#Book of Wyrms

[bizarrobrain]

"Weatherworker" by Book of Wyrms - From "Occult New Age" (2021)

[monstermonger]

Bookwyrm :3

[charliejaneanders]

Just FYI… Folio Books (where you've been able to order signed copies of my books, and they ship all over the USA) is going out of business at the end of Feb. :(

I'm heartbroken.

But if you want to get a signed/personalized book by me from Folio, the last day to do so is Feb. 16.

[specialagentartemis]

tell me more about classic filk i know a few songs but never got deep into it

Heck YEAH

"Filk" is music (often but not always folk music-style, often but not always song parodies to the tune of famous pre-existing songs) about sci-fi, fantasy, and other fannish topics. Filk circles are popular events at science fiction conventions, and that's really where the genre started. The word "filk" actually arose from a typo in a convention program once, and people just rolled with it ever since!

Some of the most iconic albums in the filk world are the anthology albums "Minus Ten And Counting" (songs about space exploration and the real-life space program), "Carmen Miranda's Ghost" (songs about sci-fi space shenanigans and space ghosts), and "Finity's End: Songs of the Station Trade" (songs set in the world of CJ Cherryh's Alliance-Union novels, and my personal favorite. I've never read any of CJ Cherryh's books, but these songs paint such a vivid world.) "Space Heroes and Other Fools" is another big one, it's more hit-or-miss for me but it's iconic. Other really good and foundational ones are "Divine Intervention" by Julia Ecklar, "Avalon is Risen" by Leslie Fish, and "We Are Who We Are" by Vixy & Tony.

I lean more towards sci-fi and space than fantasy, but fantasy and paganism are huuuugely popular filk topics too.

Some of the most popular names to look into include Leslie Fish (intensely prolific, barely a fraction of her work is on any streaming or music service), Julia Ecklar (famous for her "ose," the filk-world word for sad songs - because they're "ose, more-ose, and even more-ose), Juanita Coulson, Kristoph Klover, Vic Tyler (who just recently died :( rest in peace), Duane Elms, Kathy Mar, Bob Kanefsky, Alexander James (trans, with lots of filk under his previous name as well), Vixy & Tony, and Seanan McGuire. (I like Seanan McGuire's filk music better than her books, hah.) Some other great ones include Cat Faber (most acapella), Astrisoni, The PDX Broadsides, Kari Maaren, and Sassafrass (also mostly acapella. Includes Ada Palmer). Heather Dale, Tom Lehrer, and Jonathan Coulton are kind of honorary filkers too haha.

The best place to get the ones from 80s and 90s cassettes are on the Internet Archive or Youtube; a few filkers who are more currently active have their stuff on Bandcamp.

And I'll leave you with a few of my Favorite Ever filk songs:

"Sam Jones" by CJ Cherryh and Leslie Fish

"Pushin' the Speed of Light" by Julia Ecklar and Anne Prather

"Chickasaw Mountain" by Leslie Fish

"Fire in the Sky" by Jordan Kare

"The Phoenix" by Julia Ecklar

"Freedom of the Snow" by Leslie Fish

"Burn it Down" by Vixy & Tony

"Hope Eyrie" by Leslie Fish, or this Minus Ten And Counting version

"Rocket Rider's Prayer" by Kristoph Klover, Ernie Mansfield, and Cecilia Eng

"Dawson's Christian" by Duane Elms, performed by Vic Tyler or Vixy & Tony

"Somebody Will" by Sassafrass

"Chances & Choices & Fortunes & Fates" by Astrisoni

... my tastes lean sentimental and ose but I swear there's a lot of very funny filk out there too

"Never Set the Cat on Fire" by Frank Hayes (a famous one)

"Banned From Argo" by Leslie Fish (an INFAMOUS one)

"Don't Push That Button" by Duane Elms and Larry Warner

"No More SF Cons" by Juanita Coulson

"One More Ose Song" by B. J. Willinger

everything Bob Kanefsky writes

[the-emerald-wyrm]

I’ve always been a Dragonology kid. When I was still pretty young I got my tonsils taken out and my mom’s friend got me the big Dragonology book to look through and play with while I was healing. Such a staple memory for me.

[inesvazquezart]

When you chew on gf books and she’s not happy about it ✨

Zelda zine update: Inking is all done finally, there’s some line weight issues to tweak and add greys, it going to take a while, but it’ slowly moving towards completion

[bayofwolves]

Yeah I am mad about how the authors treated their sweet angel Abeke actually.

Bad things that happened to Abeke:

Mom, only person to understand her, died pre-series

Dad and sister are emotionally abusive

Tricked by her enemies and roped onto the wrong side

Distrusted by the rest of the Four and believed to be a spy

Targeted by Meilin in particular

Kidnapped by obnoxious pre-teen boys

Gets frostbite

Gets concussed

Gets stabbed

Gets captured

Gets beaten up by Meilin

Lied to and betrayed by her dearest friend

Meanwhile dad DISOWNS her

Understandable depressive episode

Makes up with dad because he apparently decided he wanted to keep treating his daughter like shit

Mauled by cougars

Loses Uraza to arch-nemesis Zerif

Another extremely understandable depressive episode

Nicknamed "hollow-girl" which tells you a lot

Almost killed by Uraza on two separate occasions

Friend* killed by Uraza

Denied proper resolution with said friend

Doesn't get to kill arch-nemesis Zerif

Doesn't get to use her Rain Dancer powers a single time

Attacked by ants

Mid bond token

Can't even keep her cat

Justice for Abeke.

[pencildragons]

HOW DO I TELL HIM

[geist19]

Beware the mighty Bookwyrm!

[rainingriversofyou]

“The First Trial” - A Court Of Thorns And Roses

Artist: listening_stars_

[xeneric-shrooms]

Light ancient? 👀

Possibly tomorrow ? 👀👀👀

[byrdierose]

I've got a new design on Threadless! And just in time for their Labor Day sale! $12 t-shirts and up to 40% off all other items!!!

https://byrdierose.threadless.com/collections/book-wyrm

Do you have a habit of devouring anything you read? Do you have a fiery passion for stories? Is your library card singed? You might just have a case of Book Wyrms! Feel fabulous feeding your fantastical desires with this fine fashion statement!

This design is a part of Threadless's Doodlecore challenge - you can vote for these designs here!

https://www.threadless.com/doodlecore/

[astraioskosmos]

Sixteen Worms are gnawing at your face

😰😰😰 Not the Worms...........

[charliejaneanders]

FLASH SALE! My writing advice book Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times By Making Up Stories is just $2.99 in all ebook formats (Kindle, Nook, Kobo, etc) for one day!

Your creativity can change the world — but it can also help protect you from the worst the world has to offer.

[txttletale]

Thoughts on Duskmourne so far?

badass. the card literally called fomo gives me such intense secondhand embarassment that it hurts but every other card revealed has kicked ass

[the-emerald-wyrm]

Dragonology, my beloved 🐲