Bryn Hammond
@brynhammond.bsky.social
| Writer. S&S: New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine; Goatskin novellas Waste Flowers, What Rough Beast? Historical fiction: Amgalant on Tchingis Khan & 12thC Mongols
| She/her 🌈Queer. Australia
| https://amgalant.com / buy direct https://payhip.com/Amgalant
| She/her 🌈Queer. Australia
| https://amgalant.com / buy direct https://payhip.com/Amgalant
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Free, onlyne, searchable Middel Englisshe Dictionarye. "The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500."
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
Middle English Compendium
quod.lib.umich.edu
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Free, onlyne, searchable Middel Englisshe Dictionarye. "The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500."
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
Has Caterina Gerbasi's trans man barbarian / Frazetta-done-better cover, and my story 'Sister Chaos'. Was pretty chuffed to be named on the cover alongside the mighty Margaret Killjoy oh and the other guy.
👉 Word to the wise: If you want a copy of NESS #1 in softcover, pounce on the crowdfund because going by last year...we will almost certainly sell out.😮
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 12, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Has Caterina Gerbasi's trans man barbarian / Frazetta-done-better cover, and my story 'Sister Chaos'. Was pretty chuffed to be named on the cover alongside the mighty Margaret Killjoy oh and the other guy.
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300+pages of one of my favorite cartoonist working today @decassette.bsky.social
Their comics are gorgeous, idiosyncratic works of art that benefits from multiple reads.
Or maybe I just like the artwork that much?
Highest possible recommendation.
Their comics are gorgeous, idiosyncratic works of art that benefits from multiple reads.
Or maybe I just like the artwork that much?
Highest possible recommendation.
February 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
300+pages of one of my favorite cartoonist working today @decassette.bsky.social
Their comics are gorgeous, idiosyncratic works of art that benefits from multiple reads.
Or maybe I just like the artwork that much?
Highest possible recommendation.
Their comics are gorgeous, idiosyncratic works of art that benefits from multiple reads.
Or maybe I just like the artwork that much?
Highest possible recommendation.
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⚔️24 HOURS UNTIL THE CROWDFUND LAUNCHES
at 8am EST, Feb 12th🧙♂️
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... 👈
This is the other side of the double-sided poster every backer will receive! Thanks again to @emmastonephoto.bsky.social, and to @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social for bringing his friend to the party!
at 8am EST, Feb 12th🧙♂️
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... 👈
This is the other side of the double-sided poster every backer will receive! Thanks again to @emmastonephoto.bsky.social, and to @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social for bringing his friend to the party!
February 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
⚔️24 HOURS UNTIL THE CROWDFUND LAUNCHES
at 8am EST, Feb 12th🧙♂️
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... 👈
This is the other side of the double-sided poster every backer will receive! Thanks again to @emmastonephoto.bsky.social, and to @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social for bringing his friend to the party!
at 8am EST, Feb 12th🧙♂️
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... 👈
This is the other side of the double-sided poster every backer will receive! Thanks again to @emmastonephoto.bsky.social, and to @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social for bringing his friend to the party!
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Hey Toronto folks: do you have a favourite restaurant that needs some love or a little spruce up?
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Hey Toronto folks: do you have a favourite restaurant that needs some love or a little spruce up?
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
I'm assisting on a project that helps struggling eateries (sorry, super vague at the moment) and I need recommendations for businesses to reach out to.
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⚔️Doing our best!📚
👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
⚔️Doing our best!📚
👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
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⚔️ CROWDFUND EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAY: TWO-SIDED POSTER🖼️
📸We did a photoshoot!📸
Here's *one* side of the 11x17 inch poster backers will get with their new issues of the magazine.
Make sure you get yours 👉️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
📸We did a photoshoot!📸
Here's *one* side of the 11x17 inch poster backers will get with their new issues of the magazine.
Make sure you get yours 👉️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
⚔️ CROWDFUND EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAY: TWO-SIDED POSTER🖼️
📸We did a photoshoot!📸
Here's *one* side of the 11x17 inch poster backers will get with their new issues of the magazine.
Make sure you get yours 👉️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
📸We did a photoshoot!📸
Here's *one* side of the 11x17 inch poster backers will get with their new issues of the magazine.
Make sure you get yours 👉️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
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While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.
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The patchwork worldwide legal framework resulting from the ungrounded moral panic over people under 18 using the internet has a lot of us making extremely unpleasant choices. The blame lies on the governments mandating them.
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The patchwork worldwide legal framework resulting from the ungrounded moral panic over people under 18 using the internet has a lot of us making extremely unpleasant choices. The blame lies on the governments mandating them.
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I love it when I get inspired as I prepare for the Baltimore Craft Show. Another in my series of long wall hangings. I call this one "harbor moon". Don't you love the complex colors of teal and blue. #baltimorecraftshow #artquilt #etsy #nauticalart #craftcouncil
February 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I love it when I get inspired as I prepare for the Baltimore Craft Show. Another in my series of long wall hangings. I call this one "harbor moon". Don't you love the complex colors of teal and blue. #baltimorecraftshow #artquilt #etsy #nauticalart #craftcouncil
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New acrylic painting of the frankly gorgeous Karim Diané as Jay-Den Kraag from #StarfleetAcademy. (Acrylic on cold-pressed watercolour block.) #StarTrek
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 AM
New acrylic painting of the frankly gorgeous Karim Diané as Jay-Den Kraag from #StarfleetAcademy. (Acrylic on cold-pressed watercolour block.) #StarTrek
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New post!
I take an in-depth look at Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, alongside forays into Victorian translations by William Morris and the brilliantly named Athanasius Diedrich Wackerbarth.
This is based on an undergraduate lecture I gave at Oxford in 2020.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2026/02/09/o...
I take an in-depth look at Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, alongside forays into Victorian translations by William Morris and the brilliantly named Athanasius Diedrich Wackerbarth.
This is based on an undergraduate lecture I gave at Oxford in 2020.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2026/02/09/o...
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
New post!
I take an in-depth look at Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, alongside forays into Victorian translations by William Morris and the brilliantly named Athanasius Diedrich Wackerbarth.
This is based on an undergraduate lecture I gave at Oxford in 2020.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2026/02/09/o...
I take an in-depth look at Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, alongside forays into Victorian translations by William Morris and the brilliantly named Athanasius Diedrich Wackerbarth.
This is based on an undergraduate lecture I gave at Oxford in 2020.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2026/02/09/o...
My copy of Sometime Lofty Towers from @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Just a gorgeous book in the hand and to the eye
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 AM
My copy of Sometime Lofty Towers from @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Just a gorgeous book in the hand and to the eye
I do think the two Black God tales are Moore's most original & strongest. 'Shadow' is imperfectly executed but plunges deeper where 'Kiss' dared to tread.
I've gone a journey with these the last 3 years, over several readings, got past my hangups or preconceptions, now, admire them without reserve.
I've gone a journey with these the last 3 years, over several readings, got past my hangups or preconceptions, now, admire them without reserve.
February 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I do think the two Black God tales are Moore's most original & strongest. 'Shadow' is imperfectly executed but plunges deeper where 'Kiss' dared to tread.
I've gone a journey with these the last 3 years, over several readings, got past my hangups or preconceptions, now, admire them without reserve.
I've gone a journey with these the last 3 years, over several readings, got past my hangups or preconceptions, now, admire them without reserve.
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I've been thinking and these are probably the best logos I've designed so far
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I've been thinking and these are probably the best logos I've designed so far
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✨We've got a really fun reveal tomorrow, four months in the making...but newsletter subscribers will get TWO reveals...✨
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February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
✨We've got a really fun reveal tomorrow, four months in the making...but newsletter subscribers will get TWO reveals...✨
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Every picture I could find of Joan Crawford as Hamlet, “The Dane.” From a 1929/ 1930 photoshoot by Ruth Harriet Louise …
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Every picture I could find of Joan Crawford as Hamlet, “The Dane.” From a 1929/ 1930 photoshoot by Ruth Harriet Louise …
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Lovelies, here's a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria, in which we discuss a recommendation from @aptshadow.bsky.social : A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith-Spark.
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
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There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
Starship Alexandria: Episode 10 - A Sword of Bronze and Ashes
For our February 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward the novel A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark for Emma to consider. Other talking points: ...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Lovelies, here's a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria, in which we discuss a recommendation from @aptshadow.bsky.social : A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith-Spark.
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
'She sobbed on, knowing herself in hopeless conflict with the vastness of death and oblivion, a tiny spark of warmth and life fighting vainly against the dark engulfing it; the perishable spark, struggling against inevitable extinction. For the black god was all death and nothingness...'
C.L. Moore
C.L. Moore
February 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
'She sobbed on, knowing herself in hopeless conflict with the vastness of death and oblivion, a tiny spark of warmth and life fighting vainly against the dark engulfing it; the perishable spark, struggling against inevitable extinction. For the black god was all death and nothingness...'
C.L. Moore
C.L. Moore
Now with review by the stalwart @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog who discovers one can leave a book review at my Payhip storefront. I did not know. But as major review sites slip down one slope or another, I like the idea. Few eyes perhaps but those with an interest. Thanks EM.
payhip.com/b/rzo4b
payhip.com/b/rzo4b
A Visit from the Scythians: Four Shaman Stories
Four shaman stories. Two reprints, two originals.'Ill Spirits'Qamty used masculine speech tags for himself and kept a curl of bristle on his chin, and he wore what was a woman’s hat in Merqot, white s...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Now with review by the stalwart @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog who discovers one can leave a book review at my Payhip storefront. I did not know. But as major review sites slip down one slope or another, I like the idea. Few eyes perhaps but those with an interest. Thanks EM.
payhip.com/b/rzo4b
payhip.com/b/rzo4b
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Sapphic #writers of #writersky we want your sapphic stories please and thank you! 🔥
Anthology update! - Still accepting subs. All the rejections for stories received up until last Friday are out, so if you've heard nothing from us, your story is in our "Consideration" folder. We are piling up stories we love there, and will hash it out when subs close.
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Sapphic #writers of #writersky we want your sapphic stories please and thank you! 🔥
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Happy book birthday to this excellent fantasy anthology I recommend all the time for its rich exploration of stories by disabled authors!
Artifice & Access released on January 25th, 2025, and it has been such a wonderful time seeing all the love for this #anthology & the stories within 💖
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small 💖😭💖
#booksky #book
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small 💖😭💖
#booksky #book
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Happy book birthday to this excellent fantasy anthology I recommend all the time for its rich exploration of stories by disabled authors!
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Artifice & Access released on January 25th, 2025, and it has been such a wonderful time seeing all the love for this #anthology & the stories within 💖
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small 💖😭💖
#booksky #book
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small 💖😭💖
#booksky #book
January 25, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Artifice & Access released on January 25th, 2025, and it has been such a wonderful time seeing all the love for this #anthology & the stories within 💖
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small 💖😭💖
#booksky #book
I am immensely grateful for every person who has ever supported this project in any way, big or small 💖😭💖
#booksky #book
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🤯WHAT in the #CrippingDystopia is this!?
You're gonna see a few of these floating around very soon... 👀
Who's ready for an anthology of #dystopian stories told by disabled and chronically ill writers? I know I am!
#booksky #books #shortstories
You're gonna see a few of these floating around very soon... 👀
Who's ready for an anthology of #dystopian stories told by disabled and chronically ill writers? I know I am!
#booksky #books #shortstories
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
🤯WHAT in the #CrippingDystopia is this!?
You're gonna see a few of these floating around very soon... 👀
Who's ready for an anthology of #dystopian stories told by disabled and chronically ill writers? I know I am!
#booksky #books #shortstories
You're gonna see a few of these floating around very soon... 👀
Who's ready for an anthology of #dystopian stories told by disabled and chronically ill writers? I know I am!
#booksky #books #shortstories
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Serious enchantment in Linnea Sterte's art. Humans so human, aliens so alien.
⚔️WELCOME BACK LINNEA STERTE!⚔️
@decassette.bsky.social will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art, gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives, and sign up to be alerted on launch day 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
@decassette.bsky.social will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art, gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives, and sign up to be alerted on launch day 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Serious enchantment in Linnea Sterte's art. Humans so human, aliens so alien.