The Narratess Indie Sale is live! Over 200 books, 4 bundles:
My book, The Threads That Weave is included in the fantasy/thriller bundle (or individually for half off).
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Edited 226d ago
https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/DT63.mp3
In Navarra, our Wardens are disturbed from breakfast by a loud argument outside involving a Templar. What should our mages do?
This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
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Ebook: https://books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords
Audiobook: https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words
Hungry and hunting alone, a goblin boy meets a bouncing, blue slime and assumes it will be dinner. Naturally, the slime has other ideas, and the boy gets his hind-end handed to him by what’s supposed to be one of the weakest monsters of the forest.
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive12.mp3
Passing back through their escape point, our group of misfits were about to dicover something very surprising – what did Nikoli plan for them, and why is it linked to something …Ravenous…?
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss12Final.mp3
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This is the first YA book I've encountered that told readers, maybe our world isn't so great, and the Fantasy world would be vastly better. In this book, Aidan actually doesn't wanna come home. The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S https://share.libbyapp.com/title/5588273 #Bookstodon #Books #Fantasy
August is Kobo Plus Fantasy month! Got a subscription (or thinking about one) and not sure where to start? Try this selection: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/p/kobo-plus-fantasy-reads
I've finished: Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson
I'm not a big fan of horror.
I loved Knock Knock, Open Wide, mostly because the physical horror bits are few and far between.
Sharpson is mostly interested in how the horrific events traumatize the victims. We follow two timelines, two generations trying to live and love while a curse hangs over them.
Following their struggle, their failures and successes is what Knock Knock is about.
The thing that captured me was that at the core of this dysfunctional family are two couples that truly love each other. The proposal scenes just melted my heart. These scenes of mutual consent stand in stark contrast to the coercive powers that haunt them.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3aea5cb7-513b-4e83-a4a9-7e27101aac81
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I've finished: Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
I accidentally entered Gladstone's Craft universe through the wrong door. Starting with: Dead Country, The Craft Wars #1. I decided to go back to the beginning of the Craft Sequence.
Thee Parts Dead was a delight. So many neat ideas, such a rich world.
It is a perfect mix: of the ancient and modern, of the magical and scientific, of old tropes and new.
I love the glimpses we get of a wider world and a deeper history. Hinting at a bigger universe beyond the limits of this novel.
It is both a light read and a complex tapestry of original twists on old tropes and new ideas that will peak the interest of an experienced fantasy reader.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/320caeca-00f8-4312-a2ba-7c04f7a5405a
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Abigail had been acting as the assistant to the witch Lara for four years.
In that time she had learned many things. Firstly, that she had no magic to speak of. Secondly, that most of a witch's work did not involve any magic at all. Thirdly, that frequently less is more. And fourthly, that she was now much better educated than she had been as a princess. Then there were the other three.
She could read the spells in Lara's books, but nothing ever happened when she tried them. That was how she knew she had no magic. That had been a disappointment to her, but Lara taught her all the other things. The things that don't involve magic. Things like tincture of willow bark for headaches and to ease the heart. Or making wintergreen into a paste for sore muscles. Or the very tiny pellets of aconite for a weak heart.
Less can often be more. Things that were deadly in the wrong hands became healing in the right. The distilled spirits that drove men to anger and lust when consumed also prevented wounds festering when used externally. And the aconite.
The fifth thing that Abigail had learned was that Lara's mentor, Old Edith, was to be respected. And a little feared. She had been sent to her after failing to cast spells. Old Edith had given her one look, glanced at Lara's letter, and told her not to waste either of their time.
The sixth thing that she learned was that people only look at the obvious. Changing the colour and cut of her hair, the pitch of her voice, along with a change of clothing was enough to disguise her from those that her parents sent to find her. Except for one, but he had looked her over, tapped the side of his nose, and moved on, never saying a word.
The seventh was the most unexpected. She had fled marriage to a foul prince who was now missing. She had suspicions as to his fate on seeing a particularly agitated frog in a glass box at Old Edith's. Her flight led her to hide under Lara's two room shack. That was where Lara had found her after sending the prince on his way. The witch was nothing like what the stories told. Old Edith was, but not Lara. Lara was quiet, gentle, patient, kind, and clever. The last she expected, but not the rest.
The villiage had simply accepted her because Lara said so. No questions about who she was, or where she came from. It had only been four years, but as far as the villiage was concerned, she had always been there, beside Lara. And she was happy with that. That was the seventh thing. To have learned happiness.
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Amazing Stories Volume 9 Number 2 (June 1934)
Relatively calm, undramatic artwork for this collection. Tonally it's nice, with the browns and oranges, but is the ship descending or rising? Is it leaking that creepy smoke or disseminating it on purpose? If this is “Subjugating The Earth” then why start in the Arctic?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume09Number02
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Golden End is out now.
The Gods still walk among mortals.
At a sacred festival, Tirak survives what should have killed him.
His father does not.
Now ancient tablets have fallen into his hands, and the truth buried beneath worship, law, and fear begins to surface.
Dark fantasy. Active Gods. Mortal consequences.
Read Golden End:
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I've tried to set this up for a couple years now w no success. I'm hoping this will be the year.
I'd love to do a Mastodon Fantasy Football League.
I'm looking to do a 10 team PPR league on Yahoo. Keeping it simple since it's a first run.
$10 buy in, winner takes all. We'll do it as a prize league so all payments & payouts will be through Yahoo, so no one has to worry about being scammed.
Message on the thread if you want to play.
Boosts appreciated.
https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive13.mp3
A circular debate could drive our escapees to madness! Unfortunately, the giants take their debates very seriously. Why did Nikoli choose this? Listen and find out!
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss13Final.mp3
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The Wizards and the Warriors by Hugh Coock is out in audiobook format for the first time.
From: r/hughcook
[Announcement] The Wizards and The Warriors by Hugh Cook audio book now live! (Audible, Google Books and Kobo)
"Hey folks!
Morgan here, the fan narrator for Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.
I am super pleased to be able to announce that the audiobooks are now live and available for purchase!
Audible, Kobo, Google Books"
I also found it on LibroFM:
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781963191424-the-wizards-and-the-warriors
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/i/DT66.mp3
Treating survivors leads to discovering the Blight closer than anyone realised...
This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games every Tuesday & Friday evenings.
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Wir wollen neue Wege auf Social Media gehen. Diese Leserunde ist ein Versuchsballon, den ich zusammen mit den Instanzbetreibern meines Friendica-Accounts durchführe.
Folge einfach meinem Account auf Friendica ...
https://friendica-deutschland.de/profile/sabinekruber
… und dem #dastorinsanderswann.
Am 15.11. geht es los. Es wäre mir eine Freude, wenn Du dabei wärst.
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Tadada - Die Gewinner meines Buchs - Das Tor ins Anderswann - stehen fest
Nachricht ist als PN raus.
Die 5 Gewinner meines Buchs
Das Tor ins Anderswann stehen fest und wurden soeben von mir angeschrieben.
Sobald die Adressen bei mir eingegangen sind, gehen die Bücher auf die Reise.
Ich freue mich schon sehr auf eine muntere Leserunde.
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https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss21Final.mp3
You've heard what Amy and Nikoli had to say, now hear the cast's thoughts! We have 4 episodes of analysis, anecdotes and chat!
Ever wondered what goes into writing a Penance RPG adaptation? For our next D&D5e adaptation, we will again be releasing an archival companion
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive14.mp3
Heading into a drow city is always risky, how did Nikoli set this one up for our intrepid escapees? And how will these weird demonic gems react?
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss14Final.mp3
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In January 2026, a group of Hugh Cook fans began republishing his 10 book series, Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.
This is noteworthy since these novels were basically out of print and weren't available in e-book or audio. Untangling them from copyright limbo was no small feat.
In August, these fans, operating as Zenphos Press, published the first audio edition of The Wizards and the Warriors. The first novel in the series.
I was lucky enough to snag an early copy via the r/hughcook sub.
The narrator, Morgan Scott, is also a fan, and does an excellent job, you can feel that this is a labor of love for him.
Originally published from the mid 1980s to the early 90s, Chronicles of an Age of Darkness stands out as a critique of the heroic fantasy tropes so common in that era.
While other novels in the series use humor as part of this deconstruction, The Wizards and the Warriors is deadly serious. It is not Pratchett's The Color of Magic. It is more like Saving Private Rian. Working within the format of a heroic tale, exposing its dirty underbelly.
Cook takes the wizards and the warriors, two major examples of toxic masculinity and exposes the folly in their quest for power.
I originally learned of Cook's novels in the early 2010s. As a blind person I had to use a synthetic voice to listen to them.
Cook had a website on the early internet where he published the full text of, The Wordsmiths and the Warguild, the second book of the Chronicles. After reading that I had to resort to bootleg e-book versions scanned and uploaded by fans.
I'm very glad this series is finally getting a proper audiobook edition.
This is my original 2013 review:
Hugh Cook inserts some reality into his Fantasy.
While the setting is fantastic, Cook makes sure to break our expectations of a regular fantasy adventure, with his less than heroic heroes and less than clear path to ultimate goal.
My favorite scene is a battle where we first hear about the general's well laid plans and then watch them crumble in the face of reality.
So many books place a brilliant commander in charge and then you watch his brilliant plan unfold like clockwork. Hugh Cook is way beyond that kind of fantasy.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/95351200-2bf6-40d0-86ee-83dbe316e541
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