Fantasy author. ‘The Keep Within’ and ‘Pennyblade’ available from @titanbooks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mthgwqiaos2xWatching HOTD season 1 again and the whole Stepstones war is weirdly reminiscent of the present Iran situation. The only way for the US to come through this is for Trump to kneel on Hormuz beach offering an M4 carbine in pretend surrender but somehow I don’t think that’ll happen.19 Aug 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthgwqiaos2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mtgy3fixoc2vI know I’m late to The Rings of Power discourse but I don’t think Tolkien would have used the word ‘twatting’. At least not in his books.19 Aug 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgy3fixoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mtgx7kmj622vKipping on my one clean shirt. Of course.19 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgx7kmj622vhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mtfilkhjk22tA dream I’m half-embarrassed to admit to is to one day go all out Day-Lewis and method write. Just rent and Air BNB and write a first person story while *being* the viewpoint character (same mannerisms, voice, clothes etc). But is the bang worth the buck? Plus It’s certainly very pretentious…19 Aug 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfilkhjk22thttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mtedenrkmk2zI feel like no one ever talks about the German taxi driver in Possession who, when told at gunpoint by Sam Neil to ram headlong into a police car, suddenly really relishes the task. He can’t believe his good luck!18 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtedenrkmk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mtcsy5poys2vAuramaxxing openers when you walk into a job interview: “We’ve come to die for the Dragon Queen!” “A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to” “The Bene Gesserit which must leave.”17 Aug 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcsy5poys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mtbtcvhfls2vWatched Killers of the Flower Moon, finally. Just an incredible film about a shocking piece of modern history I’d never heard about. Perfect casting all round, particularly Lily Gladstone and Robert DeNiro. I think this is in my top five Scorsese movies. Marty don’t miss, even at ninety.17 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbtcvhfls2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mt4ubfcg3k2xI haven’t listened to My Chemical Romance’s cover of Common People but I imagine it must be like if Tim Burton remade a Mike Leigh film.15 Aug 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4ubfcg3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3msuyv4p5is22Me and my bestie discussing tonight’s solar eclipse12 Aug 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuyv4p5is22https://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3msoh6yqmfk22Talking about my pub job with mum the other week. Me: “I reckon all those divorced, middle class ladies who come in think I’m a nice bit of rough.” Mum: “I’m sorry, love, but no one in a hundred years would think you were ‘a bit of rough’.”09 Aug 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoh6yqmfk22https://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mse7kyuboc2eCutie in the pub05 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse7kyuboc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3msb6exotws2bSaw this review of The Iron Code anthology: "Lots of fun stories here, from high fantasy, to low fantasy, to gutter fantasy..." I'm 99% certain mine's the latter and I'll take it. In fact I think it's an awesome term for an as yet undiagnosed sub-genre. King of Gutter fantasy!04 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb6exotws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mrx5ophhfs2qTom Baker working on a construction site when he got the Doctor Who gig…31 Jul 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx5ophhfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mrulnihkek2mMe and me bros about to drop the best indie album of the eighties.30 Jul 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrulnihkek2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mrplvhx7ck2oProject Hail Mary was really good but it would have reached incredible heights if they’d have gone with that scouser voice for the alien.28 Jul 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrplvhx7ck2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mrhxefryu22vHere’s something to throw into all this ugly Odysseus discourse. The Odyssey and Iliad were originally part of a lost seven or eight book collection. One of them was about Memnon, king of what we now call Sudan. What might things be like in the classics and western culture generally had it survived?25 Jul 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhxefryu22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mrhvuaq2xc2vI love funny bits in fantasy books that are only funny because you’re reading the book and are familiar with the world and its people. To me, that’s the Everest of worldbuilding.25 Jul 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhvuaq2xc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mrhtzfwza225"Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread". -Greek epigram, unknown author.25 Jul 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhtzfwza225https://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mqzn7h6vw22cMy grunge crush. Rest in peace Jennifer, you bass fury19 Jul 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzn7h6vw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mqp3gwascs22Great times at The Iron Code book launch in London. I lost the game of musical chairs.15 Jul 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp3gwascs22https://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mqnayyb6pc2tDespite what people might say, I am the FIRST person to be sat in a lotus position at a sci-fi panel [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnayyb6pc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mqjpyfc2422uWe lost a legend13 Jul 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjpyfc2422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mqextuyxbk2qNiche post, but I wasn’t keen on them announcing a remake of Possession (1981), but now Margaret Qualley has just had a fractious divorce it’s clear she’s a true method actor. Bring it on.11 Jul 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqextuyxbk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mq34n2zotk23Mum has opinions about my career in this slightly sweaty unboxing of @starsandsabers.bsky.social horror anthology!07 Jul 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq34n2zotk23https://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mpygwmctyc26Is this something? I feel like I’ve stumbled on something. #40k #theyoungones06 Jul 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpygwmctyc26https://bsky.app/profile/worrad.bsky.social/post/3mpgznbed2c2eA friend once told me they got their whole philosophy from the back of a bottle of bleach: stand upright in a cool place.29 Jun 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:hb7pblnsja4o7tj3t7dgkhj3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgznbed2c2e