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Writer, critic, cynic, bad punster, interested in maybe way more things than there's time to appreciate...

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

Going On the Account: Any Road Will Take You There

Why “staying in your lane” may not be the best option

James Ryan
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 […]

Joe.ie

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

Going On the Account: If Things Were Different

If you are into AltHist, you’re watching people losing their jobs to AI in real time

James Ryan

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

Going On the Account: Shambling Across the Plains

About works I hope you get to read, mine and anyone else’s…

James Ryan

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

Living Adjacent: "That wasn't in the movies!"

Forget the shambling corpses and moaning for brains—these are the undead you weren’t warned about.

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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

Going On the Account: The Things That Come to Shape

Making moves that serve as a learning experience

James Ryan

Just a reminder about the book I'm offering during LICH to support the HWA Hardship Fund:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sawj2FB5fYs

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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:

https://buymeacoffee.com/jamesryan/e/513228

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

Going On the Account: Where It All Began…

Going on a Dracula pilgrimage in Dublin

James Ryan

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/

Fantasia Obscura: 'The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock' - Forces of Geek

There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by the audience that lives for

Forces of Geek