Not a full book--"I'll Be Home For Hanukkah" is a short in this years's DC Holiday special, I SAW MA HUNKEL KISSING SANTA CLAUS. But @hannahtempler.com and @lgions.bsky.social have made it *beautiful,* so you will want to snatch that up. Final order cut off is 10/27, so put your preorders in *now.*

Here's some good news: who's coming with me and @ryehickman.bsky.social to GOBLIN TOWN!?!?!!!!

Taking solace in the ironwork galleries.

Timeline cleanser 🐈

I'm at the Cartier exhibition at the V&A. Only in the first room (of 12) and I'm having serious feelings about wealth and 'the rich.'

If any retailers want copies of Cthulhu Dark, Cosmic Dark or Stealing Cthulhu, this would be a really good time to tell me how many you'd like.

A few years ago, I found this bunny in the mud by the side of the road. They are missing an eye. We call them Sinister Bunny. Yesterday I made them an eye patch.

Please don't use Cthulhu Dark or the Dark mechanics for any projects that use AI art or text. I'd really like you to support a creator instead or, at least, use public domain art. If you're having trouble with this on your budget, I can probably give you some advice! Get in touch.

Apologies for going on about this, but the end of this Kickstarter is actually really exciting. @sdorward.bsky.social 's goal is listed as £74,618, but if you switch the currency to dollars you can probably guess what the real goal is. It's very close!

I'm happy this morning: I checked the Cosmic Dark Kickstarter and @jon.inkle.co of @inkle.co 's goal for Cosmic Dark funded! So I get to talk to him about narrative stuff. Nice. Next, it's @gshowitt.bsky.social of Rowan, Rook & Decard, then @mytholder.bsky.social. #kickstarter #ttrpg #crowdfunding

time for my new favorite tumblr post

London?! Count me in! (Probably the Forbidden Planet signing.)

I've been waiting so long to talk about this, and I finally got the go-ahead! GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR is getting a sequel, GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN! The adventures of teen Galaxy continue, by me and the spectacular @ryehickman.bsky.social!

I'm having a rest day today, so off to Kew Gardens. Do me a favour, though? If there are any Discords, newsletters or other channels I don't know about, would you mention Cosmic Dark there? That kind of thing really, really helps me. Thanks! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

Here's what Jeeyon Shim (@jeeyon.bsky.social) said about their Cosmic Dark stretch goal: "How intense do you want it to be? I've been looking up the worst things that can happen to the human body as research." It's next up on the Kickstarter. I'm so excited to work with her. #ttrpg #kickstarter

Good morning! Julian Simpson (@juliansimpson.bsky.social) creator of the Lovecraft Investigations, will write "Haumea" when the Cosmic Dark Kickstarter hits £45,000. And we're about to hit Kieron Gillen's stretch goal, so please help us hit that. (And repost!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

I need this tattooed on the insides of my eyelids, or possibly some critical portion of my brain.

I'm celebrating the Cosmic Dark Kickstarter launch in style with coffee and a bacon roll from Greggs. Hope you're doing well this morning too. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

The impeccable @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social has a crackerjack weird space horror rpg on Kickstarter, COSMIC DARK. If that's not enticement enough, I am writing a stretch-goal adventure! Get in on this! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

I've launched the Kickstarter for Cosmic Dark, my game of weird space horror! There are special rewards for backing in the first 48 hours. Please go and back it! And please share this post. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

If you're a fan of wholesome content, @sdorward.bsky.social is writing Warm Fuzzies as a stretch goal scenario for Cosmic Dark, and I'm sure that's as cozy as it sounds. Here is the Kickstarter! It launches next Tuesday! Please follow it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

I'm so happy that Kieron Gillen (@kierongillen.bsky.social) is writing a stretch goal for Cosmic Dark. He describes his scenario as "Superman meets Annihilation". It's deeply weird.

I adore Bridgett Jeffries, who wrote the deeply creepy Miskatonic Shoreside Conservatory, and her Cosmic Dark stretch goal has a ghost ship in it. It'll be great. You should follow her streaming games over on Symphony Entertainment (@symphonyhorror.bsky.social) too.

Amazing comics writer Jadzia Axelrod (@planetx.bsky.social) is writing Experiment IV as a Cosmic Dark stretch goal. I've known Jadzia for years and I love her work: if you haven't seen her creation Galaxy and her take on Hawkgirl, I really recommend them.

Love this town.

A thing I just said to my partner: "I've been married to you for a million years and I've never heard about your Grand Theft Narnia game."

Yesterday I bought a locally published book of walks based around a particular train line. The £2.50 was worth it for this bit alone "The signpost suggests you can go straight... Not true!! Don't go straight on!"

Livestock portraits are also one of the focuses of the next episode of our brand-new podcast series, Absolute Units. Look out for it next Thursday. Until then, here's episode one! bsky.app/profile/them...

Any thoughts who should write a stretch goal for Cthulhu Dark? The ideal person knows me a little; and I know them a little; but they're not someone I've collaborated with closely. I'd especially like a few people who aren't TTRPG designers (e.g. comic writers, designers of other games).

Even if Actual Plays aren't your thing, this is a really great session. What I love is that the players listen to each other and play off what the others are giving.

Today, I'm doing media stuff for Cosmic Dark. Which news websites should I contact, who might want to write about tabletop RPG or horror RPG stuff? I have ideas but more are always helpful! If you write for a news website, of course, then I'd love to talk to you.

One of our local pubs has had a power cut tonight. They are open and busy. We're having a lovely time.

“In a stunning turn, 29 Republicans defected, killing both bills. One Republican even took the floor to deliver a scathing rebuke of the bill’s sponsor.”

There are 100 senators and 435 representatives in the U.S. Congress. 14 of them signed a letter demanding that the Trump regime immediately releases Mahmoud Khalil. 14. A Congress of cowards and capitulator

My birthday dinner is tonight because this restaurant is closed on Sundays.

My birthday is coming up, and I'm starting to have big feelings about it.

Hashtags! I always forget hashtags. So here's the Kickstarter for Cosmic Dark, my weird space horror game again. If you haven't signed up yet, please do. #ttrpg #ttrpgs #kickstarter

Here's the crowdfunder for Cosmic Dark, my game of weird space horror. It'll launch shortly. Please sign up. And I really appreciate it if you share this post! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

PSA: All of David Lynch's features have just dropped at archive dot org, including Industrial Symphony No 1, Hotel Room, and the Duran Duran concert

Compare this--from The Economist! A center-right publication!--to the mealy-mouthed NYT coverage of the constitutional crisis thus far:

The Execution of the Doge, by Delacroix, 1825. He was beheaded for attempting a coup d'etat. Apropos of, you know, absolutely nothing at all.

Yesterday we walked about 6 miles of the Norfolk Coastal Path and back. Even with intermittent rain, it was a beautiful day.

Not quite sunset over the North Sea.

I'm sure it's a long shot, but if anyone in the Watford area found a grey M&S tote bag containing two aqua blue to pale peach gradient yarn cakes, a partly completed shawl, and a pink and white crochet hook in the last two weeks please get in touch. I left it on the 322 around 9AM on October 27th

Burns Night tonight! The highland cow gang are getting ready for the poetry reading.

#ShowMeYourKnits Cables! I made an Arcuate Vest a couple of years ago. I love the loose looking cables. 🧶

Signs of spring: snowdrops are blooming and wrenches are migrating.

We just watched Midsommar. I LOVED IT. And frankly, it's left me in a very good mood.

From tomorrow, inauguration day, I plan to be offline for two days. I just need a break from constant news connectivity.

On very cold days I'll wear my warmest wool hat. On those days I wonder why people are looking at me. And then I remember; I'm wearing a deer hat. 🧶 #handknits