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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Part 86 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Mourning clothes worn by count Magnus Brahe at the funeral of king Karl XIV Johan of Sweden in 1844.
Mourning clothes worn by count Magnus Brahe at the funeral of king Karl XIV Johan of Sweden in 1844.
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Part 86 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Mourning clothes worn by count Magnus Brahe at the funeral of king Karl XIV Johan of Sweden in 1844.
Mourning clothes worn by count Magnus Brahe at the funeral of king Karl XIV Johan of Sweden in 1844.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
A line of evenly spaced spoil craters snakes along the surface of the desert from the high Elburz Mountains in Iran, and is the only evidence of an invisible, subterranean man-made water stream called a qanat, first constructed by the Persians during the first millennium BCE
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A line of evenly spaced spoil craters snakes along the surface of the desert from the high Elburz Mountains in Iran, and is the only evidence of an invisible, subterranean man-made water stream called a qanat, first constructed by the Persians during the first millennium BCE
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
One of the 4000-year-old well-preserved wagons unearthed in the Lchashen village in the vicinity of Lake Sevan. Made of oak, they are the oldest known wagons in the world.
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
One of the 4000-year-old well-preserved wagons unearthed in the Lchashen village in the vicinity of Lake Sevan. Made of oak, they are the oldest known wagons in the world.
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Short Story
“Cry, the Carob King.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. April 2025 (7100 words).
Little Flea befriends a creature on a journey to retrieve something for his grandmother.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/cry-...
“Cry, the Carob King.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. April 2025 (7100 words).
Little Flea befriends a creature on a journey to retrieve something for his grandmother.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/cry-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Cry, the Carob King by Thomas Ha
Two tall apparitions bent by a small one, cooing and brushing at its head. I don’t know what the glob thought, but I took those to be something of a young family, or their shades at least. The glob’s ...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Short Story
“Cry, the Carob King.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. April 2025 (7100 words).
Little Flea befriends a creature on a journey to retrieve something for his grandmother.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/cry-...
“Cry, the Carob King.” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. April 2025 (7100 words).
Little Flea befriends a creature on a journey to retrieve something for his grandmother.
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/cry-...
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
Short Story
“The Patron.” Sunday Morning Transport. April 2025 (3500 words).
When people hire others to fulfill social roles, it is not always clear who is hiring whom and for what.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-patron
“The Patron.” Sunday Morning Transport. April 2025 (3500 words).
When people hire others to fulfill social roles, it is not always clear who is hiring whom and for what.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-patron
The Patron
Thomas Ha’s future comes for us so subtly the heartbreak almost doesn’t hit until after.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Short Story
“The Patron.” Sunday Morning Transport. April 2025 (3500 words).
When people hire others to fulfill social roles, it is not always clear who is hiring whom and for what.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-patron
“The Patron.” Sunday Morning Transport. April 2025 (3500 words).
When people hire others to fulfill social roles, it is not always clear who is hiring whom and for what.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-patron
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Part 65 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
17th-century Pistols disguised as Keys. Meant for Jailers for self defense or sounding the alarm they would dangle on the same ring as the jails keys.
17th-century Pistols disguised as Keys. Meant for Jailers for self defense or sounding the alarm they would dangle on the same ring as the jails keys.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Part 65 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
17th-century Pistols disguised as Keys. Meant for Jailers for self defense or sounding the alarm they would dangle on the same ring as the jails keys.
17th-century Pistols disguised as Keys. Meant for Jailers for self defense or sounding the alarm they would dangle on the same ring as the jails keys.
Reposted by J.A. Prentice
And now for the inevitable self-promotion before the husband scolds me:
“The Drowned Man” at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
“The Drowned Man” at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Drowned Man by Laura E. Price
"I don't rightly care where he came from—he's one more person to keep watch on." Gwen nudged Corwyn toward the stairs that led belowdecks. Her voice was dark as she added, quietly, "I am not fond of n...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And now for the inevitable self-promotion before the husband scolds me:
“The Drowned Man” at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
“The Drowned Man” at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
I don’t know. I just don’t think Charlie Cale has enough weight to work as a legendary figure that gets recast and played in wildly different ways. She’s kind of just some guy.
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I don’t know. I just don’t think Charlie Cale has enough weight to work as a legendary figure that gets recast and played in wildly different ways. She’s kind of just some guy.