Welcome to Bugtown I wanted to do something with the passing of Matt Howarth, and his comics (especially series) are spottily available online and I have 24 issues of Savage Henry this just made sense as a thing I could do. This thread will collect those as I have time. tinyurl.com/y52ekvxv
📣COVER REVEAL: @kuboartt.bsky.social has created this striking work for the short story collection of Charles R. Saunders' queer warrior woman, DOSSOUYE - one of two of her books we'll be begin crowdfunding on Nov 5th, at 8am EST! Go here to lend her your spear! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
I'm reading JG Ballard's final book, Kingdom Come. And it's more than likely I had a small hand in it. The book was written 20 years ago and is about a man looking into his father's death in a shooting incident at a shopping centre. The opening paragraph is excellent...
Bluesky friends & strangers in #australia – if you're in the #arts or #creative sector, Creative Australia has recently announced a bunch of its current #grants and #funds Check it out: mailchi.mp/creative.gov...
October 1 has a few hours left to go, so I managed to start my “A night in the lonesome october” re-read on schedule this year.
Factions are such an important part of OSR play because the OSR is full of factions that all hate each other, so we really can really imagine what it's like.
Proud to be the 227th Barbarous Booklover 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas 2026! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas 2026
Four Sword & Sorcery novellas by NESS magazine authors: SEAS AFIRE STARS ADROWN by Bryn Hammond, LONG IS THE NIGHT by Audrey Stollings, THE PHOENIX & THE MAKER by James Enge, and FIELDS OF HELL by Dar...
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I read Merynthia's Master by @minillajovovich.bsky.social a swords and sorcery novella about transformation, fanaticism, lies, friends and big crab monsters. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-re...
I Read Books: Merynthia's Master
Merynthia’s Master Merynthia, city of crab and cod, crown jewel of the Western Trynacrian Empire, gateway to the Dreaming East, groans...
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Just finished Daggerbound - @tkingfisher.com ‘s long-awaited follow up to Swordheart. Great fun, the pages practically turn themselves.
Really enjoyed @annleckie.com ‘s Radiant Star. Was not expecting anything so snarky and Barchester-y
hey guys I don't read this genre but I'm here to revolutionise it. I haven't read a single book that's done this.
If you're in #Australia & need help re domestic violence, call 1800RESPECT 24-hour helpline at 1800737732 for information, counselling and support.
Still playing with the details, but Deep Cuts is going to start a new section called "Lost Tales" - obscure, never-reprinted, public domain stories that don't really fit the major focus of the blog but deserve some attention.
As promised to link to my first actual Hookland book. It is only small, but covers a lot of the ghost soil. If enough of you buy it and like it there will be a Volume Two. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123 It will also be available in an actual bookshop soon.
Proud to be the 581st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Blue Fire: A Jirel of Joiry Novella! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Blue Fire: A Jirel of Joiry Novella
An officially licensed novella starring the first lady of Sword & Sorcery, Jirel of Joiry!
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Periodic reminder I have a book. You can buy it. Still the only nonfiction work on love, sex, and gender in the life and works of H. P. Lovecraft, his contemporaries, and literary heirs. www.hippocampuspress.com/h.p-lovecraf...
I got a job in the government (MURDER SHE WRITES begins) A double page to fit it all in (the first half only appeared in print). Do you remember those huge UPS things you'd have to sign? They look impossibly archaic now. It has the sort of the name I'd give something, "the DIAD IV".
I got a job in the government (MURDER SHE WRITES begins)
A double page to fit it all in (the first half only appeared in print). Do you remember those huge UPS things you'd have to sign? They look impossibly archaic now. It has the sort of the name I'd give something, "the DIAD IV".
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I’ve crowdfunded a lot of zines! They’re available for digital purchase from my itch, and occasionally as print addons in subsequent campaigns. All of my games are stand alone and complete, using original systems to play with some mechanic or conceit I find interesting. itch.io/c/2502210/zi...
Zines - Collection by pidj
A collection by pidj
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what's incredible about comic books is you can just make one, no technology or experience required. fold some paper, staple it, tell a story inside. good or bad, ugly or beautiful, scary or inspiring. just get it out of your insides.
When people ask, "How can I promote my art when the world is going to shit" I hear that as, "How do I have the right to make art when the world is going to shit" And... We need art more than ever during such times. You need to be making art more than ever during such times.