Philip Harris
@solitarymindset.com
Game Designer and writer. By day, I develop video games. By night, I write urban fantasy and horror novels and screenplays. He/him. Co-chair of Greater Vancouver Chapter of HWA. All opinions my own. http://www.solitarymindset.com
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Philip Harris
@solitarymindset.com
· Feb 10
Serial Killer Z
Amazon.com: Serial Killer Z eBook : Harris, Philip: Kindle Store
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Welcome new followers!
I’m a video game developer and horror writer, sometimes at the same time. I mostly post about horror, video games, and cats.
The first book in my serial killer vs zombies series, Serial Killer Z, is currently on sale for 0.99c. www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZXJM14 #booksky
I’m a video game developer and horror writer, sometimes at the same time. I mostly post about horror, video games, and cats.
The first book in my serial killer vs zombies series, Serial Killer Z, is currently on sale for 0.99c. www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZXJM14 #booksky
Jeremy's books are always excellent and now's the perfect time to pick one up.
Right now my horror novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle and Bookshop. I have no idea how long the sale will last.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Jeremy's books are always excellent and now's the perfect time to pick one up.
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
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Over 650 books FREE or $/£0.99! More than 300 participating authors! The 2025 Holiday MegaSale to benefit the Mary Cariola Children's Center has begun!
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December 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Over 650 books FREE or $/£0.99! More than 300 participating authors! The 2025 Holiday MegaSale to benefit the Mary Cariola Children's Center has begun!
megasale.yrliu.com
megasale.yrliu.com
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The best Bluesky Starter Pack for “people who work in video games”
All other packs are TOAST
go.bsky.app/T9XfE9E
All other packs are TOAST
go.bsky.app/T9XfE9E
December 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The best Bluesky Starter Pack for “people who work in video games”
All other packs are TOAST
go.bsky.app/T9XfE9E
All other packs are TOAST
go.bsky.app/T9XfE9E
Another example of how little corporations care about the art they are stewards of.
So, a version of IT"S A WONDERFUL LIFE on Amazon cuts 22 minutes of the movie including the entire Pottersville sequence.(via @pematson.bsky.social )
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Physical Media for the Win: Amazon’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Cuts Pivotal Scenes
One tradition in my household is to watch It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve. There is something about the story of a good man, George Bailey, and his realization that life is worth living and…
bleedingfool.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Another example of how little corporations care about the art they are stewards of.
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It's a Boxing Day Sale! Get any of my books, signed and personalised, sent directly to your home.
(They're the same price as always, but that's still a damn good deal for guaranteed entertainment, right?)
www.alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/
(They're the same price as always, but that's still a damn good deal for guaranteed entertainment, right?)
www.alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/
Books By Alan - Alan Baxter
www.alanbaxter.com.au
December 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's a Boxing Day Sale! Get any of my books, signed and personalised, sent directly to your home.
(They're the same price as always, but that's still a damn good deal for guaranteed entertainment, right?)
www.alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/
(They're the same price as always, but that's still a damn good deal for guaranteed entertainment, right?)
www.alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/
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Seeing people use generative AI is extremely embarrassing. They're like tiny children being given controllers that aren't plugged into the gaming system and they're smashing buttons shouting, "I'm winning!" Only they're adults, fully capable of playing but they want the unplugged controller.
December 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Seeing people use generative AI is extremely embarrassing. They're like tiny children being given controllers that aren't plugged into the gaming system and they're smashing buttons shouting, "I'm winning!" Only they're adults, fully capable of playing but they want the unplugged controller.
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Welcome to v4 of the Blue Sky Game Dev orientation 🧵!
Let's get you started with the basics of Bluesky, finding other devs, and posting about your games!
Btw, this is based on the artist orientation thread from @purlane.ink; make sure to check it out if you’re also on the art side of game dev!
Let's get you started with the basics of Bluesky, finding other devs, and posting about your games!
Btw, this is based on the artist orientation thread from @purlane.ink; make sure to check it out if you’re also on the art side of game dev!
Welcome to the Bluesky artist orientation 🧵!
This will get you started on the basics of how this network works, how to connect with other artists, and how to get your art seen.
If you’re a furry, I also highly recommend checking out @buttplug.engineer's furry orientation thread below:
This will get you started on the basics of how this network works, how to connect with other artists, and how to get your art seen.
If you’re a furry, I also highly recommend checking out @buttplug.engineer's furry orientation thread below:
Welcome to qDot’s “So you’re a furry that just joined bsky” 🧵
A guide to other posts on the network and servers furries should know because I’m sick of repeating myself
First up, @kamu.bsky.social ’s Furry Roll-call thread. Comment to let others know you’re here.
A guide to other posts on the network and servers furries should know because I’m sick of repeating myself
First up, @kamu.bsky.social ’s Furry Roll-call thread. Comment to let others know you’re here.
September 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Welcome to v4 of the Blue Sky Game Dev orientation 🧵!
Let's get you started with the basics of Bluesky, finding other devs, and posting about your games!
Btw, this is based on the artist orientation thread from @purlane.ink; make sure to check it out if you’re also on the art side of game dev!
Let's get you started with the basics of Bluesky, finding other devs, and posting about your games!
Btw, this is based on the artist orientation thread from @purlane.ink; make sure to check it out if you’re also on the art side of game dev!
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We’re honored to officially host the last #TurnBasedThursday of the year! 🎉
💡 #IndieGameDev / #GameDev, drop your bloody #turnbased game below (Don't forget 'bout the hashtag!)
🎮 #Gamers, do ye love turn-based games?❤/🔁 your favorites in the replies and @ other devs too! 👇
💡 #IndieGameDev / #GameDev, drop your bloody #turnbased game below (Don't forget 'bout the hashtag!)
🎮 #Gamers, do ye love turn-based games?❤/🔁 your favorites in the replies and @ other devs too! 👇
December 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We’re honored to officially host the last #TurnBasedThursday of the year! 🎉
💡 #IndieGameDev / #GameDev, drop your bloody #turnbased game below (Don't forget 'bout the hashtag!)
🎮 #Gamers, do ye love turn-based games?❤/🔁 your favorites in the replies and @ other devs too! 👇
💡 #IndieGameDev / #GameDev, drop your bloody #turnbased game below (Don't forget 'bout the hashtag!)
🎮 #Gamers, do ye love turn-based games?❤/🔁 your favorites in the replies and @ other devs too! 👇
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For all the new folks arriving, both #indiegame developers and players alike, I've got some starter packs below you might find useful 👍
🔸 Indie Game Studios - go.bsky.app/EbnyA2d
🔸 Solo Indie Devs - go.bsky.app/46HSs4C
🔸 Indie Game Publishers - go.bsky.app/DAoKtHj
🔸 Indie Game Studios - go.bsky.app/EbnyA2d
🔸 Solo Indie Devs - go.bsky.app/46HSs4C
🔸 Indie Game Publishers - go.bsky.app/DAoKtHj
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
For all the new folks arriving, both #indiegame developers and players alike, I've got some starter packs below you might find useful 👍
🔸 Indie Game Studios - go.bsky.app/EbnyA2d
🔸 Solo Indie Devs - go.bsky.app/46HSs4C
🔸 Indie Game Publishers - go.bsky.app/DAoKtHj
🔸 Indie Game Studios - go.bsky.app/EbnyA2d
🔸 Solo Indie Devs - go.bsky.app/46HSs4C
🔸 Indie Game Publishers - go.bsky.app/DAoKtHj
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just saw a video asking “i wonder if the people who are like ‘good art is good art regardless of how it got made’ (ie ai) would also enjoy watching ai-generated sports/games/matches” and i can’t stop laughing. it’s such a great parallel that they’ll never accept.
December 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
just saw a video asking “i wonder if the people who are like ‘good art is good art regardless of how it got made’ (ie ai) would also enjoy watching ai-generated sports/games/matches” and i can’t stop laughing. it’s such a great parallel that they’ll never accept.
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I just published a Christmas horror story on my Patreon. It’s free for everyone who wants to read and share. Have a great holiday!
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A Christmas Tradition | Richard Kadrey's Damn Patreon
Get more from Richard Kadrey's Damn Patreon on Patreon
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December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I just published a Christmas horror story on my Patreon. It’s free for everyone who wants to read and share. Have a great holiday!
www.patreon.com/posts/christ...
www.patreon.com/posts/christ...
I'm really proud of what we built with Earth vs Mars and players seem to be really enjoying it.
If an Advance Wars style strategy game with a wild sci-fi B-movie story voiced by some fantastic actors sounds like your thing, now is the perfect time to pick it up.
If an Advance Wars style strategy game with a wild sci-fi B-movie story voiced by some fantastic actors sounds like your thing, now is the perfect time to pick it up.
📣The Steam Winter Sale is on now and you can save 25% off Earth vs Mars - don't miss out! 🔗 bit.ly/Earth_vs_Mars
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm really proud of what we built with Earth vs Mars and players seem to be really enjoying it.
If an Advance Wars style strategy game with a wild sci-fi B-movie story voiced by some fantastic actors sounds like your thing, now is the perfect time to pick it up.
If an Advance Wars style strategy game with a wild sci-fi B-movie story voiced by some fantastic actors sounds like your thing, now is the perfect time to pick it up.
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And Tiny Tim, WHO COULD NOT DIE, crawled on under the glare of the dying sun
December 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
And Tiny Tim, WHO COULD NOT DIE, crawled on under the glare of the dying sun
This feels like a fairly recent development that's being driven by the amount of press coverage concurrent user counts get these days.
Saw a forum post decrying a GOTY pick by citing its modest concurrent user count on Steam, and if you think that is in any way a useful indicator of a game's quality then you shouldn't be allowed to use the computer.
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This feels like a fairly recent development that's being driven by the amount of press coverage concurrent user counts get these days.
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I have a feeling bsky.app/profile/slop... is going to become a very popular account.
bsky.app
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have a feeling bsky.app/profile/slop... is going to become a very popular account.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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No one ever tells me these things, so I just discovered that the Kindle ebook of first Coop heist novel, THE EVERYTHING BOX, is on sale for a lousy $.99. You can't even buy a three-legged hamster for $.99, so get a bunch of my books instead. 🐹
www.amazon.com/Everything-B...
www.amazon.com/Everything-B...
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
No one ever tells me these things, so I just discovered that the Kindle ebook of first Coop heist novel, THE EVERYTHING BOX, is on sale for a lousy $.99. You can't even buy a three-legged hamster for $.99, so get a bunch of my books instead. 🐹
www.amazon.com/Everything-B...
www.amazon.com/Everything-B...
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Support indie horror this holiday season, please. We need you. We're waiting for you to find us. Click on any of the presses to find rad horror titles now.
@nwreader.bsky.social
@clashbooks.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
@thirdestatebooks.bsky.social
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@nwreader.bsky.social
@clashbooks.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
@thirdestatebooks.bsky.social
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December 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Support indie horror this holiday season, please. We need you. We're waiting for you to find us. Click on any of the presses to find rad horror titles now.
@nwreader.bsky.social
@clashbooks.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
@thirdestatebooks.bsky.social
1/3
@nwreader.bsky.social
@clashbooks.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
@thirdestatebooks.bsky.social
1/3
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I'm currently working on a novel and at the end of an average day, I'm wiped out. The sheer amount of analysis, synthesis, making of connections, layering of prose, deepening of characterization, supplemental research... all the mental work is intense and exhilarating. Which is just to say, fuck AI.
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm currently working on a novel and at the end of an average day, I'm wiped out. The sheer amount of analysis, synthesis, making of connections, layering of prose, deepening of characterization, supplemental research... all the mental work is intense and exhilarating. Which is just to say, fuck AI.
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SFWA is doing a survey on LLM use in the industry. You don't need to be a member to submit. Writers/artists/humans need all the advocates we can get, and I hope we can encourage SFWA to take a strong stance. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...
SFWA Survey on LLM Use in Industry - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Thank you for participating in this survey. The data collected here is preliminary, not definitive, but it will help to […]
www.sfwa.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
SFWA is doing a survey on LLM use in the industry. You don't need to be a member to submit. Writers/artists/humans need all the advocates we can get, and I hope we can encourage SFWA to take a strong stance. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...
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No one ever tells me these things, so I just discovered that the Kindle ebook of first Coop heist novel, THE EVERYTHING BOX, is on sale for a lousy $.99. You can't even buy a three-legged hamster for $.99, so get a bunch of my books instead. 🐹
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
No one ever tells me these things, so I just discovered that the Kindle ebook of first Coop heist novel, THE EVERYTHING BOX, is on sale for a lousy $.99. You can't even buy a three-legged hamster for $.99, so get a bunch of my books instead. 🐹