Entropic State Report 18th April 2025

The long weekend is upon us and, as is our wont, we've headed to the coast; Hornsea on this occasion, not Morecambe, as we have family business on the east coast. After a thoroughly grey and wet departure from Bradford we drove into glorious sunshine too. Hopefully that will last a couple of days as … Continue reading Entropic State Report 18th April 2025 →

HAWK THE SLAYER

Sometimes we don't have time to read a book. Sometimes we just wanna gas about ace things. This is one of those times so... Hawk the Slayer... featuring: MORE Big Ron... ACTUAL Warren Clarke... SMOKY woods and DISCO.... and EVERYONE that's ever been on British telly EVER!

Special Bulletin – Beware THE WOODLICE

Graham is back in Derry & Toms to talk about his debut novel THE WOODLICE, as well as his influences, method, finding inspiration in Guy N Smith's Writing Horror Fiction, microdots, dogging and regrets over that vintage Amstrad PCW 8512... the one that got away. The Woodlice is available from Amazon stores worldwide, as evidenced … Continue reading Special Bulletin – Beware THE WOODLICE →

Filming Elric!

With news that the Apple TV/Skydance Eternal Champion series is "DOA", what better a time to talk to Chris Preyer, the man behind Elric: Chains of the Doomed One - a fan-film project. Chris lifts the lid on the joys and challenges of crafting and resourcing a passion-driven endeavour. Follow Chris and the team's progress on … Continue reading Filming Elric! →

Entropic State Report 1st March 2025

Welcome to March pards!Technically it might not actually be spring yet from an astronomical perspective, but I'm going with the old meteorological date of 1st March. Besides, there's also the phenological definition, which has been creeping ever earlier in the 21st century. Apparently, one of the indicators is the appearance of frogspawn and in 2024 … Continue reading Entropic State Report 1st March 2025 →

Luther Arkwright Part One w/ Bryan Talbot

Tom Murphy of Colossive Press drops by Derry and Toms to discuss The Adventures of Luther Arkwright. Plus, creator and legendary author/artist Bryan Talbot himself joins us so we can quiz him about his early career and the origins of Arkwright! For more exclusive content check out the Breakfast in the Ruins Patreon page.

Entropic Dice Report – Games and Grog

For the first time in several years I recently managed to make it to one of the UK's premier RPG gatherings, GROGMEET, a joyous celebration of roleplaying games hosted by Dirk of The Grognard Files. And this time... I TOOK PHIL... so we decided, 'what the fluff!' and recorded our reflections on a cracking weekend … Continue reading Entropic Dice Report – Games and Grog →

(The Secret of) The Runestaff – Part One

Dave, frontman of Space Rock Colossus SÖNUS, is back in Derry and Toms to tackle the final volume in the first Hawkmoon saga... The Runestaff (AKA The Secret of the Runestaff). Huon's tongue is flicking, Meliadus is plotting and Hawkmoon is SULKING ABOUT BOATS!

The Coming of the Terraphiles Part Three

It's 2025, but we're tying up some 2024 business with Miles and finally rampaging to the potentially multiverse-shattering conclusion of Moorcock's Doctor Who novel The Coming of the Terraphiles. They came. They went. The hat mystery was solved and the multiverse saved, and we still don't really get what went down. But HATS!

EPISODE 101

We're back for our last show of 2024 and it's dropping in that weird 'between time' when I'm sick of festive food and just craving a tin of beans, but also wondering how much Yorkshire pud I can fit on my plate when my NYE appetite returns. And because Episode 101 has emerged through a … Continue reading EPISODE 101 →