We’re excited to hear what these gnomes think about the latest issue!

Thank you! 🍄

Tune in to Milleniyule tomorrow 🍄

Toadstool will be live here shortly after UK Column are finished!

Beginning at 8pm BT (9pm CET, 3pm ET, Noon PT):

UK Column (@ukcolumn and EastApp)

+2h Toadstool Magazine (@toadstoolmag)

+4h Nils Wegner (@Skototaxis)

+6h Gifts Ungiven

Watch it here: https://odysee.com/@millennialwoes/

🍄LIVE NOW🍄 https://odysee.com/@millennialwoes:4/MY2022ToadstoolMagazine:5

Thank you if you are joining us from Milleniyule, that was a great chat with Woes! Here’s a flavour of what’s in the second issue of the magazine 🍄

Here’s a small selection of the madness (and cosiness) contained in the pages of the winter issue… order your copy today! www.toadstoolmag.com 🍄

Have a lovely cosy day, and remember to stay whimsical! From all the gnomes at Toadstool Magazine 🍄

Merry Christmas everyone!

Lovely writeup from our friends at Imperium Press 🍄🦅

Our worldview is not just about the big things, big ideas—it's just as much about the small things. The things that live in the woods near your house, the wee folk who live behind the fireplace, or above the doorway. What we're doing is about reviving our people, but it's also about reviving the primacy of the domus. It's about reviving the love of home, the love of the cozy and familiar.

This is why I enjoyed the Toadstool Mag episode of Millenniyule so much. (Creating this familiar, cozy environment is something Woes himself does exceptionally well too, and it's part of why he gained a following so quickly.) Toadstool Mag fills a much needed niche in our scene. It may not be everyone's cup of mead but it occupies an important space, and is doing something just as necessary as creating a body of theory. If we as a movement can't accommodate the small and familiar, if we can't carve out a space that can be lived in by people who "just wanna grill" (in a manner of speaking) then we're sunk.

If you could boil our civilizational problems down to one thing, it would probably be oikophobia—fear of the familiar, hatred of all that is native and local. Everyone with any sympathy for us is at heart a localist; every localist is just one of us who hasn't realized it yet. Throw a log on the fire and pull up a chair.

https://odysee.com/@millennialwoes:4/MY2022ToadstoolMagazine:5

Imagine not reading Big Dave’s poetry 🤔 a sad life indeed
Buy Toadstool magazine and see things that are AT LEAST this mad
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My poem published in issue 1 of @toadstoolmag

Our human liaison A. Cuthbertson, who we have had tied to a chair in a cave for several months now, apparently writes books and things. This one seems worth a read.

5 Best books I've read this year

The fifth book is:

"Spire" by A Cuthbertson

I picked up a lot of sci-fi this year which I usually enjoy reading as kind of an inbetween book between more intellectual pursuits. The theme this year though was me failing to finish such books. The exception to this was Spire published by the Bizarchives. From my short Telegram review

"Spire is a sci-fi short. To me it read a bit like a 2000ad comic in novel format. I could easily see this as a tale of Tharg from back in the day. This is an action packed short read, a bit of space horror with some subtle and not so subtle parallels to today. It's an easy read, I read the first half in a coffee shop and finished the second half before bed. Easy doesn't mean bad though, it's enjoyable. Better to read this than browse your phone or watch the telly.

There are a lot of elements of familiarity in the book and where it ends up caught me a little off guard, but again a good thing. Even in a short read there are plenty of surprises. Cuthbertson is good at world building and also atmosphere building. Our protagonist is just likeable enough to carry us through into his world. I should take a page from his writing and wrap this short review up. Go buy this book, buy a copy for your friend who doesn't read as well. I guarantee they will enjoy this sci-fi horror."

Pick up a copy from @TheBizarchives

Happy gnew year gnomes 🍄 and thank you for helping us reach 500 subscribers! Thank you all for believing (in faeries)!

2022 will always be a special year for us gnomes as it saw the launch of Toadstool, but keep your peepers peeled for bigger and even better things in 2023 🍄👀

Do go and support Dan of @Fyrgen and his music @Wolcensmen

He owns a webstore called Blood Fire Merch from which you can buy merchandise which he has designed as a graphic artist, as well as his own music.

I've been a fan of Dan's music as long as I've known him as a friend, but for those who are new to his musical works, may you find the same otherworldly bliss and enjoyment in his musical works enough to buy his music.

Musicians do not get anything from digital streaming on Spotify or Bandcamp, but buying a CD, vinyl or merchandise goes a long way to support them. These can be obtained from Indie Records (Norway).

🌲 Songs From The Fyrgen / Songs From The Mere CD | LP
🔥 Fire In The White Stone LP (CD sold out from Indie Records but still available from record shops like HMV)

Dan also wrote a book called Fire In The White Stone (recommended for fans of Tolkien and Brian Bates) to accompany the second album of the same name, which I believe is excellent. It is available either from Blood Fire Merch, or Lulu. Dan's fictional, literary world, which runs parallel to a Heathen spiritual reality, is vastly underappreciated.

Feel free to share this post about and promote his works. Dan is a humble man and consequently is not likely to promote as heavily as he should for all the great work he has done.