Nic Wilkinson
@nicwilkinson.bsky.social
The other half of CyNic Stories.
The arty, fonty half.
Bad Sector now available from Amazon in paperback, hardback and KU.
She/Her
See our books: https://cynicstories.co.uk
The arty, fonty half.
Bad Sector now available from Amazon in paperback, hardback and KU.
She/Her
See our books: https://cynicstories.co.uk
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Nic Wilkinson
@nicwilkinson.bsky.social
· Feb 15
Bad Sector by Cy Dethan
"In the sentient city of Expectation, an augmented executioner hunts the murderer of Everyday Carrie - The Woman Who Couldn’t Be Killed.
Permanent Mark is going to solve this case if it kills him… again."
Now available on Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
"In the sentient city of Expectation, an augmented executioner hunts the murderer of Everyday Carrie - The Woman Who Couldn’t Be Killed.
Permanent Mark is going to solve this case if it kills him… again."
Now available on Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
Reposted by Nic Wilkinson
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Nic Wilkinson
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under absolutely no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend drinking tea, reading books, and eating a scandalous amount of croissants.
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under absolutely no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend drinking tea, reading books, and eating a scandalous amount of croissants.
We're playing #CyberpunkRed tomorrow night instead of our usual Friday session.
It feels weird.
It feels weird.
January 30, 2026 at 7:22 PM
We're playing #CyberpunkRed tomorrow night instead of our usual Friday session.
It feels weird.
It feels weird.
Oh.
I...I think I reached the bottom of the Internet.
I...I think I reached the bottom of the Internet.
January 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Oh.
I...I think I reached the bottom of the Internet.
I...I think I reached the bottom of the Internet.
The last honey gingerbread of Christmas is a DOUBLE!
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The last honey gingerbread of Christmas is a DOUBLE!
I mean there comes a time in the life of every GenX girl when she must choose between the 3 paths to the future: neon lit and raining, dust storms and death cars of the wastelands or the machine wars.
It's what we trained for.
It's what we trained for.
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I mean there comes a time in the life of every GenX girl when she must choose between the 3 paths to the future: neon lit and raining, dust storms and death cars of the wastelands or the machine wars.
It's what we trained for.
It's what we trained for.
It's honestly amazing to me (yes, as a Gen X #CyberPunk2020 player since the 90s, but that's doesn't give me "special insight") that I see people *apparently* taking a pro-corporate message from any art in the genre etc
I mean they could be bots or trolls but there's a surprising number of them.
I mean they could be bots or trolls but there's a surprising number of them.
Shadowrun and Cyberpunk were always political and anti capitalist.
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
It's honestly amazing to me (yes, as a Gen X #CyberPunk2020 player since the 90s, but that's doesn't give me "special insight") that I see people *apparently* taking a pro-corporate message from any art in the genre etc
I mean they could be bots or trolls but there's a surprising number of them.
I mean they could be bots or trolls but there's a surprising number of them.
I've thought up an excellent bit of backstory for my #CyberpunkRed character.
It won't make a difference to a single thing system-side.
It might not ever even come out at the table.
But I am delighted to know it about her and it will inform stuff she does or thinks, no doubt.
It won't make a difference to a single thing system-side.
It might not ever even come out at the table.
But I am delighted to know it about her and it will inform stuff she does or thinks, no doubt.
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I've thought up an excellent bit of backstory for my #CyberpunkRed character.
It won't make a difference to a single thing system-side.
It might not ever even come out at the table.
But I am delighted to know it about her and it will inform stuff she does or thinks, no doubt.
It won't make a difference to a single thing system-side.
It might not ever even come out at the table.
But I am delighted to know it about her and it will inform stuff she does or thinks, no doubt.
A wax painting I did for a bit of midwinter katabasis?
This is for Eve, Pandora and all the other curious women.
It's called: Know means know.
"I did not fall,
I fledged, I flew.
You chose the locks; I picked them.
Rapt,
In my animal hide
I stand outside.
I know."
This is for Eve, Pandora and all the other curious women.
It's called: Know means know.
"I did not fall,
I fledged, I flew.
You chose the locks; I picked them.
Rapt,
In my animal hide
I stand outside.
I know."
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
A wax painting I did for a bit of midwinter katabasis?
This is for Eve, Pandora and all the other curious women.
It's called: Know means know.
"I did not fall,
I fledged, I flew.
You chose the locks; I picked them.
Rapt,
In my animal hide
I stand outside.
I know."
This is for Eve, Pandora and all the other curious women.
It's called: Know means know.
"I did not fall,
I fledged, I flew.
You chose the locks; I picked them.
Rapt,
In my animal hide
I stand outside.
I know."
Another little in-world ad from the world of Bad Sector.
When Permanent Mark first sees Rachel he can't move, can't blink, can't breathe...
Find out why.
Now available on Amazon in KU, hardback, paperback and Kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
#cyberpunk #sci-fi #murdermystery
When Permanent Mark first sees Rachel he can't move, can't blink, can't breathe...
Find out why.
Now available on Amazon in KU, hardback, paperback and Kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
#cyberpunk #sci-fi #murdermystery
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Another little in-world ad from the world of Bad Sector.
When Permanent Mark first sees Rachel he can't move, can't blink, can't breathe...
Find out why.
Now available on Amazon in KU, hardback, paperback and Kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
#cyberpunk #sci-fi #murdermystery
When Permanent Mark first sees Rachel he can't move, can't blink, can't breathe...
Find out why.
Now available on Amazon in KU, hardback, paperback and Kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
#cyberpunk #sci-fi #murdermystery
I really like how the Tech stat has been updated in #cyberpunkred
It's pretty much as close as I've seen to an actual "creativity" stat in a game
Well, the ones I've played anyway.
I'm not counting specific "performance" type skills, I'm thinking stats.
#ttrpgs
It's pretty much as close as I've seen to an actual "creativity" stat in a game
Well, the ones I've played anyway.
I'm not counting specific "performance" type skills, I'm thinking stats.
#ttrpgs
January 26, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I really like how the Tech stat has been updated in #cyberpunkred
It's pretty much as close as I've seen to an actual "creativity" stat in a game
Well, the ones I've played anyway.
I'm not counting specific "performance" type skills, I'm thinking stats.
#ttrpgs
It's pretty much as close as I've seen to an actual "creativity" stat in a game
Well, the ones I've played anyway.
I'm not counting specific "performance" type skills, I'm thinking stats.
#ttrpgs
Had a dream last night which I can't remember other than I couldn't do whatever it was I was trying to do until I said it in my Cyberpunk Red character's voice.
Once I start having character dreams I know they've become real. 4 sessions for this one, which is pretty quick.
Once I start having character dreams I know they've become real. 4 sessions for this one, which is pretty quick.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Had a dream last night which I can't remember other than I couldn't do whatever it was I was trying to do until I said it in my Cyberpunk Red character's voice.
Once I start having character dreams I know they've become real. 4 sessions for this one, which is pretty quick.
Once I start having character dreams I know they've become real. 4 sessions for this one, which is pretty quick.
I have finally watched The Banshees of Inisherin.
My God, it's a masterpiece and I am a wreck.
My God, it's a masterpiece and I am a wreck.
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I have finally watched The Banshees of Inisherin.
My God, it's a masterpiece and I am a wreck.
My God, it's a masterpiece and I am a wreck.
One of my favourite Bad Sector quotes, but that isn't a spoiler - which is very hard!
If you've read it and liked it, tell your friends.
If you haven't read it but think your friends would, tell them too
Now available on Amazon in KU, hardback, paperback & Kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
If you've read it and liked it, tell your friends.
If you haven't read it but think your friends would, tell them too
Now available on Amazon in KU, hardback, paperback & Kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
January 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM
One of my favourite Bad Sector quotes, but that isn't a spoiler - which is very hard!
If you've read it and liked it, tell your friends.
If you haven't read it but think your friends would, tell them too
Now available on Amazon in KU, hardback, paperback & Kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
If you've read it and liked it, tell your friends.
If you haven't read it but think your friends would, tell them too
Now available on Amazon in KU, hardback, paperback & Kindle.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
Reposted by Nic Wilkinson
Ok but like isn't this the second or third time Air Force One had to turn back during an Atlantic crossing. I know we all want it to be about Trump, but what if they forgot to pack Stephen Miller in the earth of his homeland, and had to turn back before crossing the water?
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Ok but like isn't this the second or third time Air Force One had to turn back during an Atlantic crossing. I know we all want it to be about Trump, but what if they forgot to pack Stephen Miller in the earth of his homeland, and had to turn back before crossing the water?
Played our first game of Unmatched: Tales To Amaze.
Golden Bat & Dr Jill Trent defeated Mothman, Jersey Devil & Loveland Frog - but at the cost of one bridge & sidekick Daisy.
It's easy to start, intuitive, lots of fun & really characterful.
But there's a lot more depth in there to get to grips with
Golden Bat & Dr Jill Trent defeated Mothman, Jersey Devil & Loveland Frog - but at the cost of one bridge & sidekick Daisy.
It's easy to start, intuitive, lots of fun & really characterful.
But there's a lot more depth in there to get to grips with
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Played our first game of Unmatched: Tales To Amaze.
Golden Bat & Dr Jill Trent defeated Mothman, Jersey Devil & Loveland Frog - but at the cost of one bridge & sidekick Daisy.
It's easy to start, intuitive, lots of fun & really characterful.
But there's a lot more depth in there to get to grips with
Golden Bat & Dr Jill Trent defeated Mothman, Jersey Devil & Loveland Frog - but at the cost of one bridge & sidekick Daisy.
It's easy to start, intuitive, lots of fun & really characterful.
But there's a lot more depth in there to get to grips with
Gather round, little.ones, and I shall tell you a tale of great peril and greater triumph.
Today my reading glasses nearly slid off my head and into the toilet!
Quick as you like I did my best fox snap and caught the arm of them in my teeth!
Today my reading glasses nearly slid off my head and into the toilet!
Quick as you like I did my best fox snap and caught the arm of them in my teeth!
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Gather round, little.ones, and I shall tell you a tale of great peril and greater triumph.
Today my reading glasses nearly slid off my head and into the toilet!
Quick as you like I did my best fox snap and caught the arm of them in my teeth!
Today my reading glasses nearly slid off my head and into the toilet!
Quick as you like I did my best fox snap and caught the arm of them in my teeth!
January 24, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Have you ever had a book written for you?
This one was written for me
It says "For Nic, For Everything, For Ever" in the dedication.
"Is it a kissing book?" you ask?
No, certainly not - there's a story reason for that too.
Find out more at
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
#cyberpunk #sci-fi #books
This one was written for me
It says "For Nic, For Everything, For Ever" in the dedication.
"Is it a kissing book?" you ask?
No, certainly not - there's a story reason for that too.
Find out more at
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
#cyberpunk #sci-fi #books
January 24, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Have you ever had a book written for you?
This one was written for me
It says "For Nic, For Everything, For Ever" in the dedication.
"Is it a kissing book?" you ask?
No, certainly not - there's a story reason for that too.
Find out more at
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
#cyberpunk #sci-fi #books
This one was written for me
It says "For Nic, For Everything, For Ever" in the dedication.
"Is it a kissing book?" you ask?
No, certainly not - there's a story reason for that too.
Find out more at
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
#cyberpunk #sci-fi #books
Yes.
January 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Yes.
My plans for the weekend:
Eat a delicious lasagne
Play our new Unmatched:Tales To Amaze game
Defeat the Beholder in Demio
Go out to look for signs of Spring
Read my Scarred For Life books
Maybe do a bit of art
Already had an excellent conversation about Greenland sharks, mycelium & tardigrades
Eat a delicious lasagne
Play our new Unmatched:Tales To Amaze game
Defeat the Beholder in Demio
Go out to look for signs of Spring
Read my Scarred For Life books
Maybe do a bit of art
Already had an excellent conversation about Greenland sharks, mycelium & tardigrades
January 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM
My plans for the weekend:
Eat a delicious lasagne
Play our new Unmatched:Tales To Amaze game
Defeat the Beholder in Demio
Go out to look for signs of Spring
Read my Scarred For Life books
Maybe do a bit of art
Already had an excellent conversation about Greenland sharks, mycelium & tardigrades
Eat a delicious lasagne
Play our new Unmatched:Tales To Amaze game
Defeat the Beholder in Demio
Go out to look for signs of Spring
Read my Scarred For Life books
Maybe do a bit of art
Already had an excellent conversation about Greenland sharks, mycelium & tardigrades
The wisdom of @cydethan.bsky.social echoes down the ages.
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The wisdom of @cydethan.bsky.social echoes down the ages.
Reposted by Nic Wilkinson
My mother's child is a savage
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones
In the faces of cats, in the falling of feathers
In the dancing of fire
In the curve of old bones
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones
In the faces of cats, in the falling of feathers
In the dancing of fire
In the curve of old bones
January 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
My mother's child is a savage
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones
In the faces of cats, in the falling of feathers
In the dancing of fire
In the curve of old bones
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones
In the faces of cats, in the falling of feathers
In the dancing of fire
In the curve of old bones
Reposted by Nic Wilkinson
