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Science Fiction Stories vol. 7, no. 6 (May 1957)

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Stories_v07n06_1957-05

#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration

This week's Monday snippet comes from my fantasy rom-com Enchanting the Fae Queen.

Snap it up now:

https://stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen

#romance #fantasy

RE: https://retro.pizza/@CactuarJoe/117584319269613260

Was WIZARDS OF THE LOST KINGDOM (1985) the worst #Monsterdon yet? You have a couple hours left to vote about it!

#movies #cinema #cinemastodon #horror #scifi #fantasy

A bit late, but;

The next Chapter; “Bron” now online at #wattpad

The Dragon Lord (The Emissary)

#isekai #hobby #writers #writing #fantasy #swords #beastfolk #cats #blackcats #magic #mages

https://www.wattpad.com/1618689048?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading&wp_uname=LeonHeath

I love drawing Charon!🖤
Here she is patiently waiting for Fenrir to bring her dinner.

#oc #originalcharacter #kohakudragonocs #scifi #fantasy #alien #monster #creature #originalspecies #conceptart #characterdesign #art #artist #drawing #painting #illustration #digitalart #originalart

Drew myself sitting under a sakura blossom tree in the moonlight :3 They're pretty, no?

[ #furry #furryart #furryfandom #Landscape #oc #sfw #fursona #magic #fantasy #starlightroseart #anthro #anthropomorphic #digitigrade ]

Modeling Plankton from Spongebob, using the Chisel SDF add-on for Blender. 💚

#3D #spongebob #SDF #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #illustration #illustrator #fantasy #digital #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

How do you do, partner?

Costume by @Twinsofdestruction EXCELSIOR! :) #fantasy #fantasybooks #fantasyart #Book #hopecore #ReddeadRedemption #RedDead #Reddead2 #cosplay #photography #aesthetic #Halloween #HalloweenCostumes #RDR2 #Shorts #ReddeadRedemption2 #Twinsofdestruction

In Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, there is a flower garden known as the “Cosmos Garden in the Sky.”

#photography #japan #nature #art #写真 #beautiful #beauty #landscape #scenery #fantasy #oldlens #filmlike #vintage #retro #ephemeral #healing #calm #colorful #colors #autumn #autumnvibes #cosmos #garden #sky #和歌山

Mystic Nine review

The Story

Set in 1930s Changsha, Mystic Nine is a prequel to the popular The Lost Tomb series. The “Mystic Nine” or the “Nine Gates”, as they are called in the drama, are nine tomb-raiding families who together control every antique that moves through the city.

When the 401st Unit vanishes from a hospital one stormy night, Zhang Qishan drags the squabbling Nine Gates into the investigation, and they end up crawling through a secret passage full of traps, reanimated corpses, and an ancient something.

The Characters

• Zhang Qishan (played by William Chan): the Changsha garrison commander and head of the Nine Gates. Calm, reserved, and apparently able to rip a monster’s spine out with his bare hands, which is our first clue the Zhang family are more than they seem.
  
• Wu Laogou (played by Zeng Shunxi): the Fifth Master, a dog trainer with a massive grudge against Qishan. Sold to a mine as a kid, he clawed his way up to a seat at the Nine Gates by being ruthless about protecting the weak.
  
• Huo Xiangu (played by Chen Yao): leader of the matriarchal Huo family and Laogou’s love interest. Sharp and decisive, and the only female member of the Nine Gates, she may be a lady, but she has a backbone of steel.
  
• Qi Tiezui (played by Ying Haoming): the Eighth Master, a fortune teller with Wikipedia-level knowledge about mystical stuff. Comic relief who is also somehow always right.
  
• Xie Jiu (played by Ji Xiaobing): the Ninth Master, a Western-educated intellectual and the strategist of the group.
  

What I like

• Wu Laogou’s whole origin story. A downtrodden slave who became the “lao da” of a bunch of beggars, then killed a corrupt Fifth Master and took his seat. He is ruthless, sure, but he does ruthless things to protect the weak, which is exactly why Qishan changed his mind about him. Zeng Shunxi did a great job portraying him, and he ended up being the heart of the drama.
  
• The fight scenes. Mystic Nine does them so well! Chen Pi twirling that chain and Heibei (played by an actor who has done martial arts since he was a kid) were a genuine joy to watch.
  
• The creepy horror moments. Zombies, dead bodies staged as actors on a stage … the show leans into that “this could be a hallucination, this could be mystical” dread brilliantly.
  
• Nanpai Sanshu, the original writer of the novels, is the head screenwriter and his contribution lends more richness and detail to the story. The pacing, the unreliable narrators, the way every puzzle pays off later. More proof that writers are the most important part of a production.
  

What I don’t like

• The Xinyue Hotel auction arc nearly sent me to sleep. It should have been twenty minutes and we got nearly two episodes of bidding. zzzz.
  
• The dungeon puzzles got a bit samey in the middle. Deadly booby trap in a maze, team solves it, another deadly booby trap in a maze. Rinse and repeat.
  

Thoughts about the ending

So the entire blood-soaked purge of the last few episodes, Laogou weeping and covered in blood after betraying everyone, Qishan shooting him personally, all of it, turns out to be a grand staged illusion cooked up by Qishan and Xie Jiu. Everyone survives, they toast Xie Jiu and part ways, and then the Japanese invade and each of them fights back in their own way. Er Yuehong teaches orphans opera in Guizhou, Huo Xiangu assassinates a Japanese agent in Beiping, Laogou trains war dogs, and Qishan eventually chooses to age and grow old.

I have complicated feelings. On one hand, I am happy the Nine survived. On the other, it does render the angst of those last episodes a bit hollow, and I am never a fan of “this was all a bluff” plot lines. A part of me wishes they had found a better way to show the inevitable separation of the Nine. But then another part of me goes, this is very on brand for a series about unreliable narrators and memories, so fine. Since everyone is alive, I have made my peace. The Easter eggs even hint Xie Jiu is still alive somewhere, so here is me hoping for another season.

Final thoughts

Mystic Nine appeared at the tail end of the summer, to an entertainment industry desperate for a win. And when it snagged above 30% Yunhe market share, you can almost hear the sighs of relief throughout the industry. For the longest time, the narrative has been: long dramas are on the way out. AI dramas are the next short/vertical dramas and long dramas will not survive.

Mystic Nine proved that what the audience craved was a well-written story. And in a market dominated by female-oriented shows, Mystic Nine gave us welcome variety by providing the hungry male audience something to enjoy.

Final rating: 3.5 out of 5

A stylish, well-written tomb-raiding adventure that mostly lives up to its own cleverness, even if the ending leans on a trick I wish it had not.

Finn’s Legacy by Chris Hind

An ancient tale of intrigue and violence, Finn’s Legacy imbues this Old English story fragment with emotional complexity and human resilience in the face of disaster.
The post Finn’s Legacy by Chris Hind appeared first on Independent Book Review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2026/11/09/finns-legacy-by-chris-hind/

#bookreview #ChrisHind #Fantasy #historicalfiction #indieauthor

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Maerin The Lich
A couple Paintings I painted for peacethrupower in disc ! Was super fun portraying the monk and lich and doing a somewhat mirrored composition on them :>

#furry #krita #anthro #art #artwork #digital_art #ttrpg #rpg #dnd #pathfinder #daggerheart #fantasy #lich #monk

#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch

Himeji Walls (Airisu POV): Post 78
#Wss366 #Candle #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever

The cry “Awk!” escaped my beak. "So cold!" How could the Princess of the Walls, point-blank, refuse to help?

“What…?” Sumika began, only to be cut off by the kitsune’s laughter.

“Kyan, kyan, kyan.” Her tail shook with each peal of mirth. Then, in a serious tone, she said, “Even I can’t raise the dead. Her ghost haunts the well, counting plates.”

In response to Mistress tensing under me, I cooed, “Steady, steady.” She didn’t always appreciate a joke, and now wasn’t the time to lose one’s cool.

She relaxed and said, “Then, I need your help to set her soul free.”

The princess wrapped her tails around herself before answering. “If I do this for you, will you release me from your service when I am done? Though I am sworn to Seirei-tsukai, I owe you nothing.”

Without hesitation, Sumika agreed. “We will. I swear that I’ll release you from all obligation.”

“Awk!” I squawked. “Think about what you’re saying!” Looking toward Osakabe-hime, I clarified, “We can only speak for ourselves. We won’t hold you. And once your current mistress has gone to the Yellow Springs, you’ll be free of that as well.”

“Agreed. I’ll aid you.” The woman raised a finger, and the talisman in my lady’s hand broke with a sharp snap.

Sumika dropped the pieces and bowed in agreement.

The Princess took a candle of five sacred colors—red, yellow, blue, white, and black—from her kimono and said, “Take this and follow its flame to the plate Okiku-san seeks. Then, at night, when she calls for it, return it to her.”

She handed the taper to Mistress. Then, before turning and receding into the darkness, she said, “I foresee we’ll meet again, and I will remember how you keep your word.”

#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore #Yokai

“Wildwood”: Let’s See Your Lord of the Rings Miniatures Do THIS

https://midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2026/11/08/wildwood-lets-see-your-lord-of-the-rings-miniatures-do-this/

Weird Tales vol. 13, no. 2 (February 1929)

Completely, off-the-hook bonkers, I love it. Everything is a weird triangle shape, even the "25¢" thing. I particularly love how the alien space-octopus guy is attacking them with a tyre iron.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v13n02_1929-02_AT-sas

#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration

Sunday Self-Care

#scifi #sciencefiction #art #scifiart #fantasy #space #cyberpunk

Bound by Isabelle Taylor

https://tanyasreading.wordpress.com/2026/11/08/bound-by-isabelle-taylor/

New Quest: the package! (Dungeons & Dragons). A diplomat vanishes, a bounty awaits, and the job is far from simple. Will you secure the target before the trail runs cold? Make your move! #Dungeons&Dragons #Fantasy #Questable #ttrpg https://questable.app/#/quests/lguVQczAu802qPEL61Xt

#Introduction
Hello I'm yumiko, a #cute, #petite, #Canadian h #Japanese, #lesbian.
I'm 4'8 26AA-18-21
I'm a #University #Student majoring in #Psychology / #SexualTherapy

Likes: #anime #yuri #lesbians #girls #kissing #manga #scissoring #pink #fantasy #scifi #sushi #sashimi #teriyaki #okonomiyaki #lasanga #pizza #glutenfree #lactosefree #DoctorWho #Dune #StarTrek #Stargate #StarWars #Marvel #Comics #AD&D

Mit #vielschichtig, mich Stück für Stück vorstellen, alles Handarbeit NO K I
Gedacht als ein anwachsendes Cartoon Wimmelbild
Detail Nr. 20

Element 3 einer zunehmenden Gruppe von Wirbelsturm Begleitern.

#MCU #StarTrek #StarWars #2001 #LOTR #sciencefiction
#matrix #film #serie #fantasy #comic #art #collage #humor

The Siren By Tomi Adeyemi

https://tanyasreading.wordpress.com/2026/11/08/the-siren-by-tomi-adeyemi/

The road is long, and the Wardens walk it. Ready-Made Heroes provides fourteen pregenerated characters, each with a background, equipment and stats, ready for a quick one-shot or a full campaign.

Ready-Made Heroes is available now!
tinyurl.com/2bfyhunq

#ttrpg #dnd #rpg #fantasy​

Finish the trilogy with The Healer's Magic by C.J. Hosak! Ryn is close to discovering her ancestry, as the dragon returns to destroy the Library! Find out what happens!
#fantasy #YA #gay
https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/the-healer's-magic

Trinity Chapter 23 Pg 8:

#art #comic #trinity #trinityseries #arthurtrinity #gwentrinity #santrinity #ashleytrinity #victormurdock #roccatrinity #guineverependragon #fantasy #princessguinevere #Espoir_trinity #guinevere #arthur #san #ashley #victor #rocca #espoir #gwen

Let your imagination gallop with these speculative horse stories. From spaceships bearing gifts to a little girl's wish gone awry, enjoy these tales.

📚💙🪐🐴

https://books2read.com/horsesaremagic

#Fantasy #ScienceFiction #Horses #SmallPress

Resha won this month's poll, so here's some pics with her and Ashe! This was a story for kinktober where ashe goes into virtual reality!
https://subscribestar.adult/pyperhaylie
https://naughtynewsroom.carrd.co/
#chastity #belt #fantasy #vr #fetish #kinky

I didn't plan anything for #FediBookFair , but here goes.

Remittance Witch, a #fantasy / #Western /#steampunk novella set in a world loosely inspired by #Skyrim and #Iceland, is my first long-form piece of fiction from 2024.

A gleefully technical magic system inspired by JavaScript dev, a female protagonist in over her head, werewolves who set themselves on fire to turn, and a wild, remote setting. Sound interesting?

1/n

https://books2read.com/b/remittance-witch

What's your favorite part of the world building process?

I'm partial to mythologies, architecture, and magic systems.

#fantasy #writingcommunity

Ein Pfeil schnellte an seinem Kopf vorbei. “Das sind die Sklavenjäger. Lauft!”, schrie Ludris.
#fantasy #ebook #lesen #aneba #kurzgeschichte
https://amzn.to/3Ju6nHX

This week's Sunday snippet comes from A Waltz of Sinister Import, the 3rd (& last!) cozy-spooky romantasy novella in The Supernatural Adventures of Lady & Lord Riven.

Snap it up now in ebook or paperback:

https://books2read.com/waltzSinister

#romance #fantasy

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The newsletters aren't just about me and always include other book promotions. #reading #readers #steampunk #mystery #scifi #goodbooks #fantasy #action #fedibookfair #boost #amreading #adventure #newsletter (e165) https://www.subscribepage.com/voidships?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

ADORO IL GENIO - SLACK WYRM

E così siamo arrivati all'epilogo della folle avventura a Monte Metafora. È il momento di tirare le somme. Voi con chi state?

#adoroilgenio #8novembre #SlackWyrm #Ferragus #reboot #comicart #comics #fumetto #fumetti #webcomic #fantasy #dracaris #draghi #drago #vignette #fantasy #comedy #humor #avventura #metafora #metafore #cringe #ricompensa #conclusioni #saggezza #epilogo #Dinosauri

ואיזה קטע אם מיד אח"כ לשכתו של ביבי תודיע שהוא חייב לצאת לטיפול רפואי דחוף במיאמי?

#fantasy #fiction

Da schreibt man längere Zeit nicht an dem Projekt und schon weiß ich nicht mehr, wo ich mein Notizbuch hingelegt habe. Kann einfach nicht sein!
#schreiben #amwriting #jécris #autorenleben #autorenalltag #writerslife #autorenwahnsinn #henrikquedburg #fantasy #aneba

איזה קטע יהיה אם היום ב- 17:00 הרצוג נותן לאיזנקוט את המנדט ואיזנקוט עונה לו מיד "עלה בידי" ונגלה שיש כבר מזמן הסכמה בין כולם ובעצם מה שהם אמרו בימים האחרונים לתקשורת רק נועד ליצור מסך עשן שיגרום לביבי לחשוב שעוד יש לו סיכוי להרכיב איזו ממשלת "אחדות"?

#fantasy #fiction

Wraz z rosnącą popularnością bloga, zacząłem dostawać coraz to więcej propozycji zrecenzowania książek na łamach Milsterion.com, problem tylko w tym, że zdecydowana większość z podsyłanych mi tytułów już jest “skalana” przez AI.

O ile z samym AI jako zestawem narzędzi do pracy nie mam problemu, nie raz zaznaczałem, że może mieć to ogromny wpływ na medycynę i inne dziedziny naukowe, tak już z AI w kulturze i sztuce mam duży problem. Problem mam też z ludźmi, którzy generuję za pomocą ChatGPT czy Gemini całe książki i potem próbują to sprzedać.

Twory te, często nawet przenoszone z czata na papier w niezmienionej formie, są bezdusznym i bezosobowym przeciwieństwem tego, co ja rozumiem jako powieść.

Zachęcam do przeczytania mojego rantu:

https://milsterion.com/nie-wysylajcie-mi-ksiazek-z-ai/

#książka #książki #fantastyka #fantasy #ai

Movie TV Tech Geeks #TV #Fantasy #TheTwilightZone #Pokémon 6 Fantasy Shows More Universally Loved Than 'Game of Thrones' http://dlvr.it/TWFKQJ

Film-Tipps zum Wochenende: In unserer Kindheit begleiten uns Märchen über edle Prinzen, stolze Königinnen und eifersüchtige Stiefschwestern. Doch diese Geschichten sind oft auch düster, blutig und brutal.

Hier empfehlen wir Märchen-Filme, die auch diese dunkle Seite zeigen; eher nicht für Kinder, sondern für Fantasy- und Horror-Fans geeignet: https://musermeku.org/moderne-maerchen-filme/

#kino #film #märchen #horror #fantasy

...pour ceux qui kickstartent :
The White Rook - A Night In Purgatory
Un comic-book de Abigail Jill Harding & Richard Starkings
Plus d'infos ici :
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comicraft/the-white-rook-by-abigail-jill-harding
Note : a postlude to Parliament Of Rooks
Note : il existe aussi un prelude à la série, voir ici :
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comicraft/parliament-of-rooks-prelude-days-of-heaven/posts/4838315
Note : pour ceux qui ne kickstartent pas, on attendra la (les) version(s) en direct market...

#comics #indiecomics comicbook #comicbooks #goth #romance #horror #bd #gothic #fantasy #culture #fantastique

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#photography #japan #nature #art #写真 #beautiful #beauty #landscape #scenery #fantasy #oldlens #filmlike #vintage #retro #ephemeral #healing #calm #colorful #colors #autumn #autumnvibes #autumnleaves

Thank you Outpost Books for my fabulous book signing at their wonderful store, and to all the readers who stopped by!
There are some signed copies of Godfestation and Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall in stock. Definitely go check out the shop if you’re in the LA area.
#books #horror #fantasy

We will thank you to stay home

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-05061-m312-take-it-and-leave

#flashfiction #fantasy #shortstory #writingprompt

Oaky Doaks by William McCleery and Ralph Fuller
#comicstrip #oakydoaks #fantasy #comicstrips #oakystrip

New Comic found: Wizard of Id - 2026-11-07 https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2026/11/07

#comicstrip #wizardofid #fantasy

Er hätte ihm dieses Versprechen niemals geben dürfen. Das rächte sich nun. Ackhare war in Gefahr. Ihr Leben war bedroht.
#fantasy #roman #ebook #novel #aneba
https://amzn.to/2O2XlmJ

Don't forget to check out Queer Vampire Bonanza on #backerkit. Four awesome vampire book special editions!

Check out A Moment of Peace, the free short story featuring characters from Life Remains!

#WritingCommunity #LGBT #Fantasy #Paranormal #books #Crowdfunding #TheBookBazaar

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Amazing Stories vol. 8 no. 8 (December 1933)

I love the gentle, watercoloury look of this one, it's almost like science fiction doesn't always have to be harsh and hard-edged. It looks rather like a classical Chinese painting.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v08n08_1933-12

#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration

Heute und morgen in Völklingen: unsere Aktion Bücherrettung und Frank Engelhardt mit Filmrequisiten. #sftd #Literatur #sciencefiction #fantasy #retrosaar