Jonathan L. Howard

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I write stuff. Johannes Cabal, Carter & Lovecraft, The Russalka Chronicles, Kyth the Taker. They're all my fault. I'm so sorry. UK. (Portrait by Small Robots.)

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Public librarian here. Please do what you can to help keep these fuckers away from power. 📚

Psst: Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders. Pass it on.

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Flock is out. A bunch of friends worked on this, and I am going to spend the summer playing it. store.steampowered.com/app/1472930/...

Save 10% on Flock on Steamstore.steampowered.com Flock is a multiplayer co-op game about the joy of flight and collecting adorable flying creatures with your friends. Soar through beautiful landscapes, seeking out rare and elusive creatures to add t...

Well, it's been a rough old day. I'm keeping my chin up, though, and endeavouring to stay positive. Been listening to upbeat, optimistic music and it helps. So I'll say goodnight with a paean to imagination and creativity, Chelmico's theme for KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF EIZOUKEN: youtu.be/76sNmqMzUuI?...

chelmico「Easy Breezy」【Official Music Video】youtu.be NHK総合テレビアニメ『映像研には手を出すな！』オープニングテーマソング「Easy Breezy」配信中！https://chelmico.lnk.to/easybreezyDirector：Jun Tamukai (CONNECTION)Production：P.I.C.S.Producer：Mao Suzuk...

Delighted if unsurprised to see that Bugge of Lettres @premeemohamed.com shortlisted for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Honestly, if you're not reading Premee's stuff, I just don't know what you're doing with your life.

We're delighted to announce — with help from Electric Literature — the shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Congratulations to the authors! The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on Ursula's birthday, October 21st. electricliterature.com/announcing-t...

Always interesting seeing what panics other writers. Just read something about "Ack! Plot!" and I'm like, "I sweat plot. That's easy. But prose? Seriously, you expect me to describe things? Isn't context enough for you bozos? ADJECTIVES? You bastardly sadists."

I'm going to require clarification on "...began barconning way too early." I understand all the words, but that combination is baffling.

Anyway, now for some lighthearted fun. Get ready for WORLD CON GLASGOW BINGO Reposted to correct typo and add stuff to make it harder

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This is written like an exaggeration to make a point but it is actually just a clearly worded statement of the mainstream GOP position

Me: I have a billion kits to build. I don't need any more. Airfix: We're releasing a Cromwell kit. Me: Don't care. Airfix: In 1:35th. Me: Don't care. Airfix: Including the short-barrel 95mm special munitions variant. Me: SPANKY!

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Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only £3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.

Still avoiding walking too close to showroom dummies to this day. #NiceTryAutons #DoctorWhoFrelledMyBrain

Alex Jones seems to be oddly reluctant to state the Plain Truth of this situation, so I'll do it for him. *Clears throat* False flag. Crisis actors. Stage-managed. Nobody had even heard of this "Donald" man previously, an obviously fake persona manufactured by the Elite. Buy my silver collodion.

All the worst people are using the Trump event to advance their agenda. Farage says “liberals” created an atmosphere of political violence.

Nigel Farage Hits Out At 'Liberal Intolerance' In Wake Of Trump Assassination Attemptwww.huffingtonpost.co.uk The Reform UK leader said "MPs from all sides now are increasingly at risk" of attack.

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I prefer Pizza Geeks open, obviously, but when the Leith branch is closed it does look great. What a Tardis!

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One of the many irritating things about the last nine years has been the whining of “this country is not America! Why are people so obsessed with America!” while casually destroying the thing that makes most UK-distinct cultural output because they didn’t like BBC News.

Good. Because anyone telling you that our broadcasters should ditch their out of date funding models and emulate the sexy 21st Century streaming platforms clearly hasn’t looked at how all those sexy 21st Century streaming platforms are getting on right now.

The first FLAG anthology was excellent. Very much looking forward to the new volume.

So, this is a thing that's happening. *Fight Like a Girl 2* is to be published this Autumn by @wtpress.bsky.social, and has a bunch of talented women authors amongst its pages. And somehow, me. wizardstowerpress.com/media/wizard...

Wizard’s Tower to Publish Fight Like A Girl 2wizardstowerpress.com The original Fight Like A Girl anthology was published by the Kristell Ink imprint of Grimbold Books in 2015. It had an excellent lineup, and a truly memorable launch event at a pub in Bristol. Boo…

When they bellow the quiet part through a megaphone while goose-stepping.

“We will hold investigations to identify the neo-cultural Marxists in seats of power all across Washington,” Posobiec said. “We don’t negotiate with un-humans. Because that’s the stakes of this battle: humanity versus un-humanity.” inthesetimes.com/article/nati...

Onward, Christian Soldiers—To War!inthesetimes.com At this year’s National Conservatism Conference, a right-wing army prepares to rise.

Rewatching DOCTOR WHO "The Dæmons" and being reminded of just how boundlessly ambitious classic DW was on a tiny budget. A 30' devil abroad in Wiltshire, satanic and folk horror out of the wazoo, and Captain Yeats belting along on a stolen Triumph blazing away at a helicopter with a Walther PPK.

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In my new interview with "Call Of Cthulhu: The Shadow On The Glass" author Jonathan L. Howard, the longtime fan of the titular game talks about what inspired and influenced this cosmic horror novel. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🦑

Exclusive Interview: "Call Of Cthulhu: The Shadow On The Glass" Author Jonathan L. Howard ... .paulsemel.com Exclusive Interview: "Call Of Cthulhu: The Shadow On The Glass" Author Jonathan L. Howard \ In which he talks about this cosmic horror novel.

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I’m a bit of a fan of Obverse Books’ Forgotten Lives series of short-story books - and I’m a huge fan of Raine’s artwork. Match made in heaven.

Finished Philip Hinchcliffe Doctor, the fourth of the Morbius/ Forgotten Lives Doctors. In the Forgotten Lives anthology books, this Doctor was a deceptively foppish swashbuckler. @obversebooks.bsky.social @rubycosmos.bsky.social

Major new Optrex market.

YOU GUYS THEY FOUND AN EYEBALL PLANET

'Eyeball' planet spied by James Webb telescope might be habitablewww.livescience.com Located 50 light-years from Earth, the beady-eyed exoplanet LHS 1140 b could be a perfect candidate for discovering liquid water outside the solar system, new research suggests.

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Your move, Hemingway

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(Gonna jump on this to recommend my book THESE LIFELESS THINGS, which indeed asks "What do you do after the world ends?" and answers it with "You try to write your dissertation on it")

We're familiar with the usual arc of a story: the build-up, the climax, the resolution. But what happens after the dust settles, and heroes go home? In this week's Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.bsky.social looks for the stories about living in the aftermath: reactormag.com/what-happens...

What Happens After the World Gets Saved? - Reactorreactormag.com What does day-to-day life look like in the future brought about by all those battles and conflicts? Different, right? Hopefully better?

There's some pretty great stuff in this bundle. Not *really* great, obviously, because I'm not in it, but pretty great all the same.

In the current "Best of British SFF" Storybundle, alongside some absolutely top works, there's my novella Ironclads (and also a story of mine in the collection) storybundle.com/bestof?fbcli...

StoryBundlestorybundle.com Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!

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The hardest any Marvel comic has ever gone: Micronauts 10

That time the TARDIS and the Daleks had kids.

One-man bomb shelters that were dotted around Ardnacrusha hydro power station during the Emergency, to be used by workers who didn't have time to reach the main shelter during a German air raid.

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My Star Trek Adventures Mission Briefs pack, Space Megafauna is now out! And free! Featuring Jaws in Space! An interstellar alien zoological fight club! A mission where you have matchmake for giant endangered space nautili and my personal favourite: The Gelatinous Nebula.

Star Trek Adventures BRIEFS PDF 019 Space Megafaunamodiphius.net Starfleet’s mission is to explore strange new worlds, but sometimes the strangest forms of life can be found between those worlds. The mechanisms allowing life to evolve in the emptiness between stars...

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🔴 This week’s Tom the Dancing Bug - Chagrin Falls: American Shrug - boingboing.net/2024/07/10/t...

Tom the Dancing Bug - Chagrin Falls: "Politics, amirite?"boingboing.net Announcing the brand new Tom the Dancing Bug book: Volume 8 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book program is IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG! Release date 7/24/24……

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Several crowdfunders running at the moment for rad SFF magazines - I hope they get loads of support because they fully deserve it! 😊 But if you have anything left over I'd *really* appreciate a few more subscribers as we've lost a couple of people recently and our margin is very small 💸

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This from a medieval historian deserves an OBE.

Thoroughly deserved; TEETH is excellent, and a handsome book in itself.

Come and celebrate with us! buttondown.email/TeethRPG/arc...