i have no one to talk to about the musical about Evermore theme park featuring Jenny Nicholson as narrator

If you ask me, it seems a little on-the-nose that a guy named Odysseus ends up going on an Odyssey. Really?

forever sleebi rarely asleeb

rude of the sun to keep moving when i only have a small parasol

This meeting could've been a duel to the death.

and everyone worked appropriate hours and kept their jobs but also a Final Fantasy with X-2 vibes

alexa: were saints really patient?

"Accuracy" is a stick to beat people with. You can have all the "accuracy" in period detail you like in depictions of material culture and still come away understanding nothing about the *ideas* that mattered to people of the time. (I love A Knight's Tale. Also The Black Death.)

Big news! @apzonerunner.com and I have launched a new video games website. @respec.net is our attempt to create a highly curated multi-format site that has that club feel you used to get from the best magazines (and frankly, my beloved VideoGamer back in the day) www.respec.net/feature/87-w...

Following the amazing success of the British Fantasy Award-nominated first instalment in his neurodivergent-affirming series about Greton’s Marvellous Maps, @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social is set to unleash part 2 on an unsuspecting world… britishfantasysociety.org/from-pen-to-...

This just in: the latest from Gabe on studying fantasy at university level

🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?

Did you know that studying Fantasy isn't just about writing it? How do we study Fantasy? Let us count the ways! Feat. some of my fave Fantasy theory books by eminent scholars to help explain the subject!

graduated with my PhD in ✨Game Studies*✨ from @uofgartshums.bsky.social Felt incredible see my partner & sister cheering me on💜! Thank you to my supervisors @mjrsangster.bsky.social & @matthewbarr.co.uk — couldn't have wished for a better team 🦾. theses.gla.ac.uk/85636/ *(English lit lol)

I have many thoughts about the way things are going, and one of those is definitely: stop slashing university English departments, you pricks.

The crisis in UK higher education is worsening week by week — Exeter University is one of the best in the UK, with superb lecturers (and several You’re Dead To Me guests), but it’s planning massive job cuts in History, Archaeology, Classics — see the petition below to lend your voice in support

Starmer finishes with the same shit as he’s done all along. Sign this petition and help our trans siblings.

can't argue with this.

I'll be having a baby a few months later, so this is the time to signup if you're interested! Go go go

I have launched a little print shop with a selection of photos, a mix of film and digital, which I aim to rotate regularly. I’m bad at self-promotion but please take a look: ko-fi.com/certhia_phot...

The picture on the Wikipedia article for static cling, taken in 2006

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what beak performance looks like.

(Patreon exclusive) May's Roundup is Out! www.patreon.com/posts/month-...

You used to go to websites and they would have guestbooks that people would sign like it was a bed and breakfast

some people are insulted when a cat grooms straight after they've pet them i prefer to think i have incredibly tasty hands

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

a few of you asked to read my thesis and i told you it was embargoed and now it's not 👀 i won't dm it to you in case you were just being polite 🙃 so here ya go! theses.gla.ac.uk/85636/

i currently have 5 free slots open for academic study coaching! great if you need a little professional help but can't afford it i help high school leavers to PhDs with study skills and academic writing! let's chat!!! gabrielelvery.pro/services/

Time is running out, folks. Are you in or are you on *their* side? Jump straight to the tickets for Writing the Occult: Seekers: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-th...

Disco Elysium post is back up!

Not sure how I feel about that

i had to get this picture soooo quickly #birds

Look at this absolutely perfect bun loaf. Just look.

being a creative writing researcher in Fantasy lands me squarely in Bard and I’m not sure how I feel about it. And I will express this uncertainty, in song!!!

which class are you??? always a pleasure working with @britfantasysoc.bsky.social thank you @laurenwrites.bsky.social for putting this together so beautifully!

Here comes another of my random "hey do I know any..." posts. Hey, do I know anyone who knows about EXORCISTS? And what about PILGRIMS? Or PIRATES? It's for Writing the Occult, so they need to be comfortable presenting on Zoom (but will receive token pay for their efforts)

oh to be that soft and peaceful~

this beautiful boy is getting so big!

Pre-orders are NOW OPEN for *Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 3* by myself and @tiffaniangus.bsky.social! 🥳 Published by @lunapress.bsky.social! 😀 Find pre-order details and check out the subgenres and major tropes covered in the book here: www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page...!

Tomorrow I'm on a virtual panel for the BFS day long event on social justice- britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen... Come along! Get that positive rage @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @georgiacooked.bsky.social @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social

Who's our first expert for 2026? It's none other than SFF icon @alasdairstuart.bsky.social, who's lending his expertise so you can learn all about creating for TTRPGs & working with existing IP. Head over to our members-only Discord and the ask-an-expert channel for some brain-picking.

Really loving being part of @britfantasysoc.bsky.social ! Thank you for being such a welcoming bunch, and here's to many more fantastical times! ✨

A new book from one of the most transformative scholars I ever read? Hell yes.

it's hard to work in a caring role like teaching, which is why im not right now because im not confident i can with my health issues however it's also pretty hard not to work in a caring role when that's what you feel you are meant to do

It's tonight! Have you got your ticket? tinyurl.com/crescqui

Every Friday, we meet a BFS member & peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). We're dipping into the world of Chinese legends this week with Eric Huang, whose children's books are inspired by the bedtime stories his father told. britishfantasysociety.org/meet-eric-hu...

Okay this fucking rips actually. Golden is a genuinely terrific pop song, it deserves all the hype it’s been getting

the three meerkateers up to no good