Samuel Poots
@pootsidoodle.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, TTRPGs and lost to-do lists. PhD Researcher and Writer in Residence at Ulster University.
Associate Editor at @CastOfWonders.
Published in WFRP, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth RPG, Factor Four and Opulent Syntax
SFWA, OW-NI he/him
Associate Editor at @CastOfWonders.
Published in WFRP, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth RPG, Factor Four and Opulent Syntax
SFWA, OW-NI he/him
Reposted by Samuel Poots
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social for books across the speculative genres;
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social for books across the speculative genres;
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
The second was “The Last and Fatal Light“ published in Opulent Syntax: Irish Speculative Fiction by @neonhemlock.bsky.social
www.neonhemlock.com/books/opulen...
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Opulent Syntax: Irish Speculative Fiction edited by Don Duncan and dave ring — neon hemlock
An 8” x 5” paperback. 180 pages. Publication Date: December 13th 2022. A bog body meets crazed science in rural Kerry. Fraught impulses and witchy machinations in a rainy Midlands back garden. Dubli...
www.neonhemlock.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The second was “The Last and Fatal Light“ published in Opulent Syntax: Irish Speculative Fiction by @neonhemlock.bsky.social
www.neonhemlock.com/books/opulen...
www.neonhemlock.com/books/opulen...
The first is ”She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice” published last year by @factorfourmagazine.com
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She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice by Samuel Poots
My parents said I didn’t need to be afraid of the monsters in Lake Reema, because the Lady trapped them under ice. “That’s why we …
factorfourmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The first is ”She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice” published last year by @factorfourmagazine.com
factorfourmag.com/she-keeps-th...
factorfourmag.com/she-keeps-th...
Wizard: I curse you to never know rest!
Warrior:… I don’t feel any…
Gnome: Hi, I’m the gnome roam! Did you know adding an extra 20,000 steps per day could do wonders for your health! looks like you’ve only done 4708 steps today. Let’s work on that!
Warrior: Oh fuck.
Warrior:… I don’t feel any…
Gnome: Hi, I’m the gnome roam! Did you know adding an extra 20,000 steps per day could do wonders for your health! looks like you’ve only done 4708 steps today. Let’s work on that!
Warrior: Oh fuck.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wizard: I curse you to never know rest!
Warrior:… I don’t feel any…
Gnome: Hi, I’m the gnome roam! Did you know adding an extra 20,000 steps per day could do wonders for your health! looks like you’ve only done 4708 steps today. Let’s work on that!
Warrior: Oh fuck.
Warrior:… I don’t feel any…
Gnome: Hi, I’m the gnome roam! Did you know adding an extra 20,000 steps per day could do wonders for your health! looks like you’ve only done 4708 steps today. Let’s work on that!
Warrior: Oh fuck.
Shh, the fitbit might hear you and add more steps.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Shh, the fitbit might hear you and add more steps.
If a Fitbit is supposed to help you stay healthy, but malfunctions and as a result you exercise more…is it just working better?
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If a Fitbit is supposed to help you stay healthy, but malfunctions and as a result you exercise more…is it just working better?
So much fun, was great craic trying to balance the ridiculousness of the original while giving him a bit of the WFRP grimdark to his character. And naming his parrot.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So much fun, was great craic trying to balance the ridiculousness of the original while giving him a bit of the WFRP grimdark to his character. And naming his parrot.
One of my favourites. When Cubicle 7 did the Sea of Claws, they let me write up Long Drong Slayer, and I loved picking through the army book again for that.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
One of my favourites. When Cubicle 7 did the Sea of Claws, they let me write up Long Drong Slayer, and I loved picking through the army book again for that.
I’m really sorry.
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’m really sorry.