The first issue of Scribe & Sigil is out! We are a new APA consisting of members of TriAPA which ran for 2.5 years. We tend to lean towards S&S but all aspects of speculative fiction are welcome. Now is a great time to contribute if you’re interested in making a zine!
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None of mine can use magic.
One hunts those who use it for ill, the other lives in a city under the shadow of a witch's tower.
It's rare and scary.
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Cropped art by Jimmy Makepeace of the Mongol nomad Goatskin standing at combat ready, a friend at her back, as the disembodied head of a statue spews violet light from its eyes. Overlaid are captions. Along the top reads "Just Launched on Backerkit. New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026 is live" Along the bottom reads "Share this post to unlock bonus stories".
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Loot that drops after defeating me:
1. 🎵 Ear buds
2. 📔Gene Wolfe book
3. 📜 Manifesto on the moral dangers of magic systems
4. 🧦 Spare kid socks
5. ✒️ A bloody lovely pen
(The story is proofed better than this post)
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A #cosmic #horror flashfic about a grandmother coming to the end of her journey. Sometimes the view is sublime.
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All I ever really want is someone to read and comment on my stuff
A teaser for a #progression story I'm working on.
It's going to be my take on a magic system, which I normally have dubious opinions of.
"From the woods in winter to a burning tower. Eolais crafts her revenge a rune at a time."
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You got to lay off the sauce
Weird Tales Gene Wolfe Special
And the most exciting find in the UK, a Weird Tales Gene Wolfe Special!
Book of the Short Sun
Book of the Short Sun
Castle of days
This year I really wanted to increase my personal collection of Wolfe before it becomes impossible.
Castle of Days
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam by Harold Lamb
Always comes highly recommended and this was in very good condition and a good price!
Cantantical for Leibowitz
A Cantantical for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller
I got ad-targeted for one of those very expensive hard back with all the bells and whistles reprints. Never read it before but the concept looked fun!
Almuric
Almuric by Robert E Howard
Another gem from The Old Pier Bookshop
The sign of the unicorn
Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny
This cover has huge 70s porn star energy
The sword of rhiannon
The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett
From The Old Pier Bookshop in Morecambe
Imaro 1,2,3
The jewel of my year! Imaro 1-3 by Charles Saunders.
Never seen a copy in the UK, never mind no 2 or 3. Another US ebay purchase.
Amazons!
Amazons!
Couldn't find it in the UK, came from the US via ebay.
The house on the border land
The house on the borderland - W.G.Hodgson
Sure this is public domain, but nothing beats reading a hard copy.
Its been a fun year of acquiring old books. I think when I was younger I always thought that all books would be available. The concept of "out of print" never really manifested.
Now I feel if I don't save some of these, they'll be gone forever.
So, 2025 #ACQUISITIONS OF NOTE, a thread:
A book with little markers in it
I had a day with limited power, mostly waiting in an airport in fog-bound Italy. I was productive reading #GeneWolfe 's There Are Doors.
A book about how we approach the unknowable... I think.
This is a wonderful story and definitely worth your time if you want to see how interspecies trade works in the olden days
It's time to lay down the irons.
Read some stories where every day is survival, where everything of discovery, and the old gods stalk on virgin earth.
#paleofiction #stoneage
My stories are due out next year, but let's share the love of stone!
