Gav Thorpe

@gavthorpe

New York Times Bestselling Author, world creator, consultant and games developer specialising in SF and Fantasy. Proud daddy. Whitecishet. He / him.

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Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· 11d

(Though I contest that Old Painless is what Blain calls himself rather than a name for the minigun).

T-shirt

Picture of a multi-barrelled cannon.

Text reads: Old Painless 6 barrelled rotary Gatling gun.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· 13d

My bun has nice buns.

A brioche roll with a split top that resembles firm buttocks.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· 21d

Maybe misinterpreted this scene.

Derek Smalls, rock legend of This is Spinal Tap, is beeped at an airport x-ray machine and has to pull a foil-wrapped cucumber out of his skin tight trousers.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· 22d

Drexl: [In the Night Club after he has beaten Clarence] He must have thought it was eyelashes day. It ain't eyelashes day, is it? Marty: Nah man, It ain't eyelashes day.

Two Bluesky posts from my feed. The first is about an F1 driver’s eyelashes. The second is about Andy Burnham’s eyelashes.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· 23d

The traditional way to cook haggis is to wait until it explodes. That’s when you know it’s ready. Right?

Photo of an oven interior with haggis splattered over the side and bottom.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· 25d

Can I petition the internet to change the term for black cats from Voids to Arae, please?

The Arae: Spirits Of Curses
The Arae were female spirits who enforced curses, particularly those sworn by people who had been wronged. Their name translates roughly to "curses" in Greek, and they represented the physical manifestation of vengeance.
These frightening spirits featured:
• Black bodies that absorbed light
• Bloodshot eyes that never blinked
• Snake-like hair similar to the Furies
• Long talons for ripping flesh
• Wings that made no sound in flight
In the underworld, they punished the souls of oath-breakers and those who had harmed others, tormenting them with the same suffering they had caused in life.
The Arae highlight the Greek belief in divine justice - that no evil deed goes unpunished, even if that punishment must wait until death.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· 25d

It’s getting nearly impossible to detect AI spam… /sarcasm

Email:

Dear Gary,

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It's clear that your years of teaching experience have shaped a resource that will be invaluable to both students and educators.

I'm Jim Davidson, and I organize the Denver Gay Book Club, a thoughtfully curated LGBTQ+ reading community of over 1,000 active members who also enjoy discovering impactful nonfiction and educational works that inspire learning and meaningful conversation.

Although your book is still awaiting its August 4 release, I'd love to explore the possibility of featuring it in our community around launch time. We enjoy highlighting authors whose work informs, empowers, and encourages readers to engage with important issues, and I believe your book would make a valuable addition.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jul 10

The Dog from The Thing. Best doggo that is also an alien organism that will wipe out humanity. 11/10.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 24

A pack of dishwasher pods. Finish Powerball Quantum.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 19

Excited about this new anime show.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 15

I think the Storm of Vengeance cover is one of my all-time favourites. Battle Magic box is another.

The cover is mostly cold blues with a wizard on the mid left during lightning bolts. A fire-wreathed bright wizard staves with dust out stretch occupying the reds-and-oranges of the bottom right quarter.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 14

Inspired to give this a go with some ‘Cotswold Crunch’ flour mix. Needed to turn it sooner as my over temp isn’t even front-to-back, hence the dark patch.

A round casserole-dish shaped malted loaf on a cooling rack.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 14

Looks fine to me.

A google maps image of Salem that had been obviously horizontally flipped, including the text.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 14

Started this yesterday. Rec’d on a panel at World FantasyCon. Might have been @tiffaniangus.bsky.social but might not…

A green book with black text and illustration of a pitcher plant.

ZOË SCHLANGER

THE LIGHT EATERS
How the New Science of Plant Intelligence
Expands Our View of Life on Earth

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 13

I was gifted a copy of Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Terms and I found this in it the other day.

Very old paper bookmark advertising

The Seaside
Convalescent Hospital.
Seaford, Sussex.
patron:
HIS MAJESTY THE KING.
FOUNDED 1860.
Annual Expenditure £3,049
Certain Income £147
Balance £2,902
TO BE OBTAINED ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Other Side will interest YOU.

Reverse of bookmark with line drawing of the convalescent home.

The Seaside Convalescent
Hospital, Seaford.
UNENDOWED. For Convalescents UNDENOMINATIONAL.
of either sex over ten years of age.
120 BEDS. *
* OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND
OVER 35,000 PATIENTS ADMITTED.
Chairman
- - Sir WILLIAM BULL, M.P.
Treasurer -
- - G. J. MARJORIBANKS.
Secretary: Willoughby Bullock,
12, Clifford's Inn, London, E.C.
The Secretary will gladly send Report and
Full Particulars.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 6

Look at the state of this one. (Bart proving again that he can sleep in any position)

A black cat asleep on a big bean bag. He is lying on his side with hind legs stretch alongside his body towards his head, between his forelegs which are pointing bumwarda.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 5

It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it. The Vronski Dossier continues to look at the strange new arrivals in Zeo Genesis. #miniatures #gaming #nerdlings www.zeogenesis.com/blog/vronski...

A mock technical readout and footage of a six-limbed alien and its weapons. Text reads
Hostile Type One (HT1)
Clearly Terrestiral
-Sauropsida?
- Endoskeleton
-Hexapodal body.
3 bilateral pairings
-Double opposing pollexical digits
HT-1 small arms V1
HT -1 melee arms V1

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· Jun 1

It’s the aerial assassin. (ok, I’m done now)

Wrestler Will Ospreay with a tv aerial crudely photoshopped into his hand.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· May 31

Just finished the excellent The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre and about to start Dead Lions by Mick Herron (on an espionage kick at the moment…)

Paperback of Mick Herron’s Dead Lions showing a black silhouette of a tall office block against a graduated yellow background. Has the tagline ‘Not all secrets go to the grave’.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· May 29

Uh-oh.

Linktree landing page - The page you’re looking for doesn’t exist.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· May 26

As an indication of scale, the downed Zeo is a Soldat.

Black and white illustration of an armored mech suit with gun and shield. It is about twice as tall as the trooper next to it and much bulkier.

Gav Thorpe@gavthorpe· May 26

Turns out that we're not alone in the universe. Check out the Vronski Dossiers for the latest intel on these invaders of the One Hundred Suns. www.zeogenesis.com/blog/vronski... #ZeoGenesis #Nerdlings #Miniatures #TabletopGames #Gaming