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Reader, gamer: Personal library of Classic SFF/Pulp/Gothic/Weird/Classic Crime/Noir/Kaiju/World SFF/Lost World Fiction. UK
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· Nov 8
Book shelves pin. This is about a third of my physical. I collect and read SFF, Pulp, Gothic, Weird Fic, Penny Dreadfuls, Adventure, Kaiju and some Horror
I primarily post pictures of book mail, reading progress, action figure collections, trading cards, reviews, video games, RPGs and board games
I primarily post pictures of book mail, reading progress, action figure collections, trading cards, reviews, video games, RPGs and board games
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I should probably point out, I wrote an entire book about this that came out in the pandemic.
Cover by my brother fromanuva mother @jordancollver.bsky.social
Cover by my brother fromanuva mother @jordancollver.bsky.social
September 19, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I should probably point out, I wrote an entire book about this that came out in the pandemic.
Cover by my brother fromanuva mother @jordancollver.bsky.social
Cover by my brother fromanuva mother @jordancollver.bsky.social
At this point, September’s book mail is probably taller than me. Just ordered a collection of Tanith Lee short stories. Wasn’t a huge fan of the one novel I read, so starting from a different point here.
#booksky 🪐📚💙
#booksky 🪐📚💙
September 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
At this point, September’s book mail is probably taller than me. Just ordered a collection of Tanith Lee short stories. Wasn’t a huge fan of the one novel I read, so starting from a different point here.
#booksky 🪐📚💙
#booksky 🪐📚💙
Vastly, yes. I moved away from most fantasy in my 30s. 15 years ago I barely touched short stories out of misguided snobbery, now I prefer short reads.
Today, much to my wallet's chagrin, my tastes are many genres (see profile). Although non-fic is one I still don't invest enough time in.
#booksky
Today, much to my wallet's chagrin, my tastes are many genres (see profile). Although non-fic is one I still don't invest enough time in.
#booksky
Have your reading tastes changed dramatically over the years? #BookishQOTD #booksky
September 19, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Vastly, yes. I moved away from most fantasy in my 30s. 15 years ago I barely touched short stories out of misguided snobbery, now I prefer short reads.
Today, much to my wallet's chagrin, my tastes are many genres (see profile). Although non-fic is one I still don't invest enough time in.
#booksky
Today, much to my wallet's chagrin, my tastes are many genres (see profile). Although non-fic is one I still don't invest enough time in.
#booksky
2026 Game completion 12: Vampire Crawlers
An addictive deck building dungeon crawler which uses the first game’s mechanics really well, but it lacked a lot of depth and variety, as well as content.
Needed more variation in tactics and boss fights. Hopefully it’ll get DLC.
#videogames #videogaming
An addictive deck building dungeon crawler which uses the first game’s mechanics really well, but it lacked a lot of depth and variety, as well as content.
Needed more variation in tactics and boss fights. Hopefully it’ll get DLC.
#videogames #videogaming
September 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM
2026 Game completion 12: Vampire Crawlers
An addictive deck building dungeon crawler which uses the first game’s mechanics really well, but it lacked a lot of depth and variety, as well as content.
Needed more variation in tactics and boss fights. Hopefully it’ll get DLC.
#videogames #videogaming
An addictive deck building dungeon crawler which uses the first game’s mechanics really well, but it lacked a lot of depth and variety, as well as content.
Needed more variation in tactics and boss fights. Hopefully it’ll get DLC.
#videogames #videogaming
Ordered the paperback editions. That ScifFier code from @scifiscavenger.bsky.social is paying dividends. Well, to him. It's emptying my bank balance after four orders..
#Booksky #SFinTranslation 🪐📚💙
#Booksky #SFinTranslation 🪐📚💙
This was thrown into one of my feeds today. Still feels like quite the achievement. Hopefully one day it could still find its readers.
September 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Ordered the paperback editions. That ScifFier code from @scifiscavenger.bsky.social is paying dividends. Well, to him. It's emptying my bank balance after four orders..
#Booksky #SFinTranslation 🪐📚💙
#Booksky #SFinTranslation 🪐📚💙
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I have plans for a new edition of English Eerie. Something I think would be real cool is having horror fiction writers and film-makers write some scenarios.
September 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I have plans for a new edition of English Eerie. Something I think would be real cool is having horror fiction writers and film-makers write some scenarios.
Another reminder. Check what you are reposting if are supposed to be anti-AI. Pictures of libraries, cats and other cool things are not free from this plague..
September 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Another reminder. Check what you are reposting if are supposed to be anti-AI. Pictures of libraries, cats and other cool things are not free from this plague..
"Trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here. We’ve also always been writing speculative fiction! Beatrice the Sixteenth, first published in 1909 by transfeminine author Irene Clyde, is just one example." @strangehorizons.bsky.social
Beatrice the Sixteenth by Irene Clyde
Reading Beatrice the Sixteenth is an experience in deep strangeness.
strangehorizons.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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The write up for Episode 3 of the ACS D&D campaign I'm running is done.
www.3spellcastersandadwarf.com/dd-becmi-epi...
#Roleplaying #RPG #TTRPG #DND #D&D #DungeonAndDragons
www.3spellcastersandadwarf.com/dd-becmi-epi...
#Roleplaying #RPG #TTRPG #DND #D&D #DungeonAndDragons
September 18, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The write up for Episode 3 of the ACS D&D campaign I'm running is done.
www.3spellcastersandadwarf.com/dd-becmi-epi...
#Roleplaying #RPG #TTRPG #DND #D&D #DungeonAndDragons
www.3spellcastersandadwarf.com/dd-becmi-epi...
#Roleplaying #RPG #TTRPG #DND #D&D #DungeonAndDragons
Fun board games tonight. First plays of Knarr and Point City and ended with the next mission of Zombicide.
Would def play the two new games again.
Would def play the two new games again.
September 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Fun board games tonight. First plays of Knarr and Point City and ended with the next mission of Zombicide.
Would def play the two new games again.
Would def play the two new games again.
Debating on a £50 PS Publishing order.
18 books including Best New Horror, Waiting for the End of the World (R B Russell), Ramsey Campbell, Cold War Cthulhu and a couple of sets of dark fantasy anthologies.
18 books including Best New Horror, Waiting for the End of the World (R B Russell), Ramsey Campbell, Cold War Cthulhu and a couple of sets of dark fantasy anthologies.
September 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Debating on a £50 PS Publishing order.
18 books including Best New Horror, Waiting for the End of the World (R B Russell), Ramsey Campbell, Cold War Cthulhu and a couple of sets of dark fantasy anthologies.
18 books including Best New Horror, Waiting for the End of the World (R B Russell), Ramsey Campbell, Cold War Cthulhu and a couple of sets of dark fantasy anthologies.
The Wuthering Heights first published in 1847 isn't quite the version we know today...
Our new facsimile reproduces the first edition, before Charlotte Brontë's later revisions. Here's a closer look at the original and the story behind this new publication 👇
Our new facsimile reproduces the first edition, before Charlotte Brontë's later revisions. Here's a closer look at the original and the story behind this new publication 👇
September 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
It’s been just under a year since I 100% completed Silksong and I still think it’s a shame it wasn’t Game of the Year.
It built on and surpassed an already spectacular first game in sheer size, narrative, soundtrack, emotion and challenge.
Metroidvanias like this are why I love the genre.
It built on and surpassed an already spectacular first game in sheer size, narrative, soundtrack, emotion and challenge.
Metroidvanias like this are why I love the genre.
September 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
It’s been just under a year since I 100% completed Silksong and I still think it’s a shame it wasn’t Game of the Year.
It built on and surpassed an already spectacular first game in sheer size, narrative, soundtrack, emotion and challenge.
Metroidvanias like this are why I love the genre.
It built on and surpassed an already spectacular first game in sheer size, narrative, soundtrack, emotion and challenge.
Metroidvanias like this are why I love the genre.
Re-reading Darrell Schweitzer on the bus into town and u am reminded how ‘Transients’ reads like an episode of the Twilight Zone or Quiet, Please!
A lot of variation in his weird fiction which is great.
#booksky
A lot of variation in his weird fiction which is great.
#booksky
September 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Re-reading Darrell Schweitzer on the bus into town and u am reminded how ‘Transients’ reads like an episode of the Twilight Zone or Quiet, Please!
A lot of variation in his weird fiction which is great.
#booksky
A lot of variation in his weird fiction which is great.
#booksky
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Art by Angus Mckie for a proposed but never made Dan Dare TV series, 1980
September 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Art by Angus Mckie for a proposed but never made Dan Dare TV series, 1980
New content for Guild Wars 2. So that's tonight sorted.
"There are older, fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the World.."
"There are older, fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the World.."
September 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
New content for Guild Wars 2. So that's tonight sorted.
"There are older, fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the World.."
"There are older, fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the World.."
Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan
On a rec from @crutledge.bsky.social I have ordered a collection of short stories from a Weird Tales writer I'd only come across in a single anthology. I do like discovering a new author from the Weird/ghost story eras.
#BookSky #WeirdTales #Horror 🩸📚💙
On a rec from @crutledge.bsky.social I have ordered a collection of short stories from a Weird Tales writer I'd only come across in a single anthology. I do like discovering a new author from the Weird/ghost story eras.
#BookSky #WeirdTales #Horror 🩸📚💙
September 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan
On a rec from @crutledge.bsky.social I have ordered a collection of short stories from a Weird Tales writer I'd only come across in a single anthology. I do like discovering a new author from the Weird/ghost story eras.
#BookSky #WeirdTales #Horror 🩸📚💙
On a rec from @crutledge.bsky.social I have ordered a collection of short stories from a Weird Tales writer I'd only come across in a single anthology. I do like discovering a new author from the Weird/ghost story eras.
#BookSky #WeirdTales #Horror 🩸📚💙
Wow, stumbled upon listing for a game I had as a kid and had forgotten all about! The Vampire Game from Waddingtons!
Does your vast collection of cool 80s stuff have this @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.social ?
#boardgames #boardgaming
Does your vast collection of cool 80s stuff have this @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.social ?
#boardgames #boardgaming
September 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Wow, stumbled upon listing for a game I had as a kid and had forgotten all about! The Vampire Game from Waddingtons!
Does your vast collection of cool 80s stuff have this @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.social ?
#boardgames #boardgaming
Does your vast collection of cool 80s stuff have this @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.social ?
#boardgames #boardgaming
Now for more lucha libre wrestling. I am rooting for Mexico’s “national hero” (who is actually from Germany), El Grande Americano!
Also rooting for Mr Iguana and a masked wrestler dressed as Skeletor!
Also rooting for Mr Iguana and a masked wrestler dressed as Skeletor!
September 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Now for more lucha libre wrestling. I am rooting for Mexico’s “national hero” (who is actually from Germany), El Grande Americano!
Also rooting for Mr Iguana and a masked wrestler dressed as Skeletor!
Also rooting for Mr Iguana and a masked wrestler dressed as Skeletor!
September 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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This is a painting.
"The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Holly Farrell
Paperbacks
acrylic and oils on board 2022
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Holly Farrell
Paperbacks
acrylic and oils on board 2022
September 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
This is a painting.
A short, but tense story. Not going to lie, I went through the emotions until the big finale here.
Phew!
Phew!
Toad fell into the pond. He sank to the bottom and came up again.
September 14, 2026 at 1:44 AM
A short, but tense story. Not going to lie, I went through the emotions until the big finale here.
Phew!
Phew!
Ordered a book about Houdini. Also received issues 230 and 238 of Clarkesworld yesterday in the post to scratch an itch for a physical literary SF magazine. Looking forward to some specific stories in them.
Shame so few magazines exist now and even less with interior art, if any.
#booksky 🪐📚💙
Shame so few magazines exist now and even less with interior art, if any.
#booksky 🪐📚💙
September 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Ordered a book about Houdini. Also received issues 230 and 238 of Clarkesworld yesterday in the post to scratch an itch for a physical literary SF magazine. Looking forward to some specific stories in them.
Shame so few magazines exist now and even less with interior art, if any.
#booksky 🪐📚💙
Shame so few magazines exist now and even less with interior art, if any.
#booksky 🪐📚💙
Dug out my copy of Galactic Pot-Healer after a conversation with a friend. I’ve read 7 of his books and I can’t say he was a particularly good writer, with some real stinkers to his name. But I’ve never quite given up trying to find one great novel he wrote.
On the pile it goes..
#booksky 🪐📚💙
On the pile it goes..
#booksky 🪐📚💙
September 13, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Dug out my copy of Galactic Pot-Healer after a conversation with a friend. I’ve read 7 of his books and I can’t say he was a particularly good writer, with some real stinkers to his name. But I’ve never quite given up trying to find one great novel he wrote.
On the pile it goes..
#booksky 🪐📚💙
On the pile it goes..
#booksky 🪐📚💙