Story submission Wednesday

I read Come Eat At O'Houlihan's Because Of What We Have by Dan Weaver in @burialmagazine.bsky.social in which we learn why we should go eat at O'Houlihan's (it's because of what they have) nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-re...

A record of population and land usage for tax-collecting purposes will return in Avengers: Domesday

*Youth Pastor voice* You know who else will return in Doomsday?

The discovery of a carnyx from the age of Boudicca is the most hopeful omen of the day, like the opposite of when they dug up Richard III.

Thirteen years ago that I discovered 1) the King of Siam offered Abraham Lincoln war elephants, and 2) he refused. Consider, instead: what if he had not blogtarkin.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/d...

Mondefo Station's complex docking and service fee arrangements has lead to several ships being impounded, the owners claiming they were deliberately targeted. An inspector sent to audit the situation has been arrested for debt and your ship has been sent to retrieve them.

I read Come Eat At O'Houlihan's Because Of What We Have by Dan Weaver in @burialmagazine.bsky.social in which we learn why we should go eat at O'Houlihan's (it's because of what they have) nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-re...

what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip

James Yeh interviews Ted Chiang for The Believer (2019) www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...

"the full text of moby dick will not fit on your body it's like 700 pages long" says the tattoo artist. but she is wrong. I will grow

Monster Of The Week 304 is Cognition, intelligence is not abstract but entirely rooted in the practical; hence AI must be physical too, by putting a cog on the computer, replies promptly.

things like this are why indie bookshops are thriving people want this they want it so much (not just sapphic bandits, but yes, that too! I mean personal connection and handwritten notes like this) #booksky

The Education of Ms. Eligibility Post, Kaleidotrope edition: All the stories and poems Kaleidotrope published in 2025 (with word counts), if you’re into that whole awards-nominating thing, or just looking for a fun read you might have missed! kaleidotrope.net/archives/kal...

Story submission Tuesday/story rejection Tuesday

you are not prepared for what saiga look like

Remembering that Diana Wynne jones annoyed him by being that one student that paid attention during lectures and didn’t let him go home to finish lotr ozandends.blogspot.com/2010/03/conf...

Issue 167. December 2025, is now live for your reading pleasure with 4 new stories. Enjoy! swordsandsorcerymagazine.com

Born #onthisday in 1832, the French illustrator Gustave Doré. Pictured is the “The New Zealander”, the last of Doré's plates for London: A Pilgrimage (1872) in which he depicts a distant traveller from New Zealand sketching the ruins of a future London: publicdomainreview.org/collection/d...

just a note, while it's not snowing in Bristol, to remark that while we'll be shouting about this a LOT more on Friday, if you'd like updates and aren't gluued to your social media feeds, then signing up is a good way to go...

New evidence has proved the innocence of an officer convicted of lethal incompetence in battle and you have been sent to the prison colony of Butterfly VII to release them. However on arrival you find there has been a mass escape, the administrators faking dispatches rather than admit it.

Hadrian’s Wall meets Montezuma’s Revenge.

👀👀💀🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Monster Of The Week 304 is Cognition, intelligence is not abstract but entirely rooted in the practical; hence AI must be physical too, by putting a cog on the computer, replies promptly.

now that i’ve seen lord of the rings, i can truly appreciate all the memes

Only comically I'm afraid

I watched Lifepod in which the computer on a spaceship goes wrong and crew and passengers escape in Lifepods. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-wa...

What didn't make it into my blurb was how this bonkers (complimentary) book goes from being a horny rewrite of A Princess of Mars to being a horny rewrite of The Wizard of Oz, where the Wizard is super hot but sexually frustrated and tries to kiss the main girl a lot as she pleads and struggles.

THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER. WE ALL AGREED BOND COULDN'T COME BACK FROM THE DEAD UNLESS SOMEONE COULD GO DOWN TO HELL AND RETRIEVE HIM. THEY ALL LOVED THE CANDLER, DOZENS OF PEOPLE LIKED AND SHARED POSTS SAYING #THECANDLER WOULD BRING BOND HOME AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT WAS ALL FOR NOTHING

Immersive Makers Jam: a day-long free event on Mon 23rd Feb in London Next month I'll be running (with the brilliant Gryph Griffin) an immersive makers jam - a low-pressure space to try things out, learn from others, and meet collaborators! More info/bookings here: ticketpass.org/event/ENGMTG...

The best place to find an ancient labyrinth? It’s India, not Crete. “A classical 15-circuit labyrinth — the largest such circular maze-like structure discovered in India… — has been found” dating to ca. the 1st century & revealing the many trade & cultural links w/ Ancient Rome #GlobalAntiquity

Cheeky GW copyright infringement is a fine medium in which to work - I have done much of it myself - and I believe Erika is making some of the greatest Space Marine pisstakes currently available

Several covert teams have activated on Sokong station, apparently chasing after a valuable data disc. Overwhelmed by system hacks, fights and mysterious events the station has asked your ship for help. As you approach two courier ships leave.

Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. There will be no cap. See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

I watched Lifepod in which the computer on a spaceship goes wrong and crew and passengers escape in Lifepods. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-wa...

Only comically I'm afraid

Jamming out #digitalart #swordandsorcery #fantasy #retrofantasy #rock #elricofmelnibone #elric #jirelofjoiry #conanthebarbarian #conanthecimmerian #conan

Recipe day nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/01/veni...

This is a silver print entitled ‘King Lear Allotting his Kingdom to His Three Daughters’ taken by Julia Cameron in 1872. Charles Cameron (her husband) as Lear, and the Liddell sisters, including Alice of “in Wonderland” fame who is posing on the right as Cordelia.

Made a new playlist

This silver groat of James III of Scotland (1484-1488) was one of the 1st coins minted in Northern Europe with a realistic portrait in the Renaissance style. This example from the Lord Stewartby Collection is one of the best preserved I've ever seen.

Story submission Sunday

"Can you pay to watch your friend get mostly naked in a silly way" is probably one of those basic metrics for a free and fair society

New post, in which I talk about the Old English poem “The Wanderer” and the place of empathy in interpretation. nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/12/19/t...

For today’s #DecFic, a story in the form of poetry – something to warm my chilly little editorial heart 😉 thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2025/04/12/t...

For Sunday a review of the 1960 adaption of the Arthur Conan Doyle novel The Lost World. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-wa...

Free Fiction Friday is here! This piece explores love , loss, and hope.. and immortality magazine.trollbreath.com/leygr/ @prioryruins.bsky.social

The problem with, say, trying to sell copies of one's book online, isn't limited to the algorithm or the competition. One thing I've noticed is that nobody has any money.

Recipe day nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/01/veni...

I watched Wolf Man, a film about communicating with loved ones, and turning into a werewolf. Mostly the werewolf thing. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-wa...