Mr.louis.king
@mrlouisking.bsky.social
MSt, writer, disaster. Twitch's best rat dad. Known on YouTube as Octavius. Replacing @octav1usking from the bird site.
So here's something I honestly didn't know before: a heck of a lot of standup comedians are still editing/writing their show the night before. I honestly just thought I was just shit and unorganized.
I mean, I probably AM shit and unorganized but I don't think the shows are. Mostly.
I mean, I probably AM shit and unorganized but I don't think the shows are. Mostly.
August 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
So here's something I honestly didn't know before: a heck of a lot of standup comedians are still editing/writing their show the night before. I honestly just thought I was just shit and unorganized.
I mean, I probably AM shit and unorganized but I don't think the shows are. Mostly.
I mean, I probably AM shit and unorganized but I don't think the shows are. Mostly.
Want an emotional gut punch before 1pm? Want to laugh and cry and feel inspired? COME SEE BROKEN BARD 11.40am at The Caves ❤️ pay what you want! Pay nowt if you want, I just want to see your faces.
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
#edfringe #edinburghfringe #standupcomic #fringeshow #edfringe2025
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
#edfringe #edinburghfringe #standupcomic #fringeshow #edfringe2025
PTSD isn't much fun. Haunted by depression, anxiety and gender dysphoria, it's a wonder Louis is still here at all – so it seemed like a good idea to make a stand-up show about it. Laugh along with stories of some of the darkest experiences the human condition can put us through. Funny, sad, relatable – songs and stories of a broken bard.
www.edfringe.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Want an emotional gut punch before 1pm? Want to laugh and cry and feel inspired? COME SEE BROKEN BARD 11.40am at The Caves ❤️ pay what you want! Pay nowt if you want, I just want to see your faces.
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
#edfringe #edinburghfringe #standupcomic #fringeshow #edfringe2025
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
#edfringe #edinburghfringe #standupcomic #fringeshow #edfringe2025
I made it onto a pick of the Fringe list 💖💖💖 super flattered and a bit scared. Now I REALLY have to make sure it's a good show
We will be at the @edfringe.bsky.social this year looking for exciting new shows to tell you all about. Here's a list of @starburst.bsky.social's keenly anticipated new shows, which includes @sohotheatre.bsky.social and @mrlouisking.bsky.social #DareToDiscover
STARBURST’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Picks - STARBURST Magazine
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been going strong since 1947 and has hosted thousands and thousands of acts over the years. This year’s fringe features over three thousand total shows, many of which...
www.starburstmagazine.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I made it onto a pick of the Fringe list 💖💖💖 super flattered and a bit scared. Now I REALLY have to make sure it's a good show
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What Unbound’s demise has shown, to a quite alarming degree, is how little tangible, active advocacy is available to authors in this situation, say the authors affected by the collapse of Unbound in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
Opinion: The Unbound authors' view
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June 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What Unbound’s demise has shown, to a quite alarming degree, is how little tangible, active advocacy is available to authors in this situation, say the authors affected by the collapse of Unbound in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
That idea where there's a mini tutorial for people who haven't picked up the game in a while: but for literally anything in the Adobe Suite. 😮💨😮💨😮💨
June 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
That idea where there's a mini tutorial for people who haven't picked up the game in a while: but for literally anything in the Adobe Suite. 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Yes! We did the work to crowdfund from backers who believed in us and our writing. Unbound/Boundless stole that money
Even me who pulled my rights am owed part of the 50/50 split of the overfunding.
Where the hell did all that cash go? They won't give us a straight answer and it's infuriating.
Even me who pulled my rights am owed part of the 50/50 split of the overfunding.
Where the hell did all that cash go? They won't give us a straight answer and it's infuriating.
This is what is so, so baffling. It's not like it was a normal publisher which has to raise the finances from within to produce and market a book. WE DID IT ALL FOR THEM. Us, and our readers. Yet they STILL didn't pay us.
Time to clarify something. When authors say “Unbound haven’t paid me” that makes it sound like Unbound had some money, which they used to buy authors’ writing.
Unbound had no money. The authors did: we had raised that money. They were holding it in trust.
Unbound stole our money.
Unbound had no money. The authors did: we had raised that money. They were holding it in trust.
Unbound stole our money.
June 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Yes! We did the work to crowdfund from backers who believed in us and our writing. Unbound/Boundless stole that money
Even me who pulled my rights am owed part of the 50/50 split of the overfunding.
Where the hell did all that cash go? They won't give us a straight answer and it's infuriating.
Even me who pulled my rights am owed part of the 50/50 split of the overfunding.
Where the hell did all that cash go? They won't give us a straight answer and it's infuriating.
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So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no
May 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no
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Gonna burn some bridges and talk about Unbound, since it's unlikely that they'll sue me at this point. They seem to have spent money that was supposed to go towards royalty payments, expecting money to come in, which then didn't bsky.app/profile/laur...
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#unboundless
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#unboundless
The TLDR as I understand - the company expected an incoming investment for a magazine project, took money out the author royalties account to pre spend the investment, the investment fell through, author money can't be repaid by investment.
That's my good faith understanding of those events.
That's my good faith understanding of those events.
May 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gonna burn some bridges and talk about Unbound, since it's unlikely that they'll sue me at this point. They seem to have spent money that was supposed to go towards royalty payments, expecting money to come in, which then didn't bsky.app/profile/laur...
(thread)
#unboundless
(thread)
#unboundless
Thankfully, I got my rights back last week after months of practically begging.
Hoping Boundless don't make things harder for authors trying to get their rights back now. Mr Mitchinson has walked off into the sunset while authors relying on being paid can't afford to live.
It's not okay.
Hoping Boundless don't make things harder for authors trying to get their rights back now. Mr Mitchinson has walked off into the sunset while authors relying on being paid can't afford to live.
It's not okay.
I'm not a believer in cancel culture, but I do think accountability and transparency matter. Take a bow, the publisher formerly known as Unbound, now Boundless, for yet again defaulting on the debts to us authors - they owe us over half a million. Extract from the latest missive below 1/
May 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Thankfully, I got my rights back last week after months of practically begging.
Hoping Boundless don't make things harder for authors trying to get their rights back now. Mr Mitchinson has walked off into the sunset while authors relying on being paid can't afford to live.
It's not okay.
Hoping Boundless don't make things harder for authors trying to get their rights back now. Mr Mitchinson has walked off into the sunset while authors relying on being paid can't afford to live.
It's not okay.
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The pyramid scheme publishers Unbound [now Boundless] have finally gone live with their new website so take this opportunity to find out what they've done with all of your pledged money.
March 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The pyramid scheme publishers Unbound [now Boundless] have finally gone live with their new website so take this opportunity to find out what they've done with all of your pledged money.
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THREAD. Last year, the publisher of my most recent books, Unbound, stopped paying its authors money contractually owed for earned royalties and advances. Again and again, we were promised, falsely, that the money would soon be with us...
March 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
THREAD. Last year, the publisher of my most recent books, Unbound, stopped paying its authors money contractually owed for earned royalties and advances. Again and again, we were promised, falsely, that the money would soon be with us...
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My gut feeling is that the best way to respond to a hideously ungenerous act - e.g. a publisher who still owes you a five figure sum and who has taken a much bigger sum from your readers and, in its new guise, is refusing to refund it - is not with a spiteful one but a generous one. Hence: this.
Decided to give away this entire pile of my 2022 book Notebook for the price of postage today. If you can pay more, great. If not, no problem. Pop a reply below if you'd like one. It's a short, silly book, but sometimes a bit serious, too, and people tell me it's a good easy gateway to my writing.
March 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
My gut feeling is that the best way to respond to a hideously ungenerous act - e.g. a publisher who still owes you a five figure sum and who has taken a much bigger sum from your readers and, in its new guise, is refusing to refund it - is not with a spiteful one but a generous one. Hence: this.
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#Boundless (with two former #Unbound managers in their senior team) has not refunded Unbound pledge money or paid authors money already earned. Something to consider before signing with Boundless. However much you want to get published, however great a company seems, this kind of mess can happen.
Unbound also took 8k of money from people that supported my book project.
March 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#Boundless (with two former #Unbound managers in their senior team) has not refunded Unbound pledge money or paid authors money already earned. Something to consider before signing with Boundless. However much you want to get published, however great a company seems, this kind of mess can happen.
Editor note in my book edit: "there's a lot of calling characters dickheads, wankers and gits in this section. Might be good to tone it down a bit.'
You can take the bloke out of The North...
You can take the bloke out of The North...
December 30, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Editor note in my book edit: "there's a lot of calling characters dickheads, wankers and gits in this section. Might be good to tone it down a bit.'
You can take the bloke out of The North...
You can take the bloke out of The North...
Does anyone actually do anything between Xmas a new year? How?
If I know a delivery is coming at 4pm, I hyper fixate can't do anything productive at all until it shows up. It's kind of like that with new Year for me 😅
If I know a delivery is coming at 4pm, I hyper fixate can't do anything productive at all until it shows up. It's kind of like that with new Year for me 😅
December 27, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Does anyone actually do anything between Xmas a new year? How?
If I know a delivery is coming at 4pm, I hyper fixate can't do anything productive at all until it shows up. It's kind of like that with new Year for me 😅
If I know a delivery is coming at 4pm, I hyper fixate can't do anything productive at all until it shows up. It's kind of like that with new Year for me 😅
I tried to replicate my rat (pictured) Truffle Oil M.D.'s look of forlorn confusion he uses so often. Think I smashed it tbh
December 14, 2024 at 12:14 AM
I tried to replicate my rat (pictured) Truffle Oil M.D.'s look of forlorn confusion he uses so often. Think I smashed it tbh
Question:
What was the weird word you used at primary school when someone was about to get in trouble?
We had "Ommers", with the "er" sound made longer depending on how much the kid had fuked up. I grew up in North Yorkshire.
Interested to hear if it's different in other parts of the UK <3
What was the weird word you used at primary school when someone was about to get in trouble?
We had "Ommers", with the "er" sound made longer depending on how much the kid had fuked up. I grew up in North Yorkshire.
Interested to hear if it's different in other parts of the UK <3
December 13, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Question:
What was the weird word you used at primary school when someone was about to get in trouble?
We had "Ommers", with the "er" sound made longer depending on how much the kid had fuked up. I grew up in North Yorkshire.
Interested to hear if it's different in other parts of the UK <3
What was the weird word you used at primary school when someone was about to get in trouble?
We had "Ommers", with the "er" sound made longer depending on how much the kid had fuked up. I grew up in North Yorkshire.
Interested to hear if it's different in other parts of the UK <3
I've been considering a SFW onlyfans where I can be candid, but I think my rat Tagliatelle needs to make a thirst trap one.
Look at how majestic and dreamy he is. Absolute heartbreaker. Utter leather jacket of a rat.
Look at how majestic and dreamy he is. Absolute heartbreaker. Utter leather jacket of a rat.
December 11, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I've been considering a SFW onlyfans where I can be candid, but I think my rat Tagliatelle needs to make a thirst trap one.
Look at how majestic and dreamy he is. Absolute heartbreaker. Utter leather jacket of a rat.
Look at how majestic and dreamy he is. Absolute heartbreaker. Utter leather jacket of a rat.
Adopted this rabbit 2 years ago. @nostalgianerd.com took her while I was recovering from illness...and accidentally ended up adopting her.
She's currently fuming at him because he won't give her another apple slice. This is a bun strop. It's cute when it's happening to someone else, isn't it 🥰
She's currently fuming at him because he won't give her another apple slice. This is a bun strop. It's cute when it's happening to someone else, isn't it 🥰
December 8, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Adopted this rabbit 2 years ago. @nostalgianerd.com took her while I was recovering from illness...and accidentally ended up adopting her.
She's currently fuming at him because he won't give her another apple slice. This is a bun strop. It's cute when it's happening to someone else, isn't it 🥰
She's currently fuming at him because he won't give her another apple slice. This is a bun strop. It's cute when it's happening to someone else, isn't it 🥰
In all seriousness, why does anyone drink tequila? It's like a tree threw up.
December 7, 2024 at 1:05 AM
In all seriousness, why does anyone drink tequila? It's like a tree threw up.
Just spent four hours putting up sound panels because the main troubleshooting consideration had to be "can a rat climb up this and pull it down/stash in it/make a gross wall nest" and as it turns out the answer is usually "yes."
December 4, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Just spent four hours putting up sound panels because the main troubleshooting consideration had to be "can a rat climb up this and pull it down/stash in it/make a gross wall nest" and as it turns out the answer is usually "yes."
This is my gubbins cupboard.
Can you spot the escaped criminal.
Can you spot the escaped criminal.
December 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM
This is my gubbins cupboard.
Can you spot the escaped criminal.
Can you spot the escaped criminal.
