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Lynda Cowles
@heblenn.bsky.social
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She/her. Writer/Producer of FMV games and murder mystery. Working on Doctor Dekker 2 @davekki.bsky.social

Books, writing, cards, languages, birds, and other random obsessions.
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davekki.bsky.social
Meet Ophelia… Actually this is act 1 Ophelia, things get a bit stranger by act 5… #doctordekker
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
heblenn.bsky.social
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heknitt.bsky.social Heknitt @heknitt.bsky.social · 12d
🎄 I’m keeping on making Christmas frogs, i hope you don’t mind 🎄

#whimsical #cottagecore #frog #christmasvibes #christmas
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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paulbernal.bsky.social
None of the talk about how harmful social media is for kids balances that with a discussion of how useful and beneficial it is for them. It helps with loneliness, is a source of friendship and of information, and helps them find solace when their ‘offline’ lives are harmful or miserable. 1/4
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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heknitt.bsky.social
I have a feeling people won’t like him but he’s probably one of my favorites so far 🥹🐟

#whimsical #cottagecore #frog #christmasvibes #christmas
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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camself.bsky.social
And Eccles 👇
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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aaronparnas.bsky.social
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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cypheroftyr.bsky.social
As usual, @aftermath.site gets to the heart of the matter. aftermath.site/the-alters-a...
I'm Getting Real Tired Of Not Being Able To Trust That A Video Game Doesn't Have AI Crap In It - Aftermath
It sucks that players are having to scour every asset and line of dialogue
aftermath.site
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
heblenn.bsky.social
Those bloody seas...
#hiddenbooksgame
A screenshot that says Congratulations! You've completed the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens. Underneath that is an illustration of a cluttered living room decorated for Christmas with two inconspicuous but actually very annoying books about the sea on an occasional table.
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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murdermysterystore.bsky.social
A cheerful mystery ideal for Christmas with the family! With evidence in the style of 'The Night Before Christmas' and a sprinkling of snow, A Very Merry Christmas Murder is the sweetest game you'll play all year!
murdermysterystore.co.uk/products/a-v...

#christmas #holidays #ShopIndy #noAI
A wintry aerial photo of snow-covered trees. Photo by @gabrielalenius on Unsplash A white box with a bright red label that reads A Very Merry Christmas Murder. It photomagically hangs in the air in front of some colourful Christmas fairy lights.
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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nationalbooktokens.bsky.social
Booklovers, your favourite game is back! 📚🔎

Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).

Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
An illustration of this year's game. Text says: "Hidden Books Game is BACK! Play at nationalbooktokens.com" and "Win £500 to spend on books".
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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jacquiwine.bsky.social
New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.

A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚

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Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
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November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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jacquiwine.bsky.social
New on the blog today, I've written about ten excellent novellas I highly recommend.

Featuring books by Anita Brookner, William Trevor. Muriel Spark and many more! #BookSky #Novellas #NovNov 💙📚

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Ten excellent novellas I highly recommend
There’s something very satisfying about reading a whole book in one or two sittings on the same day, especially when time is tight. I’ve always been fond of novellas, which often offer the best of …
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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klemenskoehring.com
Quite a fitting announcement for Halloween methinks...Very thrilled to be back for my 4th @davekki.bsky.social live-action video game! It's been such a joy filming and recording with Tim, Lynda and Rachel again! And no spoilers about the demo but the game's shaping up very nicely indeed! 🎮😍
davekki.bsky.social D’Avekki Studios @davekki.bsky.social · Oct 31
Delighted to announce the return of Klemens Koehring as Doctor Franz, the therapist’s therapist, in The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2! ❤️🛋️

Klemens is also the first person to play the Dekker 2 demo outside of us D’Avekkians and it was lovely to watch him enjoying it :)
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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davekki.bsky.social
Delighted to announce the return of Klemens Koehring as Doctor Franz, the therapist’s therapist, in The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2! ❤️🛋️

Klemens is also the first person to play the Dekker 2 demo outside of us D’Avekkians and it was lovely to watch him enjoying it :)
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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misterabk.bsky.social
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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davekki.bsky.social
We’ve added 7 new screenshots from Dekker 2 over on the Steam and PlayStation store pages :) Here are 4 at random (as that’s the Bluesky limit!)

#indiegames #fmv #indiedev #mystery #gamesky #videogames
Ophelia, played by Sydney Skye. A young woman with long brown hair sits on a dark leather couch. She is holding her hands out in front of her and wears an expression of anguish. Detective Dune, played by Harry Bradley. A bearded man in shirt and suspenders (braces) holds up a photo he's taken from an open briefcase. The photo is in shadow but he seems pretty excited about what he's found. Marianna, played by Aislinn De'Ath. A woman with cascading red curls poses on a green leather couch in a a black lace dress. The room is dark but her face and arm are caught by the falling light. Killian, played by Paul Baverstock. A man in a bright red lumberjack shirt is hunched tightly against the arm of a green Chesterfield sofa. He's staring directly at you but has one hand on a gramophone that's partly hidden in the shadows.
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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sarahcoomer.bsky.social
The big thing I did this year and haven't been able to say much about up until now is that I was SOMEHOW asked to illustrate the new Folio Society edition of A Christmas Carol, introduced by Simon Callow. Bit of a dream job. www.foliosociety.com/uk/a-christm...
Limited edition of the Folio Society's A Christmas Carol, illustrated by me. It's bound in red leather with embossed gold wreath and lettering, and the box is lined by and illustration of a snowy night time Dickensian city scene. Surrounded by stuff on my desk (pens, glasses, glue etc). The standard edition of the Folio Society's A Christmas Carol illustrated by me. The book itself featured a view of Scrooge in a long black coat with a top hat and red scarf from the back, surveying the snowy London skyline. The slip case is green and has vignettes of relevent scenes and motifs in the style of Georgian wallpaper. One of the vignettes is a circular cut out, so when the book is in the slipcase you can see Scrooge's head through it. Surrounded by the loads of rubbish I have on my desk. An illustration from the first stave of A Christmas Carol. Scrogge is sat by his fire eating his gruel when across his large but shabby drawing room, Marley's ghost appears. An illustration of the fourth stave, featuring Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas yet to come (who is a Victorian widow in high mourning, completely draped and almost invisible in black net and bombazine). They are in a graveyard, which is based largely on St Cuthbert's Kirkyard in Edinburgh. She points to his grave, and he looks at it in horror. There is a smaller gravestone to his right, capped with snow which features a skull in bas relief and the words 'MOMENTO MORI' in a motto scroll over the top. The moon shines from an Atkinson Grimshaw-esque greenish winter sky, illuminating the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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davekki.bsky.social
Always be asking the important questions…
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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alicevernon10.bsky.social
I wrote a very brief history of ghost-hunting for The Conversation. There are some...errr...interesting debates happening in the comments. 😂
October 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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davekki.bsky.social
Our 6th and final patient Bridget makes an appearance (and disappearance) for #screenshotsaturday - enigmatically played by Beth Gatherer
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October 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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littledeercomics.bsky.social
We’re teetering on the edge of rent! (And we pay tomorrow!)

One subscription would tip us over if anyone’s been thinking of trying it! You can find them at the bottom of the front page or under Menu>>Genres>>Gifts!

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October 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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autumnalknight.bsky.social
started a gofundme to help raise money for FFS (facial feminisation surgery)

im stubborn and dont like asking for help, but as a trans woman in the gamedev space, i dont make a lot of money. i would really appreciate anyone that can donate or share ❤️

gofund.me/59ccb62c0
Donate to Help Autumn get FFS (Facial Feminisation Surgery), organized by Autumn Knight
Hey, my name is Autumn and I'm a 30 year old trans woman asking for he… Autumn Knight needs your support for Help Autumn get FFS (Facial Feminisation Surgery)
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October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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failingwriters.bsky.social
⏰ There’s still plenty o time to enter our £500 flash fiction contest! In assoc’ with @scrivenerapp.bsky.social
300 words
Theme: “a lie”
Head of judgery the amazing @fictionalsarah.SubStack.com from @writershq.bsky.social
£4 entry fee
Deadline midday Fri Oct 24
Info here: failingwriterspodcast.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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brokenfrontier.bsky.social
Hey everyone! This amazing comic by @pigeonface.bsky.social really needs your help to get over the Kickstarter finish line. Kamila is one of the most exciting indie voices working in the UK and this totally deserves your support. Please back or spread the word! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pig...
The Ecstasy of Jenny D - New original comic by Pigeon!
Bridgerton meets the dancing plague in this surreal tale of sisterhood, repressed queerness and divine intervention.
www.kickstarter.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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alicevernon10.bsky.social
My first book, Night Terrors, came out three years ago today. I wrote it to make sense of my own spooky sleep, but also to help people talk about their parasomnias and to know they're not alone.

Last night I dreamt I was looking for a sword in a warehouse, but kept finding potato mashers...
A hardcover copy of my book, Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It. The font is translucent over Henry Fuseli's painting, 'The Nightmare', which has a woman lounging over a bed with a goblin-like incubus on her chest.
October 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM