J.A. Prentice
@japrenticewrites.bsky.social
He/they. SFWA Member. Stories published with Apex, Kaleidotrope, Big Finish, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Magazine of F&SF, Cast of Wonders, and more!
[email protected] is my work contact email.
[email protected] is my work contact email.
Pinned
New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social and cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
“Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head” is available now in the new issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies! It’s about a homeless orphan girl who discovers she can speak to one of the severed heads mounted over the city gate.
Everyone else is saying "Why would you do this?" and they're absolutely right BUT having been a student involved in the arts I 100% understand the (very stupid) thought process here.
(One time I filmed an unchoreographed fight scene in the school ceramics hallway. You'll never guess what happened.)
(One time I filmed an unchoreographed fight scene in the school ceramics hallway. You'll never guess what happened.)
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Everyone else is saying "Why would you do this?" and they're absolutely right BUT having been a student involved in the arts I 100% understand the (very stupid) thought process here.
(One time I filmed an unchoreographed fight scene in the school ceramics hallway. You'll never guess what happened.)
(One time I filmed an unchoreographed fight scene in the school ceramics hallway. You'll never guess what happened.)
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
One of the half-human, half-deer headdresses found at the important Mesolithic site at Star Carr in North Yorkshire. Dating to around 9000 BC, this example is part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #Mesolithic #StarrCarr #Archaeology
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
One of the half-human, half-deer headdresses found at the important Mesolithic site at Star Carr in North Yorkshire. Dating to around 9000 BC, this example is part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #Mesolithic #StarrCarr #Archaeology
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
phaw that's nothing. i was served as a pie by mistake during a production of titus andronicus and lived to tell the tale.
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
phaw that's nothing. i was served as a pie by mistake during a production of titus andronicus and lived to tell the tale.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
The faraway Thrice-Ninth Tsardom is a magical place cut off from the world of man. Home to firebirds, great dragons, and myriad other mystical beasts, this other-world can be accessed by a number of means. Some find a path to it in an underground cave whilst others find it at the bottom of a lake.
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The faraway Thrice-Ninth Tsardom is a magical place cut off from the world of man. Home to firebirds, great dragons, and myriad other mystical beasts, this other-world can be accessed by a number of means. Some find a path to it in an underground cave whilst others find it at the bottom of a lake.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
#WHOVEMBER: tv - city of death #doctorwho
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#WHOVEMBER: tv - city of death #doctorwho
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
A man: who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life’s sake and never in the service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark.
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A man: who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life’s sake and never in the service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Discworld QOTD, from Sourcery
“‘I’m not going to ride on a magic carpet!’ he hissed. ‘I’m afraid of grounds!’
‘You mean heights,’ said Conina. ‘And stop being silly.’
‘I know what I mean! It’s the grounds that kill you.’”
“‘I’m not going to ride on a magic carpet!’ he hissed. ‘I’m afraid of grounds!’
‘You mean heights,’ said Conina. ‘And stop being silly.’
‘I know what I mean! It’s the grounds that kill you.’”
Discworld QOTD, from Interesting Times
“‘Am I alone in thinking, by the way, that it doesn’t add to the status of the University to have an ape on the faculty?’
‘Yes,’ said Ridcully flatly. ‘You are. We’ve got the only librarian who can rip off your arm with his leg. People respect that.’”
“‘Am I alone in thinking, by the way, that it doesn’t add to the status of the University to have an ape on the faculty?’
‘Yes,’ said Ridcully flatly. ‘You are. We’ve got the only librarian who can rip off your arm with his leg. People respect that.’”
Discworld QOTD, from The Color of Magic
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Sourcery
“‘I’m not going to ride on a magic carpet!’ he hissed. ‘I’m afraid of grounds!’
‘You mean heights,’ said Conina. ‘And stop being silly.’
‘I know what I mean! It’s the grounds that kill you.’”
“‘I’m not going to ride on a magic carpet!’ he hissed. ‘I’m afraid of grounds!’
‘You mean heights,’ said Conina. ‘And stop being silly.’
‘I know what I mean! It’s the grounds that kill you.’”
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Six Ships. I'm very much in the Chris Foss school of thought when it comes to colour, rather than SW or ST.
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Six Ships. I'm very much in the Chris Foss school of thought when it comes to colour, rather than SW or ST.
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
the corresponding entry: "FAIRISIES [fai•r'iseez] sb. pl. Fairies. This reduplicated plural of fairy—fairyses—gives rise to endless mistakes between the fairies of the story-books and the Pharisees of the Bible."
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
the corresponding entry: "FAIRISIES [fai•r'iseez] sb. pl. Fairies. This reduplicated plural of fairy—fairyses—gives rise to endless mistakes between the fairies of the story-books and the Pharisees of the Bible."
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Finally, a new finished Doctor Who illustration! (I know, it's been a while.) Yaz and Thirteen visit Marinus, based on a sketchbook drawing I did a couple of years ago.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Finally, a new finished Doctor Who illustration! (I know, it's been a while.) Yaz and Thirteen visit Marinus, based on a sketchbook drawing I did a couple of years ago.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Watch Del Toro's Frankenstein the other night. Pretty good. But the actor who played the creature, Jacob Elordi, was amazing. The 1st half he barely spoke except with his eyes. The 2nd half was all his.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Watch Del Toro's Frankenstein the other night. Pretty good. But the actor who played the creature, Jacob Elordi, was amazing. The 1st half he barely spoke except with his eyes. The 2nd half was all his.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
"Somewhere, IN one of these... memories --"
In an NA/PDA/EDA, the Doctor is described as something like a cosmic being, "crunched down" into something like human form. It's been stuck in my mind for decades, especially that incredible verb, "crunched".
Do you think I can find it again???
In an NA/PDA/EDA, the Doctor is described as something like a cosmic being, "crunched down" into something like human form. It's been stuck in my mind for decades, especially that incredible verb, "crunched".
Do you think I can find it again???
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"Somewhere, IN one of these... memories --"
In an NA/PDA/EDA, the Doctor is described as something like a cosmic being, "crunched down" into something like human form. It's been stuck in my mind for decades, especially that incredible verb, "crunched".
Do you think I can find it again???
In an NA/PDA/EDA, the Doctor is described as something like a cosmic being, "crunched down" into something like human form. It's been stuck in my mind for decades, especially that incredible verb, "crunched".
Do you think I can find it again???
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Shooting in a way that you can preserve information for the color grade to make bold creative choices later actually makes a ton of sense to me but you actually have to do it! Instead, we seem to prioritize finished grades that shy away from bold choices to preserve a clean look too.
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Shooting in a way that you can preserve information for the color grade to make bold creative choices later actually makes a ton of sense to me but you actually have to do it! Instead, we seem to prioritize finished grades that shy away from bold choices to preserve a clean look too.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
ok, I promised myself I wouldn’t gripe with this thing one sentence at a time but it seems a lil dishonest to gripe that Hamnet portrays William Shakespeare as a Gloomy Gus and not mention that the movie centers on the death of his 11-year-old son.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
ok, I promised myself I wouldn’t gripe with this thing one sentence at a time but it seems a lil dishonest to gripe that Hamnet portrays William Shakespeare as a Gloomy Gus and not mention that the movie centers on the death of his 11-year-old son.
I think the biggest issue in del Toro’s Frankenstein is a sudden shift in Victor’s attitude right near the end that feels like it comes out of nowhere. The scene would be very powerful if it was earned, but without that, it feels a little too simple.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I think the biggest issue in del Toro’s Frankenstein is a sudden shift in Victor’s attitude right near the end that feels like it comes out of nowhere. The scene would be very powerful if it was earned, but without that, it feels a little too simple.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
it's important for children to learn about deep time, the inevitability of loss, and the end of all things.
If you loved THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, then you'll love its action-packed sequel, PRINCE CASPIAN! The Pevensie children are back, even Edmund, but what about all your favorite friends: Mr. Tumnus, the Beavers, the friendly giant? Well, they've been dead for a thousand years. Sorry.
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
it's important for children to learn about deep time, the inevitability of loss, and the end of all things.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Lol jesus, Liselotte, chill out
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lol jesus, Liselotte, chill out
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
You can be on the side of Rowling, Putin and Trump, or you can be on the side of, you know, normal cool people.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You can be on the side of Rowling, Putin and Trump, or you can be on the side of, you know, normal cool people.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
incredible quote lol
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
incredible quote lol