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 →

BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 2024 – EPISODE 100 (featuring Michael Moorcock)

It's Mike's birthday... It's Phil's birthday... It's our centenary... For this one, we have a very special guest. It's Michael Moorcock! Also, me and Phil go to Morecambe blah blah blah... JOIN US!!!

The Book Lovers – a conversation with Steve Aylett

Steve Aylett, Moorcock's favourite modern absurdist and one-man genre, drops by Derry and Toms to talk about his work, satire and his latest novel The Book Lovers (available Dec 2nd 2024). This was a real treat for me as I've been a fan of Steve's since happening across Lint in a King's Cross bookshop nearly 20 years … Continue reading The Book Lovers – a conversation with Steve Aylett →

Warhounds and Witch Hammers (MM & RPGs VIII maybe?)

For this almost-delve into Moorcock's dark and inspired quest fantasy The Warhound and the World's Pain, I'm joined by author, playwright and Games Master David Griffiths. Inevitably, we ended up going down various routes in a wide-ranging conversation including Target Books (again), Moorcock and other inspirations, roleplaying games and, eventually, The Warhound and the World's … Continue reading Warhounds and Witch Hammers (MM & RPGs VIII maybe?) →

The House on the Borderland (Halloween 2024)

We are firmly in our Halloween groove. The eco-horror of Pisces Rising may have given us a light step into the season, but now we're up to our necks in it and our choices for this year not only include the winner and one of the runners-up from this year's patron poll, but we're also … Continue reading The House on the Borderland (Halloween 2024) →

Breakfast with Robert (a Prelude to Bastable)

In this bonus fix-up episode, I meet up with our pen-pal Robert MacMillan in a coffee shop in Bradford to set the scene for our journey into the worlds of Bastable… this wasn't our initial plan. Still, life intervenes in strange ways sometimes and we follow the moonbeam roads as we must. As well as Moorcock, … Continue reading Breakfast with Robert (a Prelude to Bastable) →

PISCES RISING (Tales From Pops’s Coffee Table)

It's October already so it's time for Graham to return for our traditional Halloween period of exploring killer critter features and, from time to time, discovering new author rabbit holes to tumble down. This time, it's PISCES RISING by NEL stalwart Peter Cave and his one-time collaborator Margaret Wredden. Fantastic creation myths combine with brutal deaths, … Continue reading PISCES RISING (Tales From Pops’s Coffee Table) →