#troy books

[spiralhouseshop]

It's here! The paperback edition of Hallowtide: A Dark Devotional by Val Thomas from Troy Books and we have copies in the shop right now! Take a magical adventure through the dark season of Hallowtide between Halloween and Martinmas. Explore the energy and movement at this time with rituals and spells that touch on loss, reflection, folklore, and personal practice building. Follow the link to our website in our profile.

[stellar-witchcraft]

Wisht Waters: The Cult & Magic of Water

So grateful to have this exquisitely bound, special limited edition of Wisht Waters by Gemma Gary. When this book first came out via Three Hands Press, it was an indispensable friend to my craft--I worked with it more than 3/4 of my collection, and carried it with me nearly everywhere. I made the fatal error of lending it to someone, and of course, never saw it again.

When I saw Troy Books was doing a special printing, I screamed --shrilly, to the chagrin of those around me. What a delight to hold this *gorgeously* bound version in my hands once more; I feel as if a lost friend has returned home. And how special to have it signed by the esteemed author! 

Joyful day. A homecoming.

[kingoftheu]

[karahuset]

My Titans #1 variant cover

that I did for fun 😞😂

[laikaru]

[stra-tek]

Random spoilerific reasons to read Star Trek novels, with little to no context:

Ro/Quark is a thing

A Jem'Hadar joins DS9, tries to fit in but eventually snaps and tries to kill everybody

You learn the origins and final fate of the Borg

A thinly-veiled Dr. House clone joins the Voyager crew

Geordi briefly has 2 girlfriends at once (due to different writers not co-ordinating enough, but still)

There's a TOS book that's a musical

There are YA stories about Jake and Nog making mischief on DS9

YA stories about Worf, Geordi, Picard, Beverly, Kirk, Spock and McCoy at SFA

YA series about the Kelvinverse gang (including Gaila!) as cadets, taking on a drug problem at SFA and a very unique Borg scout in San Francisco

We very briefly meet the people who are to Q what the Q are to humanity

Janeway/Chakotay is a thing

Kirk's first mission in command of the Enterprise! Erm, at least twice.

Kirk was married between TOS and TMP

Her name was Lori

In the future, you have yearly marriage contracts that you either update or you don't and I think that's amazing

Trip didn't die! He faked his death to join Section 31 and go undercover as a Romulan

It's not great, tbh

The ENT books get better after the Romulan wars though, it's proper founding of the Federation stuff

We meet Jack Crusher (erm, the OG) when 4 timelines start overlapping and he's a bit unhinged

Teenage Kirk stole a car and his choice was go to jail or join Starfleet

What happened when Voyager got home? Seven broke up with Chakotay like 30 pages in

Kirk gets cloned, and his clone becomes the sub of an evil invincible super genius and its all very gay

George Kirk was Robert April's first officer on the first ever mission of the unnamed starship with the Naval Construction Contract 1701

Robert is a hard-core pacifist and has to turn command over to George whenever it's time to fire weapons

Data becomes fully human for a couple of days and it's really sweet

They never say "wristwatch" or "phone", it's always "wrist chrono" or "personal comm"

There are gays but they don't say that word because it's the 1990's and Rick Berman runs the franchise

Spock has a son in the past with Zarabeth

Everyone in the post-Nemesis era does spy missions all the time non stop, as if Starfleet has abandoned exploring the cosmos for doing Space Mission: Impossible

Bashir does it better than anyone else, he takes on Section 31 from the inside

Remember Control? It's from the novels, except the novels do it SO MUCH BETTER.

Remember how we never found out who Future Guy was? We do.

It's very underwhelming, nobody we know

We find out how the Romulans and Vulcans split

Surak was a Vulcan internet blogger

A Borg Cube eats Pluto

Janeway dies

Janeway gets better

At least one TOS book features a wizard

There's a Star Trek TOS/Here Come the Brides crossover novel

It had cameos from The Doctor (as in, Who), Han Solo, Starbuck and others

Whole book series about Section 31

Whole book series about the Department of Temporal Investigations

One time they do the Bill and Ted thing to escape confinement and it works

Wanna know how Riker and Troi met?

Wanna know what Picard got up to on the Stargazer?

Andorians have 4 sexes and it's very complicated

Data comes back from the dead as Data 2.0, and it was fresh and exciting because it happened long before ST: Picard did it twice.

Lal comes back too and we get father/daughter android stuff! They have a home and everything but keep having to save the universe

One time Mirror Seven is led around on a leash naked on Terok Nor

Geordi becomes captain of the USS Challenger, decides it's not for him because plot, and goes back to engineering on the Enterprise

Kirk is shot on the bridge and dies

Kirk gets better

They watch 3D holos of old Doctor Who episodes in the Enterprise rec room

The Enterprise also has an AI named Moira, which was Zora long before Zora

The TOS crew get together for one last mission. About three times.

There's a Perry Mason book except it's about Kirk's lawyer from that TOS episode

Data 2.0 owns and runs a massive gambling empire on Orion

Spock keeps randomly showing up everywhere in the TNG era

Scotty keeps randomly showing up everywhere in the TNG era

Bones keeps randomly showing up everywhere in the TNG era

You're on Tumblr so you already know about Killing Time

There's a guy named McKenzie Calhoun and he's a total badass and captains a ship of weirdos and misfits

Kirk comes back from the dead, saves the galaxy repeatedly, has an intersex child (who identifies as male) with a Romulan/Klingon hybrid

Kirk beats up Worf

Kirk's child has superpowers

Kirk's child saves the galaxy at age 6

The Kirk stuff is 100% ignored in the other novels

About 50% of the novels are ignored in the other 50%, and the ones that are meant to be in direct continuity with each other aren't always quite

Just like the TV shows and movies, then

Lwaxana Troi meets Q, and it goes as well as you'd expect

Someone tells Data, yes you idiot you had emotions all along and he's like, oh shit you're right

McCoy is left in command of the Enterprise as a joke by Kirk, who is then immediately kidnapped

Ro Laren is captain of Deep Space Nine

Picard/Beverly is a thing, they get married and have a child named Rene. No running away and raising your kid in secret here

Riker and Troi are married, serve on the Titan together with a bunch of adorable weirdos and have a daughter named Tasha

You get to watch all the 24th century characters die horribly in the end along with their entire universe. Holy fuck it's a bleak horror show. Personally, I love it. But if that's not your cup of tea I'd skip the Coda trilogy

[cowboyscaviar]

achilles vs hector at the fall of troy, circa 1100 BC (colorized)

[shamlesspandanerd]

[spiralhouseshop]

New in the Spiral House Shop!

Wisht Waters - The Cult & Magic of Water by Gemma Gary

Discover the mystical power of water and its role in ancient rituals and magical traditions in "Wisht Waters". This book delves into the enchanting world of holy wells, sacred springs, pools, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, and the sea. Explore hydromancy, the art of divination through water, and the significance of water within the witch-cult. "Wisht Waters" is a captivating read, perfect for those interested in the uncanny and supernatural influences that surround us.

[dailydccomics]

Cyborg & friends by Dan Hipp

[f4nd0mlife]

Titans #13 variant cover by Mateus Manhanini

[shyjusticewarrior]

Real thing that happened:

Tim and Donna: *Discussing whether or not Jason murdered a child*

Rose and Jason in the background: *heart eyeing each other*

[pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong]

which isnt a lot but it's weird its happened twice

[current-comix]

Stanley Lau

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Wonder Woman (2023-) #5