For any gamer followers all of my Steam games are on sale at the moment. My game Radioactive is one of the first I ever programmed on PC. It's a simple turn-based game for 1-4 players. Take a look here: store.steampowered.com/app/1019370/... #gaming #dev #Steam #spring #radioactive #indie #indiedev

Thought I'd share one of my paintings on this spring day. Here is 'Monsters of Spring' from 2007, oil on MDF panel, 30x40cm in its frame. #art #painting #oilpainting #unicorn #spring #surrealism

To celebrate the new audiobook of my novella 'The Many Beautiful Worlds of Death', I've launched a Goodreads giveaway of a limited number of Kindle copies. If you want one, enter here. Giveaway ends 30 March 2026: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... #goodreads #kindle #books #readers

Much of the last few weeks has been focused on music, working on a new 6-track EP: 'War And Nuclear Love'. My music skills have never been better, so it's a good time for this before the painting season. A mid-summer release. Here is the cover so far. #music #newmusic #war #love

Here is another one of my paintings: 'Abandoning Someone Who Was A Friend To Me When I Had None', oil on canvas, 95x95cm. A painting of contrasts. #art #painting #oilpainting #friends #surrealism

The new audiobook to my fantastical novella 'The Many Beautiful Worlds of Death' is just out. Huge ♥️ to the person who bought the first copy. You made my day, thank you. Here's a photo from 1st signing event. www.amazon.com/Many-Beautif... #writing #writers #audible #authors #death #beauty

Thought I'd share a poem today for Mothering Sunday. Here is 'Lost at the Fair' from my collection The Burning Circus. Getting lost from a child's perspective. Deborah recorded this for @fallingreen.bsky.social. #poetry #poets #mothersday #mother #dementia

Happy Pi Day. A good day to mention my album 'Pi', released on this day in 2010. All of these instrumental tracks use pi to generate music, including an audio representation of pi itself in base 12. Certainly experimental, ambient, amelodic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5wz... #pi #piday #maths

Some instrumental music for today. Here is 'The Dream' from The Love Symphony (2012). The video is a patchwork of stock footage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMFE... #music #instrumental #dreams #love #symphony

I thought I'd share this painting as it's Liza's birthday today. One of my earlier paintings: 'Portrait of Liza Minnelli', oil on canvas, 30x40cm. This was auctioned to benefit the charity Barnardo's in 2020. #art #painting #oilpainting #lizaminnelli

Here is a strange one of my paintings: 'Land of Beauty and Sorrow', oil on canvas panel, 25x30cm in its frame. Twin personalities, something on the surface and something beneath. The idea came to me and I stuck to it without overthinking what it may mean. #art #painting #oilpainting #beauty #sorrow

This, some of my very earliest music, was reviewed by CU Amiga magazine (I guess in mid-late 1991?). Oddly this disc never appeared in any PD library. I haven't had a copy in decades, I lost most of my Amiga discs when I bought my first PC around 1999, so it's probably lost forever. #Amiga #PD

Thought I'd share another poem today. Here is 'Lion Tamer' from my collection The Burning Circus. The book has a theme of circus characters, but with a few hidden depths and structures, other meanings. I hope you like it. #poetry #poets #circus #lions #liontamer

My latest music video. Here is 'Two Kinds of Animals' from The Modern Game 2026. 'There are those that like towns like the fox and rats, and those that avoid us like birds and bats, but unless they can help us we put out traps'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRi5... #music #newmusic #indie #animals

Here's one of my more recent paintings: 'She Was Always Asleep At School', oil on canvas panel, 40x50cm framed. A painting inspired by a girl in primary school who was always asleep due to unknown home troubles. Elements homage Dorothea Tanning. #art #painting #oilpainting #sleep #school #tanning

Thought I'd post a poem for International Women's Day. Hmm, what poems have I written about women? Here is 'Mermaid' from my collection The Burning Circus. #poetry #poets #womensday #internationalwomensday #mermaid

Looking for some writing gig work. If anyone has any leads, I would be grateful. My job was recently terminated, so in need of something to help me get through til another job lines up, or I get published.

I wrote Flatspace in 2003, a space trading game with lots of roguelike and sandbox elements. It instantly became my most popular game. The sequel Flatspace IIk was my first Steam game. store.steampowered.com/app/585430/F... #games #indie #dev #indiedev #Flatspace #roguelike #gamer

Here's another one of my paintings: 'A Light Can Shine Only In Darkness', oil on MDF panel, 30x40cm in its pine frame. Another painting about distance and ideas which can grow in calm isolation. #art #painting #oilpainting #lightbulb #walnut #surrealism

I reused the imagery from my Hello Earth painting for the artwork to 'Beyond Mars' from The Modern Game. For most of this 2018 album the theme was the online world, here in homage to Bowie. The 2026 remaster is just out, a video for each track will appear on my music channel. #music #indie #Mars

Meanwhile, more audiobook work for me today. The audio version of 'The Many Beautiful Worlds of Death' should be published this month. I has a few characters, with accents I didn't expect to ever need to attempt! Robotic Italian anyone? #writing #writers #books #authors #audiobook #acx

Here is one of my smaller paintings: 'Insomnia Due To Impending Sacrifice', oil on canvas panel, 52x47cm. A depiction of a night of anxiety, with inspiration from the Biblical sacrifice of Isaac. I charred the inner frame to carbonise it. #art #painting #oilpainting #sacrifice #isaac #surrealism

A song for scrollers. You can find my latest music video on my YouTube music channel, 'Love in a Hopeless World' from the 2026 remaster of The Modern Game. #music #indie #newmusic #video #love

Here is 'Bearded' from last poetry book The Burning Circus. I'll be recording the audiobook version of this soon. #poetry #poets #poetsonbluesky #beardedlady #bearded

Here is another self portrait: 'Self Portrait with Black Hole' (2013), oil on MDF panel, 45x73cm, in its custom frame of wood, perspex mirror corners, 23kt gold leaf. The black hole was an indication of an empty mind at the time. #art #painting #oilpainting #portrait #blackhole #surrealism

More work on 'The Many Beautiful Worlds of Death' audiobook, just about finished. Hard work and time consuming, but has the joy of feeling like an actor. How sad that AI can't feel the delight of playing different characters. The paper book has been around for some years. #readers #authors #books

Today, finalising the production of my audiobook for 'The Many Beautiful Worlds of Death', a fantastical novel which is a bit like The Seventh Seal meets Time Bandits (if you can imagine such a thing!). Many micro edits to insert voice effects. #audible #tmbwod #writers

My painting 'Hello Earth' (2006), oil on canvas panel, 40x50cm. A feeling of being distant from humanity. I still have this one. #art #painting #oilpainting #moon #space #helloearth #surrealism

For any gamer followers, a new 'complete set' bundle of all of my Steam games went live today. I've been making PC games since 2001 and regularly update and remaster my old titles. store.steampowered.com/bundle/51460... #gamedev #indie #Steam #dev #indiedev #gaming

As I work on my audiobook, here is a glimpse of my latest music video, Masculinity Two; electro-pop from the 2026 re-recording of my album 'The Modern Game'. Now on my music channel, with a new video coming every week. www.youtube.com/@marksheekym... #music #pop #indie #art #electro #modern

Working on the audiobook version of my novella, The Many Beautiful Worlds of Death, a fantastical story. If you haven't sampled any, my stories are part Luis-Borges part Franz Kafka; part Terry Gilliam, part Twilight Zone. #writing #authors #books #fiction #borges #kafka #gilliam #serling

Here's one of my complex artworks, this is my 'Monstrance of Life': 9 miniature oil paintings on one MDF panel in a white oak surround, gold leaf, marble base; 50x57cm. An homage to natural life, a sort of pastoral symphony. #art #painting #oilpainting #nature #surrealism

Here is one of my larger paintings: 'Self Portrait As Philosopher', oil on canvas, 95x95cm in its frame. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #philosophy

The ideal present for the aesthete. The only book, to date, containing my sheet music is this art book with poetry by Deborah Edgeley about the life of Lou Andrea-Salomé. amzn.eu/d/03E5ctjz #poetry #art #lousalome #piano #books

This is one of my slow burn games on Steam. A roll-a-ball puzzle game, Yinyang is similar to the first ever game I wrote on Amiga in 1991. store.steampowered.com/app/1043450/... #pc #dev #gamedev #indie #gaming #Steam

Thanks to everyone who helped with this, and to everyone who bought or gifted a copy of Christmas Tails. It's now a limited edition rarity! thenantwichnews.co.uk/2026/02/16/c...

As audiobook listening explodes in popularity, some users can’t do a mindless chore without pressing play. The trend is driven by convenience and emotional needs, offering a way to multitask and relax. However, some worry about losing time for reflection. https://wapo.st/3ZBuWLm

A good time to share one of my paintings. Here is 'Romeo and Juliet'. Oil on MDF panel, framed size 46x34cm. There are several Romeos and Juliets hidden in this one. You can see it in person at the Oil Art Advisory. #art #painting #oilpainting #Romeo #Juliet #Valentines #Cheshire

My next Steam release is a new Retro Sound Pack for my non-linear sound effects creation and editing software SFXEngine. store.steampowered.com/app/2438590/... #gamedev #sound #sfx #indie #dev #indiedev #retro

My latest single release is Masculinity Two, part of my long term series of re-recordings the last 5 years of my musical art, in which I've recorded about half of my musical output. Here it is on everyone's favourite platform. marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/mascul... #newmusic #indie #bandcamp

Here is one of my more recent paintings, 'You Know How It Is When You Remember A Friend'. Oil on canvas panel, framed size 33x48cm. You can take a look in person if you're visiting Knutsford. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #remembrance #Knutsford

My PC game Future Pool. Watching the Olympic curling I keep wondering if I should make Future Curling. With no table edges, this is perhaps already closer to curling than pool! store.steampowered.com/app/1177310/... #dev #gamedev #indie #pool #curling

Another one of my paintings. This is 'The Death of Man', oil on MDF panel, 50x50cm. Unusually for me, this is one layer, and most of the painting is just black, white, light red. I made the ancient looking Spanish-style frame. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #man

My painting used for the cover of '21st Century Surrealism': 'God Being Killed by Theists and Atheists', oil on MDF panel, 45x79cm in it's heavy gold frame. #art #painting #oilpainting #god #Cheshire

A small update to my animation software Argus today. Argus is like a 3D game engine used to animate at high speed. Free to use for small films with a DLC upgrade for long films. store.steampowered.com/app/3017550/... #Steam #animation #video #dev #indie

Some news for gamer followers. A new music pack for the first Flatspace game is out today. Flatspace is a top-down space exploration game with trading & roguelike elements. store.steampowered.com/app/4184600/... #Steam #PC #Flatspace #music #indie #indiedev

'Wax Cataclysm Of Phoenixes And Unphoenixes' in its bold (and heavy) frame. Oil on MDF panel, framed size 54x44cm. #art #surrealism #painting #oilpainting #wax #Cheshire

Not music! The audiobook version of '21st Century Surrealism' is out now on Audible. A book on aesthetics, with a glance at surrealist theory and history, 102 years after the First Surrealist Manifesto. www.amazon.com/dp/B07DN299NS #audiobooks #writing #art #surrealism #audible

Here's one of my favourite paintings. 'Malformed Phoenix Embryo' (2018), oil on canvas panel, 20x25cm. #art #painting #oilpainting #phoenix #Cheshire