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Writer based in Franconian Forest, Germany Fortean Times comics reviewer published at Tor.com Shimmer 3LBE, Lackington's, Lead writer on Haunt www.stevetoase.co.uk To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books
I haven't got any little runes like we had for last week's Viking camps #FindsFriday, so instead I thought we'd look at another small and beautiful object. This is DB1137 from the Great Army camp at Torksey. It's a tiny cast piece, barely 25mm long, originally part of an Irish horse harness. /1
Out today! You can find my story "The Beast of Old Blodgett Road" inside, among other excellent stories. Many thanks to Andy and Trevor for all their hard work on this book and for being such great editors to work with!
IMINT #56036 from GPS III-SV05 (TS/SCI)
1. Cannabis Trench
2. Petrified Gravity
3. Gothic Launcher
"You boy, what day is this??"
The discovery of an unusual Pictish stone was reported by The Courier #OTD in 1934. A mechanical excavator struck it during work near Bullion Farm, Invergowrie. The 10thC Bullion Stone is a whimsical portrait of a mounted warrior drinking from a horn. 📸National Museums Scotland #medievalsky
This marvellous head of a drunken old woman is associated with the cult of Dionysus, god of wine, indicated by the ivy wreath on her head. 🍷
Dating to the Hellenistic period.
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
📷 me
🏺 #Archaeology
It's a long time since I've been there, but I would think so. I saw the whole original Star Wars trilogy there in one day when I was a kid.
What made you change sides after the first day? Was there a draft?
This is rather pleasing to me. I knew that Odeon is or was a cinema chain but I did *not* know that the original Nickelodeon was a theater in Boston where a show would cost $.05.
I've never made the connection! The Odeon in my hometown is a lovely Art Deco building. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeon_C...
🎨 Bill Bramhall
Editorial Cartoonist, New York Daily News
For the evening crowd. This wonderful review of Crawl Space by @runalongwomble.bsky.social
Derek Guy is a treasure and must be protected at all costs.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 7428:
Don’t sit at your desk all the time. Try to take regular breaks. Take a walk. Breathe fresh air. Look at trees. It helps.
Also, good for your health, speaking as someone who got a DVT from sitting at a desk too long. (Apparently my old workplace have the 'Steve Toase memorial walk' where people are reminded to take regular walks away from their desk. Not the legacy I expected...)
Here are the previous photos!
As has become tradition, here is a picture of my latest book with my regular book model, Lotte. Thanks to my friend Maria for the photo!
Thanks Andrew!
Have to admit, I'm very proud of the work me and Trevor Kennedy are doing with Mislaid Books. It's good to have a distinctive look and offer a different kind of product!
Everything's better in the countryside, right?
HOME SICK
July 2026
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Preorder here: geni.us/homesick
I do have a story called Dental Hygiene which probably wouldn't have been much better...
Thank you so much to @runalongwomble.bsky.social for a wonderful review of Crawl Space!
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BOOK LAUNCH! Our second anthology, _Horrific Scribes Presents: Rulemakers and Rulebreakers (26 Works of Order and Chaos)_ is available today wherever fine e-books are sold!
The best place to download? It's FEATURED ON GODLESS!!!
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Now landed in the Franconian Forest - the latest issue of @remainsmagazine.bsky.social containing my story The Block about a dark shadow of The Bauhaus movement, and the aftermath of their experiments.
Go preorder this Crawlspace too! Then you can have a set.
Ha! Yes, I noticed that on Amazon and then saw how many other books have the same title in the past. There’s one or two…
Good luck with the launch. Just read the description and it looks like a fantastic story!
I love the cover for my book! And all the others here :)
Halfway through the first season of Moviedrome!
Today's #projectrepoman post is about The Hired Hand, an acid western from 1971, starring and directed by Peter Fonda, fresh off the success of Easy Rider.
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An excellent thread from Alex here, looking at one of classic Great Army find types. I'm going to be posting a lot more about these weights very soon...