When I started seeing ghosts, I wasn’t prepared for how many dogs there would be. All breeds, all ages, all sizes. Still following their former owners around, still loving with all their hearts. If you’ve lost a dog, no you haven’t. Don’t forget them, because they haven’t forgotten you.

Actively looking for a new job! I am a statistician/data analyst in Edmonton with experience in Machine Learning statistical methods, data modelling of all kinds, visualization and reporting, and more! SQL and R, decent Python and PowerShell, and otherwise a quick learner. Looking for hybrid/remote!

It's 968 AC. An artificial sun shines down upon Doskvol. Autopods cruise down rows of peaceful, prosperous houses. Beneath it all, strange actors and twisted conspiracies work their shadowy agendas. Blades '68. The future is now. Don't miss it: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

From the publisher that brings you Sprigs & Kindling (that's me!), in collaboration with @jesseross.com and @pemetawe.bsky.social comes a new anthology of one shot incursions for Trophy! Sign up to be notified of launch 😄 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...

oh i had this realization once

Mordy is chasing sunbeams

Salt. Fat. Acid. Heat. Stress. Talent. Pain. Passion. 86 puts you in the non-slip shoes of a talented chef turned restauranteur. Hands on, solo journaling game intent on seeing if you can take the heat of running your own kitchen. Buy from @plusoneexp.bsky.social plusoneexp.com/products/86

5 classes I took at university (electives edition): Men's Chorus Ballroom dance French phonetics Italian literature German opera seminar

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

An ugly truth I don't think gets mentioned enough: Some people's problems with fascism as it manifests isn't that there is fascism; it's that they aren't the ones benefiting from it.

oh my god, i’m crushed. catherine o’hara you queen

Contributor Highlight: @madelancholy.bsky.social coordinates by day, and then spends time playing/running TTRPGs, game writing, or editing video for their YouTube actual-play channel Madelancholy. They have written for Brindlewood Bay and contributed to the Sprigs and Kindling community zine.

the big problem with roving death squads is not the roving you dumbass

I'm so excited for this one!

I threw off my parents’ songs when I threw off their religion. Their songs made me itch, made me doubt, made me hate myself. So instead I’ve had to come up with my own songs. Music that affirms, that celebrates, that makes whole that which was broken. Tentative, but gaining confidence every day.

The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live! The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US! store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...

One of the many reasons I dislike winter so much is that every day in December feels like like a Friday but in all the worst ways, and that’s followed by January, where every day feels like a Monday but in all the worst ways.

Haircut!

Rivals: A Ghosts of El Paso Zine is out. @signalstation.bsky.social and I have developed some materials for the Kid Playbook for the Ghosts of El Paso TTRPG. Cover and Artwork by @rapidpunches.itch.io signalstation.itch.io/rivals-a-gho...

Contributor Highlight: @foresightstudio.bsky.social is a science consultant, layout artist, and occasional fortune-teller who writes tabletop roleplaying games as Foresight Studio. His work has appeared in Public Access, The Silt Verses RPG, The Between, and Triangle Agency!

look upon my works, ye mighty, and let me know what you think

How we doing

Winter allergies should not be allowed to exist.

My husband got me some Cards of Marseille for Christmas! (The deck came all the way from Ukraine so it only arrived today.) Now I just need to learn how to shuffle, deal, and read tarot cards and I'll be unstoppable.

My husband got me some Cards of Marseille for Christmas! (The deck came all the way from Ukraine so it only arrived today.) Now I just need to learn how to shuffle, deal, and read tarot cards and I'll be unstoppable.

"An armor called fantasy." Personal piece inspired by reflections about escapism. #art

Psst. Hey you. There's free stuff in my ko-fi library for you to use in your projects - even commercial ones. Don't tell anyone I told you 🤫 ko-fi.com/alderdoodle/...

Watching this project come together and it's going to be so good! One shot RPG anthology for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark coming to Kickstarter March 1, 2026.

It comes down slowly, lurching from side to side on glitching propulsors, and lands at my feet: a hover bassinet, with a human baby inside. You can tell it’s from Upcity because it’s so clean. It’s lucky it found me: a cutter would harvest its parts in an instant. I grab it and run for the lift.

DEAD-PILLED is now available on The Gauntlet's $7+ Patreon feed (or available as a one-time purchase for $8). DEAD-PILLED is a new Carved from Brindlewood game by me! Check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/gauntl...

I just really like The Between! (And CfB in general) That is all.

I feel attacked

Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking? Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me. 1/

The first three episodes of The Lands Remaining Podcast are now available wherever you get podcasts. This podcast tracks the development and eventual release of my new game, The Lands Remaining. Check it out! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-lands-re...

Contributor Highlight: @kmacku.bsky.social is a freelance writer in New Orleans. He wrote “Of Masks and Murder” for Brindlewood Bay’s Deep Reaver Con, “Pale Horse” for Public Access, and “The House of Green Delights” for The Silt Verses RPG. He is also a contributing writer for The Between!

Intensely foggy again this morning. Turned walking the dog into a muffled, half-real experience with trees looming suddenly out of the mist and street lamps casting diaphanous angel wings of light through the air

Also, read S&K, a free anthology of creative works from the Carved from Brindlewood community! 100% volunteer! sprigsandkindling.com

Mordy, taking a brief rest from being unhinged

I love this teaser. So deliciously ominous

Hey, it's me!

Amatus

The playtest was a blast! Thanks @iamatrex.com , @madelancholy.bsky.social , and @ryokley.bsky.social for coming along for that ride!

Me, two hours before I playtest a Trophy Dark incursion, typing laboriously into Google: "How... GM......."

My assignment for Winona Nelson's SmArtschool class: Choose a favorite book and illustrate a cover for it. I picked "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller, and my goal was to capture a similar bittersweet tone as the novel has.

It's in the thirties (Fahrenheit) here today, which is ungodly cold for a place where at worst you generally only need to put on a hoodie to keep warm. Our car was covered in frost this morning! The mind boggles

Books don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.

Our next crowdfunder! Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future! New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun. Sign up here: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...