J.A. Prentice
@japrenticewrites.bsky.social
He/they. SFWA Member. Stories published with Apex, Kaleidotrope, Big Finish, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Magazine of F&SF, Cast of Wonders, and more!
j.a.prenticewrites@gmail.com is my work contact email.
j.a.prenticewrites@gmail.com is my work contact email.
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New issue of @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is here, featuring stories by @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and @samuelchapman.bsky.social and cover art by Jereme Peabody: weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
“Little Thief and the Martyr’s Head” is available now in the new issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies! It’s about a homeless orphan girl who discovers she can speak to one of the severed heads mounted over the city gate.
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Janeway trying to convince Seven to go along with her plan by giving her an impassioned speech, and Seven deadass looking her right back in the face and saying “No.”
February 19, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Janeway trying to convince Seven to go along with her plan by giving her an impassioned speech, and Seven deadass looking her right back in the face and saying “No.”
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5 things I like (I won’t be tagging anyone because I hate putting pressure on people but feel free to join in):
1. Bronze Age Superman comics. That’s the peak of the character for me.
2. The early post-Roman period. King Arthur was a gateway drug here but I love this time and how much we don’t know.
1. Bronze Age Superman comics. That’s the peak of the character for me.
2. The early post-Roman period. King Arthur was a gateway drug here but I love this time and how much we don’t know.
5 things I like and 5 mutuals I want to do the same:
1. Bionicle! I know more about it than you ever will!
2. Dragon Age! What am I supposed to do, make my own content for my favorite pairings?
3. Doctor Who! And thanks to Big Finish, it never leaves me!
4. RiffTrax! That’s some funny stuff!
1. Bionicle! I know more about it than you ever will!
2. Dragon Age! What am I supposed to do, make my own content for my favorite pairings?
3. Doctor Who! And thanks to Big Finish, it never leaves me!
4. RiffTrax! That’s some funny stuff!
5 things I like and five oomfies I want to do the same:
1. I'm really big fan visual media. Especially as vessel for storytelling. So comics, shows (Especially if they're animated), games, ect.
2. I'm big fan just creativity in general. I personally a creative person. Though I struggle to with...
1. I'm really big fan visual media. Especially as vessel for storytelling. So comics, shows (Especially if they're animated), games, ect.
2. I'm big fan just creativity in general. I personally a creative person. Though I struggle to with...
February 19, 2026 at 12:07 AM
5 things I like (I won’t be tagging anyone because I hate putting pressure on people but feel free to join in):
1. Bronze Age Superman comics. That’s the peak of the character for me.
2. The early post-Roman period. King Arthur was a gateway drug here but I love this time and how much we don’t know.
1. Bronze Age Superman comics. That’s the peak of the character for me.
2. The early post-Roman period. King Arthur was a gateway drug here but I love this time and how much we don’t know.
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People who think anything created before they were born is not worth knowing about should get over themselves because this is simply narcissistic
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
People who think anything created before they were born is not worth knowing about should get over themselves because this is simply narcissistic
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Dudes rock.
Promotional image taken during production of "Doctor Who: The Moonbase" (1967). #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifi #sciencefiction
February 18, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Dudes rock.
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The sound design in Star Wars is legitimately phenomenal. Tier S stuff.
star wars is an *incredible* sandbox
you have samurai space wizards! you have lightsabers, which are easily the coolest fictional weapons ever created! you have the best fictional ship design in sci-fi (x-wings! the tie fighter scream! the big angry triangle!)! you have awesome weird aliens!
you have samurai space wizards! you have lightsabers, which are easily the coolest fictional weapons ever created! you have the best fictional ship design in sci-fi (x-wings! the tie fighter scream! the big angry triangle!)! you have awesome weird aliens!
February 18, 2026 at 9:49 PM
The sound design in Star Wars is legitimately phenomenal. Tier S stuff.
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You know how anthropologists love finding interred skeletons with bones that have been broken and safely set, lbecause it shows that real humanity happened there? Old literature is like that too, if you read it.
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 PM
You know how anthropologists love finding interred skeletons with bones that have been broken and safely set, lbecause it shows that real humanity happened there? Old literature is like that too, if you read it.
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If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover an old opera where a community is kind and loving and protective of a woman suffering a mental break. If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover screamingly funny and timeless class satire. Your life will be poorer.
February 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover an old opera where a community is kind and loving and protective of a woman suffering a mental break. If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover screamingly funny and timeless class satire. Your life will be poorer.
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If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover that people in the olden days had the same thoughts and feelings and dreams and anxieties you do, sometimes articulated differently, sometimes exactly the same way. You are never truly alone in anything and old writings are a neon sign telling you so
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover that people in the olden days had the same thoughts and feelings and dreams and anxieties you do, sometimes articulated differently, sometimes exactly the same way. You are never truly alone in anything and old writings are a neon sign telling you so
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Johnny Byrne had a lot to say about Space: 1999 and I, in turn, have a lot to say about what Johnny Byrne had to say.
gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/i...
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Investigating Johnny Byrne's Space: 1999 Critical Commentary
50 years since its debut, Space: 1999's complex blend of smouldering human drama, science-heightened space adventure, and cosmic philosophising continues to invite a multitude of in-depth critical exa...
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February 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Johnny Byrne had a lot to say about Space: 1999 and I, in turn, have a lot to say about what Johnny Byrne had to say.
gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/i...
gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/i...
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the sequels, however, made a huge mistake right out of the box - they wanted to play it safe, which meant they wanted to retell the story of the OT, which meant they tried to reset the universe so you had Plucky Rebels versus Evil Empire again
but that meant throwing out everything the OT did
but that meant throwing out everything the OT did
February 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
the sequels, however, made a huge mistake right out of the box - they wanted to play it safe, which meant they wanted to retell the story of the OT, which meant they tried to reset the universe so you had Plucky Rebels versus Evil Empire again
but that meant throwing out everything the OT did
but that meant throwing out everything the OT did
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As someone who has always despised Grammarly, it feels good to now have actual reasons.
Hey so Grammarly is now basically Search Party / Ring cameras for education, enabling large-scale surveillance of both users (students) and educators alike
February 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
As someone who has always despised Grammarly, it feels good to now have actual reasons.
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the bones of the prequels are fine! it’s an interesting and annoyingly prescient story about the fall of a decadent and corrupt republic into fascism that is terribly executed and full of wooden dialogue
but the clone wars are a cool sandbox to tell stories in
the sequels? actively uninteresting
but the clone wars are a cool sandbox to tell stories in
the sequels? actively uninteresting
The prequels were Not Good but there was enough stuff there that they could follow it up with like 200 episodes of The Clone Wars and spinoffs.
February 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
the bones of the prequels are fine! it’s an interesting and annoyingly prescient story about the fall of a decadent and corrupt republic into fascism that is terribly executed and full of wooden dialogue
but the clone wars are a cool sandbox to tell stories in
the sequels? actively uninteresting
but the clone wars are a cool sandbox to tell stories in
the sequels? actively uninteresting
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some #WindowsOnWednesday while exploring Southamptons medieval quarter today
February 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
some #WindowsOnWednesday while exploring Southamptons medieval quarter today
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On the one hand, this is bad. On the other hand, this being normalized could lead to the general public believing you created the concept of "The Tempest" so who can say whether or not we agree with such a perspective?
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
On the one hand, this is bad. On the other hand, this being normalized could lead to the general public believing you created the concept of "The Tempest" so who can say whether or not we agree with such a perspective?
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ever since man first started living indoors, he dreamed of going up onto the roof, to just kind of check out what's going on up there. aviation, the moon landing, ladders––it all stems from that primordial desire
February 18, 2026 at 8:16 AM
ever since man first started living indoors, he dreamed of going up onto the roof, to just kind of check out what's going on up there. aviation, the moon landing, ladders––it all stems from that primordial desire
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Discworld QOTD, from Mort
"‘You’re dead,’ he said.
Keli waited. She couldn’t think of any suitable reply. ‘I’m not’ lacked a certain style, while ‘Is it serious?’ seemed somehow too frivolous."
"‘You’re dead,’ he said.
Keli waited. She couldn’t think of any suitable reply. ‘I’m not’ lacked a certain style, while ‘Is it serious?’ seemed somehow too frivolous."
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
February 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Mort
"‘You’re dead,’ he said.
Keli waited. She couldn’t think of any suitable reply. ‘I’m not’ lacked a certain style, while ‘Is it serious?’ seemed somehow too frivolous."
"‘You’re dead,’ he said.
Keli waited. She couldn’t think of any suitable reply. ‘I’m not’ lacked a certain style, while ‘Is it serious?’ seemed somehow too frivolous."
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a really fun book that I think captures an underappreciated facet of the history of weird fiction!
On this day in 1922, the first issue of the pioneering horror magazine Weird Tales was published. Its second editor, Farnsworth Wright, would turn the publication into a powerhouse for translated literature, which is documented in our collection Night Fears (@geoliminal.bsky.social)
February 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM
a really fun book that I think captures an underappreciated facet of the history of weird fiction!
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'we are thrilled and proud to announce we have created marvin the paranoid android from douglas adam's famous novel, "don't create marvin, the paranoid android"'
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well:
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
www.businessinsider.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
'we are thrilled and proud to announce we have created marvin the paranoid android from douglas adam's famous novel, "don't create marvin, the paranoid android"'
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Anyone who does not give Greg Pak $1000 could be 'left behind' says Greg Pak.
February 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Anyone who does not give Greg Pak $1000 could be 'left behind' says Greg Pak.
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Only one more year to read Alan Dean Foster's novelisation of Star Wars, folks.
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Only one more year to read Alan Dean Foster's novelisation of Star Wars, folks.
“Anyone who loves Becky Chambers or Martha Wells ought to be able to pick up this comic and get a fun science fiction story about artificial consciousness and exoplanets. Also, I’m talking to tons of physicists to get the most accurate science I can.”
This is exactly what I want from Trek.
This is exactly what I want from Trek.
At last I can talk about it! I'm writing a Star Trek comic!!!!
All I can tell you right now is it takes place several years after the end of Picard. And it stars Captain Raffi Musiker working with a giant positronic brain to protect the Federation from future threats!
gizmodo.com/star-trek-id...
All I can tell you right now is it takes place several years after the end of Picard. And it stars Captain Raffi Musiker working with a giant positronic brain to protect the Federation from future threats!
gizmodo.com/star-trek-id...
The Future of 'Star Trek' Comics Is Ready for a New Next Generation (Exclusive)
Welcome Captain Seven of Nine aboard the 'Enterprise' with IDW's new 'Star Trek' comic.
gizmodo.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM
“Anyone who loves Becky Chambers or Martha Wells ought to be able to pick up this comic and get a fun science fiction story about artificial consciousness and exoplanets. Also, I’m talking to tons of physicists to get the most accurate science I can.”
This is exactly what I want from Trek.
This is exactly what I want from Trek.
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At last I can talk about it! I'm writing a Star Trek comic!!!!
All I can tell you right now is it takes place several years after the end of Picard. And it stars Captain Raffi Musiker working with a giant positronic brain to protect the Federation from future threats!
gizmodo.com/star-trek-id...
All I can tell you right now is it takes place several years after the end of Picard. And it stars Captain Raffi Musiker working with a giant positronic brain to protect the Federation from future threats!
gizmodo.com/star-trek-id...
The Future of 'Star Trek' Comics Is Ready for a New Next Generation (Exclusive)
Welcome Captain Seven of Nine aboard the 'Enterprise' with IDW's new 'Star Trek' comic.
gizmodo.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
At last I can talk about it! I'm writing a Star Trek comic!!!!
All I can tell you right now is it takes place several years after the end of Picard. And it stars Captain Raffi Musiker working with a giant positronic brain to protect the Federation from future threats!
gizmodo.com/star-trek-id...
All I can tell you right now is it takes place several years after the end of Picard. And it stars Captain Raffi Musiker working with a giant positronic brain to protect the Federation from future threats!
gizmodo.com/star-trek-id...