Joshua Gillingham

Beyond the Barrow | Substack Beyond the Barrow is a place where fantasy meets folklore, where we travel through the mists of time to mythology, history and spooky stories. Click to read Beyond the Barrow, a Substack publication. ...

Hi everyone, exciting news - I've created a new home for more content from me!

Beyond the Barrow is a space for folklore, fantasy, myth and magic, even some spooky stories 🍂✨❄️ 🎃

I'd love it if you'd join me and even consider subscribing!

beyondthebarrow.substack.com

@kaitlinfelix.bsky.social

Used Game Sale We carry board games, party games, D&D, Magic: The Gathering, jigsaw puzzles, gundam, dice and more in downtown Vancouver and New Westminster, BC.

The first price drop has happened - everything is now 40% off!
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@hwaet.info Might I recommend my own ‘indeed’? From my poetry sequence ‘Grendel’s Mother Bites Back’ in Primers Volume Seven (Nine Arches Press, 2024). Thank you! 🙏🏻

I spent the last 6 weeks getting this prototype for Warlord Protocol up to date, and now it's finally ready! The first playtest is this Friday, and I'm very excited to see how the changes I've made play out! Its been way too long since I've had the energy to practice game dev, and it feels amazing

A stroll along the beach - fall has certainly arrived!

#SneakPeek LOKI 🐍

Board game art from Halls of Asgard - coming to Kickstarter May 2026 🔥 #boardgames #tabletop #mythology #norse #vikings #gamedev #gameart

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Got my prototype printed there! Very cool they are sponsoring

The world feels very on fire.

And I'm in my little corner of it, trying to celebrate the things I am doing and hope they can thrive so I can survive.

All this to say - please support indie tabletop designers at ProtoCON BC!

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Six days to submit poems to the Fall issue of Forgotten Ground Regained.

Morning mist in all the hollows. Moraine country. Good morning from Marbury. #Cheshire #sunrise

#SneakPeek IDUN 🍎

Board game art from Halls of Asgard - coming to Kickstarter May 2026 📷#boardgames #tabletop #mythology #norse #vikings #gamedev #gameart

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

a man in a green elf costume is screaming while standing in a room . ALT: a man in a green elf costume is screaming while standing in a room .

This looks awesome!!!

#SneakPeek HEIMDAL 🌈

Board game art from Halls of Asgard - coming to Kickstarter May 2026 📷#boardgames #tabletop #mythology #norse #vikings #gamedev #gameart

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Ten days to submit a poem to the Fall issue of Forgotten Ground Regained.

@rgeirsson.bsky.social

#SneakPeek FREYA 💎

Board game art from Halls of Asgard - coming to Kickstarter May 2026 📷#boardgames #tabletop #mythology #norse #vikings #gamedev #gameart

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Aurgellmir -- alliterative verse about Ymir the giant--in a landscape of glaciers, gravel, and rock. ... The ice is numb, / Knowledgeable, thick, /Towers into sky. / Tips away / To left and right / To leave me circled ...

Here's an example of the baseline Norse meter, fornyrðislag, by @mathjones.bsky.social. Useful if you'd like to submit to my Fall Issue (alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/, due Oct. 1st)

alliteration.net/poetry/aurgelmir/ #alliterative #poetry #Norse #Viking #metrics #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

"Valkyrie" sets sail! Watch now | Our long-awaited chat with the captain of a modern viking ship

How are Viking longships made? Here’s the story of The Valkyrie:

open.substack.com/pub/vikingol...

#medievalsky #vikingsky #medievalist #history #podcast

Canadian Creators United seeks to build a collective for Canadian designers Overcoming the odds together.

Collective support network @ccuttrpg.bsky.social wants to build a more secure future for Canadian tabletop designers.

Stoked to see this! See you there 👍

Our Website has been updated with a Code of Conduct, Health and Safety policy, and an AI Art Policy. We suggest folks review them before attending ProtoCON BC 2025!

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The Scour – Review Book Snapshot Author – Richard Swan Genre – Fantasy Length – 193 pages Publisher – Grimdark Magazine, 20th October 2025 Vibe – Mysterious, compelling, foreboding, spoo…

New Review!

The Scour by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social brought to you by @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social

I loved this prequel novella to the Justice of Kings trilogy (yes you can read this one first and I highly recommend it!)

Full review here:
spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2025/09/04/t...

MurderBot.

It’s great.

That is all.

#SneekPeek ODIN 🐦‍⬛

Board game art from Halls of Asgard - coming to Kickstarter May 2026 🔥

#boardgames #tabletop #mythology #norse #vikings #gamedev #gameart

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jos...

Will you be the one to bring this project to life?? 🔥 Can’t wait to get my copy 📖

Children of Tax and Tea: Kickstarter Exclusive Edition Take a seat, grab a drink, and experience the true story of the vikings as only an irate drunkard from Boston can tell it.

Less than 48 hours left to back ‘Children of Tax and Tea’ by @rgeirsson.bsky.social illustrated by Matt Smith! It’s $84 from being fully funded! Literally two more people and it’s ON.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/row...

#NorseMythology #Kickstarter

YouTube video by SpotlightIndie Lewis Carter on Writing for Audio

Part two of Burnout creator Lewis Carter's chat with @frasierarmitage.bsky.social and @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social on the creation of the show. In this one the conversation zooms out to broader views on script writing and adaptation. it's a fascinating chat. Listen here 👇

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Knarr has a really interesting mechanism to force the end of the game. I wrote about it at Skeleton Code Machine: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/the-final-...