#ttrpg space we are proud to announce 🪘🪘🪘 "AU presents: BHM 2026 Harlem Renaissance Forever" a Black History Month fundraiser & celebration of the past, present and future through actual play! So whether it's your 1st time roleplaying or you're Denzel Washington you're invited to the function!

Don’t forget your meds! ✨

Please consider wearing an #N95 mask BEFORE you get sick, so that you don't have to get sick. Absurdly, #PublicHealth continues to ask people to wear a mask after they get sick (close the stable door after the horse has bolted) - Via @violetblue.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

anyway wwwobble.org is very cool - a Downpour-like but on the web. and it's Olivia Jack who's working on it! (she made Hydra). and she's got funding for it! so nice to see!

my ThinkyCon 2025 talk about crankin out little games in my free time is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsl... includes a cute photo of Stegi ((un)official mascot of the corgispace manifesto)

I just love being an artists and making art. I love seeing all that is wonderful around me. I love soaking up knowledge and concepts and images, I love coming up with new things, learning new skills. I just love it all so damn much.

To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories: - Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy - Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever

happy skate story day to all who celebrate happy angeline era day to all who celebrate happy --

HEY if you have ever wanted to make a whole working #PICO8 ROM from absolute scratch, but weren't sure where to start... just head over to www.pico-8-edu.com and i'll take you on a lil 15 minute tour that will have you up and running in no time! well, in 15 minutes 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWsj...

this is so tempting, fun wee project over the holiday period...

Our PDF for How To GM Romance is out! We did it @kiennas.bsky.social @naladraws.com @sailorsctaustin.bsky.social @erfjordan.bsky.social @metalweavegames.com So proud of what we've done. 🥰 cover art by @defenestratin.bsky.social Check it out here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

THE MERCHANT

Calling all office nerds 😎 the Office Mimics are now available (for free) in my Kofi! These are a set of .ico files to customize your folder/program icons with! ko-fi.com/s/3683ca94cb These were super fun to make, hope you have fun customizing your desktop using these! #pixelart #mimic

Release your inhibitions. 🚲

many examples in the replies, high on my list why I've not stopped masking in trains / buses / grocery/pharmacy including outside if a dense crowd of strangers, and get annoyed if people unmasked keep coughing and telling people it's not covid they checked bc we don't want whatever else it is either

After two weeks of research and battling chronic fatigue, I finally managed to put together over 4.4k words about alternative storefronts and platforms where creators can potentially host NSFW and/or Queer works. Hint: There's no real replacement for itchio www.tofu.rocks/2025/08/14/a...

It can be hard to avoid scope creep when developing a game. This is my new favourite way to keep my team on track. #indiedev #gamedev #devhumour

Magneto was right and Matilda did nothing wrong

we all deserve to gloat a little about “AI” collapsing into the shitpile it is, but let’s not get ahead of the fact that we still have to kill capitalism

“How do you create so much stuff?” I’ve removed all the garbage that goes around creating stuff. You know, the busy work which is just pretending to do things. The key to creating stuff I’ve found, is creating stuff. So like, go and create stuff. And when you’re done, create some more stuff.

I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan. (thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

We're at 80/500! Throughout the holiday season, get a bundle and support QTBIPOC creators! #QTBIPOCStorm #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #QTBIPOC #TTRPG #TTRPGs #Zine #Game #InteractiveFiction #VisualNovel itch.io/b/3424/qtbip...

It's the last month of 2025, & this year, I published two short stories, one novella, and one novel. ❤️ My short story "Mail-Order Magic" is one of the most personal pieces I've ever written, and it's free to read at @morningtransport.bsky.social : www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/mail-order...

There's also my poem "portrait of the artist as a young gorgon." www.penumbric.com/archives/Aug...

I didn't publish a lot in 2025, but I'm proud of what I did publish. I'd especially love it if you'd consider my poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" (eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, and Rhysling awards). strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Not to be outdone, the special edition of Someone You Can Build A Nest In with the alternate cover and bonus chapters is just $15 on Barnes & Noble!

Holiday deal alert! the paperback of Someone You Can Build A Nest In is just $10 on Amazon! In case you need a shapeshifting monster in search for love this holiday. www.amazon.com/Someone-You-...

Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...

HALFWAY TO GOAL! $750 out of $1500! Please support the Giftmas effort on behalf of the Edmonton Food Bank. Follow the link below and you can get a sweet, easy recipe perfect for a holiday potluck.

New essay out today in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ! The Stranger Next Door: The Domestic Fantastic in Classic Nordic Children's Fantasy. My wheelhouse? Yeah. Definitely my wheelhouse. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Haven’t mentioned it in a minute but SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL is still available for pre-orders. Canadians, it doesn’t say so at this link but Amazon finally has a paperback. Not sure what’s taking Indigo so long. Anyway, here are the links so far: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out: storybundle.com/fantasy #romancelandia

If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, I’ve published 13 short pieces this year with 2 more coming soon. I figured I’d make a thread of just a few of my faves that are free-to-read. (You can still find my complete eligibility post through my link in bio) 🧵

I had a book come out this year that you can vote for! The Island of Dreams is a dark YA fantasy inspired by Peter Pan that focuses on disability and ageism and our assumptions about whose dreams are eligible for paradise and a chosen path to the good place.

I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction! Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #romancelandia

📣👀NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT👀 📣 Remote Control We've released an early demo of our next game on Itch. We really want as much feedback as we can get, please let us know what you think! bit.ly/RemoteContro... #indiegame #horrorgame #indiehorror

SKATE STORY is NOW AVAILABLE on PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch! Go forth. Devour the Moon.

WE'RE LIVE! From 8 December to 2 January, you can head over to itch and support QTBIPOC creators with our mutual aid bundle! itch.io/b/3424/qtbip... #QTBIPOCStorm #qtbipoc #IndieGameDev #IndieDev

Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf

I can't emphasize this enough: If you're struggling to find work in games, you're not the only one and please don't blame yourself. The horrible state of the industry is unprecedented. The crash in the 80s and the recession in the late 2000s weren't as rough as this. There are so few opportunities.

people getting their spotify wrapped today: it's a great time to switch to another service. spotify is doubling and tripling down on taking ICE's business and running ads. switching to tidal took me all of a few minutes and they made their own annual most-played thing anyway.

You’ll Be OK

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.

I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke. IG bscomedian

And with that, my full Elden Ring Photography Tour is now complete: www.robhainescreative.space/collections/... Any signal boosts would be much appreciated!

Did you know I have a newsletter? It's short and sweet and has pretty pictures. And it's the easiest way to keep up with what's going on in my writing life. www.jrdawsonwriter.com

I know that this doesn’t apply to most of you, but please spread the word to anyone you know who DOES live with vertigo or someone who has vertigo. This is not the last thing I will get to tell you about from the vertigo arts project–-this is just the beginning of the cool stuff we’ve been doing.

We will draw on some of the complexities, difficult symptoms, and feelings that characterize vertigo & related conditions. You will be given some prompts to work with, but you will be encouraged to write at your own pace, using forms or technique that are most comfortable to you. >

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23 at 1100 a.m. CST (5 p.m. GMT). This workshop is FREE TO ATTEND with funding provided by the Impact and Innovation Fund of the University of St Andrews, Scotland–but we do ask that you register in advance! For more questions or to register, please email [email protected] >