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Jim Reddy
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Book lover, comic book and movie fan, craft beer enthusiast. Haunter of used bookstores. I like to write.

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Jim Reddy @jreddy.bsky.social · May 18
Check out Waystation issue 2, which includes my second published short story! Available to read free online or as a free PDF download at the link below.
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Waystation (Issue 2) now available (free PDF)
The second issue of Waystation: Amateur Magazine of Space Opera, is now available. You can download it here HERE as a free pdf. The cover i...
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If you see this, post a #StarTrek
Star Trek 6 by James Blish. Cover art by Lou Feck depicting three crew members on a planet with the Enterprise above them.
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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If you see this, post a character that starts with the letter J.
Robert Conrad as James West from The Wild Wild West television series (1965 - 1969).
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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A tale just brimming with sword & sorcery atmosphere with vivid prose and an ending that totally sticks the landing. Highly recommended!
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Experimenting by releasing a short story on Kindle & KU. Rider in the Widow Lands is a 25 page sword & sorcery tale. Available now! Mybook.to/widowlands
Image is ‘Knight at the Crossroads’ (1878), a painting by Viktor Vasnetsov. It features an armored man on a white horse, looking across an open field. Text reads Rider in the Widow Lands: A Sword and Sorcery Short Story by Coy Hall.
February 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
February 6, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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I owe my career to this format and I think everyone should go to a used bookstore and buy one today.
sarahweinman.com Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 5d
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
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February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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New blog post: My review of Old Moon Quarterly #5 welearnbywriting.blogspot.com/2026/02/old-...
Old Moon Quarterly Issue 5
I really enjoyed reading Old Moon Quarterly 1-4, so it was only a matter of time before I got to issue 5. It’s another great mix of sword an...
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February 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Onibaba. 1964. A strikingly atmospheric masterpiece of Japanese cinema based on a Shin Buddhist parable. Remarkably dark and eerily beautiful.
#horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #tohotuesday
February 3, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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New blog post: Books and Short Stories I Read in January welearnbywriting.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...
Books and Short Stories I Read in January 2026
Mostly short stories this month plus one book.  The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1989. Originally publishe...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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More quick thoughts on more Tales from the Mortal Realms #AgeOfSigmar (and a tip of the hat to @jreddy.bsky.social for pointing me at these 👍)

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More Tales From The Mortal Realms…
And we’re back for the last three ‘Raiders of the Realms’ story. You can read my thoughts on ‘Conn Crowhand’s Last Oath’ and ‘Vipers of the ...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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King Kong Escapes. 1967. Toho's ropey ape suit battles the mighty Robot-Kong built by Doctor Who for evil Madame X. The stuff of legend.
#horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #tohotuesday #kaiju #film
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Time to pick out a new book to read...
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Kicking off the week with a couple of short, #AgeOfSigmar tales that I read over the weekend. Thanks for pointing me at them @jreddy.bsky.social 😉

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Meanwhile, in the Mortal Realms…
After reading Jim’s thoughts on the ‘Raiders of the Realms’ series of short stories , back in July last year, it didn’t take too much for me...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Happy Belated #LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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C. L. Moore (1911-1987) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, uncredited, 1969; R, Alexis Oussenko, 1972
#scifi #sciencefictio #books #fantasy
Cover for Jirel of Joiry. Woman in Viking garb holds a sword in front of male warriors. French cover for SHambleau. The woman is strategically covered with her stridently red hair. There are two male figures nearby.
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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The Robert E. Howard Foundation celebrates Bob's 120th birthday with poems + story excerpts. I'm honored to be in the line-up alongside other authors, literary scholars, pulp researchers, and lifelong fans.

Check it out and raise a glass to the man and his work:
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Happy 120th Birthday, Robert E. Howard!
YouTube video by Robert E. Howard Foundation
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January 22, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Today is the birthday of one of my favorite writers, Robert E. Howard, born January 22, 1906. Creator of Conan the Barbarian, Solomon Kane, Kull, as well as so many other great characters.
#RobertEHoward
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Rodney Matthews, 1977; R, Rodney Matthews, 1977
#scifi #sciencefiction #weird #fantasy
Cover for Other Dimensions Volume 1. A spaceship lands on an alien planet with strange fauna and flora. There's a mountain in the background and a looming vegetal growth. Cover for Other Dimensions Volume 2. A man reaches out as a looming demonic shape points at him -- they appear to be in a cemetery
January 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Joy Chant (1945-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...

L, Bob Pepper, 1971; R, Steve Weston, 1983
#books #fantasy
Cover for Red Moon and Black Mountain. A group of people -- two kids and a woman approach a tree-like tower with a red moon. There's a flock of dark birds. On the arm of the woman is a white bird. Cover for When Voiha Wakes. On the lap of a woman a man leans. There's a mountain range in the background and a dulcimer-like instrument near her
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Happy #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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New blog post. My review of Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights. welearnbywriting.blogspot.com/2026/01/sunl...
Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights
I’ve been a fan of Christmas ghost stories ever since learning about them a few years ago. This is the third anthology of Christmas haunting...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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My 2025 Letterboxd Wrapped #letterboxd
January 4, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're in a corridor on the Enterprise. Two non series regular crew members are standing behind Spock in a bodyguard stance. (Tough guy bodyguard vibe, not Kevin Coster/Whitney Houston bodyguard vibe). Spock is wearing a dress uniform with extra flair, medals, and pins, a golden sash, and has a goatee. He's looking at Kirk, who seems a bit cocky and is wearing a glittery fancy gold sleeveless uniform. Closed caption reads, "Terror must be maintained or the empire is doomed."
January 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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Happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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New blog post: Books and Stories I Read in December
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Books I Read in December 2025
Noir, Christmas hauntings, and sword & sorcery for December.  Double Indemnity by James M. Cain (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2011. First ...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM