Samuel Poots
@pootsidoodle.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, TTRPGs and lost to-do lists. PhD Researcher and Writer in Residence at Ulster University.
Associate Editor at @CastOfWonders.
Published in WFRP, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth RPG, Factor Four and Opulent Syntax
SFWA, OW-NI he/him
Associate Editor at @CastOfWonders.
Published in WFRP, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth RPG, Factor Four and Opulent Syntax
SFWA, OW-NI he/him
This is George. Every morning, George flies over to the windowsill when he spots us getting up and waits for one of us to go outside and fill up the bird feeder. Today, he popped over to see if there was any lunch. We like George.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is George. Every morning, George flies over to the windowsill when he spots us getting up and waits for one of us to go outside and fill up the bird feeder. Today, he popped over to see if there was any lunch. We like George.
When You need something vaguely Halloween costumish and end up as budget (and overwhelmed and sleep deprived) third/eleventh Doctor.
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When You need something vaguely Halloween costumish and end up as budget (and overwhelmed and sleep deprived) third/eleventh Doctor.
After four years, the WFRP game I started during the pandemic has finally come to its conclusion. This monthly game with my incredibly talented and funny friends was a gift. I feel so blessed we could tell this story together. And the Slayer survived!
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
After four years, the WFRP game I started during the pandemic has finally come to its conclusion. This monthly game with my incredibly talented and funny friends was a gift. I feel so blessed we could tell this story together. And the Slayer survived!
A perfect cup of ADHTea. To make ADHTea, start making a cup of tea, then forget about it for an hour. The third time you do this, you’ve made ADHTea.
September 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A perfect cup of ADHTea. To make ADHTea, start making a cup of tea, then forget about it for an hour. The third time you do this, you’ve made ADHTea.
Today’s little doodle, a cozy spider.
September 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today’s little doodle, a cozy spider.
Anyone have any interesting recommendations for Jim Henson-style 80s fantasy or fairy tales? I’m any medium. I’ve got a real hankering to visit Elfland lately.
(Art by Arthur Rackham)
(Art by Arthur Rackham)
September 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Anyone have any interesting recommendations for Jim Henson-style 80s fantasy or fairy tales? I’m any medium. I’ve got a real hankering to visit Elfland lately.
(Art by Arthur Rackham)
(Art by Arthur Rackham)
Got to share Summer Wars, one of my favourite animated movies, with my wife today. God, I love this film, full of familial support, people coming together to face a great power, tense action, and a solid focus on the quiet moments. Thoroughly recommend it if you haven't seen it before.
August 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Got to share Summer Wars, one of my favourite animated movies, with my wife today. God, I love this film, full of familial support, people coming together to face a great power, tense action, and a solid focus on the quiet moments. Thoroughly recommend it if you haven't seen it before.
Last night, I finished Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social
This book is brilliant, full of kindness, empathy, horror, and viscera. Wiswell is perhaps my favourite short story author, so I was really excited to finally read his first novel and it delivers and more.
This book is brilliant, full of kindness, empathy, horror, and viscera. Wiswell is perhaps my favourite short story author, so I was really excited to finally read his first novel and it delivers and more.
July 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Last night, I finished Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social
This book is brilliant, full of kindness, empathy, horror, and viscera. Wiswell is perhaps my favourite short story author, so I was really excited to finally read his first novel and it delivers and more.
This book is brilliant, full of kindness, empathy, horror, and viscera. Wiswell is perhaps my favourite short story author, so I was really excited to finally read his first novel and it delivers and more.
EasterCon is here! And here is where you can find me.
April 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
EasterCon is here! And here is where you can find me.
My first time drawing something in years. I’m quite happy with how it turned out.
March 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My first time drawing something in years. I’m quite happy with how it turned out.
Khorne has a keen interest in topiary!
March 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Khorne has a keen interest in topiary!
@skeinpress.bsky.social thanks for the books! These look fantastic.
March 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
@skeinpress.bsky.social thanks for the books! These look fantastic.
Just had @skeinpress.bsky.social pop up on my feed which is a good reminder to say absolutely everyone needs to read this books.
‘Why the Moon Travels’ is one of the most beautifully told folklore collections I’ve ever read. Oein DeBhairduin tells these Irish Traveller stories wonderfully.
‘Why the Moon Travels’ is one of the most beautifully told folklore collections I’ve ever read. Oein DeBhairduin tells these Irish Traveller stories wonderfully.
February 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just had @skeinpress.bsky.social pop up on my feed which is a good reminder to say absolutely everyone needs to read this books.
‘Why the Moon Travels’ is one of the most beautifully told folklore collections I’ve ever read. Oein DeBhairduin tells these Irish Traveller stories wonderfully.
‘Why the Moon Travels’ is one of the most beautifully told folklore collections I’ve ever read. Oein DeBhairduin tells these Irish Traveller stories wonderfully.
Realised I hadn't used any tags in the excitement, so let's try that again.
My Story, "She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice" published by @factorfourmagazine.com is on the @bsfa.bsky.social long list!
So cool to see my wee story inspired by climate change in N. Ireland among such great company.
My Story, "She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice" published by @factorfourmagazine.com is on the @bsfa.bsky.social long list!
So cool to see my wee story inspired by climate change in N. Ireland among such great company.
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Realised I hadn't used any tags in the excitement, so let's try that again.
My Story, "She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice" published by @factorfourmagazine.com is on the @bsfa.bsky.social long list!
So cool to see my wee story inspired by climate change in N. Ireland among such great company.
My Story, "She Keeps the Monsters Behind the Ice" published by @factorfourmagazine.com is on the @bsfa.bsky.social long list!
So cool to see my wee story inspired by climate change in N. Ireland among such great company.
Saw Pac-Man in the sky tonight.
January 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Saw Pac-Man in the sky tonight.
Just read Far Sector by @nkjemisin.bsky.social and Jamal Campbell.
I’d fallen out of love with superhero comics but this might just bring me back to them. Fantastic on every level.
I’d fallen out of love with superhero comics but this might just bring me back to them. Fantastic on every level.
January 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just read Far Sector by @nkjemisin.bsky.social and Jamal Campbell.
I’d fallen out of love with superhero comics but this might just bring me back to them. Fantastic on every level.
I’d fallen out of love with superhero comics but this might just bring me back to them. Fantastic on every level.
Decided to see how I’d look with a beard this January. After two weeks it has reached what I can only call the “Rincewind” stage.
January 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Decided to see how I’d look with a beard this January. After two weeks it has reached what I can only call the “Rincewind” stage.
Just read Fish! By @idakeogh.bsky.social
This was just the book I needed after one of the worst weeks I can remember. Brilliantly constructed mermaid story, honest, and empathetic, with hope and community woven through the sadness.
Please, read this one if you get the chance.
This was just the book I needed after one of the worst weeks I can remember. Brilliantly constructed mermaid story, honest, and empathetic, with hope and community woven through the sadness.
Please, read this one if you get the chance.
November 9, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Just read Fish! By @idakeogh.bsky.social
This was just the book I needed after one of the worst weeks I can remember. Brilliantly constructed mermaid story, honest, and empathetic, with hope and community woven through the sadness.
Please, read this one if you get the chance.
This was just the book I needed after one of the worst weeks I can remember. Brilliantly constructed mermaid story, honest, and empathetic, with hope and community woven through the sadness.
Please, read this one if you get the chance.
My essay, "The Revolution Will be Fantasised" just went up on the @sfwa.bsky.social Blog!
If you're interested in what my PhD is about, it's pretty much this. Please let me know what you think!
www.sfwa.org/2024/11/05/r...
If you're interested in what my PhD is about, it's pretty much this. Please let me know what you think!
www.sfwa.org/2024/11/05/r...
November 5, 2024 at 9:45 PM
My essay, "The Revolution Will be Fantasised" just went up on the @sfwa.bsky.social Blog!
If you're interested in what my PhD is about, it's pretty much this. Please let me know what you think!
www.sfwa.org/2024/11/05/r...
If you're interested in what my PhD is about, it's pretty much this. Please let me know what you think!
www.sfwa.org/2024/11/05/r...
Just read Misty for the first time, specifically the story Wolf Girl.
I was surprised at how genuine and sad the story was, taking a familiar trope and actually taking it seriously and potentially with a nuanced metaphor for queer experience.
I was surprised at how genuine and sad the story was, taking a familiar trope and actually taking it seriously and potentially with a nuanced metaphor for queer experience.
October 7, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Just read Misty for the first time, specifically the story Wolf Girl.
I was surprised at how genuine and sad the story was, taking a familiar trope and actually taking it seriously and potentially with a nuanced metaphor for queer experience.
I was surprised at how genuine and sad the story was, taking a familiar trope and actually taking it seriously and potentially with a nuanced metaphor for queer experience.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #287,669!
September 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #287,669!
Just finished A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow.
This is a beautiful story. Beautifully written, structured, characterised, everything.
I spent most of re-reading lines going “God, I wish I could write like that!”
This is a beautiful story. Beautifully written, structured, characterised, everything.
I spent most of re-reading lines going “God, I wish I could write like that!”
December 14, 2023 at 12:26 AM
Just finished A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow.
This is a beautiful story. Beautifully written, structured, characterised, everything.
I spent most of re-reading lines going “God, I wish I could write like that!”
This is a beautiful story. Beautifully written, structured, characterised, everything.
I spent most of re-reading lines going “God, I wish I could write like that!”
It's live! I've been writing for this game most of the year and it is so cool to see it up and running.
If you like Arthurian legends and want to see what happens after the once and future king passed away, check it out on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rha...
If you like Arthurian legends and want to see what happens after the once and future king passed away, check it out on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rha...
November 21, 2023 at 8:08 PM
It's live! I've been writing for this game most of the year and it is so cool to see it up and running.
If you like Arthurian legends and want to see what happens after the once and future king passed away, check it out on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rha...
If you like Arthurian legends and want to see what happens after the once and future king passed away, check it out on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rha...
It's story day! My haunted house+body horror short story "To Die a Monster" is now out in Dark Matter Magazine's
Halloween issue and free to read online.
Please, step inside. Make yourself at home.
darkmattermagazine.shop/blogs/hallow...
Halloween issue and free to read online.
Please, step inside. Make yourself at home.
darkmattermagazine.shop/blogs/hallow...
October 31, 2023 at 7:52 PM
It's story day! My haunted house+body horror short story "To Die a Monster" is now out in Dark Matter Magazine's
Halloween issue and free to read online.
Please, step inside. Make yourself at home.
darkmattermagazine.shop/blogs/hallow...
Halloween issue and free to read online.
Please, step inside. Make yourself at home.
darkmattermagazine.shop/blogs/hallow...
3 days left and £3000 left to go. Please, give this a share and help out our local tea bar and the wonderful people who run it.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf...
October 3, 2023 at 2:56 PM
3 days left and £3000 left to go. Please, give this a share and help out our local tea bar and the wonderful people who run it.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf...