Dave Bradley

The front cover of Space Patrol by Julius Goodman, a Choose Your Own Adventure book, with an image of a young girl confronting a figure in a red and gold high-tech space suit, with space ships in the background.

Look what I found! Vintage 1983
#CYOA

A table bearing a nearly-full bottle of Signatory Vintage Linkwood 2012 whisky, and a glass with a double Scotch poured into it

Treated myself to a bottle of Linkwood single malt Scotch. Gosh, this is nice.

It's a hoot!

Dark nighttime photo of a bright full moon shining through the clouds above a woodland in silhouette

The owls were out, around our way! I was up early and heard them hooting. Never actually seen one, but the locals say that little owls (Athene noctua) are common in the woods here.

Independent headline: "Prehistoric tools found in China rewrite story of human evolution"

Pens, were they?

I made the mistake of scoffing some leftover Christmas fudge before drinking my coffee. Now the coffee tastes like dirt.

‘Sinners’ makes history, setting Oscars nomination record

Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic “Sinners” led all films with 16 nominations for the 98th Academy Awards, setting a record for the most in Oscar history.

😡😡😡 Very upset by someone just posting spoilers for the Transformers movies. Apparently these cars are actually robots! 😡😡😡

I was equally caught out by The China Syndrome

I'm not trying to be weird, but the reason I watch Emily in Paris is that she's in Paris. Can they please stop going to other countries? Thank you 🇫🇷

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!!

So excited to share this show with you all. I am so grateful for the support and encouragement from so many people to get this off the ground 🚀

If you need a spot of light-heartedness in your day, this is the show for you! ✨

Please have a listen and please share!

That scene was the best thing on the big screen in 2025. Absolutely phenomenal

Adrian Tchaikovsky Returns to Stars and Sabers – Stars and Sabers Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky returns to Stars and Sabers Publishing in the Oz anthology, Omniboz: Tales from the Land of Oz, forthcoming in May 2026.

Your green-tinted spectacles this time do not deceive you! Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social returns as a contributor for the anthology Omniboz: Tales from the Land of Oz, based on L. Frank Baum’s Oz books! @jendiagammon.bsky.social and @erniechiara.com co-edit.
#oz #books #adriantchaikovsky

A logo is shaped like vampire fangs. The text reads Horror Not Hate

I’m so stoked that my original story Shifted is being published as part of this comic anthology, with artwork by Jody James Brenton. Seeing a piece of a story that’s only lived in my head and on the page for over a decade come to life to aid a dear cause was mind blowing! bit.ly/HorrorNotHate

GODFATHER FROM HELL has risen from the grave!

Earlier this year, we had to make the difficult decision to stop individual issues of our infernal neo-noir thriller but in 2026, @thevaultcomics.bsky.social will publish the entire story as an OGN with a new cover by @piusbak.bsky.social (1/3)

Trek would be the ideal choice for any and all of us, so I think that's ideal. But Matt and I are also games people (Matt launched PC Gamer mag back in the day too, and I'm a lifelong gamer currently running Pocket Gamer) so we can do either/both.

I'm always up for a podcast chat, and I'm sure Matt (and any of the other SFX editors) would be happy to as well with a bit of notice - please send me a DM when you fancy it, and we can figure out details.

That's commitment - 400 mags! You'll need your floors reinforced. We had launch editor Matt Bielby on our podcast (sadly now on hiatus) a few years ago, and I recall we talked about the Tank Girl choice then.

The cover of SFX magazine issue 400 featuring a photograph of six members of the Starfleet Academy cast.

Congrats to everyone at @sfxmagazine.bsky.social for publishing its 400th issue!

Thanks to @ianberriman.bsky.social and the team, I’ve penned an article for this milestone issue (Star Trek-related, back page).

Here’s to the next 30 years of top-tier science fiction and fantasy reporting.

Hello Womble! I'm reading Mistletoe by Alison Littlewood, which seems appropriate for the time of year.

Bonus: I haven't read as much in 2025 as in previous years, but one fantasy novel that stood out is Seven Recipes for Revolution, the debut novel by Ryan Rose.

A thought for the day.

Morning Womble. I'm currently reading Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman (love a bit of LA psychological crime), and Broken Ground (the Uncertain Stories anthology), and the latest issue of SFX (another Stranger Things cover).

Screenshot of a social media post by @ProducerDaveFM in which he mocks the ticket pricing structure of British trains

Conversation at London ticket counter yesterday:

HIM: It’s peak time. The next off-peak train is in three hours. Travelling sooner will cost you an extra £25 peak upgrade.

ME: So it’s a £25 fare add-on now… or three hours in a pub?!

HIM: ...I guarantee you will spend more than £25 in a pub here.

A still from Iron Man 3 featuring Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in front of a Christmas tree

Time to rewatch that heartwarming Christmas classic - Iron Man 3.

A right-click dialogue box from macOS showing the New Folder with Selection option

I’ve got a MacBook, a Windows PC and a little Linux box on my desk, and I use all three pretty happily. There’s one tiny macOS feature I still miss every single time I’m on Windows: selecting a bunch of files and instantly creating a new folder with them inside. How has Microsoft never solved this?

a cute lil' banner thing for Murphy Lawless's OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, with wrapped gifts in the background of a couple e-reader/phone images of the book's front cover. The text reads: "...if only in my dreams?" Owl shifter Kayla doesn't expect to be knocked off her feet in a meet-cute when she returns home to film a new romcom, but in Virtue, anything can happen! Available now at Amazon!

A pale background with a few Christmasy vibes, featuring four Virtue Shifters box sets and a clip-art-style image of a small town with a big gazebo. It says "On sale now at Amazon!"

Do you need something extra-cozy to read this holiday season? I've got a new book and box sales! #booksky #kindlesale #romancelandia

All my Virtue #ShifterRomance box sets are $2.99 for 3 days only: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3YWTMD...

OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

a cute lil' banner thing for Murphy Lawless's OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, with wrapped gifts in the background of a couple e-reader/phone images of the book's front cover. The text reads: "...if only in my dreams?" Owl shifter Kayla doesn't expect to be knocked off her feet in a meet-cute when she returns home to film a new romcom, but in Virtue, anything can happen! Available now at Amazon!

A pale background with a few Christmasy vibes, featuring four Virtue Shifters box sets and a clip-art-style image of a small town with a big gazebo. It says "On sale now at Amazon!"

You know I have a new book out, but know what I also have? A book SALE!

All my Virtue #ShifterRomance box sets are $2.99 for 3 days only! #paranormalromance #kindlesale #booksky

OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS: books2read.com/owl-zc&store=amazon

Virtue Shifters box sets: www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0F3...

A hand holding an old boxed copy of Sim City 2000 for the PC

Flashback! My archaeology continues. The first boxed game I got for my first Windows PC at home. I'd played the original SimCity on the IBM computers at college, but SimCity 2000 was new then (it came out in December 1993) and I became absolutely obsessed with it for years.

I hoard everything, but I also have no way of accessing them on my current PC, so the contents of "MORE TEXT FILES" will remain a mystery for future archaeologists

Close up photo of 5 floppy disks and a Zip disk on a desk surface

Unearthed a time capsule from 25 years ago. Check out the Iomega Zip Disk in the bottom right: remember when 100MB felt like a huge luxury?