Nick Badot

@nickbadot.bsky.social

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Irish-Belgian writer of things macabre and fantastical. Words in Factor Four, Solstitia, Andromeda Spaceways, Impossible Worlds, and more. I'm querying a dark fantasy novel partly set in early 1900s Dublin and a sword and sorcery novella

Long haired dude (me) with glasses & the spectre of a well-lit kitchen in the background
Two-dozen-ish swans pointed towards a cromulent centre where (one presumes) some food is located. They throng hungrily around it. The moon shines on Bray harbour behind them
Mother swan preening the edges of a nest while sitting on it
A barrier on the Bray Cliff walk marked "danger". Someone has cut the wire fence to the side and marked the opening with a yellow arrow
Cover of Issue 15 of Lucent Dreaming Black background with pale text running vertical on the cover, an occluded star with a crescent moon before it is in the top right. In the bottom left, a cosmic jellyfish bathes in its rays
A desolate swamp with mountains and trees in the background Image credit Роман Ромиртес
A giant centipede weaves its way around a tree adorned in broken human bodies Credit Angelina Zhogina
Map of a swamp featur9ing big trees. Made by me in Dungeondraft
Riggt forearm tattoo that reads "bath salts" in ogham
Glendalough whiskey in a wine glass
A depiction of hell: Devils push about hell's denizens all bathed in an orange glow. A winged demon with a pitchfork floats in the centre with a golden clock above his head Image credit: Ana Balala on Pinterest
Celtic art in black and white: A holy figure stands centre-left with a woven circle around her head and ornate robes. A sady druid-like figure kneels before her on the right, his hand upraised and seeping magic. Public domain image
Side by side example of Midjourney output and Disney IP, in the form of Star Wars character Yoda
Mickey Mouse as satirized in South Park, glaring and pointing at the Jonas brothers after commiting violence
Dr. Zoidberg shrieking Image credit: Futurama
Necrologia Zine cover - black metal font, skeleton under a thin veil
Sleepy swan with beak under wing
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Swan atop her nest, sleeping with head under the wing
Heron in reeds
Swan perched on nest
Mama swan + nest on the banks pf the Dargle
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Selfie of me (a man of generous proportions with long curly hair) with the sea and the cliffs
Cover of Elegant Lit issue 39 "Fearsome Folklore". A giant wolf with glowing eyes dominates the background, whilst a short figure is crouched with a bow and arrow in the fore
A white haired scholar in a dark cloak pores over old manuscripts in a library, quill in hand and blank page before them Image credit: @orcsattack
A depiction of hell: Devils push about hell's denizens all bathed in an orange glow. A winged demon with a pitchfork floats in the centre with a golden clock above his head Image credit: Ana Balala on Pinterest
Cover of "The Only Good Indians" - a black background with the title surrounded by elk antlers. The elk head is visible at the bottom
Botttom register of a plaque depicting lamashtu - she has the head of a lion and stands astride a mount, surrounded by occukt symbols
Krycek from X Files under control of the alien goo (project purity). His eyes are solid black
Scene from classic comic book. Features a pind woth lilies and a sprawling golden temple
A lone tyre stands before an empty wasteland, the hills and barren earth are on display. A dumpster is in eveidence on the left
Abyss issue 2 Cultúr - black and green cover with figures staring forlornly at a shore
Image Credit: Anna Balala on pinterest Illustration of hell, featuring a winged demon in the centre with a glowing timepiece above him. Sufferers and minions ring the sides of the image. Flame washes over everything
Occult mansucript showing a splayed shadowy-gnome like figure surrounded by symbols Image Credit : Kaia B on Pinterest
Table of my things eligible for awards Short Story Fort Elsewhere Fantasy/Horror 5503 Impossible Worlds Short Story The Mound Weird/SFF 1827 The Sci Phi Journal Short Story Tri Martolod Historical 1355 Elegant Literature Short Story Meeting Minutes from the Society of Unspeakable Evil Horror 1552 Elegant Literature Short Story The Veins of Brutus Cosmic Horror 2107 7th Circle Pyrite Short Story Hobgoblin Fantasy/Mystery 6000 Andromeda Spaceways Poem Pneumopolis Ecological n/a New Word Order
A red sunset breaks over a winter forest. There is snow on the ground. It is lonely Source: Sunset Over the Winter Forest (1881) Heinrich Gogarten
A winged devil oversees hell in the centre - a divine clock floats above his head. Wretched figures are made to toil around the edges of the frame. Tunnels lead to a green surface above Image Credit: Hanna Balala (Pinterest) https://ie.pinterest.com/pin/700802392050679857/
Picture of Dublin in 1903showing trams and carriages on Sackville Street with Nelson's Pillar in the centre - taken from Wikimedia Commons
A table showing submissions and their status (308 rejections, 12 acceptances, 6 withdrawn, 22 no reply, 61 submitted). How many stories I've sent to some magazines: Apex (13), The Dark (10), Clarkesworld and BCS (8 each) and my most submitted stories (The Leopard is top with 22)
The industrial scrublands of Podgorica (tološi)