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.
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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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In space no one can hear you(r stomach) scream
February 18, 2026 at 7:11 AM
In space no one can hear you(r stomach) scream
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When people say “We must move with the times,” they really mean “You must do it my way.”
Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
February 18, 2026 at 6:25 AM
When people say “We must move with the times,” they really mean “You must do it my way.”
Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
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additionally, students were really into how much time Batman spends prepping his rather limited equipment for each outing...
February 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM
additionally, students were really into how much time Batman spends prepping his rather limited equipment for each outing...
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Re-reading stories from Batman’s year one in part prep for my superhero class, and impressed how much time Batman spends thinking about safe places to park his car…
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Re-reading stories from Batman’s year one in part prep for my superhero class, and impressed how much time Batman spends thinking about safe places to park his car…
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anyway let’s check in with keir starmer to see how “conceding to popular prejudice” is working our for the labour party
February 18, 2026 at 2:53 AM
anyway let’s check in with keir starmer to see how “conceding to popular prejudice” is working our for the labour party
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It takes a few viewings, but it's fun to figure out Darth Vader is working as the emperor's troubleshooter in the first movie. Auditing a program you KNOW is over-budget and past due date.
The Death Star board room scene is low key the funniest scene in cinematic history. It’s a work meeting with an evil samurai wizard everyone else finds mildly annoying and when his manager tells him to stop killing a coworker with his magicka, he has to listen.
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It takes a few viewings, but it's fun to figure out Darth Vader is working as the emperor's troubleshooter in the first movie. Auditing a program you KNOW is over-budget and past due date.
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Giving puberty blockers to children is very unpopular. OK. Assuming that's true, does almost anyone opining on the issue know what puberty blockers even are? What they're used for? It's like asking a kennel of dogs about whether we should invade Mongolia.
February 18, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Giving puberty blockers to children is very unpopular. OK. Assuming that's true, does almost anyone opining on the issue know what puberty blockers even are? What they're used for? It's like asking a kennel of dogs about whether we should invade Mongolia.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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ok but what's the copay
Reading ghost stories from a century ago a lot of them begin like "Seeing as I was beset by Nerves, my doctor prescribed I travel the Continent for three months" oh word yeah that does sound helpful. I didn't know that was an option
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM
ok but what's the copay
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The Mando movie doesn't really do anything for me like it would have after Season 1 or even 2, but getting Martin Scorsese to play a random stupid looking alien is the true essence of Star Wars so fair enough
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The Mando movie doesn't really do anything for me like it would have after Season 1 or even 2, but getting Martin Scorsese to play a random stupid looking alien is the true essence of Star Wars so fair enough
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Yeah one mechanism is that successful art recalibrates our vision of normal.
February 18, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Yeah one mechanism is that successful art recalibrates our vision of normal.
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while you were studying the blade, I was also studying the blade. we have the same blade exam and I want to do well.
February 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
while you were studying the blade, I was also studying the blade. we have the same blade exam and I want to do well.
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“Abby how can Christianity be queer” I’m glad you asked I wrote 3,000 words which don’t answer that question but sorta start to.
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.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM
“Abby how can Christianity be queer” I’m glad you asked I wrote 3,000 words which don’t answer that question but sorta start to.
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Julian the Apostate had his entire family murdered by his cousin, the Christian emperor Constantius, secretly converted to paganism, rose up in rebellion, and was marching towards 100% certain defeat when the 44 year old Constantius suddenly keeled over, leaving Julian as unchallenged Roman Emperor
Chinggis Khan dies from complications from falling off a horse! This is the problem with going 'arf arf, what is Aragorn's tax policy'....real life is often either a) dramatically unsatisfying or b) so dramatically neat as to feel contrived.
that's what makes medieval history so wild that so many stories of powerful rulers end with "and then on campaign he got the chills and died"
or in the case of vlad vi of wallachia "after a couple of large ones got on his horse and rode into the dâmbovița river"
or in the case of vlad vi of wallachia "after a couple of large ones got on his horse and rode into the dâmbovița river"
February 18, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Julian the Apostate had his entire family murdered by his cousin, the Christian emperor Constantius, secretly converted to paganism, rose up in rebellion, and was marching towards 100% certain defeat when the 44 year old Constantius suddenly keeled over, leaving Julian as unchallenged Roman Emperor
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it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea
February 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea
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A lot of people's bullshit would be resolved if they were more aware of how insanely easy it is to die
Chinggis Khan dies from complications from falling off a horse! This is the problem with going 'arf arf, what is Aragorn's tax policy'....real life is often either a) dramatically unsatisfying or b) so dramatically neat as to feel contrived.
that's what makes medieval history so wild that so many stories of powerful rulers end with "and then on campaign he got the chills and died"
or in the case of vlad vi of wallachia "after a couple of large ones got on his horse and rode into the dâmbovița river"
or in the case of vlad vi of wallachia "after a couple of large ones got on his horse and rode into the dâmbovița river"
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A lot of people's bullshit would be resolved if they were more aware of how insanely easy it is to die
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Here is my other #lunarnewyear color version
February 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Here is my other #lunarnewyear color version
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The reason why Arya is a POV character is that the letters from a minor Stark daughter are one of the few primary sources left from the late Targaryen period.
February 17, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The reason why Arya is a POV character is that the letters from a minor Stark daughter are one of the few primary sources left from the late Targaryen period.
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Not saying I think about the structural problems with A Song of Ice and Fire too much, but the other day I had a dream that 'The Winds of Winter' came out, and that it had an entirely new set of POV characters: historians trying to piece together how the war *really* ended a thousand years later.
February 17, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Not saying I think about the structural problems with A Song of Ice and Fire too much, but the other day I had a dream that 'The Winds of Winter' came out, and that it had an entirely new set of POV characters: historians trying to piece together how the war *really* ended a thousand years later.
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I know the holodeck tommy gun scene gets flak from unimaginative nerds but:
A. when would the Borg ever adapted to holographic projectiles before?
B. the holodeck has been shown to hurt people before in like half the episodes it goes rogue
C. this fucking rules actually
A. when would the Borg ever adapted to holographic projectiles before?
B. the holodeck has been shown to hurt people before in like half the episodes it goes rogue
C. this fucking rules actually
September 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I know the holodeck tommy gun scene gets flak from unimaginative nerds but:
A. when would the Borg ever adapted to holographic projectiles before?
B. the holodeck has been shown to hurt people before in like half the episodes it goes rogue
C. this fucking rules actually
A. when would the Borg ever adapted to holographic projectiles before?
B. the holodeck has been shown to hurt people before in like half the episodes it goes rogue
C. this fucking rules actually
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Art by • Mike Ploog | Cards from War of the Ring - 1977
February 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Art by • Mike Ploog | Cards from War of the Ring - 1977