And today, the great Sir Christopher Lee, born on this day in 1922. He shuffled onscreen as the creature for Hammer in ‘57 and bounded in as Dracula the following year, changIng horror cinema forever. An iconic career followed and in our hearts he’ll forever stay. Happy birthday upstairs big man! 🖤

#LiedZurNacht Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear So here I am once more in the playground of the broken hearts One more experience, one more entry in a diary, self-penned Yet another emotional suicide Overdosed on sentiment and pride Too late to say I love you, too late to restage the play

129 years ago, on the 26th of May 1897, Archibald Constable and Company published Bram Stoker's classic Gothic horror novel, Dracula. Itself drawing from folklore and earlier literary works, the novel in turn influenced many later works and the wider culture. #otd #history🗃️

Da heute Peter Cushings Geburtstag ist und ich mich gerade mal wieder ein bisschen mit Nigel Kneale beschäftige, verlinke ich mal auf meinen alten Blogbeitrag zu "The Abominable Snowman" (1957): katzenklaue.blogspot.com/2013/07/ein-...

Remembering the brilliant Peter Cushing born this day in 1913. 🤍💐 #PeterCushing

505 years ago, on the 25th of May 1521, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V declared Martin Luther an outlaw through the issuing of the Edict of Worms. Killing Luther was now legal and feeding or housing him was a crime. #otd #history🗃️

May 25th 1897 - Jonathan Harker writes in his diary, as he travels to Transylvania to meet Count. 📽️📅 Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

The amazing Berlin gold hat is one of four gold hats known to date. Three were found in Germany, one in France. The purpose of this #BronzeAge objects are unknown. They are all similar in shape and pattern. Their conical shape resembles a wizard’s hat, which led to speculations that...🧵1/3 📷 me

Peter Hyams' Outland is 45 today! Sort of High Noon (1952) on the Jovian moon of Io, this sci-fi thriller with Sean Connery, Peter Boyle and Frances Sternhagen is warmly recommended. 👌 UK poster, art by David Scutt:

The Terror Beneath - weird folk horror roleplaying in the world of Arthur Machen. Horrifying pagan gods try to break through the Veil as the Gold Tiberius Society investigates terrors from the past www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/terror-be...

They're here, you might even be able to smell them through the screen. The Rat-Kin Reavers! New to Northwing Miniatures, this set of fifteen, 28mm fantasy minis will be on sale in the next day or two, so watch this space. What do you all think of them? As usual these are sculpted by Alan Marsh.

archaeologists have unearthed what many are calling "the most metal shit anyone's ever seen"

News from the tabletop side of my career, part 1: The RPG Blokes had me on their podcast for a chat about WFRP 1st edition, Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland, and The Monster of the Month Club. www.rpgblokes.com/podcast/s02-...

Liebe Leute, habe ein Ticket für Rock am Ring und ein Camping-Ticket abzugeben. Preise stehen auf den Tickets, darüber können wir natürlich noch quatschen. Würde mich freuen, wenn ihr fleißig teilt! #RaR2026 #RaR

Why do I remember now that the river steamboat in Christie Golden's Ravenloft novel "Dance of the Dead" (1992) is called La Demoiselle du Musarde? I haven't read it for 25 years?!

“Oh so some fella with an Irish-sounding name has gone and desecrated The Odyssey, is that it? Homer’s own Odyssey? The absolute cheek. And tis the talk of the town, is that what I understand you to be saying to me? And people very upset altogether? Sure I never heard the like in all my born days.”

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm.

Es ist so weit! Unser eigener Buchpodcast ist bei Spotify und auch sonst erschienen! Ich bin sehr gespannt, ob Leute sich das anhören. Es gibt auch eine Folge 0, in der wir uns vorstellen. Falls ihr Feedback habt, nur her damit!

Schlafstörungen abschaffen!

𝕺𝖕𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕳𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖒𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖍! 👹 The funeral bell is tolling, the ravens have left the tower - we are delighted to finally announce our fourth album. Produced by Tom Dalgety and with cover art by @slipperyjack.bsky.social, 𝕹𝖊𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖓 will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on Friday, September 11th 2026.

Cheesemaking has a long tradition in Bavaria, Austria, and Switzerland. But when and how people there began making cheese is hardly known. An archaeologist is now investigating this and making cheese like in the Stone Age. www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc...

Hi @fenrisgames.com, the beehive set just arrived and I'm quite excited 😀 question: on your Website it says to prepare for basecoating I should degrease the models. Should I do this with water and dish soap?

Heute ist Europatag der Europäischen Union. Europa war über 2000 Jahre ein Kontinent der Kriege. Die Jahre seit 1945 sind die längste, ununterbrochene Friedensperiode in der Europäischen Union. #Einigkeit #Asterix

Rainbow's Long Live Rock'n Roll turned 48 last month. Still stands the Test of Time with ease. Great album!

Tony Stella, an artist of immense brilliance and prolific output, has passed away. He was one of the greatest artists to ever do it. Rest in peace, Tony.

Durchbricht diese Saison etwa Heart of Midlothian die Dominanz von Celtic und Rangers in der Schottischen Premiership? Das wäre dann seit 40 Jahren der erste Meister, der anders als Celtic oder Rangers heißt.

Denkt dran - diese Krawallpropaganda, die hier jetzt gewisse Akteure reinbringen: Nicht drauf einsteigen, blocken. Keine Reichweite geben, nicht mit edgy Drükos die eigene Reichweite steigern - einfach Sichtbarkeit abdrehen, zack.

#MayThe4th Happy Star Wars Day – May the Force be with you! ✨ Looking for a real-life galaxy far, far away? The Zweibrücken Observatory has you covered! 🔭 #StarWarsDay 📷 www.zeit.de/zett/2019-03...

When you arrive at your destination world after 500 years on a generation starship only to find that humanity discovered FTL travel a hundred years after you left and colonized it 400 years ago.

The crown of King Eärnur is brought forth—who, without any heir, rode out to challenge the Nazgûl Lord 969 years ago and was never seen again. Faramir gives the crown to Aragorn. Instead of crowning himself, Aragorn hands it to Frodo. Frodo carries the crown to Gandalf.

It’s the first of May. The bells in Minas Tirith all start tolling as the bright morning Sun rises into the clear skies that now stand above the mountains of Mordor on the eastern horizon. The argent standard of the Stewards of Gondor is raised over the Citadel for the last time.

Metal is a healer.

Where have you been all these years? Ne Obliviscaris rules supreme. youtu.be/rNuVdsx7qJY?...

Am 1. Mai ist #BandcampFriday. Bandcamp verzichtet auf Gebühren, alle Verkaufserlöse fließen komplett an die Künstler*innen. Schaut gerne auf unserer Seite vorbei - wir haben zwei EPs, ein Album und drei Digital-Singles im Angebot! metzgerbutcher.bandcamp.com/music

A friend just shared a video which made fun of the Blood Angels on the grounds of them being just Ultramarines painted red. I must report, with deep regret, that I feel offended.

I am not into strong language, but this week can, with all due respect, bugger off.

Schon gewusst? Der Stammbaum von Obelix reicht bis in die heutige Zeit. Darüber hat sich Uderzo bereits 1996 Gedanken gemacht, als er Obelix anlässlich einer Glückwunschkarte zu Neujahr in verschiedene Kostüme steckte. Mehr dazu in diesem Thread in 2 Teilen.

Choose 30 books that you’ve read that have been turned into movies &/or tv shows; covers only, no explanations. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 2

Bitte, wie großartig ist das? Eine Schule (BRG Steyr Michaelerplatz) schickt einen Ballon in die Stratosphäre, mit Messgeräten, findet ihn danach im Gebirge wieder und wertet nun die Daten aus. So geht Wissenschaftsbildung! Gratuliere an alle LehrerInnen und SchülerInnen! brgsteyr.at/2026/04/25/b...

Happy birthday to this beauty 🤘🎉 #BlindGuardian #metal #PowerMetal

Guten Morgen!

Die Freundin der Tochter einer Freundin braucht eine #Stammzellenspende - bitte registriert euch bei der #DKMS, der Deutschen Knochenmarkspenderdatei. Geht ganz einfach: Wattestäbchen in den Mund stecken, 3x drehen, und Stäbchen zur DKMS schicken. Rette heute ein Leben! www.dkms.de/aktiv-werden...

River Isen taking shape slowly #Midgard

Wenn zur Reinheit noch die Pflege kommt 🧺

The stunning mummy portrait of Eirene is one of the few mummy portraits that bears an inscription. It mentions the deceased as well as her parents: Eirene, daughter of Silvanos, her mother is Senpnoutis. May her soul live forever before Osiris-Sokar, the great god, the Lord of Abydos. 🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

Props gehen an @vinylgeek.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/viny...

Hallo #Köln! Wir sind gut angekommen, haben Soundcheck gemacht und freuen uns auf Euch! Kommt alle ins Stereo Wonderland!

@cineriwen.bsky.social @decadesofwinter.bsky.social gesehen?

Maybe the funniest anecdote is still by Denmark's king Christian IV from the 1630s. Christian recorded in his diary how he was one day presented with an elephant that could stand upright and do tricks with its trunk. 1/2