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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⚔️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!
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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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The Center for Hellenic Studies has hundreds of open access books 📕 for use. I appreciate that the book I use to teach the Helots of Sparta in my ancient slavery class is openly available:
_Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures_ by Luraghi & Alcock
_Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures_ by Luraghi & Alcock
Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures - The Center for Hellenic Studies
The name “Helots” evokes one of the most famous peculiarities of ancient Sparta, the system of dependent labor that guaranteed the livelihood of the free citizens. The Helots fulfilled all the functio...
chs.harvard.edu
February 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The Center for Hellenic Studies has hundreds of open access books 📕 for use. I appreciate that the book I use to teach the Helots of Sparta in my ancient slavery class is openly available:
_Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures_ by Luraghi & Alcock
_Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures_ by Luraghi & Alcock
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NEW: This - on the signalling system that crossed Anatolia from Loulon to Constantinople -by @chrysoboullon.bsky.social is v cool. A 'trip wire' to alert Constantinople to the start of the Abbasid campaigning season. Tantalising hints that it 'employs knowledge of the longitudinal circumference... 👇
February 18, 2026 at 10:58 AM
NEW: This - on the signalling system that crossed Anatolia from Loulon to Constantinople -by @chrysoboullon.bsky.social is v cool. A 'trip wire' to alert Constantinople to the start of the Abbasid campaigning season. Tantalising hints that it 'employs knowledge of the longitudinal circumference... 👇
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Balaraba Ramat Yakubu's classic soyayya novel Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home gets a shoutout from the University of Utah (!)
attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...
Pick up your copy here!
www.blaft.com/products/sin...
attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...
Pick up your copy here!
www.blaft.com/products/sin...
attheu.utah.edu
February 18, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu's classic soyayya novel Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home gets a shoutout from the University of Utah (!)
attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...
Pick up your copy here!
www.blaft.com/products/sin...
attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...
Pick up your copy here!
www.blaft.com/products/sin...
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I read The Samurai and the Prisoner by Honobu Yonezawa
Review by kjcharles - The Samurai and the Prisoner
A really remarkable history/mystery novel. I say it like that because it's in no way a histori...
app.thestorygraph.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:18 AM
I read The Samurai and the Prisoner by Honobu Yonezawa
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Happy #pubday to "The Global Age of Revolutions: A History from 1650 to Today," edited @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social and @cindyermus.bsky.social!
Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
@ageofrevolutions.bsky.social #skystorians
Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
@ageofrevolutions.bsky.social #skystorians
February 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Happy #pubday to "The Global Age of Revolutions: A History from 1650 to Today," edited @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social and @cindyermus.bsky.social!
Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
@ageofrevolutions.bsky.social #skystorians
Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
@ageofrevolutions.bsky.social #skystorians
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Maudlin House exists for the weird, tender books that believe surviving the present is possible…
February 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Maudlin House exists for the weird, tender books that believe surviving the present is possible…
Can I finish up the items on my February schedule and turn to the delayed larger project as of March? Possibly. That's the aim. One further thing, a short thing but it's gotta be worth its salt where it is, before I do that.
February 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Can I finish up the items on my February schedule and turn to the delayed larger project as of March? Possibly. That's the aim. One further thing, a short thing but it's gotta be worth its salt where it is, before I do that.
writing a story in tribute -- for @chmmagazine.bsky.social 's CL Moore tribute issue, open March 1-7 -- was frightening at first and I got off to a slow tormented start, but it's been a great exercise; I've learned to specify what I admire in Moore and found out how I can emulate it in my own voice.
February 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
writing a story in tribute -- for @chmmagazine.bsky.social 's CL Moore tribute issue, open March 1-7 -- was frightening at first and I got off to a slow tormented start, but it's been a great exercise; I've learned to specify what I admire in Moore and found out how I can emulate it in my own voice.
But this story is so sad.
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 AM
But this story is so sad.
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It’s crowdfunding time for another mighty year of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social! Did you know that if you repost the original post below, you can unlock new sword & sorcery poems from Bryn Hammond, Oliver Brackenbury, and me?
February 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
It’s crowdfunding time for another mighty year of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social! Did you know that if you repost the original post below, you can unlock new sword & sorcery poems from Bryn Hammond, Oliver Brackenbury, and me?
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ACE DOUBLES ARE BACK BABY
February 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
ACE DOUBLES ARE BACK BABY
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Mail call! I can’t get enough of @brynhammond.bsky.social ‘s Goatskin, plus it’s tete-beche with Dariel Quiogue’s “Walls of Shira Yulun,” and David C Smith’s “Sometimes Lofty Towers” is openly anticolonialist sword & sorcery! Available from @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social !
February 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Mail call! I can’t get enough of @brynhammond.bsky.social ‘s Goatskin, plus it’s tete-beche with Dariel Quiogue’s “Walls of Shira Yulun,” and David C Smith’s “Sometimes Lofty Towers” is openly anticolonialist sword & sorcery! Available from @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social !
I want to write a Sword & Sorcery poem help me out
Did you know sharing the original post here helps unlock bonus content for this year's issues?
Did you know you've already unlocked one bonus story and another is only nine shares away???
Did you know you've already unlocked one bonus story and another is only nine shares away???
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I want to write a Sword & Sorcery poem help me out
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New for #GlobalMiddleAges. "most impressive is an extensive repertoire of rare Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain, far more than has ever been recovered from a documented wreck site anywhere else in the world." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TengriSky #Ceramics #Singapore
The Temasek Wreck ceramics cargo: Yuan blue-and-white porcelain, celadon and other ceramics found in Singapore waters
A maritime archaeological excavation recently carried out in stages over a four-year period resulted in the recovery of approximately 3.5 tonnes of ce…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
New for #GlobalMiddleAges. "most impressive is an extensive repertoire of rare Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain, far more than has ever been recovered from a documented wreck site anywhere else in the world." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TengriSky #Ceramics #Singapore
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We're expanding! Co-hosts, blog contributors, and even helpers!
If you're interested in joining our ridiculous show, get in touch. You could be a periodic guest, join the crew proper, or even just help with management.
Details on our blog: skiffyandfanty.com/b...
If you're interested in joining our ridiculous show, get in touch. You could be a periodic guest, join the crew proper, or even just help with management.
Details on our blog: skiffyandfanty.com/b...
February 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
We're expanding! Co-hosts, blog contributors, and even helpers!
If you're interested in joining our ridiculous show, get in touch. You could be a periodic guest, join the crew proper, or even just help with management.
Details on our blog: skiffyandfanty.com/b...
If you're interested in joining our ridiculous show, get in touch. You could be a periodic guest, join the crew proper, or even just help with management.
Details on our blog: skiffyandfanty.com/b...
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Thank you, @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social! I am honored and excited to be part of my favorite magazine! Can't wait to see the issues in the flesh!
⚔️ 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 4:19 PM
Thank you, @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social! I am honored and excited to be part of my favorite magazine! Can't wait to see the issues in the flesh!
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Did you know sharing the original post here helps unlock bonus content for this year's issues?
Did you know you've already unlocked one bonus story and another is only nine shares away???
Did you know you've already unlocked one bonus story and another is only nine shares away???
February 17, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Did you know sharing the original post here helps unlock bonus content for this year's issues?
Did you know you've already unlocked one bonus story and another is only nine shares away???
Did you know you've already unlocked one bonus story and another is only nine shares away???
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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!🕴
👉 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...
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.