@breakfastruins.bsky.social The new pod reminded me of his good the Marvel adaptation of The Valley of the Worm is. The sometime Conan team of Roy Thomas and Gil Kane.

New episode: Halloween season is upon us, so we've kicked off with Robert E Howards's The Valley of the Worm (and The Gods of Bal Sagoth, becasue VOTW was really short). Andy Darby is back in D&Ts for this one and his new book Sword Songs: An Anthology of Dark Fantasy – Volume 1 is out now.

Halloween 2026 – The Valley of the Worm

Episode 151 – The Valley of the Worm by Robert E. Howard It’s Halloween season again at Breakfast in the Ruins, and we’re kicking things off with a journey into the darker, more monstro…

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"She didn't say a word when we lit the pyre. She just stared into my eyes." 9️⃣ Days until The Hammer and Helena at Shakespeare North Playhouse 15-16 Oct. shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/the-ha... An ArtsGroupie Production #theatre #witches #witchcraft #history #Halloween #prescot

In a radical departure from our normal programming, here's a delve into the summer of Love (but actually, mostly the psych adjacent brit cheese Barry Evans vehicle, Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush) podwithmadness.podbean.com/e/return-of-...

You’d think I could have gotten some ‘elbows up’ action for an affectionate album of 80s and 90s Canadian cover versions, but nooooo, it’s all ‘where can I source Canadian-grown avocados’ instead. thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/album/nowher...

Nowhere Is the Dreamer: Songs from a Gen X Canadian Youth, by Allister Thompson

16 track album

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We’re all set up on Table 85 @comicartfestival.bsky.social - shoulder to shoulder with lots of Very Important Comics People. Here all day today and tomorrow - come and see us/them/the whole damn thing! #comics #zines #morecomicsandzines

New Episode: IT'S EPISODE 150. And technically, our 7th birthday. So Enid Blyton, obviously.

Episode 150 – The Magic Faraway Tree

It’s our 150th episode, and we’ve now been at this for seven Earth years! So how do we celebrate this milestone? By sitting on the sofa and gassing about one of our earliest reads, a bo…

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I can't be arsed to count up how many Halloween episodes we've done over the past seven years and I'm too late to start the 31 days of Halloween count down, but whatevs. Here's our first one from 2020... THE RATS! breakfastintheruins.com/2020/10/31/h...

Halloween Special – The Rats

It’s Halloween, so Phil and I enjoy some spooky old fashioneds and engage with the horror of James Herbert’s 1974 debut novel, The Rats! It’s got the lot. A creepy hero… out…

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New Episode: IT'S EPISODE 150. And technically, our 7th birthday. So Enid Blyton, obviously.

Episode 150 – The Magic Faraway Tree

It’s our 150th episode, and we’ve now been at this for seven Earth years! So how do we celebrate this milestone? By sitting on the sofa and gassing about one of our earliest reads, a bo…

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Magic delivery from @sonusrocks.bsky.social just now. Looks like the Sound Burger has to come out whilst I try to concentrate on work. I'll probably fail. Epic cover art from legend Peter Andrew Jones too.

@breakfastruins.bsky.social Michael Moorcock discussing The Great Rock & Roll Swindle and The Oak & The Ram youtu.be/3oF3EWtAK_E?...

Michael Moorcock & Terry Jones. Paperbacks

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Happy Birthday to Maitland McDonagh! Hear them on our Performance (1970) episode - https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2022/12/episode-603-performance-1970.html

Episode 603: Performance (1970)

We’re looking at Nic Roeg and Donald Cammell Performance (1970), the story of a gangster (James Fox) who kills an old friend and goes into hiding.

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Well blimey. That's another episode in the can for our 2026 Halloween run of weekly excursions into the horrific, spooky and/or generally unpleasant. We'll have stories from the 30s, 70s, 80s and, by request, something from the 90s. A rarity for this podcast. Watch this space.

We are officially 5 years old! Where has the time gone? We are still a small TTRPG magazine packed with reviews, articles, advice, and other TTRPG bits and pieces. Do give us a try and see what you think. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Never Mind the Dice Rolls issue 061 | NMtDRzine | NMtDRzine | DriveThruRPG

Welcome to issue 61 of Never Mind the Dice Rolls zine, your friendly monthly TTRPG magazine. Each issue contains reviews, scenarios, advice, and other things TTRPG! This issue contains: Review: Aegean...

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New episode: It's release day for the ninth album by The Belbury Poly, so Jim Jupp dropped by Derry & Toms to talk about his love of Moorcock, genre fiction, electroica, hauntology and all that good stuff, as well as @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social and various other things. Join us!

Sorcery by The Belbury Poly – a conversation with Jim Jupp

Jim Jupp drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his love of genre fiction, his path into making music as Belbury Poly, and the beginnings of Ghost Box Records, the label he founded with Julian Hou…

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Here's an autumnal ambient release I'd forgotten about... "Regret," an old collab from way back with the incredibly prolific Scott Lawlor. thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/album/regret

Regret, by Scott Lawlor and The Gateless Gate

7 track album

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Eight months ago I got pissed with John (AKA @mrdarcydog.bsky.social) in Rochdale, and we decided to do this. Little did we know just how amazing (and weirdly connected) the experience would be. JOIN US!

The Prisoner – Part One

John returns to Derry & Toms as, following a drunken afternoon in Rochdale, we decided to take a look at Thomas M Disch’s The Prisoner, the first of three Ace tie-in novels commissioned i…

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Eight months ago I got pissed with John (AKA @mrdarcydog.bsky.social) in Rochdale, and we decided to do this. Little did we know just how amazing (and weirdly connected) the experience would be. JOIN US!

The Prisoner – Part One

John returns to Derry & Toms as, following a drunken afternoon in Rochdale, we decided to take a look at Thomas M Disch’s The Prisoner, the first of three Ace tie-in novels commissioned i…

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Announcing my next big game 3 Day Millionaires is a TTRPG about the Trawlermen of Hull and the community that was built around the fishing industry in the 1960s It's a game about dangerous jobs, anxieties about life and it's loss as well as families struggling to stay together

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I think tomorrow I should give an official teaser of what I'm working on Less because it's close to being finished and more to get a good idea of if people would buy it!

If I were to have a funeral, I’d put in my wishes that mourners sit painfully through all 17 mins of ‘De Futura’ at max volume, because it’s heavier than the blackest of metal as far as I’m concerned. I’d get a kick out of that. seventhrecordsmagma.bandcamp.com/album/ud-w-d...

Udü Wüdü (Remastered), by MAGMA

7 track album

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Happy Separation Day to those that celebrate it. Illustration by Dick Kohfield for STARLOG MAGAZINE issue #2, published in November 1976.

Last day of holiday. All kinds of wrong.

At a craftmarket in Hornsea. Couldn't resist paintings by local lass Susan. £8 for the pair. Will use the cityscape for a game and I just dug the dragon's vibe. 2nd best stall was a guy selling bin bags, fly spray, lynx body spray and a single jar of Nescafe. So get down there fast if you want it!

This just arrived and it looks fantastic: hugely recommended if you’re into graphic design and/or the series involved. Includes shot-by-shot breakdowns of title sequences, font details etc

Reuben Willmott@reubs.bsky.social · last mo.

It seems just before going bust, Network printed a rather nice book highlighting the design work of the sales brochures etc ITC used to sell their tv shows to broadcasters. It sat in a warehouse for a few years, but now you can buy if you haven’t already. A delight. networkonair.com/all-products...

Just picked this up from the local Oxfam Books, which shamefully I have to confess I haven't read before... @breakfastruins.bsky.social

My hangover has finally lifted, so here are some reflections on #obaws2026 - a wonderful weekend of games, food and booze facilitated by @asako-soh.bsky.social

The Owlbear and the Wizard’s Staff 2026 – Con Reflections

This past weekend we had the pleasure of journeying down to Leamington Spa for our second trip to the long-running RPG con, The Owlbear and the Wizard’s Staff. Created and facilitated by frie…

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Fantastic day of gaming today thanks to Blythy and his Dolmenwood game (solving the mystery of missing hops, burning to death and resurrecting a bit singed) & the most brilliantly paranoid CoC game, preventing the manifestation of The Destroyer of Worlds, c/o @savagespiel.bsky.social #owlbear2026

O'Bannon Class Heavy Lifter

Tonight's research.