NickPheas

@nickpheas.bsky.social

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Scuba diver, SF reader, father, cyclist. Yorkshire immigrant.

Rainier Wolfcastle saying "That's the Joke"
Cover of Exile on Coldharbour Lane by Alabama 3. Yes, the one with the theme from The Sopranos, but with so much more.
Cover of Private Eye Headline: Powell new outburst Image: Enoch Powell sits on a sofa, his hand apart in the manner of a fisherman telling the 'one that got away' tale. Whatever he's describing is about four foot long. Caption: and I tell you, some of them have got them this long
Image from the Odyssey showing a muscular bearded man in armour looking to the left.
Cover of Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky. A starship stands off from a green planet with a ring of vegetation.
An occupied pigloo. The occupier is called Toffee.
A man holds a colour chart up to Peter Griffin. The upper side, the pale side, say "Citizen". The lower, darker skin tones are labelled "Deport him now!"
A Jehovah's Witness flyer showing a suspiciously rigged, Western European Jesus in a frilly white petticoat and green stole.
A small baby (then only about two weeks old) sleeping next to a cuddly sheep with a lavender face.
York Minster from the air
What claims to be the last week of Express front pages. Every one shows the same picture of two women who apparently have had enough of Strictly Come Dancing.
Convert of What If 22. What of Dr. Doom had become hero. Doom rides on a parade in an open topped car while Mephisto makes threatening gestures behind him.
A young woman sat with a tabby and white cat curled up on her lap.
Libby details of Platform Decay from North Yorks library service. 66 copies available.
Mr Mind, the world wickedest worm
Title page of one of the Serving Great War books.
Stack of nine books in a series 'The Serving Great War'
A milk dispensing machine with a picture of a cow and informative text Semi-Skimmed Milk Contains milk
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Cover of Unexpected Magic by Diana Wynne Journeys. A toad floats over a book.
A frying pan containing a different Bolognese sauce.
Cover of Espedair Street by Iain Banks. The rose and fall of Glasgow band Frozen Gold.
A sign saying that from 20 A prill to 10 July Blue Bridge may be closed for world access. A small sign also says "May also be closed for essential troll removal between the hours of sunset and sunrise. Keeping York's bridges troll free since 1453"
A blue footed booby doing a little dance.
The Steel Serpent bragging about having stolen the power of the Iron Fist from Danny Rand.
A bookshelf fronted by Lexi superheroes. The Scarlet Witch, Metamorpha, Stargirl, Fallout Boy, Professor Hugo Strange, Robin and Green Lantern Simon Baz.
I am an eighties Dork.
A small girl with messy hair happily displays her new Adventuremice books.
A show description from Pseudopod. But who wrote it?
Cover of The Kraken Wakes. A man sits in a deck chair. Snow swirls about him.
Credits page from DC Gamemasters Book
On the right, a picture of a meteor shower Text reads: Wanda and Ed met at work. They share many enthusiasms, like the the music of They Might Be Giants and the film Napoleon Dynamite. One night they sit by the river watching shooting stars. Wanda remarks on how romantic it is. Ed replies by talking for fifteen minutes about meteor showers, especially the Quadrantids and the Leonids. He is very clever. Ed will never notice the way Wanda looks at him.
A Cyberman wearing the mankini from Zardoz.
The side of a recently spayed white kitten. Her name is Domino.
Cover of How Long'Till Black Future Month by N. K. Jemisin. A young black woman with a bulky white necklace and hair decorations looks to the right.
Cover of the ICE Isenguard supplement, with very little connection to the content. Orcs riding wargs issue from a blasted landscape. A small tower with 4 spikes on the top, possibly Orthanc if seen in the middle distance.
Lots of questions about how to use AI, with only a write in option for BURN IT WITH FIRE!
Vue cinema seat picking screen showing that two people have booked tickets to see the Melanoma movie in York.
Father Jack, a dishevelled maniac off a priest, with mad staring eyes.
Oh dear How sad Never mind
Leave It To Chance cover showing an angry dragon defending a girl.
A hide, apparently something you'd want on hunting, but it looks more like a Doctor Who villain. £79.99.
Cover of X-Men 141, the first part of Days of Future Past. Wolverine and Kitty are lit up by a spotlight, highlighting showing which X-Men have been killed or apprehended.
An Amazon email confirming purchase of the book
List of places within the USA called Lewiston
Screenshot of Amazon saying I bought the book in quotation twelve and a half years ago.
A largely white kitten who has just discovered that curtains are interesting to climb. Her name is Domino.
Screenshot of a map showing route from Nuremberg to a Bismarck Tower
A small golden coloured ring, engraved with Feanorian script.
A girl, still in her pajamas, displaying a book about sea creatures and smiling enthusiastically.
Cover of Muir's Historical Atlas
Physical copy of Starseer's Ruin by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Sprouts. Delicious sprouts.
A book of sea creatures being wrapped
Hans, are we the baddies?
A black kitten sits in a tumble drier
A tuskan raider waves hits weapon in the air
A small girl sits under a picture showing two vaguely human, armless figures.