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Alec Worley
@agentofweird.bsky.social
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Award-lacking writer of comics + fiction (Star Wars, Judge Dredd, Warhammer).

Curator of Agent of Weird, https://alecworley.substack.com, exploring the craft of fantasy, horror and sci-fi for readers, writers, role-players, connoisseurs and creators.
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⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️

Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story...

The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues!

Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Cropped art by Jimmy Makepeace of the Mongol nomad Goatskin standing at combat ready, a friend at her back, as the disembodied head of a statue spews violet light from its eyes. Overlaid are captions. Along the top reads "Just Launched on Backerkit. New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026 is live" Along the bottom reads "Share this post to unlock bonus stories".
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
agentofweird.bsky.social
What creative ownership really means, comics vs. prose, writing a tale I can finally call my own, and how it all went wrong when I wasn’t writing for money...

With thanks to @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social @obrackenbury.bsky.social + @mspencerdraws.bsky.social

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Saving the Writer’s Soul from Work-for-Hire Hell
What creative ownership really means, writing a sword and sorcery tale I can finally call my own, and how it all went wrong when I wasn’t writing for money
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January 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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'Glaurmir The Ancient' - still my favourite painting from the past few years I think. There's something about it! It was also the first time successfully using masking fluid! #dragon #painting #watercolour #dragonart #magical #folklore #fairytale
A peaceful scene of a swamp, with greens, blues and purples, a tree in the foreground and the head of a huge dragon visible resting in the water. A white heron takes off next to the dragon and it's eye is open.
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
WELCOME DANNY CRUZ!
Danny will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art, gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives, and sign up to be alerted on launch day 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Black and white illustration by Danny Cruz, portraying a confident warrior woman standing atop a pile of bodies, holding the head of a freshly slain beastman, battle-axe slung over her shoulder. Black and white illustration by Danny Cruz, portraying a shirtless, musclebound warrior man standing atop a pile of skulls, wearing a helmet with one long horn of a pair broken off. Black and white illustration by Danny Cruz, portraying a a demogorgon. Black and white illustration by Danny Cruz, portraying Trapjaw from Masters of the Universe.
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Red Sonja sketch from earlier this morning.
January 21, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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2000 AD Covers Uncovered: Artist Simon Harrison draws Judge Anderson for Judge Dredd Megazine 488 -- and we went behind the scenes with him for an extensive look into his creative process!

Read here ▶️ https://bit.ly/3LXBvEC
2000 AD Covers Uncovered: Simon Harrison’s Anderson for Megazine 488 – ‘Once the floor was done, I knew it would all work out.’  | 2000 AD
Every week, 2000 AD brings you the galaxy’s greatest artwork and 2000 AD Covers Uncovered takes you behind-the-scenes with the headline artists responsible for our top cover art – join bloggers Richar...
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January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Oh hey, it's the cover art for issue 8! Painted by @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social!

✍️ Sign up to be alerted when NESS 2026 launches,

👨‍🏫 Learn about our crowdfund exclusives,

and

👁️ See teases, with reveal dates, for all kinds of surprises all at...

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Cover art for issue eight of New Edge Sword & Sorcery, by Jimmy Makepeace aka @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social. Mostly violet and pale yellow in color, it shows two Mongol women from the era of Genghis Khan standing in a room being transformed into another world by strange energies from the fallen head of a statue. Each of them is armed, and wary.
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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WIP - Judge Giant.
January 16, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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In my latest interview I got to speak with GW legend Marc Gascoigne about some of the classic Games Workshop boardgames!

We talk Chainsaw Warrior & the work of Stephen Hand, unpublished Frankenstein, and other lost gems.

youtu.be/-5YqyQVespA

#WarhammerCommunity @gravesnailyard.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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2000ad.bsky.social
COVER REVEAL: ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEGA-CITY ONE!

Anderson hits the red carpet in Judge Dredd Megazine 488, out 21st January with a cover by Simon Harrison!

Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/2Ws04uc
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Ah, #PortfolioDay again!

Hi folks, I'm Paul & I paint miniatures & make bespoke scenery pieces for private clients & games companies

#CommissionsOpen - slots from mid March at time of writing - do get in touch!

www.pandaemoniumminiatures.com

#Nerdlings #MiniaturePainting #WePaintMinis
Blood Angels primaris command group including a Captain and Standard Bearer 3 54mm Storr Warriors - berserker barbarian types with freehanded tattoo designs 75mm Shapechanger based on the cover art of The Forest of Doom A Frostgrave diorama of dueling wizards in a frozen ruin
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
💓 BEATING HEARTS & BATTLE-AXES🪓
is now on Amazon in digital, softcover, and hardcover.
www.amazon.com/Beating-Hear...

Edited by @jayxwolf.bsky.social, it holds approx. 72,000 words of fiction, spread across six spicy Sword & Sorcery tales with a romantic relationship at their heart!
Paperback of Beating Hearts & Battle-Axes on a plain white background, cover art by M.E. Morgan aka @morlevart.bsky.social on Bluesky.
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Writing secrets, stories from dark fantasy realms, and insight into building worlds and telling tales - I have a newsletter just for you.
Click the link in and sign up:

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January 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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These look pretty damn good together. Just sayin'.

The future of sword & sorcery is pocketbooks.

Can't wait to read this one. Congrats!

💪 ⚔️📖

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January 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Finally indulged in the @2000ad.bsky.social Christmas prog and had a thoroughly good time!

Was especially looking forward to the Hawk the Slayer strip by @agentofweird.bsky.social & @stazjohnson.bsky.social, and it delivered in spades! Great fantasy action!
January 6, 2026 at 11:06 AM
agentofweird.bsky.social
Ready to devour these beauties from @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social, including a nautical tale by me that asks what if Queequeq from Moby Dick was an S&S heroine and what if Red Sonja got everything she ever wanted and became the bad guy, illustrated by the amazing @mspencerdraws.bsky.social

Yarrrr!
January 6, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Done. How much chaos can I cram into a painting? All of it. First image created at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
"The Encounter", 12"x18" acrylic on panel. #elricofmelnibone #AdventureAtSea #redsonja #octopus #tallships #helioscopepdx
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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mspencerdraws.bsky.social
This past year in grid form!
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
A 9x9 grid of the artist's work from 2025 (all fantastical watercolor paintings) with a black & white photo of the artist in the center.
December 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The Northern Rustback, from my book Savage Strangehollow. Pre-orders open again in January (books will ship end of Feb at earliest). If you want to be notified when the shop opens then join my newsletter here: buff.ly/ET9Po9M
#dragon #artbook #folklore #watercolour #painting #dragonart
A dark brown/rust red dragon with curved horns and smoke coming out of his nostrils, he's crawling along the ground from right to left and we can see the claws on his wing tips.
December 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
agentofweird.bsky.social
First few pages of script + finished art (by @stazjohnson.bsky.social) for the new Hawk the Slayer one-shot out now from @2000ad.bsky.social (Had to cut the title page for space. Check out my Substack for a fuller version.) Enjoy, if you like that sort of thing…
December 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
agentofweird.bsky.social
Hark at this ghastly London ragamuffin telling spooky Christmas stories in a daft voice with authentically Dickensian production values!

No reading required!

Gawd bless us, everyone!

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Audio of Weird: A Clutch of Christmas Ghost Stories
Snuggle down, drink up and listen in to a read-aloud of ‘Rats’ by M.R. James and ‘Over Before Christmas’ by Alec Worley
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December 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Drew a fucking massive transformer for the Battersea power station shop.
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I am most often asked "how?". How does my writing mimic so closely to that of Robert E. Howard? Here is my answer. It is the mechanics and the mindset, distilled from 41 years of trial-and-error.

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Colorful classic paintings of the Ottomans entering the shattered gates of Constantinople in the 1500s. A horseman surrounded by his troops, arm upraised in victory, crossing the rubble-strewn threshold.
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
agentofweird.bsky.social
It's all kicking off at the Lamberto Bava Cine-Pit in Mega-City One!

The place is overrun by movie-goers possessed by demonic slop, while Anderson searches for the missing movie-director who's key to it all!

Long-time Anderson fans may also recognise a familiar face(s)...
2000ad.bsky.social 2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · Dec 15
Judge Dredd Megazine 487 is out on 17th December, featuring ANDERSON, PSI-DIVISION: HELL NIGHT AT THE CINE-PIT, Part Three by:

📝 Script: @agentofweird.bsky.social
✏️ Art: Ben Willsher
💬 Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social

Subscribe now and get zarjaz free gifts ➡️ bit.ly/2Ws04uc
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM