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Carl Ellis

@carlc75.bsky.social

Welsh Author and BFS member. Talk to me about embodied fiction at the grinding boundary of the Meso/Neolithic.

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None of mine can use magic.

One hunts those who use it for ill, the other lives in a city under the shadow of a witch's tower.

It's rare and scary.

23.02.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cropped art by Jimmy Makepeace of the Mongol nomad Goatskin standing at combat ready, a friend at her back, as the disembodied head of a statue spews violet light from its eyes.

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Cropped art by Jimmy Makepeace of the Mongol nomad Goatskin standing at combat ready, a friend at her back, as the disembodied head of a statue spews violet light from its eyes. Overlaid are captions. Along the top reads "Just Launched on Backerkit. New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026 is live" Along the bottom reads "Share this post to unlock bonus stories".

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12.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 208    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 59

Loot that drops after defeating me:

1. 🎡 Ear buds
2. πŸ“”Gene Wolfe book
3. πŸ“œ Manifesto on the moral dangers of magic systems
4. 🧦 Spare kid socks
5. βœ’οΈ A bloody lovely pen

06.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(The story is proofed better than this post)

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Back this to journey to the Mesolithic coasts, the find love, to find the meaning of fatherhood, to be human in the face of unspeakable horror!

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Cover art for issue eight of New Edge Sword & Sorcery, by Jimmy Makepeace aka @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social. Mostly violet and pale yellow in color, it shows two Mongol women from the era of Genghis Khan standing in a room being transformed into another world by strange energies from the fallen head of a statue. Each of them is armed, and wary.

Cover art for issue eight of New Edge Sword & Sorcery, by Jimmy Makepeace aka @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social. Mostly violet and pale yellow in color, it shows two Mongol women from the era of Genghis Khan standing in a room being transformed into another world by strange energies from the fallen head of a statue. Each of them is armed, and wary.

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The White Tree I always feel it, the cold breeze as if a door has been left open. A crack in the world just over my shoulder. Sometimes a flake of snow will brush my cheek, burning red and purple. In the mirror I…

A #cosmic #horror flashfic about a grandmother coming to the end of her journey. Sometimes the view is sublime.

www.carlellis.co.uk/2026/01/14/t...

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Pay: 3
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Vibes: 1
Hard copy: 0
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All I ever really want is someone to read and comment on my stuff

29.12.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Eolais - Trailer - Wattpad Read Trailer from the story Eolais by carlc75 ( ) with 1 reads. magic, progression, survival. The following is three scenes of Eolais that highlight the start...

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Eolais Eolais, last of the Vardhay school, watches her family and home burn to the ground. In her escape is marked by an ancient relic which now speaks to her through a book only she can see. From the chill ...

A teaser for a #progression story I'm working on.

It's going to be my take on a magic system, which I normally have dubious opinions of.

"From the woods in winter to a burning tower. Eolais crafts her revenge a rune at a time."

Available on Royal Road: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1456...

29.12.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You got to lay off the sauce

23.12.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Weird Tales Gene Wolfe Special

Weird Tales Gene Wolfe Special

And the most exciting find in the UK, a Weird Tales Gene Wolfe Special!

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Book of the Short Sun

Book of the Short Sun

Book of the Short Sun

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Castle of days

Castle of days

This year I really wanted to increase my personal collection of Wolfe before it becomes impossible.

Castle of Days

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam by Harold Lamb

Always comes highly recommended and this was in very good condition and a good price!

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Cantantical for Leibowitz

Cantantical for Leibowitz

A Cantantical for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller

I got ad-targeted for one of those very expensive hard back with all the bells and whistles reprints. Never read it before but the concept looked fun!

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Almuric

Almuric

Almuric by Robert E Howard

Another gem from The Old Pier Bookshop

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The sign of the unicorn

The sign of the unicorn

Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny

This cover has huge 70s porn star energy

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The sword of rhiannon

The sword of rhiannon

The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett

From The Old Pier Bookshop in Morecambe

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Imaro 1,2,3

Imaro 1,2,3

The jewel of my year! Imaro 1-3 by Charles Saunders.

Never seen a copy in the UK, never mind no 2 or 3. Another US ebay purchase.

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Amazons!

Amazons!

Amazons!

Couldn't find it in the UK, came from the US via ebay.

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The house on the border land

The house on the border land

The house on the borderland - W.G.Hodgson

Sure this is public domain, but nothing beats reading a hard copy.

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Its been a fun year of acquiring old books. I think when I was younger I always thought that all books would be available. The concept of "out of print" never really manifested.

Now I feel if I don't save some of these, they'll be gone forever.

So, 2025 #ACQUISITIONS OF NOTE, a thread:

23.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A book with little markers in it

A book with little markers in it

I had a day with limited power, mostly waiting in an airport in fog-bound Italy. I was productive reading #GeneWolfe 's There Are Doors.

A book about how we approach the unknowable... I think.

18.12.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a wonderful story and definitely worth your time if you want to see how interspecies trade works in the olden days

18.12.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's time to lay down the irons.

Read some stories where every day is survival, where everything of discovery, and the old gods stalk on virgin earth.

#paleofiction #stoneage

My stories are due out next year, but let's share the love of stone!

14.12.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Shop – New Edge Sword & Sorcery

Bombarded with "Holiday gifts for HIM/HER" which are full of scented candles and hot sauce? HELL NO.

Get them HEART-RACING SPINE-TINGLING LOIN-GIRDING fiction of the genre which will be filling bookstores next decade.

Be better than bleeding edge. Be NEW EDGE.

newedgeswordandsorcery.com/shop/

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