The Butter Mouse
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The Butter Mouse
@thebuttermouse.bsky.social
Explore the infinite at no extra cost. We blend flash fiction, photos and more to create free stories every week. #amwriting #scifi #flashfiction
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just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:

zombiesrungame.com

observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙢 𝙞 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜?

How can you even describe these gorgeous trippy pieces by @gsw-artwork.bsky.social ??

Really beautiful stuff, and confusing to look at in the best way possible! 😆💜🌐
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Another amazing Lego video: youtu.be/6cjoHXZRWfI?...
Lego Castle: 1979-1998 [album film] - dungeonsynth vaporwave
YouTube video by Dreamcastle™
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#lego This video has so much craft in, and deserves a lot more views: youtu.be/LXP76ayq5g0?...
Lego Pirate: 1989-1996 [Bilge-synth? Piratewave64? Sampletunes? Vaporwave? Poop-deck-plunderwave?]
YouTube video by Dreamcastle™
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:

naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#filmmaking Another incredible classic from Peter Watkins, it is incredible you can just watch it: youtu.be/nCmhkZscT8M?...
Punishment Park (HD)
YouTube video by Garage_Productions
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#horror Some thoughts on analog horror for Twisted50: twisted50.com/voices-from-...
Voices From The Static: Writing and Submitting An Analog Horror Script For Twisted50 – Twisted50
twisted50.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#filmmaking So gutted to hear about Peter Watkin's death. Thr War Games had such a huge impact on me growing up, and still one of the great pieces of television: www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...
Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park
The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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"What the bloody Hell is this?"

A mysterious hole brings with it curiosity, obsession, and madness to a small community. Eventually, chaos reigns.

Part of my #Halloween sale - amzn.eu/d/9StF5hB

#booksky #horrorsky
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#writingcommunity Please don't take things from abandoned shopping centres: open.substack.com/pub/monfelds...
A Sparkling Find
Here is another example of someone taking something from Monfeld, and the consequences of doing so.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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my new book is out ONE MONTH TODAY. like all authors I am going to be going on & on about it, & encouraging you to pre-order

I do actually think this topic is genuinely important, I want to grab everyone by the lapels to tell them

but, you can mute: #dontburn

www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life? In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#amwriting I would love to find a copy of this book: substack.com/@monfeldshop...
Cookery School
The thing with this one is, I sort of believe that the book referenced below exists.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#amwriting It was easy to get lost in the DVD shop: open.substack.com/pub/monfelds...
Scratched Discs
This one almost made me call the police.
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I love this Halloween synthwave mix so much: youtu.be/TXR8-Dqx4Xw?...
October 198X Vol. 1: Synthwave Mix with 80's Halloween Commercials
YouTube video by MassRepeater
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Set up at the table top sale at Parklife Community Cafe in St James Park, Shirley. Come see some cosmic horror from 10-2…
September 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#doctorwho Oh no, l looked at this headline and thought they meant something from the 1980s. Weren't these a few years ago? share.google/IBR5teEz9jb3...
Doctor Who returning to BBC with classic episodes set to air
Get ready to take a trip in the TARDIS back to 2010.
share.google
September 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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100 Ed fringe podcasts (before we started just calling them RHLSTP) 150 Book Clubs and about 600 RHLSTP eps (including specials). If you haven't listened to the podcast before there's lots to catch up on. If you have, I bet you haven't heard all of them! shows.acast.com/rhlstp
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
Richard Herring chats with some of the biggest names in comedy and entertainment.
shows.acast.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#writingcommunity I had always wanted a birthday party in Monfeld: substack.com/@monfeldshop...
Happy Birthday
I visited the burger joint in Monfeld a few times.
substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The second part of the RHLSTP with the legend that is Bernie Clifton is now here shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo... and I think he could have done another couple of hours.
Come and see RHLSTP live in Bewdley, London, Leicester and Chelmsford - dates here richardherring.com/rhlstp
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Mucking About
This is not my usual interviewee.
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August 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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I've adored comedian @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social for many years and this is a lovely giggly recent chat with @herring1967.bsky.social during the @edfringe.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM