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
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| She/her 🌈Queer. Australia
| https://amgalant.com / buy direct https://payhip.com/Amgalant
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⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️
Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...
The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!
Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...
The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!
Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
I've loved New Edge Sword & Sorcery since #0, and been in the mag with tales and profiles of Jessica Amanda Salmonson and Janrae Frank.
THIS is my Goatskin's cover year, with this marvelous art by Jimmy Makepeace, and Linnea Sterte for interior art. I hope I've written a story worthy.
Do share.
THIS is my Goatskin's cover year, with this marvelous art by Jimmy Makepeace, and Linnea Sterte for interior art. I hope I've written a story worthy.
Do share.
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We deeply regret not having this far superior picture before scheduling the post!
Will reading Nathan's story make you more dapper? Only one way to find out!🕴
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Will reading Nathan's story make you more dapper? Only one way to find out!🕴
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 17, 2026 at 1:10 PM
We deeply regret not having this far superior picture before scheduling the post!
Will reading Nathan's story make you more dapper? Only one way to find out!🕴
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Will reading Nathan's story make you more dapper? Only one way to find out!🕴
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
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⚔️ WELCOME NATHAN LONG!✍️
@nathanrlong.bsky.social will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
@nathanrlong.bsky.social will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
⚔️ WELCOME NATHAN LONG!✍️
@nathanrlong.bsky.social will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
@nathanrlong.bsky.social will have a brand new story in one of this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
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Oh hey the newsletter I threatened for weeks is finally out!
Is This Medieval Saint’s Life Feminist?
The twelfth-century "Life of Saint Ita the Virgin" gives us a surprisingly independent and active portrayal of medieval nuns.
buttondown.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Oh hey the newsletter I threatened for weeks is finally out!
I've read The Magic Mountain and have meant to read Olga Tokarczuk 👀
New on the blog today, I've written about THE EMPUSIUM by Olga Tokarczuk (tr Antonia Lloyd-Jones).
I loved this wonderfully sly health resort horror story in which the true horrors are the misogynistic views of men, entrenched in early 20th-century society.
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/t...
I loved this wonderfully sly health resort horror story in which the true horrors are the misogynistic views of men, entrenched in early 20th-century society.
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/t...
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
Inspired by Thomas Mann’s 1924 novel The Magic Mountain, which explores various philosophical ideas and the nature of European society in the run-up to the First World War, The Empusium is Olga Tok…
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I've read The Magic Mountain and have meant to read Olga Tokarczuk 👀
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I read How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
Review by kjcharles - How to End a Love Story
A powerful contemporary romance. Grant was driving the car that Helen's younger sister threw h...
app.thestorygraph.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I read How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
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What's the most unusual or non-stereotypical character you've written? How might you make a character from a small scene stick out?
(illustration by Yael Nathan)
#WritingTips #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
(illustration by Yael Nathan)
#WritingTips #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
February 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
What's the most unusual or non-stereotypical character you've written? How might you make a character from a small scene stick out?
(illustration by Yael Nathan)
#WritingTips #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
(illustration by Yael Nathan)
#WritingTips #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
Meanwhile, I like the autistic takes on Nahla Ake, as well as the queer takes, and whichever it is I relate to -- I think it's both -- she is even more of a revelation than Michael Burnham. I am glad to enjoy Original Trek and Latest Trek.
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Meanwhile, I like the autistic takes on Nahla Ake, as well as the queer takes, and whichever it is I relate to -- I think it's both -- she is even more of a revelation than Michael Burnham. I am glad to enjoy Original Trek and Latest Trek.
I'm not sold on Braka BUT I'm glad Nahla Ake is going to get a series bad dude, who is as bad as Trek has ever gone. AND I did enjoy to see her push back -- push physically. I look forward to more of that. I like that he is a seriously evil kind of Q, for our seriously evil times. #StarfleetAcademy
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 AM
I'm not sold on Braka BUT I'm glad Nahla Ake is going to get a series bad dude, who is as bad as Trek has ever gone. AND I did enjoy to see her push back -- push physically. I look forward to more of that. I like that he is a seriously evil kind of Q, for our seriously evil times. #StarfleetAcademy
I strongly believe in getting another S&S mag up and running; as this update reports, they hope to go quarterly, and importantly it's a physical mag, to be nicely printed by the sounds of it, not just an online venue. Built to last.
I swear the devil didn't make me do it.
Let's get that next story and story art!
Thanks everyone for your support.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Let's get that next story and story art!
Thanks everyone for your support.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
February 17, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I strongly believe in getting another S&S mag up and running; as this update reports, they hope to go quarterly, and importantly it's a physical mag, to be nicely printed by the sounds of it, not just an online venue. Built to last.
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"Homeric poetry builds itself out of repetitive structures that are formed in part through performance and audience reception/response. Such intricate meanings are ...a collaboration in a dynamic context where composer and audience unfold the story together."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/02/16/a...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/02/16/a...
A Heroic Tale Curtailed: Homeric Digressions and Iliad 13
One of the remarkable things about Homeric poetry is the potential for any detail to open up a new world of story. The Iliad doesn’t endow every named character with a backstory or fuller narrative…
sententiaeantiquae.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
"Homeric poetry builds itself out of repetitive structures that are formed in part through performance and audience reception/response. Such intricate meanings are ...a collaboration in a dynamic context where composer and audience unfold the story together."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/02/16/a...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/02/16/a...
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I swear the devil didn't make me do it.
Let's get that next story and story art!
Thanks everyone for your support.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Let's get that next story and story art!
Thanks everyone for your support.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I swear the devil didn't make me do it.
Let's get that next story and story art!
Thanks everyone for your support.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Let's get that next story and story art!
Thanks everyone for your support.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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11 left.
A new Elric story, Margaret Killjoy does Sword & Sorcery, and Dan Rempel draws my girls interrupted in the grass, poised spear and pear tatts nicely setting off the sight of Sister Chaos' arm.
A new Elric story, Margaret Killjoy does Sword & Sorcery, and Dan Rempel draws my girls interrupted in the grass, poised spear and pear tatts nicely setting off the sight of Sister Chaos' arm.
16 left -- softcovers of #1, no reprint
'includes a Goatskin story' 🐐
(namely 'Sister Chaos' one of my faves)
look under the Add Ons tab
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
'includes a Goatskin story' 🐐
(namely 'Sister Chaos' one of my faves)
look under the Add Ons tab
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
11 left.
A new Elric story, Margaret Killjoy does Sword & Sorcery, and Dan Rempel draws my girls interrupted in the grass, poised spear and pear tatts nicely setting off the sight of Sister Chaos' arm.
A new Elric story, Margaret Killjoy does Sword & Sorcery, and Dan Rempel draws my girls interrupted in the grass, poised spear and pear tatts nicely setting off the sight of Sister Chaos' arm.
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A huge thank you to everyone who has already sent us their diary of what they got up to on the 12th February for #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26! If you haven't sent us your diary and would like to, remember there's no deadline to send it to us! Just submit it online or pop it in the post whenever you can 😊
February 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who has already sent us their diary of what they got up to on the 12th February for #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26! If you haven't sent us your diary and would like to, remember there's no deadline to send it to us! Just submit it online or pop it in the post whenever you can 😊
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I love the broadside they made me for the first chapter of #TheSovereign! You will surely not regret getting a comic of your characters.
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I love the broadside they made me for the first chapter of #TheSovereign! You will surely not regret getting a comic of your characters.
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3 commission slots are open, prices are in USD, DM or email me to get started
Comic Commissions are open, contact me via smayerillustration@gmail.com to get started!
February 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
3 commission slots are open, prices are in USD, DM or email me to get started
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We are super thrilled that @rachelschine.bsky.social is holding an online lecture on March 4th! DM or email @speriola.bsky.social of you want to join us 🙂 #cims
February 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
We are super thrilled that @rachelschine.bsky.social is holding an online lecture on March 4th! DM or email @speriola.bsky.social of you want to join us 🙂 #cims
11 left.
A new Elric story, Margaret Killjoy does Sword & Sorcery, and Dan Rempel draws my girls interrupted in the grass, poised spear and pear tatts nicely setting off the sight of Sister Chaos' arm.
A new Elric story, Margaret Killjoy does Sword & Sorcery, and Dan Rempel draws my girls interrupted in the grass, poised spear and pear tatts nicely setting off the sight of Sister Chaos' arm.
16 left -- softcovers of #1, no reprint
'includes a Goatskin story' 🐐
(namely 'Sister Chaos' one of my faves)
look under the Add Ons tab
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
'includes a Goatskin story' 🐐
(namely 'Sister Chaos' one of my faves)
look under the Add Ons tab
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
11 left.
A new Elric story, Margaret Killjoy does Sword & Sorcery, and Dan Rempel draws my girls interrupted in the grass, poised spear and pear tatts nicely setting off the sight of Sister Chaos' arm.
A new Elric story, Margaret Killjoy does Sword & Sorcery, and Dan Rempel draws my girls interrupted in the grass, poised spear and pear tatts nicely setting off the sight of Sister Chaos' arm.
I like the sensible stretch goals of NESS. They stick to double art, shipping discount, and after that, it's author and artist pay bumps, onwards to infinity.
😵💫 M-maybe by morning we have a third author raise to go with the two artist raises?😵💫
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I like the sensible stretch goals of NESS. They stick to double art, shipping discount, and after that, it's author and artist pay bumps, onwards to infinity.
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Well, we are in the final days! If you're still polishing up a story for the anthology now's the time :) #queerwriters #writingsky www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology-su...
February 16, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Well, we are in the final days! If you're still polishing up a story for the anthology now's the time :) #queerwriters #writingsky www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology-su...
13 remaining
16 left -- softcovers of #1, no reprint
'includes a Goatskin story' 🐐
(namely 'Sister Chaos' one of my faves)
look under the Add Ons tab
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
'includes a Goatskin story' 🐐
(namely 'Sister Chaos' one of my faves)
look under the Add Ons tab
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
13 remaining
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Funded, unlocked double art, reduced shipping, and a couple boosts to author and artist pay...and just four days in!
⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️
Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...
The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!
Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...
The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!
Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 16, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Funded, unlocked double art, reduced shipping, and a couple boosts to author and artist pay...and just four days in!
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I ordered a paperback of one of these issues recently and it was delightful
What's more romantic than helping a bunch of cutie-pie authors get a pay raise? Nothing, tbh. We're less than 50 bucks from the first pay raise for contributors...be our valentine and back @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social tonight! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026
Sword & Sorcery magazine featuring short fiction, non-fiction, and gorgeous art. Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling! Luxurious hardcover, clas...
www.backerkit.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
I ordered a paperback of one of these issues recently and it was delightful
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Get on this. I have every issue of NESS published and #1 starts off as an all time banger. (There's even a #0 you can grab as well.
16 left -- softcovers of #1, no reprint
'includes a Goatskin story' 🐐
(namely 'Sister Chaos' one of my faves)
look under the Add Ons tab
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
'includes a Goatskin story' 🐐
(namely 'Sister Chaos' one of my faves)
look under the Add Ons tab
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
February 16, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Get on this. I have every issue of NESS published and #1 starts off as an all time banger. (There's even a #0 you can grab as well.