Ben Cartwright
@benfantastika.bsky.social
Eraser, collagist, poet, fiction writer, mixed media, ceramics, printmaking, community college professor, arcade cabinet maker, roller of polyhedral dice, big-time yapper
https://linktr.ee/bencartwright
https://linktr.ee/bencartwright
Raku-fired birdhouse with a Shou Sugi Ban roof.
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Raku-fired birdhouse with a Shou Sugi Ban roof.
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Fanny Howe (!!)
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fanny Howe (!!)
Congratulations @rblemberg.bsky.social and all the other winners and nominees!!
Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of the World Fantasy Awards!
World Fantasy Awards Winners
The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2024 were presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, held October 30 – November 2, 2025 in Brighton, UK. The Life Achievement …
locusmag.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congratulations @rblemberg.bsky.social and all the other winners and nominees!!
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
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PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
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Ahhh!! We are 96% funded!! GO, SPACE UNICORNS, GO!!!!
ICYMI, CALL THE NEIGHBORS & WAKE THE KIDS! The Uncanny Magazine Year 12Kickstarter is 94% funded with just FIVE DAYS TO GO! If you want to see a 12th year of Uncanny Magazine, NOW IS THE TIME TO JOIN THE SPACE UNICORN RANGER CORPS! buff.ly/HPEcU9t
August 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ahhh!! We are 96% funded!! GO, SPACE UNICORNS, GO!!!!
Newest dice tower from the kiln!
July 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Newest dice tower from the kiln!
Decided to combine two glazes and I’m really happy with this mug!
June 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Decided to combine two glazes and I’m really happy with this mug!
Raku dice tower in action!
May 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Raku dice tower in action!
First attempt at making a Raku dice tower. I’m really happy with how it turned out!
May 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
First attempt at making a Raku dice tower. I’m really happy with how it turned out!
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Oh hey would you look at that.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
Gollancz snaps up three-book deal from 'gifted' fantasy author JT Greathouse
Gollancz has snapped up three epic fantasy novels from JT Greathouse, beginning with the standalone novel The Tower of the Tyrant.
www.thebookseller.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Oh hey would you look at that.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
Reposted by Ben Cartwright
Discounted now in the Kobo store!
Next, we have a high-stakes high fantasy with epic action, an innovative magic system, and a narrator torn between two very different cultures in @jeremyteg.bsky.social's THE HAND OF THE SUN KING. www.kobo.com/en/ebook/the...
The Hand of the Sun King ebook by J.T. Greathouse - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Hand of the Sun King" by J.T. Greathouse available from Rakuten Kobo. “An original fantasy filled with magic and culture, the story of a character torn between two names, two loyalties, and ...
www.kobo.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Discounted now in the Kobo store!
Sister Nancy album playing, spring afternoon
April 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Sister Nancy album playing, spring afternoon
Some “ad astra per aspera” mugs for colleagues
April 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Some “ad astra per aspera” mugs for colleagues
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RiverBank is over 100K! Please join us! We have specialty RiverBank tea... I am writing materials for stretch goals right now, and I would love to see them publishing. AND, if we do well enough, I may be able to do the campaign book that is in my mind.
RiverBank: A cozy RPG of elegant animals, chaos, & whimsy
Tea, Poetry and Total Disaster!
Cozy up with Riverbank RPG, where elegant animals embark on whimsical adventures, celebrating friendship and folly while surviving dire visits from relatives.
www.backerkit.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
RiverBank is over 100K! Please join us! We have specialty RiverBank tea... I am writing materials for stretch goals right now, and I would love to see them publishing. AND, if we do well enough, I may be able to do the campaign book that is in my mind.
Trans rights are human rights. Trans people have always been with us and always will be.
March 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Trans rights are human rights. Trans people have always been with us and always will be.
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Backerkit for RiverBank is live! #riverbankrpg
RiverBank: A cozy RPG of elegant animals, chaos, & whimsy
Tea, Poetry and Total Disaster!
Cozy up with Riverbank RPG, where elegant animals embark on whimsical adventures, celebrating friendship and folly while surviving dire visits from relatives.
www.backerkit.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Backerkit for RiverBank is live! #riverbankrpg
My third attempt at making a dice tower. I’m making changes to the three ramps inside. Here’s hoping the new version is an improvement!
March 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My third attempt at making a dice tower. I’m making changes to the three ramps inside. Here’s hoping the new version is an improvement!