Go!

Need an uplifting Friday tune? With the recent Artemis II trip to the Moon in mind, I share with you the fun Go!
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The book cover of Myth-Made Machines, a non-fiction book, featuring a blue design with Vitruvian Man on the left and a high-tech outline of a modern human on the right

The incredible Kelly Vero and I wrote a non-fiction book. Myth-Made Machines: The Stories Behind AI is out Sep 3 (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social). Ancient myths to sci-fi, philosophy to games. How humans imagine artificial minds and what that says about us. Voilà: www.bloomsbury.com/us/mythmade-...

A still from the film Excalibur with Merlin saying, "When a man lies he murders some part of the world"

A little message from Merlin for anybody considering an April Fool's fake news story today

Just discovered that the French phrase for trainee is somebody "en formation", which seems kind of nice, like they're being formed 🪴

🚨Book deal announcement🚨

TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

I’m jetlagged to heck, I’ve just come off a string of meetings, I’ve still got stuff to do – so I’m going to work to one of my favourite soundtracks: Tron Legacy, Daft Punk. open.spotify.com/album/3AMXFn...

Love this show. Seasons 1 and 2 are the best things on Apple TV

An amateur photo of Bath Abbey (UK) with the tower lit blue on yellow in solidarity with Ukraine

Bath Abbey lit up in the Ukrainian colours tonight

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).