The vagaries of my current pantry meant I created this Thai-Italian dish. Red curry mushrooms with olive ciabatta. No regrets.
J.L. Worrad
@worrad.bsky.social
Fantasy author. ‘The Keep Within’ and ‘Pennyblade’ available from @titanbooks.bsky.social
If Sunderland wasn't a real place it'd be a great name for a grimdark fantasy novel.
So I see this woman with a pram coming down the street, take a look at the baby and see a 12” pizza box. I mean, okay…
Well, if Russell Brand gets sent down that’ll round off a perfect week…
“Satans’s boy I could never be! I haven’t the humility…” Grandiermaxxing at The Devils screening tonight!
To me, the opposite of totalitarianism is Shakespeare. He contains everything human, high and low.
Thinking of doing Twelve Angry Men as a one man show. Just two hours of me arguing with myself sweatily and switching chairs.
Watching BBC’s The Living and the Dead and it thinks it’s a Victorian folk horror but I’m not buying it and I’ve just realised that’s because there’s no low camera shots in long grass looking at fields of ploughed soil in the first five minutes. Don’t ask me why but that stuff is mandatory.
Elon getting pissed off Ukraine has taken out Russian internet data centres. Understandable, that’s all his online friends.
Here is a president who buys oil from a country that’s an ally and weapons buyer to the country he’s in a war with. He has no coherent foreign policy. Honestly, I don’t hate him cuz he’s evil. I hate him cuz he’s so damn sloppy.
The glorious One Star Quiz returns! We have our most independent of adjudicators @lauramauro.bsky.social We have Kayleigh Dobbs teaming up with Kit! We have @worrad.bsky.social joining Stewart Hotston's team! We have the most fair scoring ever observed, "gibous moon", furries...
If you’re find yourself in a big argument here or on Threads, Twitter etc, simply offer your opponent a post on your blog to state their argument (with opportunity for follow-up posts to your counter-posts). Everyone I’ve offered this has backed-down. No one has the concentration to blog anymore.
Watching an old episode of Dirty, Rich & Catflap and realising Rik Mayall would have been an extraordinary Joker if they'd made a London gangland version of Batman.
AGENCY: A Tor Original - out today! TFW your landlord might be an eldritch demon god…? Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GBYKFTV8 Amazon US - www.amazon.com/Agency-Tor-O... Apple Books - books.apple.com/gb/book/agen... Kobo - www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... eBooks.com - www.ebooks.com/en-gb/book/3...
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J.L. Worrad@worrad.bsky.social · last mo.“Just some dude’s fetish content.” -Goodreads Pennyblade, a fantasy novel, available now. www.amazon.co.uk/Pennyblade-J...
“Just some dude’s fetish content.” -Goodreads Pennyblade, a fantasy novel, available now. www.amazon.co.uk/Pennyblade-J...
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Pennyblade eBook : Worrad, J.L.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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The current politics of left and right exist in House of the Dragon, but in obscure ways… jamesworrad.com/2026/09/24/d...
Dragon Wars and the Culture Wars
It’s driving me nuts. Since at least the start of season two of House of the Dragon I’ve noticed something no one else has. Weirder still, it’s something the journos and online op…
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I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
I completely forgot I've been up the Empire State Building. Someone on Youtube was talking about it and I thought 'Ooh, I'd sure love to do that one day', then it all came back to me that I had. Guess I must have been shitfaced...
A great review for OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, our horror anthology edited by @jendiagammon.bsky.social, @garethlpowell.bsky.social, and @scarlettralgee.bsky.social, from dozens of writers spanning the globe! Thank you to @hellnotes.bsky.social. #horror #horrorbooks #horrorcommunity #books
Book Review: OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM
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Whenever I buy a Freddo Bar I make sure to bite the jolly frog’s head off first. I see no reason for him to suffer.
Am I the only one seeing the current culture wars in House of the Dragon? jamesworrad.com/2026/09/24/d...
Dragon Wars and the Culture Wars
It’s driving me nuts. Since at least the start of season two of House of the Dragon I’ve noticed something no one else has. Weirder still, it’s something the journos and online op…
jamesworrad.com
In a useful use of my time I've finally made a Heroforge model of every major (and a few minor) character in my fantasy and sci-fi novels, published and unpublished. I should be writing. Or eating and going out... Which model would you collect and paint?
Heads up to any fellow authors who are part of the claim against Anthropic. I just received an email from a dodgy lawyer firm trying to screw me over, so you might get a email to. Details below… authorsguild.org/news/claimsh...
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
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Like horror? Like music? Then you’ll love this anthology, soon to drop from @theslabpress.bsky.social ! My track, ‘Orlando Road’ is on it, among so many bangers by awesome acts!
Screams and Wails – Cover and ToC Reveal
I was at a rock and metal one-dayer when I had the idea for a horror anthology about music. After all, why not? From The Rocky Horror Picture Show to Studio 666 music and horror have been happy bed…
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I know an artist should put their heart into their art but there’s something about the romance of the pulp-era hack I love: “What’s that? A 6000 word story about a gunslinging ballerina? On your desk by 5? You’ll get it at noon!”