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Nic Wilkinson
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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
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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
The front cover of Bad Sector by Cy Dethan. The cover quote by horror novelist Jasper Bark says ""Bad Sector is the future you didn't see coming. It's not just the future of resisting urban oppression, augmented human consciousness and extreme ultra-violence. It's the future of every genre you've ever loved. Grab it with both hands, before it takes you down without you ever seeing it coming."
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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.
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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."
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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
Poster for Rachel's Haircare advice from Bad Sector with the quote "Fake red hair, sculpted like a weapon" 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. In Expectation, virtually all forms of criminality carry the same penalty: complete neurological rollback to the perpetrator’s last known ‘uncorrupted’ state. For offences beyond conventional remedy, offences against the mechanisms of justice itself, there are the Hangmen. Erased from every surveillance and record-keeping system in Expectation and sharing his brain with a secondary consciousness known as an Advocate, Mark’s investigation sees him spilling blood in every corner of the self-building city, from its molecular reconstructions of Las Vegas and Paris to the scratch-built slums of East End London. Stalked by allies and enemies alike, increasingly questioning the true nature and motives of the stranger in his skull, Mark finds himself lost and hunted in the organic rubble of the First City, the Precursor City, the living ruins of Aspiration.
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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
January 26, 2026 at 11:12 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
I roll to...be a bad thing for all humanity

I mean I can't honestly say that I've not ever made that roll in games.

#ttrpgs
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
I have finally watched The Banshees of Inisherin.
My God, it's a masterpiece and I am a wreck.
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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
January 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Reposted by Nic Wilkinson
formergregsamsa.bsky.social
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
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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!
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
By Taryn Knight.

Her website is here tarynknight.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:58 AM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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
Book map showing the cover of Bad Sector by Cy Dethan with these words around it Dystopia Punk noir sci fi The Expectation Office of Justice Silicon and Scar tissue Dead man's handle Sentient City A murderous cyberpunk identity crisis Existential ultra violence Augmented assassins 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. In Expectation, virtually all forms of criminality carry the same penalty: complete neurological rollback to the perpetrator’s last known ‘uncorrupted’ state. For offences beyond conventional remedy, offences against the mechanisms of justice itself, there are the Hangmen. Erased from every surveillance and record-keeping system in Expectation and sharing his brain with a secondary consciousness known as an Advocate, Mark’s investigation sees him spilling blood in every corner of the self-building city, from its molecular reconstructions of Las Vegas and Paris to the scratch-built slums of East End London. Stalked by allies and enemies alike, increasingly questioning the true nature and motives of the stranger in his skull, Mark finds himself lost and hunted in the organic rubble of the First City, the Precursor City, the living ruins of Aspiration. www. cydethan.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:25 AM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
Yes.
January 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
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
January 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
The wisdom of @cydethan.bsky.social echoes down the ages.
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Reposted by Nic Wilkinson
artofmaquenda.bsky.social
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
January 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Nic Wilkinson
artofmaquenda.bsky.social
Get Out
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 AM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
Ooh, Fallout, ooh indeed!
No spoilers though!
January 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
We bought Unmstched:Tales To Amaze on a whim at the weekend.

Not actually played it yet - althought we have laid it out on the table ready for the weekend - but one expansion arrived today (Houdini and the Genie) and one is due on Saturday (Cobbles and Fog)

The art is so pretty.
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
So by now I'm well used to bits of @cydethan.bsky.social's writing leaking into the world & causing mischief but having an a week long fight with an actual *bad sector* in his PC is beyond the universe having a bit of a laugh!

You can find the troublesome thing here
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
January 21, 2026 at 7:42 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
Cy had the visionary insight to see we should eat bacon and scrambled eggs in warm baguettes for lunch...and they were amazing!
January 21, 2026 at 5:44 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
This was part of the 1917 transfer of the Danish West Indies under the 1917 “Lansing Declaration” which meant Denmark agreeing to sell the West Indies while the U.S. dropped any potential objections to Denmark’s full control over Greenland.

*Best Walton Goggins voice* Well shit, son!
January 21, 2026 at 12:40 AM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
It's Tuesday so it's time for an "in world" thing from Bad Sector.
Erogenous Jones took Permanent Mark for real tacos after they were done with his training mission.
You don't even want to know what he learned.
Or maybe you do...you can find out in the book here.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
Erogenous Jones real tacos advert from the world of Bad Sector, a cyberpunk thriller 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. In Expectation, virtually all forms of criminality carry the same penalty: complete neurological rollback to the perpetrator’s last known ‘uncorrupted’ state. For offences beyond conventional remedy, offences against the mechanisms of justice itself, there are the Hangmen. Erased from every surveillance and record-keeping system in Expectation and sharing his brain with a secondary consciousness known as an Advocate, Mark’s investigation sees him spilling blood in every corner of the self-building city, from its molecular reconstructions of Las Vegas and Paris to the scratch-built slums of East End London. Stalked by allies and enemies alike, increasingly questioning the true nature and motives of the stranger in his skull, Mark finds himself lost and hunted in the organic rubble of the First City, the Precursor City, the living ruins of Aspiration. Bad Sector is noir-inflected punk science fiction, an existential anthem of silicon and scar tissue. “Bad Sector is the future you didn’t see coming. It’s not just the future of resisting urban oppression, augmented human consciousness and extreme ultra-violence…it’s the future of ever genre you’ve ever loved. Grab it with both hands, before it takes you down without you ever seeing it coming” Jasper Bark Now available on Amazon in hardback, paperback and Kindle. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXCFDL2R
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 PM
nicwilkinson.bsky.social
ICE executed a woman in the street who didn't even break the law.
joelhs.bsky.social Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 8d
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.” It sounds fierce. It feels righteous. But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless. The Gestapo was a secret police force. No warrants. No courts. No lawyers. And no appeals. People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything. The knock on the door was the sentence. ICE isn’t that. Not even close. ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials. Its agents file reports. They seek warrants. They lose cases. Judges stop them. Lawyers challenge them. Some detainees go home. That’s not tyranny. That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse. You can hate immigration policy. You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad. You can work to have the law changed if you wish. That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do. But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil. You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor. And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize. In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight. This one hasn't yet. It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses. That difference matters. Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history. We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with. And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM