This week: The inspiration from a Len Deighton one-off that set me on my way; plus, pleas for Kickstarter attention and No Kings attendance...
https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-the-account-any-road-will
James Ryan
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Writer, critic, cynic, bad punster, interested in maybe way more things than there's time to appreciate...
For everyone who celebrates (or tries to), Happy Yokes Day
JOE.ie - It's 10 years since Ireland legalised ketamine, meth and MDMA by mistake
Happy National Yokes Day to all who celebrate! This day 10 years ago, the Irish State accidentally made drugs such as ecstacy, ketamine and meth legal for 24 hours. The bizarre set of circumstances came into effect due to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 being deemed unconstitutional by the Irish Court of Appeal, as […]
Just up: AltHist as a battleground between humans and AI, among other outlandish developments…
https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-the-account-if-things-were
This week, two things I'm not all that happy with, zombies and censorship, and how to deal with them both...
https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-the-account-shambling-across
The Kickstarter for LIVING ADJACENT has just gone live; anyone who wants to read my piece, "Turn the Page," should pass this around to people looking to support projects like this:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smsykesanthologies/living-adjacent-that-wasnt-in-the-movies
My latest about the charity project I’m offering, and how to put one together if you’re in the same straits I was:
https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-the-account-the-things-that
Just a reminder about the book I'm offering during LICH to support the HWA Hardship Fund:
FourGone Ad
Announcing FOUR GONE
In conjunction with this weekend’s Long Island Convention of Horror (LICH), I am making this available.
All proceeds from sales made on or before March 1, 2026, will go to HWA’s Hardship Fund, which offers loans to horror writers down on their luck.
The book can now be purchased here:
This week: Visits to Braham Stoker's haunts in Dublin, a new FANTASIA OBSCURA, and a tease for something *big* next week before LICH...
https://jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-the-account-where-it-all
Just up at FANTASIA OBSCURA:
THE 30 FOOT BRIDE OF CANDY ROCK, the little picture about a big woman that would be Lou Costello's last film...
https://forcesofgeek.com/fantasia-obscura-the-30-foot-bride-of-candy-rock/
