If they bring all the boys to your yard, I can't imagine there would be a lot of writing going on 😉

Was honestly wondering why short trousers would impede your ability to write for a second there. 🤣

Cover of A Spell for Heartsickness, showing a young man in a big hat and pale shirt reaching up to cup the jaw of a dark haired man in a dark shirt.

Listening to the audiobook of a Spell for Heartsickness by Alistair Reeves and it's adorable and cute and funny and John Joseph is a FANTASTIC voice actor.
Big fan!

Not only did Jess' novella get shortlisted for the Aurealis Award, but it's gone on to win #SFINCS3 !
So pleased for you, Jess ❤️

Publisher's Marketplace announcment: Dave V. Riser's NOT ONLY WILL THIS KILL YOU BUT IT WILL HURT THE WHOLE TIME YOU ARE DYING, in which a trans street kid turned necromancer trying to bring about the end of the world is captured by rival cultists from across the ocean, but traps them in turn in his crumbling tower surrounded by cosmic storms, only for the three to find themselves locked in a tender erotic cannibalistic stalemate with each other and the Old Ones, to Alex Woodroe at Tenebrous Press, for publication in summer 2027.

SIGNING ANNOUNCEMENT!

"O Tenebrous, WHY haven't you released more tender necromantic trans erotic cannibalism-tinged Weird Fantasy WHYYY"

Well we heard you, friends. We heard you.

NOT ONLY WILL THIS KILL YOU BUT IT WILL HURT THE WHOLE TIME YOU ARE DYING by @davevriser.bsky.social.

Summer 2027🖤☠️

Folks mentioned in this week's column also include:

Steve Lyons, Sandy Mitchell, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, David Annandale, R. S. Wilt, William Crowe, @denny-flowers.bsky.social @georgemann.bsky.social @annasmithwrites.bsky.social @rocketpatrol.bsky.social

#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Koho Shoda (Japanese, 1871–1946)
"Fishboat on Moonlit Sea", 1930.
Woodblock, 25.4 × 18.4 cm.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Kasamatsu Shirō (Japanese, 1898–1991)
"Night Rain at Shinobazu Pond", 1938.
Woodblock Print, 38.6 × 26.5 cm.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Da Freebooterz Code!

Both the defaced by me special edition and the hardcover are available for pre-order next week!

www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

Her office said the Office for Students (OfS), which regulates universities, had received reports of speakers and lecturers being harassed and blocked for holding gender-critical or religious views, of foreign interference suppressing academic freedoms, and of ideological belief requirements featuring in job advertisements.

The OfS will be able to use the new complaints scheme from September. From April, it will be able to fine universities the greater of £500,000 or 2 per cent of their income, which would amount to millions of pounds for large institutions, for breaches under the Freedom of Speech Act. Ultimately, universities could be deregistered for egregious cases.

Bridget Phillipson will introduce new laws to make it possible for Universities to be fined millions of pounds if they don't silence students who protest bigots invited onto their campuses. It's like the Tories never left office.

Quick reminder if you’re loading up your kindle in readiness for Monday… #booksky #ARCsky

Melbourne I am in you

A painting of a bird beside the text "there's not enough space in my brain for this shit"

I always thought it would be fun to write something so genre defining and oblique that studio ghibli insists on making a beautiful and broadly inaccurate adaptation of it which is more popular than the book ever was

Oh boy, yeah. It kinda kicks off around there!

Understanding D2D's Activation and Maintenance Fees - Draft2Digital | Blog A brief explanation of D2D's activation and maintenance fees, which accounts are subject to them, and what this means for you.

Draft2Digital just dropped the news on their blog that they'll be charging everybody who sells less than a hundred dollars a year a maintenance fee.

Note, they already make a commission off of every sale.

draft2digital.com/blog/underst...

Reads: A.N.A.L All Nazis Are Losers

Important sticker I spotted in Bristol last night

Haha, that's awesome, but i was going to ask which aspect of the book was involved. Sorry not sorry I guess!

1180 useless words written this morning because a) I write in the mornings, ergo i wrote b) I had no idea how to resolve the next plot point c) it allowed me to do some character introspection.
Will absolutely be cut from the next draft, but hey, it was fun to explore a character's kink at 6am.

PASSED MY VIVA!!!!!!

A watercolor painting in moody grey-greens, rich indigo, and magenta. It depicts a fae hunting party riding through a smoky moonlit forest towards an eerie red lake. The hunters ride deer-like creatures, and are accompanied by stark white hounds with red heads and long ears. A host of small green glowing pixies trail along

A watercolor painting featuring an anthropomorphic rooster captain at the helm of a ship. Beyond him is a map and a little inset seascape

The extended cover illustration for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024. An illustration (in watercolor) of an earth-toned wild hunt tapestry with muted rainbow-y accents being looked at by a trio of rad queer people in a museum-esque framing

A selection of items from Crow & Crown's Aquarium DnD5e supplement. Watercolor illustrations of a boar-shaped horn, a frosty sword, a bog iron amulet, a potion and a lump of ore with embedded crystals.

Hey #PortfolioDay!
I'm Matt, a queer illustrator/watercolor wrangler from Michigan .

I love painting historical clothing, horses, objects with stories, and pictures within pictures.

Please get in touch with Book, Tarot, and TTRPPG work!

🍂 www.mspencerdraws.com
🏹 mspencerillustration@gmail.com

First Mage On The Moon by Cameron Johnston. Against a twilight blue background, a rusty magical rocketship readies for launch, with engineering diagrams off to the side.

Happy Launch Day to me!

First Mage On The Moon is out today.

Congratulations!!!

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are sitting with their backs towards each other, looking into opposite directions. Blue looks exhausted and annoyed, while Green is frowning with angry thoughts. Green, thinking: I can't be expected to know what you're mad about unless you tell me. What could you even be mad about? If I ask your opinion and you don't tell me the truth, that's on you! Green still continues to think, but raises an eyebrow as Blue turns around to kiss his neck affectionately. Green, thinking: It's not my job to guess whether you're lying ab- Green, speaking out loud: Aren't you mad at me? Blue, suddenly not weary at all but deeply baffled, looks at Green in confusion, while Green looks just as bewildered. Blue: What on earth would I be mad at you for? Green: I have no idea!

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Shown is a graphic that has a creamy background with elegant writing across it. Coming from the top left is a black fountain pen with a gold nib. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Eleanor Pender; Eric Huang; Anna Stephens; Rafael Torrubia.

Shown is a graphic that has a creamy background with elegant writing across it. Coming from the top left is a black fountain pen with a gold nib. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Marve Michael Anson; Stephen Embleton; R.S.A. Garcia; Arkady Martine; Shay Kauwe.

Shown is a graphic that has a creamy background with elegant writing across it. Coming from the top left is a black fountain pen with a gold nib. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): WP Wiles; Rachel Grosvenor; JM Cyrus; M S Palmer; Mark Cantrell; Amelia Roberts.

Shown is a graphic that has a creamy background with elegant writing across it. coming from the top left is a black fountain pen with a gold nib. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’.

Shown is a graphic that has a creamy background with elegant writing across it. Coming from the top left is a black fountain pen with a gold nib. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Dr Alex Carabine; Shona Kinsella.

Shown is a graphic that has a creamy background with elegant writing across it. Coming from the top left is a black fountain pen with a gold nib. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a silver dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Morag Hannah (MK Hardy); Alex Cochran; David Thomas Moore; Catriona Silvey.

Hey, SFFH fans! We've got all this going on this Saturday (18th April, 10am to 6pm).

Join us online for Language in SFFH.

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BFS members = free. Non-members = £5 (BARGAIN).

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I remember seeing a post like "carnivores don't tend to have horns, they're usually a defensive weapon for things lower down the food chain" and now I can't help but see those pictures of dragons with huge horns the same as 6ft 5" bottoms going 👉👈 hunt me

ok buckaroos i am going to talk a bit on artists and writers and publishers and AI, specifically HOW to create in this environment of endless ai slop and WHY i think you will probably be fine if you heed these very important words: YOUR ART IS MORE THAN WHAT IS IN THE PAGE OR PAINTING OR FILM