Prose Witch
@prosewitch.bsky.social
Passionate storyteller & game developer 📚🎮 Crafting immersive fiction & interactive experiences 🌌🔮 Love exploring the boundaries of imagination & pushing the art of storytelling to new heights 🌟🚀 #Writer #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
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Prose Witch
@prosewitch.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Planting seeds of worlds—dialogue branches, shimmering choices, half-dreamt what-ifs that unfurl into whole universes. Each day I'm tending a garden, waiting for players to wander in, brush past story-vines, and breathe deep of the blooms I’ve nurtured to life. #Writer #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
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HELLO by the way! I will be doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) in r/fantasy on Tuesday August 26 in support of the @thepixelproject.bsky.social ! I'll be posting at 8 am MT and checking in to answer all day, so bring your questions! :)
August 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
HELLO by the way! I will be doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) in r/fantasy on Tuesday August 26 in support of the @thepixelproject.bsky.social ! I'll be posting at 8 am MT and checking in to answer all day, so bring your questions! :)
New indie!
Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t touch that remote!
Release Date: Sep 23, 2025
store.steampowered.com/app/3323850/...
Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t touch that remote!
Release Date: Sep 23, 2025
store.steampowered.com/app/3323850/...
Blippo+ on Steam
Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t to...
store.steampowered.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
New indie!
Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t touch that remote!
Release Date: Sep 23, 2025
store.steampowered.com/app/3323850/...
Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t touch that remote!
Release Date: Sep 23, 2025
store.steampowered.com/app/3323850/...
Caves of Qud claimed a Hugo Award this year for Best Game or Interactive Work 🏆 Proof that worlds built with strangeness, detail, and narrative daring can stand shoulder to shoulder with and compete with the very finest. #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
August 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Caves of Qud claimed a Hugo Award this year for Best Game or Interactive Work 🏆 Proof that worlds built with strangeness, detail, and narrative daring can stand shoulder to shoulder with and compete with the very finest. #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
Inspired by All Will Rise, I’m wiring my own interactive scenes that spark transformation and agency. I want choices to carry real weight in a player’s hands, shaping a narrative that echoes far beyond the game itself. #Writer #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
August 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Inspired by All Will Rise, I’m wiring my own interactive scenes that spark transformation and agency. I want choices to carry real weight in a player’s hands, shaping a narrative that echoes far beyond the game itself. #Writer #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
Planting seeds of worlds—dialogue branches, shimmering choices, half-dreamt what-ifs that unfurl into whole universes. Each day I'm tending a garden, waiting for players to wander in, brush past story-vines, and breathe deep of the blooms I’ve nurtured to life. #Writer #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
August 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Planting seeds of worlds—dialogue branches, shimmering choices, half-dreamt what-ifs that unfurl into whole universes. Each day I'm tending a garden, waiting for players to wander in, brush past story-vines, and breathe deep of the blooms I’ve nurtured to life. #Writer #GameDev #InteractiveFiction
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Sharing for the late night #WritingCommunity and #QueerWriters crowds
Looking for authors for a Bi Romance Bundle for Bi Awareness Week in September. We're at 17 authors and I'd like 20-25
Unsure if your book counts? I made a handy flow chart!
Looking for authors for a Bi Romance Bundle for Bi Awareness Week in September. We're at 17 authors and I'd like 20-25
Unsure if your book counts? I made a handy flow chart!
August 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Sharing for the late night #WritingCommunity and #QueerWriters crowds
Looking for authors for a Bi Romance Bundle for Bi Awareness Week in September. We're at 17 authors and I'd like 20-25
Unsure if your book counts? I made a handy flow chart!
Looking for authors for a Bi Romance Bundle for Bi Awareness Week in September. We're at 17 authors and I'd like 20-25
Unsure if your book counts? I made a handy flow chart!
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A wasp nest with radiation levels 10 times higher than permitted under federal regulations was discovered at a site in South Carolina that handles nuclear waste.
July 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A wasp nest with radiation levels 10 times higher than permitted under federal regulations was discovered at a site in South Carolina that handles nuclear waste.
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SO last week the World Darts federation allowed anti-trans bigots to assault a player mid-match, and this week they ar addressing the issue...
By banning trans women from playing darts.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/tran...
By banning trans women from playing darts.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/tran...
Trans darts player vows not to let new anti-trans ban ruin her love of the sport - LGBTQ Nation
The new policy effectively sidelines trans darts star Noa-Lynn van Leuven from World Darts Federation's women's events.
www.lgbtqnation.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
SO last week the World Darts federation allowed anti-trans bigots to assault a player mid-match, and this week they ar addressing the issue...
By banning trans women from playing darts.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/tran...
By banning trans women from playing darts.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/tran...
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Get out the gake - 🌈 Pride #StoryBundle 2024 is here!
Been hearing about Pluralities, the 🏳️⚧️ extra trans 🚀 book from a tiny #Detroit press that made the NYT Review? It's in there. Give this a look *and* help save lives through Rainbow Railroad?
storybundle.com/pride #Pride #PrideMonth #Pride2024
Been hearing about Pluralities, the 🏳️⚧️ extra trans 🚀 book from a tiny #Detroit press that made the NYT Review? It's in there. Give this a look *and* help save lives through Rainbow Railroad?
storybundle.com/pride #Pride #PrideMonth #Pride2024
May 31, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Get out the gake - 🌈 Pride #StoryBundle 2024 is here!
Been hearing about Pluralities, the 🏳️⚧️ extra trans 🚀 book from a tiny #Detroit press that made the NYT Review? It's in there. Give this a look *and* help save lives through Rainbow Railroad?
storybundle.com/pride #Pride #PrideMonth #Pride2024
Been hearing about Pluralities, the 🏳️⚧️ extra trans 🚀 book from a tiny #Detroit press that made the NYT Review? It's in there. Give this a look *and* help save lives through Rainbow Railroad?
storybundle.com/pride #Pride #PrideMonth #Pride2024
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Yikes. Here we go.
Seeking A.I.-Assisted Stories & Comics in Any Genre
Open: March 15th, 2024 - April 15th, 2024
mythulu.submittable.com/submit/22825...
Seeking A.I.-Assisted Stories & Comics in Any Genre
Open: March 15th, 2024 - April 15th, 2024
mythulu.submittable.com/submit/22825...
Mythulu - "A.I." Special Issue - Mythulu Magazine
Terms of PublicationMythulu eMagazine pays an average of $0.06/word or $15/page. Non-fiction pays 0.08/word. Creative works earn 0.04/word BASE PAY + the ability to boost pay through our contributor-e...
mythulu.submittable.com
March 11, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Yikes. Here we go.
Seeking A.I.-Assisted Stories & Comics in Any Genre
Open: March 15th, 2024 - April 15th, 2024
mythulu.submittable.com/submit/22825...
Seeking A.I.-Assisted Stories & Comics in Any Genre
Open: March 15th, 2024 - April 15th, 2024
mythulu.submittable.com/submit/22825...
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Don't forget that #KidLitChat is every Tuesday at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. Follow chat hosts @bonnieadamson.com & @gregpincus.bsky.social for details.
If you use deck.blue or @graysky.app, you can follow via #KidLitChat hashtag. Here's how I use deck.blue to follow:
youtu.be/-5N2CZRIit4?...
If you use deck.blue or @graysky.app, you can follow via #KidLitChat hashtag. Here's how I use deck.blue to follow:
youtu.be/-5N2CZRIit4?...
How to use deck.blue to participate in a Bluesky livechat (#KidLitChat)
NOTE: I strongly recommend signing up for deck.blue well before the livechat, so you have time to register for an app password (NOT your official Bluesky pas...
youtu.be
February 20, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Don't forget that #KidLitChat is every Tuesday at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. Follow chat hosts @bonnieadamson.com & @gregpincus.bsky.social for details.
If you use deck.blue or @graysky.app, you can follow via #KidLitChat hashtag. Here's how I use deck.blue to follow:
youtu.be/-5N2CZRIit4?...
If you use deck.blue or @graysky.app, you can follow via #KidLitChat hashtag. Here's how I use deck.blue to follow:
youtu.be/-5N2CZRIit4?...
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We are releasing our weird game on all the consoles except N64. Here’s a piece specifically for Xbox but don’t worry Nintendos and PlayStations. We haven’t forgotten you. We love and cherish you. news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/0...
How Times & Galaxy Turns Journalism into a Game Mechanic - Xbox Wire
Times & Galaxy turns journalism into a game mechanic - and the team is drawing from real-life experience to make for a truly unique project, arriving later this year.
news.xbox.com
February 19, 2024 at 10:19 PM
We are releasing our weird game on all the consoles except N64. Here’s a piece specifically for Xbox but don’t worry Nintendos and PlayStations. We haven’t forgotten you. We love and cherish you. news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/0...
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Gamers! The new @bundleofholding.com celebrates their 11th anniversary, and it features 16 one-page RPGs by my friend, the brilliant Grant Howitt! ALL PROCEEDS for this go to the Diana Jones Award's Emerging Designer Program.
bundleofholding.com/presents/Bir...
bundleofholding.com/presents/Bir...
2024 Birthday Bundle
Adventurer! For just three days, this 2024 Birthday Bundle marks the Bundle of Holding's eleventh anniversary with an all-new charity offer featuring .PDFs of the well-known One-Page RPGs by designer ...
bundleofholding.com
February 19, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Gamers! The new @bundleofholding.com celebrates their 11th anniversary, and it features 16 one-page RPGs by my friend, the brilliant Grant Howitt! ALL PROCEEDS for this go to the Diana Jones Award's Emerging Designer Program.
bundleofholding.com/presents/Bir...
bundleofholding.com/presents/Bir...
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Don't worry: I can confirm that all those klaxons are almost certainly celebrating our first story of 2024: "The Last Oracle of Atlantic City" by C. H. Irons. So sit back and experience the story in confidence that nothing is about to explode, except for your level of enjoyment!
Escape Pod 922: The Last Oracle of Atlantic City
Even without the AI chattering in the back of his mind, Baz can tell his customer is upset. It isn’t that hard to figure out as she glares daggers at him over the plastic folding table.
escapepod.org
January 6, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Don't worry: I can confirm that all those klaxons are almost certainly celebrating our first story of 2024: "The Last Oracle of Atlantic City" by C. H. Irons. So sit back and experience the story in confidence that nothing is about to explode, except for your level of enjoyment!
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And the awful people who are trying to harass, for example, Ursula Vernon as a winner who, like Chris, keeping her award, can go frak off into the Sun.
No, wait, the solar system is not large enough for such people. Go peddle your hatred over at Barnard's Star or Teegarden's Star.
No, wait, the solar system is not large enough for such people. Go peddle your hatred over at Barnard's Star or Teegarden's Star.
As someone who was also a recipient of a Hugo Award in Chengdu, I, too, have conflicted feelings about my award. But I have decided to keep my award and treat it as an odd family heirloom acquired under unusual circumstances. I hope Ms. Mills comes to terms with this in her own way...
February 18, 2024 at 9:52 PM
And the awful people who are trying to harass, for example, Ursula Vernon as a winner who, like Chris, keeping her award, can go frak off into the Sun.
No, wait, the solar system is not large enough for such people. Go peddle your hatred over at Barnard's Star or Teegarden's Star.
No, wait, the solar system is not large enough for such people. Go peddle your hatred over at Barnard's Star or Teegarden's Star.
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Light Like Knives Dragged Across the Skin (aka that creepy card game with a sacrifice in it) is one of those short stories I wrote and I have no idea where it came from or why, but damn it's just creepy and good
It will be in next month's Skinless Man Counts to Five, but also here-
It will be in next month's Skinless Man Counts to Five, but also here-
PseudoPod 29: Light Like Knives Dragged Across the Skin
Saw grinned. “Well, come on chicken shits, let’s keep the game going. We can’t call it quits now, we are all defined by our cards in play. So smack that shit down and let’s get going.” Saw got off on…
pseudopod.org
February 19, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Light Like Knives Dragged Across the Skin (aka that creepy card game with a sacrifice in it) is one of those short stories I wrote and I have no idea where it came from or why, but damn it's just creepy and good
It will be in next month's Skinless Man Counts to Five, but also here-
It will be in next month's Skinless Man Counts to Five, but also here-
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I'm waiting until they give up trying to figure things out and just rename it The Dave.
February 18, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I'm waiting until they give up trying to figure things out and just rename it The Dave.
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Coming soon: NEW DEMONS, edited by Lansdale, Lansdale, & McDonough. It boasts a killers' row of writers, including @chuckwendig.bsky.social, @robinhobb.bsky.social, Chuck Palahniuk, S.A. Cosby & Owen King. My story "Ushers" is in there too--hope you dig it. Sign up for notifications on Kickstarter:
Coming soon: NEW DEMONS
A boundary-breaking horror anthology edited by Joe R. Lansdale, Patrick R. McDonough & Keith Lansdale
www.kickstarter.com
January 22, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Coming soon: NEW DEMONS, edited by Lansdale, Lansdale, & McDonough. It boasts a killers' row of writers, including @chuckwendig.bsky.social, @robinhobb.bsky.social, Chuck Palahniuk, S.A. Cosby & Owen King. My story "Ushers" is in there too--hope you dig it. Sign up for notifications on Kickstarter:
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We're under attack and the only solution now is to tax billionaires into nonexistence
man, i don’t know what the solution for the ongoing media apocalypse is, but we are way worse off for it.
January 19, 2024 at 6:09 PM
We're under attack and the only solution now is to tax billionaires into nonexistence
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From the practice of swatting to the dehumanization of political adversaries and the use of stochastic terror, The Big Picture is uncovering hard truths defining our reality. This isn't fiction; it's a journey into the heart of contemporary politics, and your journey into understanding starts here.
Trumpism and the Rise of Political Threats and Violence
Donald Trump's rhetoric is normalizing political threats and violence against his political rivals. And it's leading us to a dangerous future.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM
From the practice of swatting to the dehumanization of political adversaries and the use of stochastic terror, The Big Picture is uncovering hard truths defining our reality. This isn't fiction; it's a journey into the heart of contemporary politics, and your journey into understanding starts here.
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A Japanese robotic spacecraft successfully set down on the moon on Friday.
With this achievement, Japan is now the fifth country to send a spacecraft that made a soft landing on the moon.
With this achievement, Japan is now the fifth country to send a spacecraft that made a soft landing on the moon.
Japan Moon Landing: Japan Becomes Fifth Country to Land on the Moon
The SLIM robotic lander reached the lunar surface on Friday morning, although officials from the Japanese space agency said it is having difficulty generating power which could limit how long it opera...
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2024 at 6:13 PM
A Japanese robotic spacecraft successfully set down on the moon on Friday.
With this achievement, Japan is now the fifth country to send a spacecraft that made a soft landing on the moon.
With this achievement, Japan is now the fifth country to send a spacecraft that made a soft landing on the moon.
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Tom Purdom (1936-2024) locusmag.com/2024/01...
Tom Purdom (1936-2024)
SF writer Tom Purdom, 87, died January 14, 2024. Thomas Edward Purdom was born April 19, 1936 in New Haven CT, and lived in Philadelphia PA with his wife, Sara Wescoat Purdom. He began publishing S…
locusmag.com
January 15, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Tom Purdom (1936-2024) locusmag.com/2024/01...
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I don't usually buy single issues of anything anymore but this one will be arriving in the next couple weeks.
December 11, 2023 at 9:40 PM
I don't usually buy single issues of anything anymore but this one will be arriving in the next couple weeks.
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Cait Corrain fucked around and found out. So, authors: don't, uh, don't be such a spiteful YIKES that your publisher takes the loss on dumping your nearly published book with months to go. (Screencaps from Twitter)
December 11, 2023 at 7:19 PM
Cait Corrain fucked around and found out. So, authors: don't, uh, don't be such a spiteful YIKES that your publisher takes the loss on dumping your nearly published book with months to go. (Screencaps from Twitter)
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if you want an explainer on the Cait Corrain stuff, the mary sue has a great one:
Cait Corrain Goodreads Controversy, Explained | The Mary Sue
Almost a dozen now-deleted Goodreads accounts review bombed several upcoming authors and all 5-starred Cait Corrain.
www.themarysue.com
December 11, 2023 at 9:10 PM
if you want an explainer on the Cait Corrain stuff, the mary sue has a great one: