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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper
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Poet, Writer, Jack Of All Trades
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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · Dec 14
It's sadly that time again; a post of other places I can be found on the internet if you're thinking of leaving the site.

1. My blog, Night Of The hats, which I update most days, is on blogspot because I have never moved it /1
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Night of the Hats
Lowering the quality of the internet since 2006
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For the [ast few years I've been editing the short fiction for Star Ship Sofa, a venerable SF (not F/H) podcast. It's a small joint, and I've turned it primarily into a reprint market as we can afford only $50 per story.

I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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If you want to feel old, we are now further from the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent than the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent is from the formation of the Solar System.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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“I need compelling worldbuilding and a hard magic system to make my fantasy world” NO YOU DON’T! You need a plot outline and interesting characters based on insecurities or fetishes don’t get distracted!
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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It's Day 9 of our retrospective and here's The Nadaists by F Malonche in which M-360 must sacrifice something she loves - yet in the austere space habitat the Nadaists live on, what is there to give Lord Otorongo?
“Long ago, we used to live in great despair. People argued about everything from politics to words.” He pointed to the image in the center, an assortment of dark shadows congregating under a red sky. “From this, we formed our faith, the Nadaists, to combat those who cared too much.” He pointed to the image on the left of a jaguar among the stars. “We went in search of Lord Otorongo, so we may feed him that which may be of too much significance.” The Nadaists F Malonche
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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spaceoperaplots.bsky.social
After ten years away building stations around the gas giant of Mons Frigia, the first batch of workers are returning home to the planet of Saint Martin. However several of them seem to have completely changed and you have been asked to investigate if they are imposters.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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hntdove.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
Boris the Russian Blue-ish eyeing the spaceship on the cover of THREE MILES DOWN Spaceship and alien on the cover of A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Spaceship on the cover of EARTHGRIP, which alsohas several other sfnal tropes: a bimbo, an alien, and a death ray Spaceship--and MLK Jr., Himmler, and Khomeini--on the cover of COLONIZATION: SECOND CONTACT
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Monster Of The Week 298 is BadMovie, we thought it would be bad but... just totally disjointed to the point of incoherence, a new low for movie night, we'll be talking about this one for years which is something I guess.
A strip of film with black and white glare on each frame, the strip itself has arms and legs
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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[Jedi hand gesture]
smolrobots.bsky.social Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 19h
Stop caring about Star Wars.
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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[Jedi hand gesture]
smolrobots.bsky.social Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 19h
Stop caring about Star Wars.
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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carlc75.bsky.social
Lets talk about cuneiform - it's old. It started around 3000 BCE and ended around 80 AD. That was in use longer than it has currently been extinct. And it was dense! It was used to commemorate temples or to complain about copper.

The pictures do not show how SMALL these tablets are!
Stone foundation tablets These tablets were deposited together with the peg figurines (right), to commemorate the restoration of temples. About 2150 BC (reign of Gudea) | From the Temple of Ningirsu, Girsu ME 91007-8, 91060 From the Temple of Nindara, Ur ME 119012| Foundation tablet Reign of Ur-Nammu, 2112-2095 BC From the temple of Nin-sun, Ur ME 114187 Foundation tablet Reign of Ur-Nammu, 2112-2095 BC From the temple of Inanna, Uruk ME 113866 Foundation tablet Reign of Shulgi, 2094-2047 BC From the temple of Dimtabba, Ur ME 118560 Inscribed and sealed clay label Offerings paid to gods of Umma. 2034 BC, Year 4, King Shu-Sin of Ur From Umma ME 115847| Messenger texts recording beer, oil and bread rations tor couriers About 2030 BC From Umma ME 113681, 113845 Barley receipts in envelopes For security the text was written on both tablet and envelope. About 2050 BC Receipt for garments sent by boat to Dilmun (central Persian Gulf) 2028 BC, Year 1, King Ibbi-Sin of Ur From Ur ME 130462
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I watched Leverage Redemption, and in my review get hung up on the redemption theme, but, like the show, manage to squeeze a few new ideas out of it. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2025/11/i-wa...
I Watch TV: Leverage Redemption
Leverage: Redemption (Season 3) The revival of Leverage  (in which five thieves with various skills and personalities, used fun heist...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Hour Of The Dragon is something like 70,000 words so that's one thrill per 70 words on average.
nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · Jan 6
Margaret Brundage, 1935
pulp magazine cover - a nervous blonde woman with a torch and a set of keys coming to the rescue of a chained man locked in a cell with some old bones
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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FF#26 and Saros #4 have arrived!

Get your copies for free (or toss us a few bucks!) all in one handy download at fusionfragment.com/issue-26

Or head downthread for more info on the great stories in these two issues!
The covers of FF#26 and Saros #4, with text reading: FF#26 and Saros #4: Dual Release Day Now Available!
October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Me At Karaoke Night: Have you got anything thematically resonant? A song that speaks to this moment in the story?
Karaoke Guy: Don't worry, I've got you man [Puts on I Was Kaiser Bill's batman by Whistling Jack Smith] www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AY3...
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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If you like an author’s work, tell them. Buy their work. Follow them home and make them dinner. Spaghetti and meatballs. Or maybe something with shrimp. Run them a bath. Not too hot. Buy them a sea monster toy for the bath. Rrwarrr! Feed them grapes. But not in the bath. That would be weird.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
Superman with a lot of dialogue, though I think it might be John Byrne writing his own dialogue here, hoist by his own petard etc
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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REMINDER: This is the LAST call for submissions for our Winter Issue!

SUBMISSION Link: sffsouthasia.moksha.io/publication/...

Merry submitting!

P.S There is no theme for this issue.

🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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i catalogued all the staves in dragon age 1-3 and one of them is voiced by @errant-signal.com : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUVL...
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Hoping to see this one on some awards lists - check it out!
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November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Thank you so much to @translunartl.bsky.social for giving my oracle a safe space to deliver this message to Herakles. Herakles will forget all about it, but I hope you won’t.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Fashions in Stupidity: @mishagw.bsky.social interviews K. J. Parker about his latest novella, MAKING HISTORY (@tordotcom.bsky.social
Fashions in Stupidity: K. J. Parker on Making History
Misha Grifka Wander K. J. Parker is a pseudonym of British novelist Tom Holt. He was born in London, the son of novelist Hazel Holt, and was educated at Westminster School, Wadham College, Oxford, …
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November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Best review of my career - feeling exhausted, beyond thankful, and convinced that the arts are one of the most important sites of culture change and political fight we have to use:

www.attitude.co.uk/culture/cn-l...
CN Lester’s Transpose: SUBVERSE review: 'An extraordinary piece'
Directed by Trans Like Me author and musician, CN Lester, Transpose: SUBVERSE at the Barbican Centre’s Pit is a genre-defying performance.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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On Day 8 of TTL's look back at our legendary 2025 lineup it's 12 Things No One Will Tell You About Being A Demigod by @danaiwrites.bsky.social with a look at the labours, the myths, the pain and the tragedy - and perhaps we'll even learn whose fault this all is.
Being a demigod is very taxing for the psyche. You end up seeing things that aren’t there, killing things that aren’t there. Shh, it’s okay; it wasn’t your fault. Step away from the corpses of your children now; let the oracles sanitize the blood and get you ready for atonement. Your penance will take place in ten steps, and last ten years, although because humans like the number twelve best and kings like free labor most, there might be a few extras thrown in. Most in my line of work believe that this is a process you must embark on blind, for the atonement to matter. I disagree. Here’s what I think you need to know about what’s coming: 12 Things No One Will Tell You About Being A Demigod Danai Christopoulou
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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A courier ship reports being fired upon and so failed to deliver its message. You and your ship are dispatched to investigate; on arrival the outpost claims they have seen neither courier nor torpedoes and offer to let you verify their scans records for the periods.
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM