The Mad God’s Amulet Book Two

The Mad God's Amulet Book Two Dave (AKA SÖNUS) is back in Derry and Toms to pick up the second and concluding part of our quest for The Mad God's Amulet. Join us as we discover the greatest NWOBHM band to never exist... THE MUTANT WAR JAGUARS OF ASIACOMMUNISTA... and Lord Shark's Ostentatious Couch returns. … Continue reading The Mad God’s Amulet Book Two →

Moorcock and RPGs Part V – Stormbringer Redux!

Moorcock & RPGs V - Stormbringer Redux! Ted AKA @tedankhamen joins me in Derry and Toms for the second leaf of our Summer diptych musing on Moorcock, gaming and whatever else enters our eyeline. Some choice cuts in here including miniature bashing, Tolkien (again), a shock Strongbow appreciation story, chaosium-isms... but mostly some good, chewy … Continue reading Moorcock and RPGs Part V – Stormbringer Redux! →

Moorcock and RPGs Part Four – Sandboxing the Multiverse

Moorcock and RPGs Part Four - Sandboxing the Multiverse We're back in Derry and Toms to talk gaming again, this time with CLARKY THE CRUEL. Dave gets shocked by the crap number of TV channels we had in the UK as kids, Clarky tells us about his sandboxing adventures beyond the ultraworld, and I get … Continue reading Moorcock and RPGs Part Four – Sandboxing the Multiverse →

Entropic State Report 12th August 2022

The world is on fire. When thermometers in Bradford, up in the hills of West Yorkshire, hit 37 degrees celsius something is definitely way off with the world. The UK is in the midst of democracy spasms as around 150,000 mostly oldsters choose their favoured mannequin to take over the reigns of government. One an … Continue reading Entropic State Report 12th August 2022 →

The Art of Bob Haberfield (1938 – 2021)

The Art of Bob Haberfield After 40 years of obsessing over the Mayflower covers of Bob Haberfield, Dave and I get to wig out and talk to Ben Haberfield about his Dad's life, art and the gestating project to celebrate the breadth of his work in the form of two art books. You can keep … Continue reading The Art of Bob Haberfield (1938 – 2021) →

The Mad God’s Amulet – Book One

The Mad God's Amulet - Book One Dave AKA SÖNUS returns to Derry and Toms to dive into the fast-paced and very metal, yet weirdly just OK-ish first part of The Mad God's Amulet, second in the Hawkmoon sequence The History of the Runestaff. As always, digressions await the unwary traveller as well as ostentatious … Continue reading The Mad God’s Amulet – Book One →

Entropic State Report 8th June 2022

It's been a joyous few weeks since I sent out the Patron Demon and contributor copies of Vol II of the Journal and I've heard back from most folks that they arrived safe and sound across the globe. So, despite frequent reports to the contrary, Brexit has not quite fucked up our postal system. HUZZAH! … Continue reading Entropic State Report 8th June 2022 →

The Fortress of the Pearl – Part One

The Fortress of the Pearl - Gollancz SF 1989 The Fortress of the Pearl - Part One Loz returns to Derry & Toms to revisit an old adversary, Michael Moorcock's The Fortress of the Pearl. Join us and marvel at our declining energy. Bridle, as Loz declares The Chronicle of the Black Sword a shit … Continue reading The Fortress of the Pearl – Part One →

My Experiences in the Third World War

My Experiences in the Third World War Finally, we're back at Derry & Toms to take a look at the 1980 Moorcock collection My Experiences in the Third World War. Along the way Phil and I compare notes regarding our mindsets in the 1980s, laugh at the preposterous Controller and let fate decide on the … Continue reading My Experiences in the Third World War →

To Rescue Tanelorn / SÖNUS – Usurper of the Universe

Tanelorn by Rodney Matthews To Rescue Tanelorn / SÖNUS - Usurper of the Universe Dave AKA SÖNUS is back in Derry & Toms to celebrate the release of his second cut - USURPER OF THE UNIVERSE - out now on Forbidden Place Records. As it aligns nicely we also take a dive into the 1962 … Continue reading To Rescue Tanelorn / SÖNUS – Usurper of the Universe →