I’m starting to suspect that most truth hinted at in headlines isn’t actually as shocking as you’re saying it is.

The subgenre deep dive for this week’s @realmsunknown.bsky.social is Villain-as-hero. @tpneenan.bsky.social is our guest and he just watched the new Predator movie where one of the ruthless murder-monsters is Our Cool Protagonist. Let me know your favourite villain as hero texts!

Thoroughly enjoying the audiobook of @alicefraser.bsky.social 's A Passion for Passion - in particular wondering how many takes it took for Alice to get through some of the book blurbs without collapsing into giggles. Enough barely suppressed laughter to make this the definitive version for sure!

Are you dead? No problem. Grab some bone lube & enjoy DNF absolutionist @frogcroakley.bsky.social & rim joker @alicefraser.bsky.social as they talk paleo fauna, Robocop ontology, & books 4 bad holidays. Plus, Alice defends her extremely competent eyelining skills. shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

This week our guest on @realmsunknown.bsky.social is the mighty @frogcroakley.bsky.social, who chose for our subgenre deep dive, dead POV characters / ontologypunk. Robocop, The Prestige, vampire narrators, Frankenstein, rec us sci fi and fantasy that relays a character from beyond the veil.

Just finished watching @thebugle.bsky.social 18th Anniversary Special. Lovely to see John and Andy together again, and @alicefraser.bsky.social is a delight. You'd never guess it was OMG:30 where she was broadcasting from! Come for the Bugle survey results, stay for double-decker trains.

Heyo, We are looking for some great guest cohosts to come on @realmsunknown.bsky.social with me. Know any podcasters / YouTubers or authors who are very funny and very into Sci-Fi or Fantasy? Recommend them here please!

Problems with the pressure differential of your portals? Join always clever @alicefraser.bsky.social & analogue de-Dunker @tpneenan.bsky.social as they take on bad dads, Brechtian mirror face punching no-nos, & why rosé does NOT pair well with a game of Portals. 🤮 shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

The thing to remember is that in America, chips are what the Brits would call crisps and in the U.K., chips are what you have on your shoulder.

The @realmsunknown.bsky.social deep dive this week is into Portals. Let us know your favourite use of portals in Sci Fi or fantasy. Give me books! TV! Movies! Games! Comics and anime! Tell me what does portals well and what’s interesting about it!

@alicefraser.bsky.social Thanks for running the 'How to write a Bugle' today - great session for aspiring comedy writers and all writers. 📝 👍

Oh man, looking at places to stay in Melbourne for MICF next year, and the number of people who rent out properties who think black faux leather everything with a pop of cherry red cushions and mugs is the height of inviting luxury is making my eyes throb.

An exploration of the magic of words can be found within REALMS UNKNOWN! with @alicefraser.bsky.social and @myqkaplan.bsky.social 🪄 pod.link/1791079569/e...

Study up on your spelling with theoretical juggler @myqkaplan.bsky.social & @alicefraser.bsky.social (not her real name) as they talk Bruce Lee, the semantics of bean bag chairs, Grim Dark cynicism, and the names of all the molecules in 1/2 glass of water. shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

Even Evil Rory Gilmore backed by affective altruism is no match 4 @alicefraser.bsky.social talking 2 herself about muscular Barbie, why competency porn characters need not be evil, & what to do when you’re starstruck by(OMG!) @garthnix.bsky.social (grab your 5000SPF) shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

One of the top three openings ever!

Are you angry about AI indruding in your creative career? Studio head or small business thrilled to have the enhanced help? @alicefraser.bsky.social and I will be breaking it all down in your one stop shop for creative professionals and the AI curious. #podcast #AI

The @realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive this week will be Words Of Power; Sci Fi and fantasy where language has power in interesting and exciting ways. Give me your recommendations! Books! Movies! Games! Shows! Anime & Comics!?

I think just putting things out might be the new way to do things. Certainly building hype on socials is not a reliable tool any more

I was today years old when I discovered that factories don’t actually make facts. Mind blown. WHERE DO FACTS COME FROM, THEN?!?

Happy 18th birthday to @thebugle.bsky.social! Day off, listened to Top Stories with Vanity Smurf, watched @alicefraser.bsky.social and @harikondabolu.bsky.social on the new ep. (go Team Bugle), and Alice again on Realms Unknown. Will get round to booking the livestream ticket soon.

@alicefraser.bsky.social hey Alice , just listened to the podcast. I’m so sorry you got screwed I pre ordered the book and thought the delay was something that happens in publishing. But have to say it was worth the wait. In light of what happened I’ve bought the audiobook so I can l enjoy it again

This week’s subgenre is fan fiction; whether it’s Manacled becoming Alchemised, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Twilight or how all fantasy is fanfiction about other fantasy, give me your thoughts and recs about fanfic intersections in sci fi and fantasy.

Modern prayer: May your gravestone never record how viral you went.

This episode of has actually floored me @alicefraser.bsky.social @podchris.bsky.social I wondered why we got the book so late having pre-ordered it so far in advance. It’s really fucking sad. #justicefordanceylaguarde

Interesting podcast featuring @alicefraser.bsky.social describing her experience publishing with Unbound/Boundless. Worth a listen if you want to get a rough idea of largely how the first eight months of this year felt to me.

Get your box of tissues, b/c all your holes are going to leak when you hear this tale of woe. Thank you @alicefraser.bsky.social & @podchris.bsky.social for making art and trying to share it. Love the book, sorry about capitalism, can’t wait for your next adventure shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

Anne Summers at @briswritersfest.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I’m completely star struck. I read Damned Whores and Gods Police at 14. It changed the course of my life, her subject matter leading directly to my MPhil topic choice and her approach inflecting my intellectual development in deep ways.

@alicefraser.bsky.social Hey Alice, I just listened to the cast about your book. I am so sorry that has happened to you. I think your audiobook idea was brilliant. Perfect format for your existing audience too. I went bought a copy right away. It’s only 15 usd which is a steal!

The passion held by the author of A Passion for Passion - one @alicefraser.bsky.social - is audible in the latest @realmsunknown.bsky.social episode. Listen. And get angry - not just for her, but for the other authors who have also been so afflicted.

The Last Post got me through 2020 & when I heard the horror that @alicefraser.bsky.social has and is experiencing, my heart broke. The 'A Passion for Passion' audiobook announcement made me cry-- ordering now. Thank you for your dedication to craft, Alice. It's a gift we hold dear.

@alicefraser.bsky.social “A passion for passion” The physical book got caught up in the Unbound shithousery, as discussed in the new episode of realms unknown podcast. A great book, so funny and theres now an audiobook available. You should buy it. www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-...

Ok, just did a short story comedy writing thing at @briswritersfest.bsky.social and one of the other writers was Garth Nix and I nearly broke a leg trying to be chill. I’m very rarely star struck but Sabriel was formative. Also his story was very funny. What fun for my first writers festival ever.

How A Publisher Almost Killed The Book I Waited My Whole Life To Write: a thread My novel Villager came out in 2022. It was published by Unbound, who had little marketing/sales power. But I was excited & proud, since I worked so f-ing hard on it. Here's an extract: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

@alicefraser.bsky.social Yay audiobook! And just because I thought you might get a kick out of it, my review/ lengthy attempt at a D'ancey blurb: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

@alicefraser.bsky.social scunnered to hear about the extremely crap way you've been treated by your publisher, but I'm so excited about the 'A Passion for Passion' audiobook! I can't wait to buy and listen to it! 🤩🎧

@alicefraser.bsky.social Terribly sorry (and enraged) for your publisher's collapse (and fuckery) I hope you eventually get the money for the Passion For Passion books (including the one I bought). I've purchased your audiobook today. I hope others do too. www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-...

@alicefraser.bsky.social So disheartening the hear of the shenanigans and outright robbery going on with you book. Gonna get me that audio book immediately or as immediately as I can in the US. They're best when you read them, especially if I can hear a supressed giggle.

As the always erudite @alicefraser.bsky.social said "If you can't afford to run your business while paying for the raw materials from which you make your product, YOU DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS. What you have on your hands is either an imperial project or a crime. Possibly both"

An enlightening, frustrating episode of Realms Unknown with the wonderful @alicefraser.bsky.social and @podchris.bsky.social on the genesis, publication and aftermath of A Passion for Passion with Unbound. Support Alice (as I do) on Patreon... 1/2 www.thebuglepodcast.com/realms-unknown

I backed the book early on, and it is very good! I will also get the audiobook mentioned in this - do that to support Alice and Chris and enjoy the experience. We still have a physical copy in store, if @alicefraser.bsky.social would like it, DM (or Chris) and we will send.

If you're interested in the Unbound/Boundless Publishing saga, this week's Realms Unknown podcast with @alicefraser.bsky.social is well worth your time. overcast.fm/+ABNCKpo8SFo

This is a really good discussion by a couple of people who dealt with releasing a book through Unbound as it collapsed. @alicefraser.bsky.social and @chrisskinner.bsky.social are great, Alice's book is fantastic, and it's really unfair this happened to so many great people. youtu.be/8l73x6t27U4?...

I'm excited to appear at @briswritersfest.bsky.social having accepted a peculiar mission: come up with an odd alter ego and then write a short story in the voice of that character. Come see! Fri 10 Oct 2025 @ 5:30PM 🎟️ https://brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/comedy-salon-so-bad-its-good/

@alicefraser.bsky.social Listening right now to you and Chris announce the audiobook version of A Passion For Passion and I couldn’t be more delighted that you’ve done this. My wife and I are both big-time audio CD users (I use digital too) and I will certainly get a copy of APFP. 🫡🇬🇧

New slightly uncomfortable post up on the Patreon [no paywall] www.patreon.com/posts/140715...

I'm excited to appear at @briswritersfest.bsky.social on the So Funny it Hurts panel with Patrick Lenton, Daniel Nour and Ellmore Collins with chair Siang Lu. Fri 10 Oct 2025 @ 2:30PM 🎟️ https://brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/so-funny-it-hurts/

I'm excited to appear at @briswritersfest.bsky.social having accepted a peculiar mission: come up with an odd alter ego and then write a short story in the voice of that character. Come see! Fri 10 Oct 2025 @ 5:30PM 🎟️ https://brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/comedy-salon-so-bad-its-good/

Hone your arcane magic & join the suggestible @tpneenan.bsky.social, the less-suggestible @alicefraser.bsky.social & pro-ick normy @podchris.bsky.social to discuss emote scandals, talking cloud/angel/dead people tropes, kings of w(H)ales, & Xenomorph plushies! shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

The @realmsunknown.bsky.social subgenre deep dive for this week is Postcolonial African sci fi and fantasy meeting western anglosphere markets. Whether it’s district 9, Nnedi Okorafor novels, Black Panther, the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, give me your recommendations!