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Sign up for the new-look Weird Times newsletter – for all fans, readers, listeners, and writers of weird tales, weird facts, and weird fiction.
What? OK, it was previously called WEIRD and used to pop out about once a year (if we were lucky) however not only are we increasing the newsletter's frequency but we've also totally revamped its contents. It will now cover not just news and information about what is happening on the Urban Fantasist website but also include: • interviews with authors (audio, video & text) • regular quizzes, competitions & surveys (with Amazon vouchers as incentives) • tips & trips for writers & podcasters • events news (when we finally get out of lockdown!) & radio show information • opinion pieces, Q+As plus anything else we think you'll find useful and enjoy And when we say weird tales, weird facts, and weird fiction, we're including history, folklore, and urban fantasy. What's not to love! If you are part of the #weird and/or #amwriting tribes, this is for you. We're super-excited about it and hope you will be as well. To sign up for the Weird Times newsletter, just send an email headed 'Get Weird' to urbanfantasist@icloud.com Wait... already receiving it! How did I get on the distribution list in the first place, you ask? Probably when we were still running the old Grievous Angel science fiction and fantasy, poetry and flash fiction zine, when we had an auto-enrol system. This was in the bad old days before GDPR – we don't do that any longer. And don't forget all our mailers include a simple <UNSUBSCRIBE> option.
It's another Freaky Friday and in the latest Weird Tales Radio Show we've got tales of Black Magick, Satanism, Mysticism and Folklore to kick off your Weird Weekend.
We've added a facility to message us directly using the Facebook Messenger system. You'll now see a floating Facebook Messenger icon when you open the Home Page on a web browser. Except in our case the logo is orange not blue because... well because orange is our colour.
Made in England for Americana music lovers everywhere – the latest new releases, a quick check of the Americana Top 20 singles chart, our album of the week plus oldies from Tom Petty & Neil Young – what's not to love? Here’s the playlist…
01. Little Big Town - Wine, Beer, Whiskey 02. Larking Poe - Back Down South (ft. Tyler Bryant) 03. Malcolm MacWatt - Hillbilly Funk 04. Dixie Chicks - Gaslighter 05. Pokey LaFarge - End of My Rope 06. The Jayhawks - This Forgotten Town 07. Esther Rose - My Favourite Mistake 08. Stephanie Hatfield - Lucy 09. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) 10. The Mastersons - Eyes Open Wide 11. The Mastersons - No Time for Love Songs 12. The Mastersons - Spellbound 13. The Remittance Men - Lila Page 8 (ft Danielle Miraglia 14. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - You Got Lucky 15. Ali Maas & Micky Moody - These Times
And it's true. Whether you are writing fiction, non-fiction, journalism, poetry, radio & podcast scripts or prepping for a spoken-word performance (or even PowerPoint presentations) – it all hangs on your storytelling skills.
According to a National Trust survey reported in the Financial Times... while 30% of eight-to-11 year olds could not identify a magpie, 90% could spot a Dalek. This is a valuable survival skills for while magpies may be thieves, at least they will not try to EXTERMINATE you. If you have children who aren't certain what dangerous Daleks look like, my pictures show six nice little magpies and a solitary Dalek.
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Charles Christian was an English barrister, Reuters correspondent-turned editor, author, blogger, podcaster, award-winning tech journalist, storyteller, and sometime werewolf hunter, who sadly passed away in 2022.
Prior to his sudden death he completed one of his largest works to date: The Witches Almanac, the definitive guide on the history of magic and folklore, including 359 of the most important witches and sorcerers in history. This site also has links to Charles' books and the Weird Tales Show videos and podcasts. Latest Video PostLatest book: The Wold Newton TriangleVirtual Tip JarYou can now support Urban Fantasist, its podcasts and its new video channel through our Virtual Tip Jars on PayPal and Patreon, giving you a choice of ad hoc or regular payments.
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