If you like humour of the variety that emerges when you take the human condition, add fantasy elements, and let the whole thing marinate in absurdity until it achieves the perfect consistency of organized pandemonium... Immerse yourself Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling's Follies #booksky #fablefoolery

If you're expecting a straightforward tale of heroic derring-do, noble quests, and sensible protagonists who make reasonable decisions at appropriate times, then I'm afraid you've wandered into the wrong story entirely. You might want to try ...

Season’s Greetings from the Department of Mildly Bewildered Festivities I’m wishing you all the traditional holiday essentials: Warm beverages of mysterious origin No encounters with rogue enchanted paperwork A moment of profound joy triggered by something trivial, like a bauble making a funny noise

Looking for a Christmas gift that’s equal parts goblins, destiny, and paperwork? Forget socks, give the gift of absurdist adventure! Thomlin Jupp is where fantasy meets bureaucracy, and destiny requires a filing cabinet. Perfect for anyone who ever lost a battle with Form 27-B. thomlinjupp.com

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Old school AD&D wasn’t just a game, it was a ritual of chaos, imagination, and the eternal cry: Wait, do I get a saving throw for that?! Weekends vanished quicker than hit points in a gelatinous cube, one small crawl and suddenly it was Monday. #FableFoolery #ADnD

The ancient rite of goblinification: legend says it takes precisely 437 cranberries, eaten under a waning moon while a goose recites bylaws. Of course, most people give up around berry 112, at which point you simply become mildly tart and start haunting salad bars. #FableFoolery #CranberryGoblin

The Council of Fantasy decreed that every saga must contain: One sarcastic blond who can quip faster than he can swordfight. One barbarian woman whose devotion to potatoes borders on religious. At least three improbable remakes disguised as “original quests.” #FableFoolery #FantasyFilms

The 1980s strapped on aviator shades and declared itself a genre. Top Gun was less a film than a ritual: jets roared, volleyballs glistened, and Kenny Loggins became a minor deity of the skies. Be kind, rewind. #FableFoolery #1980sCinema #TopGun

With one colossal yawn, he’s back on the big screen stretching nostalgia until it squeaks and reminding us that sometimes the sleepiest cat tells the tallest tales. #Bagpuss #BigYawn #FableFoolery #ReturnOfTheSaggyCat

Hogswatch; potatoes, pigs & improbable joy The Hogfather himself rode in on four pigs named Olly, Folly, Golly, & Melancholy. Thus the festival was secured: a celebration of everything ending in ‑olly, plus the occasional tax rebate for carol singers. #Discworld #Hogswatch #FableFoolery #Pratchett

a lonely reader gathered every Discworld tome into a towering stack so high it developed weather patterns. The Librarian swung by, declared “Ook,” and the stack became a book club all on its own. The book club already exists, waiting for you to notice the quorum of novels arguing in the living room.

How these rules came about: a pond applied for sentience and was granted conditional consciousness by the Department of Wet Mysteries. It immediately hired a witch, adopted a wererout, and began burning with cold unholy fire every third Tuesday.

Once upon a time, a great Oracle lived in a golden library. Ask it anything, and it would pluck the precise scroll from the shelf, dust it off with owl feathers, and hand you the truth wrapped in velvet. But then the Oracle grew bored...

The Truth feels so gritty because somewhere between ink and sausage rolls, journalism became a contact sport. Eat it up, but beware the next scoop may be about you, written by a goose with impeccable sources. #fablefoolery #discworld #TheTurth #Pratchett

Invented modern fantasy? Not quite Tolkien just gave it an accent and extra walking. As for Nazgûl, maybe writers avoid them because nine undead introverts on horseback are hard to fit into a tavern scene. Or once you summon nine undead horsemen, they unionize, demand dental, and haunt the plot.

Welcome to Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling’s Follies A satirical fantasy romp where destiny comes with paperwork and adventure requires proper documentation. Absurd quests, romantic entanglements, and cosmic bureaucracy available now thomlinjupp.com #ComedyFantasy #Satire #ThomlinJupp #FoundlingsFollies

Ah yes, the day the turtle took up world-carrying as a full-time gig. Proof that the universe runs on imagination, magic, and a suspicious amount of paperwork. 🐢📚 #Discworld #FableFoolery

Anxious? Naturally. Things that were, things that are, things yet to come… and the cursed paperwork that insists that destiny requires three signatures and a blood sample. thomlinjupp.com #fablefoolery #thomlinjupp #booksky #books #fantasy #comedy

That’s the true magic of Discworld. If it’s Pratchett’s invention or Britain’s, either way, they were brewed in a teapot with a sense of mischief.

A rotating bookcase for Discworld? Perfect. Watch out when Guards! Guards! stages a coup and demands to be shelved upside down for dramatic effect

Kidby’s Discworld art feels like stepping into a daydream where librarians are orangutans, luggage runs amok, and the shadows have punchlines. Pure wonder!

I'm Dr. Percival Aureon from Scales to Scrolls! "Theory unchecked is the deadliest form of dogma." Which character are you? scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/index.html#c...

Ever dreamed of climbing the ranks of magical bureaucracy? Take the ArcGate Empire Character Quiz. Your destiny awaits (with stamps and signatures, of course): scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/quiz.html #ScalesToScrolls #ArcGateEmpire #FantasyQuiz #BureaucracyButMakeItMagic #booksky #books

Nothing says "I’m mastering the mysteries of the universe" quite like flipping over a picture of a moon and thinking, ‘Yep, that’s definitely about my unpaid parking ticket.’ Learning tarot is like befriending a deck of sassy postcards, each one ready to spill cosmic tea about your life choices.

If fantasy gives us the desire to be heroes in our own lives, then reading Pratchett gives us the tools to make it real. #Fantasy #TerryPratchett #Booksky

What if Henry Fielding's Tom Jones got lost in a Pratchettian bureaucracy? Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling’s Follies is absurdist fantasy with dragons, destiny, and far too much paperwork. Now available! thomlinjupp.com #booksky #fantasy #fablefoolery #books #comedy #absurd

The Bureaucratic Quest Challenge A free game As an aspiring adventurer, you must properly file the correct magical paperwork to complete your quests. Remember: No quest is complete without the proper documentation! thomlinjupp.com/index.html#g... #books #booksky #fablefoolery #comedy #fantasy

Had a play earlier today. Firstly I had a go at micro fiction, I then narrated the story before creating this short for my YouTube channel called Runes and Red Tape. #writers #authors #microfiction #creators #booksky #comicfantasy This is called Dragons 'R' Us! youtube.com/shorts/XvUNG...

Dragons doing taxes. Bureaucracy as destiny. Absurdist fantasy at its finest. Read the first free chapter of Thomlin Jupp and enter the wonderfully weird: thomlinjupp.com/introduction... #ThomlinJupp #FantasyWithForms #FableFoolery #booksky #fantasy #comedy #books #reading

What if Henry Feilding's Tom Jones wandered into a world where dragons file tax returns and destiny loves paperwork? Thomlin Jupp is absurdist fantasy at its finest. Even the mother-in-law enjoyed it! Head here for more bureaucratic chaos thomlinjupp.com #booksky #fantasy #comedy #reading

Is this where sourdough spells rise at midnight, the muffins may be cursed, and the oven might be a portal to the jam dimension? I can’t wait to devour spells, crumbs, and hopefully some chaos!

Achoo! And thus, Blorptangle the Unspellable was born. Foretold by prophecy, sneezed into existence, and now legally married to a sentient marshmallow/ (it's the silent p that always causes the slip-up)

For readers of fantasy, Ants Waking by R.J. Huneke is a thrilling, visceral magical realism tale about an autistic college freshman in the magical city of Cambridge racing for the means to thwart their friend’s premature death rjhuneke.com/ants-waking/ #Booksky #fantasy #SFF #ADHD #autistic #trans

I'm delighted that @terrypratchett.bsky.social and I are still helping to protect these wonderful creatures!

A foundling’s fate, a foolish quest, The first free chapter is quite the test. Meet Thomlin Jupp (well… sort of). Read! Adventure sprouts from nonsense seed. thomlinjupp.com/introduction... #fantasy #books #booksky #comedy #follies

Free Now Read the introduction chapter to Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling's Follies. Introduction: In Which We Meet Our Hero (Sort Of) A comedy fantasy novel thomlinjupp.com/introduction... #books #booksky #writing #fantasy #comedy #authors #bureaucracy ❤️🧙‍♂️⚔️ 🤡

A toast to Bilbo, bold and small, Who vanished from his party hall. With riddles, rings, and dragon gold, His adventures have been well told. So raise your mug and sing with cheer To hobbit hearts and good Shire beer! Happy Birthday Bilbo and Frodo Baggins #hobbitday #hobbit #tolkien #LOTR

#WIPSnips word is "obvious" From Thomlin Jupp thomlinjupp.com You can also play The Bureaucratic Quest Challenge on the website #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Embark on a whimsical quest! 📜 Play the new Thomlin Jupp game and challenge your wits, logic, and maybe your sanity. Ready to lose track of time? Dive in now at thomlinjupp.com#game Disclaimer: if this feels too much like real life we are sorry. A tiny bit. #GameOn #writing #writers #books #comedy

The Flying Buffalo legend will take to the air once more. Of all the unpredictable things that I did not expect to see, and yet with glee I am happy to share.

Quippy, squiggly, brain-tickling nonsense wordsmithery Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Roald Dahl #WOLqotd #writing #authors #books

Watched the Tolkien movie last night Was not expecting much from it, anticipating turning it off early on. However, it surprised me, even though some of the story line is overly contrived to reflect LOTR plot, it was well made and kept me engaged to the end. #tolkien www.imdb.com/title/tt3361...

Today the #WIPSnips word is `award` From chapter 8 of the now (almost) complete first draft of Scales To Scrolls scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #ScalesToScrolls

A preview of Chapter 1 from Scales to Scrolls is now available on the website. In Which the Fundamental Principles of Arcane Programming Are Explained. scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/chapter1.html #writing #booksky #fantasy #comedy ❤️🧙‍♂️⚔️ #books #scales2scrolls

Physics isn’t a fixed law but a politely negotiated framework: runes, intent and compliant paperwork can locally amend gravity, causality or entropy, until the administrative resonance reasserts baseline reality. So pretty much the same as it is here. #authors scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com

I think I might have found a soul-sibling. What a lot of extraordinary foolishness, with a light dusting of freshly grated cheddar. ❤️🧙‍♂️📚🧀

today the word is `half`, another snip from an early chapter in the forthcoming Boar Four boarhamwood.com #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips

“Revels End” - Chapter 6 is posted! In which the difference between fairies and faeries is discussed, little sandwiches, and a bard runs for his life … Continuing the Discworld inspired story. www.wattpad.com/story/394952...

“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.” ― Terry Pratchett #Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry