What does a karate burglar do?

just karate, why?

Mostly stopped on socials, so this was a rare and lovely reminder of their capacity for good. All positive things and power to you and yours, Dr Sedgman, and it is such a balm to see happy sparkles in dark times.

Poetry.

why did the man eat wee

it was the end of the end of the world

but not now

do you no what

get out of my house

Shielding Songs, by Jessica Curry 13 track album

Apropos of nothing, Jessica Curry's "Shielding Songs" are eerily fabulous. Been a while since I was haunted like that.

jessicacurry.bandcamp.com/album/shield...

Medieval Stories that Refuse to Sit Still And a new book is on the way…

New book on the way!
This one is about medieval stories that refuse to stay put. It brings together scholars from art history, literature, performance and digital humanities to look at stories that shapeshift, speak back, and still catch fire.
#medievalsky #storytelling #medievalstudies

We all die at the end by Sam Haddow YouTube video by Manchester University Press

Seems as good a day as any to post about the end of the world.

Made a 1-min video for my book "We all die at the end: Storytelling in the climate apocalypse", with @manchesterup.bsky.social.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkTj...

Designed by my talented friend Norbert. www.linkedin.com/in/norbert-w...

That is how everything sounds in my head. It’s very confusing.

Coming Soon:“The Hare Wars”
This spring… they’re not hiding eggs. They’re launching an assault.
Trebuchets, crossbows and fluffy vengeance, rated R for Rabbit Rampage.
Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, France ca. 1303-1316. Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 41r.

#TheCourtJester #Easter #Rabbit #medieval

I LOVE THIS.

And you sir!

Also I know one should never judge such things, but gods it's a pretty shade of yellow.

Manchester University Press - Beautiful doom Beautiful doom - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Beautiful doom by Jacqueline Bolton

Honoured to be included in this gnarly tome. My chapter "Beautiful Doom" sparked my thinking in end-of-the-world fiction, leading to my recent monograph. AND the editors chose my title for their collection!

Congratulations Jacqueline and Nick.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526145222/

The Dark Portal by Robin Jarvis.

My book “We all die at the end: Storytelling the climate apocalypse” is out today.

It’s a round-up of the ways that foreseeable human extinction is affecting stories from children’s fiction to video games, weird horror to live art. Blood, tears and tentacles.

From Manchester University Press.

Keny Arcana, “La Rage”.

Show your support for Ukraine at the US Consulate in Edinburgh (3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5BW)

Wednesday 5 March @ 18h

More info and let them know you're coming here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...

#edinburgh

One of life’s true pleasures! Sam Copeland’s “Charlie Chahges Into A Chicken” was hilarious, Katya Balen’s “October October” broke our hearts, Nicola Penfold‘s “Where the World turns Wild” is one of the best eco-dystopias ever written, M.G Leonard’s “Ice Children” is brilliant mythic reprogramming.

Ohh, that is excellent!

Well done!

If you haven’t read it, Jean Giono’s “The Man Who Planted Trees” is short and very lovely.

Manchester University Press - We all die at the end We all die at the end - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of We all die at the end by Sam Haddow

This scrappy little monster has its own webpage!

“We All Die at the End: Storytelling in the Climate Apocalypse”. Coming out in March, published by
@manchesterup.bsky.social.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175281/

A good thread of Artaud thoughts.

Also still going. I thought I’d been sent to Whamhalla by my son’s Christmas concert, then remembered that covers don’t count. Best of luck, sir!

Oh, bless you @ledbydonkeys.org. You make the world a better place to be.

You’re not alone in that. And I’m pleased to realise that neither am I.

Thanks for this. It is lovely.

KIDSWRITEJOKES IS ON BLUESKY! This pinnacle of human achievement - and its heroically silly output on the blue bird - was one of the only things that got me through lockdown.

I am so happy they’re here. And that this will be my first post on this peculiar wossname.