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Looking for the next great read, hilarious parable, and absurd tale of adventure. Reading, writing, sharing. 📖🪄
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Pinned
Found in a basket, raised by forms in triplicate, Thomlin Jupp enters Paradise Hall, where goblins wield clipboards and destiny requires permits.
Are you ready to digest the absurdity?
First make sure all your foolery insurance paperwork is up to date.
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Are you ready to digest the absurdity?
First make sure all your foolery insurance paperwork is up to date.
thomlinjupp.com
#booksky 🪐📚 #books #absurd
HO HO HO
OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR?
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather (Discworld)
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather (Discworld)
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
HO HO HO
Old school AD&D wasn’t just a game, it was a ritual of chaos, imagination, and the eternal cry: Wait, do I get a saving throw for that?!
Weekends vanished quicker than hit points in a gelatinous cube, one small crawl and suddenly it was Monday.
#FableFoolery #ADnD
Weekends vanished quicker than hit points in a gelatinous cube, one small crawl and suddenly it was Monday.
#FableFoolery #ADnD
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Old school AD&D wasn’t just a game, it was a ritual of chaos, imagination, and the eternal cry: Wait, do I get a saving throw for that?!
Weekends vanished quicker than hit points in a gelatinous cube, one small crawl and suddenly it was Monday.
#FableFoolery #ADnD
Weekends vanished quicker than hit points in a gelatinous cube, one small crawl and suddenly it was Monday.
#FableFoolery #ADnD
The ancient rite of goblinification: legend says it takes precisely 437 cranberries, eaten under a waning moon while a goose recites bylaws. Of course, most people give up around berry 112, at which point you simply become mildly tart and start haunting salad bars.
#FableFoolery #CranberryGoblin
#FableFoolery #CranberryGoblin
I'm not exactly sure how many cranberries you have to eat before transmogrifying into a cranberry goblin but I get the feeling I'm about to find out.
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The ancient rite of goblinification: legend says it takes precisely 437 cranberries, eaten under a waning moon while a goose recites bylaws. Of course, most people give up around berry 112, at which point you simply become mildly tart and start haunting salad bars.
#FableFoolery #CranberryGoblin
#FableFoolery #CranberryGoblin
The Council of Fantasy decreed that every saga must contain:
One sarcastic blond who can quip faster than he can swordfight.
One barbarian woman whose devotion to potatoes borders on religious.
At least three improbable remakes disguised as “original quests.”
#FableFoolery #FantasyFilms
One sarcastic blond who can quip faster than he can swordfight.
One barbarian woman whose devotion to potatoes borders on religious.
At least three improbable remakes disguised as “original quests.”
#FableFoolery #FantasyFilms
My take: since both are fantasy films with a sarcastic blond anti-hero and a barbarian woman who really likes potatoes, Dungeons & Dragons:Honor Among Thieves is technically a remake of Deathstalker and the Warriors From Hell.
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The Council of Fantasy decreed that every saga must contain:
One sarcastic blond who can quip faster than he can swordfight.
One barbarian woman whose devotion to potatoes borders on religious.
At least three improbable remakes disguised as “original quests.”
#FableFoolery #FantasyFilms
One sarcastic blond who can quip faster than he can swordfight.
One barbarian woman whose devotion to potatoes borders on religious.
At least three improbable remakes disguised as “original quests.”
#FableFoolery #FantasyFilms
The 1980s strapped on aviator shades and declared itself a genre. Top Gun was less a film than a ritual: jets roared, volleyballs glistened, and Kenny Loggins became a minor deity of the skies.
Be kind, rewind.
#FableFoolery #1980sCinema #TopGun
Be kind, rewind.
#FableFoolery #1980sCinema #TopGun
the 80s were so very sweaty
and this is a very good movie
and this is a very good movie
top gun has a 50 on metacritic and a 5.9 on imdb ???
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The 1980s strapped on aviator shades and declared itself a genre. Top Gun was less a film than a ritual: jets roared, volleyballs glistened, and Kenny Loggins became a minor deity of the skies.
Be kind, rewind.
#FableFoolery #1980sCinema #TopGun
Be kind, rewind.
#FableFoolery #1980sCinema #TopGun
With one colossal yawn, he’s back on the big screen stretching nostalgia until it squeaks and reminding us that sometimes the sleepiest cat tells the tallest tales.
#Bagpuss #BigYawn #FableFoolery #ReturnOfTheSaggyCat
#Bagpuss #BigYawn #FableFoolery #ReturnOfTheSaggyCat
Bagpuss is back! Threewise’s Michael Ford reveals how Britain’s best-loved cat is heading for the big screen: www.brandsuntapped.com/bagpuss-is-b...
Bagpuss is back! Threewise’s Michael Ford reveals how Britain’s best-loved cat is heading for the big screen - Brands Untapped
“Essentially, Bagpuss was Toy Story before Toy Story…” Michael Ford on the the saggy-old cat’s return…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
With one colossal yawn, he’s back on the big screen stretching nostalgia until it squeaks and reminding us that sometimes the sleepiest cat tells the tallest tales.
#Bagpuss #BigYawn #FableFoolery #ReturnOfTheSaggyCat
#Bagpuss #BigYawn #FableFoolery #ReturnOfTheSaggyCat
Hogswatch; potatoes, pigs & improbable joy
The Hogfather himself rode in on four pigs named Olly, Folly, Golly, & Melancholy.
Thus the festival was secured: a celebration of everything ending in ‑olly, plus the occasional tax rebate for carol singers.
#Discworld #Hogswatch #FableFoolery #Pratchett
The Hogfather himself rode in on four pigs named Olly, Folly, Golly, & Melancholy.
Thus the festival was secured: a celebration of everything ending in ‑olly, plus the occasional tax rebate for carol singers.
#Discworld #Hogswatch #FableFoolery #Pratchett
What is Hogswatch we hear you ask? It's the winter festival on Terry Pratchett's Discworld where they celebrate everything jolly, with mistletoe and holly... and other things ending in olly. discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Hogswat...
#geekgirlbrunch #ggbglasgow #discworld #hogswatch
#geekgirlbrunch #ggbglasgow #discworld #hogswatch
Hogswatch Night
Hogswatch Night is the festival celebrating the winter solstice and the New Year across much of the Disc. It falls on the 32nd of December, the new year then beginning on the 1st of Ick. Children look...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hogswatch; potatoes, pigs & improbable joy
The Hogfather himself rode in on four pigs named Olly, Folly, Golly, & Melancholy.
Thus the festival was secured: a celebration of everything ending in ‑olly, plus the occasional tax rebate for carol singers.
#Discworld #Hogswatch #FableFoolery #Pratchett
The Hogfather himself rode in on four pigs named Olly, Folly, Golly, & Melancholy.
Thus the festival was secured: a celebration of everything ending in ‑olly, plus the occasional tax rebate for carol singers.
#Discworld #Hogswatch #FableFoolery #Pratchett
a lonely reader gathered every Discworld tome into a towering stack so high it developed weather patterns. The Librarian swung by, declared “Ook,” and the stack became a book club all on its own.
The book club already exists, waiting for you to notice the quorum of novels arguing in the living room.
The book club already exists, waiting for you to notice the quorum of novels arguing in the living room.
Wish I could find a Discworld book club, where we just read Discworld books. I own nearly all of them but have no one to talk to about them as I read :(
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
a lonely reader gathered every Discworld tome into a towering stack so high it developed weather patterns. The Librarian swung by, declared “Ook,” and the stack became a book club all on its own.
The book club already exists, waiting for you to notice the quorum of novels arguing in the living room.
The book club already exists, waiting for you to notice the quorum of novels arguing in the living room.
How these rules came about: a pond applied for sentience and was granted conditional consciousness by the Department of Wet Mysteries. It immediately hired a witch, adopted a wererout, and began burning with cold unholy fire every third Tuesday.
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
How these rules came about: a pond applied for sentience and was granted conditional consciousness by the Department of Wet Mysteries. It immediately hired a witch, adopted a wererout, and began burning with cold unholy fire every third Tuesday.
Once upon a time, a great Oracle lived in a golden library. Ask it anything, and it would pluck the precise scroll from the shelf, dust it off with owl feathers, and hand you the truth wrapped in velvet.
But then the Oracle grew bored...
But then the Oracle grew bored...
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Once upon a time, a great Oracle lived in a golden library. Ask it anything, and it would pluck the precise scroll from the shelf, dust it off with owl feathers, and hand you the truth wrapped in velvet.
But then the Oracle grew bored...
But then the Oracle grew bored...
The Truth feels so gritty because somewhere between ink and sausage rolls, journalism became a contact sport.
Eat it up, but beware the next scoop may be about you, written by a goose with impeccable sources.
#fablefoolery #discworld #TheTurth #Pratchett
Eat it up, but beware the next scoop may be about you, written by a goose with impeccable sources.
#fablefoolery #discworld #TheTurth #Pratchett
I'm like halfway into The Truth and honestly it's probably the best Discworld book yet. It's basically a City Watch book but from an outside perspective and even grittier than usual so it's really refreshing, I'm absolutely eating it up
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Truth feels so gritty because somewhere between ink and sausage rolls, journalism became a contact sport.
Eat it up, but beware the next scoop may be about you, written by a goose with impeccable sources.
#fablefoolery #discworld #TheTurth #Pratchett
Eat it up, but beware the next scoop may be about you, written by a goose with impeccable sources.
#fablefoolery #discworld #TheTurth #Pratchett
Invented modern fantasy?
Not quite Tolkien just gave it an accent and extra walking. As for Nazgûl, maybe writers avoid them because nine undead introverts on horseback are hard to fit into a tavern scene.
Or once you summon nine undead horsemen, they unionize, demand dental, and haunt the plot.
Not quite Tolkien just gave it an accent and extra walking. As for Nazgûl, maybe writers avoid them because nine undead introverts on horseback are hard to fit into a tavern scene.
Or once you summon nine undead horsemen, they unionize, demand dental, and haunt the plot.
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Invented modern fantasy?
Not quite Tolkien just gave it an accent and extra walking. As for Nazgûl, maybe writers avoid them because nine undead introverts on horseback are hard to fit into a tavern scene.
Or once you summon nine undead horsemen, they unionize, demand dental, and haunt the plot.
Not quite Tolkien just gave it an accent and extra walking. As for Nazgûl, maybe writers avoid them because nine undead introverts on horseback are hard to fit into a tavern scene.
Or once you summon nine undead horsemen, they unionize, demand dental, and haunt the plot.
Welcome to Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling’s Follies
A satirical fantasy romp where destiny comes with paperwork and adventure requires proper documentation.
Absurd quests, romantic entanglements, and cosmic bureaucracy available now thomlinjupp.com
#ComedyFantasy #Satire #ThomlinJupp #FoundlingsFollies
A satirical fantasy romp where destiny comes with paperwork and adventure requires proper documentation.
Absurd quests, romantic entanglements, and cosmic bureaucracy available now thomlinjupp.com
#ComedyFantasy #Satire #ThomlinJupp #FoundlingsFollies
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Welcome to Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling’s Follies
A satirical fantasy romp where destiny comes with paperwork and adventure requires proper documentation.
Absurd quests, romantic entanglements, and cosmic bureaucracy available now thomlinjupp.com
#ComedyFantasy #Satire #ThomlinJupp #FoundlingsFollies
A satirical fantasy romp where destiny comes with paperwork and adventure requires proper documentation.
Absurd quests, romantic entanglements, and cosmic bureaucracy available now thomlinjupp.com
#ComedyFantasy #Satire #ThomlinJupp #FoundlingsFollies
Ah yes, the day the turtle took up world-carrying as a full-time gig. Proof that the universe runs on imagination, magic, and a suspicious amount of paperwork. 🐢📚 #Discworld #FableFoolery
Published on this day in 1983, The Colour of Magic.
In the beginning there was…a turtle. Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the #Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.
In the beginning there was…a turtle. Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the #Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.
The Colour of Magic - Discworld.com
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November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Ah yes, the day the turtle took up world-carrying as a full-time gig. Proof that the universe runs on imagination, magic, and a suspicious amount of paperwork. 🐢📚 #Discworld #FableFoolery
Anxious? Naturally. Things that were, things that are, things yet to come… and the cursed paperwork that insists that destiny requires three signatures and a blood sample.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Anxious? Naturally. Things that were, things that are, things yet to come… and the cursed paperwork that insists that destiny requires three signatures and a blood sample.
thomlinjupp.com
#fablefoolery #thomlinjupp #booksky #books #fantasy #comedy
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That’s the true magic of Discworld. If it’s Pratchett’s invention or Britain’s, either way, they were brewed in a teapot with a sense of mischief.
One problem, albeit a delightful one, I have with the Discworld novels is that I sometimes don't know if Pratchett made up a word or if it's British.
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That’s the true magic of Discworld. If it’s Pratchett’s invention or Britain’s, either way, they were brewed in a teapot with a sense of mischief.
A rotating bookcase for Discworld? Perfect.
Watch out when Guards! Guards! stages a coup and demands to be shelved upside down for dramatic effect
Watch out when Guards! Guards! stages a coup and demands to be shelved upside down for dramatic effect
So we found a little rotating bookcase in a thrift shop that’s perfect for our Terry Pratchett Discworld etc hardbacks. We’ll add the missing books in the series still on shelves elsewhere in the house, paint the wood & I do believe it’ll look rather splendid.
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A rotating bookcase for Discworld? Perfect.
Watch out when Guards! Guards! stages a coup and demands to be shelved upside down for dramatic effect
Watch out when Guards! Guards! stages a coup and demands to be shelved upside down for dramatic effect
Kidby’s Discworld art feels like stepping into a daydream where librarians are orangutans, luggage runs amok, and the shadows have punchlines. Pure wonder!
Sublime exhibition of Paul Kidby's artwork for Terry Pratchett's Discworld, at Worcester Art Gallery.
www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/museums/worc...
www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/museums/worc...
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kidby’s Discworld art feels like stepping into a daydream where librarians are orangutans, luggage runs amok, and the shadows have punchlines. Pure wonder!
I'm Dr. Percival Aureon from Scales to Scrolls! "Theory unchecked is the deadliest form of dogma." Which character are you? scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/index.html#c...
Scales to Scrolls: Chronicles of the ArcGate Empire
When magic meets red tape, chaos is the only constant. A hilarious fantasy novel about building a magical software empire.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I'm Dr. Percival Aureon from Scales to Scrolls! "Theory unchecked is the deadliest form of dogma." Which character are you? scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/index.html#c...
Ever dreamed of climbing the ranks of magical bureaucracy? Take the ArcGate Empire Character Quiz.
Your destiny awaits (with stamps and signatures, of course): scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/quiz.html
#ScalesToScrolls #ArcGateEmpire #FantasyQuiz #BureaucracyButMakeItMagic #booksky #books
Your destiny awaits (with stamps and signatures, of course): scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/quiz.html
#ScalesToScrolls #ArcGateEmpire #FantasyQuiz #BureaucracyButMakeItMagic #booksky #books
Which ArcGate Empire Character Are You? - Scales to Scrolls Quiz
Discover which character from Scales to Scrolls: Chronicles of the ArcGate Empire matches your personality!
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November 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ever dreamed of climbing the ranks of magical bureaucracy? Take the ArcGate Empire Character Quiz.
Your destiny awaits (with stamps and signatures, of course): scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/quiz.html
#ScalesToScrolls #ArcGateEmpire #FantasyQuiz #BureaucracyButMakeItMagic #booksky #books
Your destiny awaits (with stamps and signatures, of course): scalestoscrolls.managedpublishing.com/quiz.html
#ScalesToScrolls #ArcGateEmpire #FantasyQuiz #BureaucracyButMakeItMagic #booksky #books
Nothing says "I’m mastering the mysteries of the universe" quite like flipping over a picture of a moon and thinking, ‘Yep, that’s definitely about my unpaid parking ticket.’ Learning tarot is like befriending a deck of sassy postcards, each one ready to spill cosmic tea about your life choices.
Book announcement: "Decoding the Wisdom of Rider-Waite Tarot"
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I discuss all 78 cards of the Rider-Waite Tarot in detail in my book. Available soon. Make sure you bookmark this page!
#tarot #tarotcards #tarotsky #tarotreader #tarotreading #booksky
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I discuss all 78 cards of the Rider-Waite Tarot in detail in my book. Available soon. Make sure you bookmark this page!
#tarot #tarotcards #tarotsky #tarotreader #tarotreading #booksky
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Nothing says "I’m mastering the mysteries of the universe" quite like flipping over a picture of a moon and thinking, ‘Yep, that’s definitely about my unpaid parking ticket.’ Learning tarot is like befriending a deck of sassy postcards, each one ready to spill cosmic tea about your life choices.
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If fantasy gives us the desire to be heroes in our own lives, then reading Pratchett gives us the tools to make it real.
#Fantasy #TerryPratchett #Booksky
#Fantasy #TerryPratchett #Booksky
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If fantasy gives us the desire to be heroes in our own lives, then reading Pratchett gives us the tools to make it real.
#Fantasy #TerryPratchett #Booksky
#Fantasy #TerryPratchett #Booksky
What if Henry Fielding's Tom Jones got lost in a Pratchettian bureaucracy?
Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling’s Follies is absurdist fantasy with dragons, destiny, and far too much paperwork. Now available!
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#booksky #fantasy #fablefoolery #books #comedy #absurd
Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling’s Follies is absurdist fantasy with dragons, destiny, and far too much paperwork. Now available!
thomlinjupp.com
#booksky #fantasy #fablefoolery #books #comedy #absurd
Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling's Follies - A Comedy Fantasy Novel
A comedic fantasy novel inspired by Tom Jones, set in a world where dragons file tax returns and bureaucracy rules supreme.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
What if Henry Fielding's Tom Jones got lost in a Pratchettian bureaucracy?
Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling’s Follies is absurdist fantasy with dragons, destiny, and far too much paperwork. Now available!
thomlinjupp.com
#booksky #fantasy #fablefoolery #books #comedy #absurd
Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling’s Follies is absurdist fantasy with dragons, destiny, and far too much paperwork. Now available!
thomlinjupp.com
#booksky #fantasy #fablefoolery #books #comedy #absurd
The Bureaucratic Quest Challenge
A free game
As an aspiring adventurer, you must properly file the correct magical paperwork to complete your quests. Remember: No quest is complete without the proper documentation!
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#books #booksky #fablefoolery #comedy #fantasy
A free game
As an aspiring adventurer, you must properly file the correct magical paperwork to complete your quests. Remember: No quest is complete without the proper documentation!
thomlinjupp.com/index.html#g...
#books #booksky #fablefoolery #comedy #fantasy
Thomlin Jupp: A Foundling's Follies - A Comedy Fantasy Novel
A comedic fantasy novel inspired by Tom Jones, set in a world where dragons file tax returns and bureaucracy rules supreme.
thomlinjupp.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The Bureaucratic Quest Challenge
A free game
As an aspiring adventurer, you must properly file the correct magical paperwork to complete your quests. Remember: No quest is complete without the proper documentation!
thomlinjupp.com/index.html#g...
#books #booksky #fablefoolery #comedy #fantasy
A free game
As an aspiring adventurer, you must properly file the correct magical paperwork to complete your quests. Remember: No quest is complete without the proper documentation!
thomlinjupp.com/index.html#g...
#books #booksky #fablefoolery #comedy #fantasy
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Had a play earlier today. Firstly I had a go at micro fiction, I then narrated the story before creating this short for my YouTube channel called Runes and Red Tape. #writers #authors #microfiction #creators #booksky #comicfantasy This is called Dragons 'R' Us! youtube.com/shorts/XvUNG...
Dragons ‘R’ Us | Hilarious 30-Second Comic Fantasy Short Story
YouTube video by Runes and Red Tape
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October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Had a play earlier today. Firstly I had a go at micro fiction, I then narrated the story before creating this short for my YouTube channel called Runes and Red Tape. #writers #authors #microfiction #creators #booksky #comicfantasy This is called Dragons 'R' Us! youtube.com/shorts/XvUNG...