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Jilder
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All things move towards their end, of that you can be sure.

I will adopt your discarded genders. Any pronoun is fine.

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Pinched from here: https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/792066131316850688/the-classic-xkcd-all-modern-digital
the classic XKCD "all modern digital infrastructure" tower-of-bricks, depicting all the structure dependent on one small block, but with a wedge labelled "AI" added in the lower third. It forces its way in, making the rest more unstable.
October 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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New Chapter is Live! When getting out and touching grass isn't enough, you gotta grab whoever is handy & take a day trip to the seaside. Sea! Sand! Fresh air! Mediocre cafe food! Half the fun is always the chat on the drive down, of course, & Amber and […]

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A collage title card! Along the bottom is an assortment of images - a brightly coloured surfboard, a portable radio, tanning oil and a book. Beneath them is a photographic motion study of an osprey in flight, and an old fashioned drawing of a man and a woman working a Ouija board is in the middle. Above, the title reads "Chapter 14 Lignum Vitae" in a banner, with River City Bones in big letters behind. There's also another pair of small banners reading Jay Hilder and Link in Bio in the middle of the lot.
July 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Free read for the long weekend!

::: This is a core event, and cannot be changed :::

When the Skyneedle is lit, all the world will have its eyes on Brisbane - across time as well as space.

This snappy little read can be downloaded for free, no sign up […]

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A crisp blue picture of the Skyneedle, a tall spire, distorted in cyan with a crackle of cathode haze over the top. It reads Skyneedle Jay Hilder with a big thick black bar between.
April 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Big nights in lead to slow mornings after. Hung over & with the memory of the previous evening fading, Amber has work ahead of her. But she's not the only one seeking out what remains of the dearly departed.

Content advisory: Very bad language, drinking […]

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A title card for Chapter 13 of River City Bones. The words River City Bones are prominent at the top of the card, and two crossed spoons take up much of the remaining space. In between them is a black and white illustration of a cat, yowling, with a musical stave presumably capturing his song in the background. Across the bottom is a length of chain, also in sepia, with the centre link broken. On the left are the words Chapter 13, and on the right is the title of the chapter, Sugar.
April 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Heyhey friends, fans and followers! Chapter 12 is now available for paid subscribers.

A good night out leads to an intimate sleepover cut short, with the fruits of Amber's advertising campaign falling from the tree at an inopportune moment. Some times you […]

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A title card for Chapter 12 of River City Bones. It's simple, for once - a black card with the words Nothing Good Comes From Taking a Call After Midnight in big, heavy all caps lettering. They're like a window - cut-out - and behind is a lurid purple shadow figure of a nude woman. The RCB logo is above, quite a bit smaller than usual, and there is a black and white illustration of a purse off to the right of frame.
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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New chapter's out for paid members!

If Saturday morning is good enough for one trip to the park, why not try for two? Amber and Dio meet a client at New Farm, before taking the scenic round to the West End markets. Featuring small fluffy dogs, rose gardens […]

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The title card for Chapter 11 of River City Bones. It shows a 19th century illustration of a flamenco band, in black and white, with some elements transparent to show a vertical joinery wall behind. The words River City Bones in the usual scrabbly letters are prominent in the upper right corner, with the face of a violinist and his instrument sneaking in front. In the foreground is a sepia toned park bench, and between the gaps in the legs and the slats a garden can just be made out. The words Chapter 11, The Scenic can be seen in the upper left.
February 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Chapter Ten is out! We're back to modern Brisbane, and our girl makes an important phone call, and takes a moment breathe.

River City Bones is an all Brisbane local and organic spooky fiction project by yours truly. It's maybe two bucks a month, fresh & […]

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The title card for the tenth River City Bones chapter, called Chiaroscuro. It features a large, old fashioned illustration of an eye, either side of which stands a street light. Swirling over is a banner that curves around under the eye. In its iris, a night street scape is just visible. Under the eyebrow the words Link in Bio can be seen. On the banner are the words Chapter Ten - Chiaroscuro, with two tiny dandelion seeds hovering between the words. Behind the banner the words River City Bones can just be make out. The background is a chain link fence against a timber wall.
January 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Bad art is the antidote to AI art. AI art prioritised the end result over the act of creation. It's as sterile as a chain supermarket. Bad art, on the other hand, deliberately made, is a playground & you can dig out your worms.

If you haven't arted in years […]

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A sketchbook with the words 'make bad art' scrapped out in glorious bright colours. It's all caps and each letter has been thickened a bit and filled in with bold scribbly swirls and the background is a radiant, sunny yellow, scrawled into the spaces with fat-tipped pen-strokes. The book sits on a table with a scattering of art supplies off to one side.
January 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM