogs but Big Dog Theory sounds nerdy enough to take the edge off imo

Going back a bit but Big Dog Theory is a good team name

Last nights best line… “A dinner party? I’ve just eaten a lasagne!”

I’m in a pub quiz tomorrow night and I’m hoping something happens in The Celebrity Traitors to provide a good team name.

Everyone is just absolutely overlooking her. Most of them seem to need to be reminded that she’s there!

I’ve become quite a fan of Cat Burns across The Celebrity Traitors. I really want her to have an ‘it was Agatha all along’ moment at the end. She’s playing the game really well.

My midweek Blog leads on my signing in Bedford this weekend, plus all the @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social details! www.paulcornell.com/2025/10/bedf...

Every now and then I get homesick for crumpets. We buy a pack. I eat maybe two. The rest sit for too long and end up going stale. Repeat approximately two years later.

Read The Longest War last week. Good job!

This email made me laugh @paulcornell.bsky.social So 70s

I’ll have *five* new titles on sale at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social !

I can eat any number of crumpets (well, I haven't tested this theory beyond about three) but my occasional craving for a scotch egg generally fizzles out before I've finished it.

There was a place in Bath that would make a milkshake out of anything. I had an Iced Gems milkshake. Four sips of utter bliss, then instant nausea.

I’ve just finished reading Gnomes of Lychford and I go to visit the cat I’m looking after and I find this. Should I be worried @paulcornell.bsky.social I enjoyed the latest installment btw.

All this talk of crumpets meant that I had crumpets for lunch.

Whatever it is, if you're offering, I'll take one.

Got addicted to crumpets the size of my face while living in the UK & then moved back to the US, where I’ve only ever seen one brand of crumpet and most grocery stores don’t carry them.

Which means Jesus drove the moneylenders from the temple because he could see it wasn't up to code.

I now have the mental image of, as he was placed upon the Cross, him going "Man, you've had real cowboys put these together, it'll never be load bearing".

So that’s why we’ve been waiting so long. He’s on another job.

"Häresie". The word is "Häresie" (n.), "die Häresie".

Halloween in my little town is surprisingly raucous. Last year I ran into a ragged-bearded builder friend of mine dressed as Christ, driving the undead before him.

Welcome to Team Crumpet. …huh. Phrasing.

I purchased crumpets earlier. Future me will be pleased.

Frivolous Bitters is an ace band name

I had crumpets for breakfast today and now feel like I am on the winning team.

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Most of the time I have to sit quietly while everyone says how much they hate posh, massively stacked burgers and way-too-hoppy IPAs and pretend like we aren't living through my personal golden age.

As a German, I can read and understand the words "chocolate" and "beer" perfectly fine when I see them individually, but they make zero sense when they're used together.

You need to drink half a pint. Accompanied with a crumpette.