COVER REVEAL

We're one step closer! #FromOneLine Volume 7 will be published soon (paperback and hardcover). More news to follow next week...

Writers for this anthology please check your email for your digital copy, and please get in touch if you haven't received it 💙

We should have stopped when she expressed discomfort.
We should have stopped when she started screaming.
We should have stopped when the power went out, but the machine kept going anyway.
The lights were out, but she now emitted her own light.
We should have stopped, but we no longer had control.

My latest at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: I talked to @oglaf.bsky.social! Not the character, but rather, the people who create it.

They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?

www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...

He glared at me from across the table, lip slowly curling into a snarl. He might have deemed the day's tumultuous events below his notice, but now he knew for sure they weren't below mine. I remembered. And now he knew I was acting on them.
"What did you say?"
"I said 'Pass the salt, bitch.'"

The drawn-out battle had dulled my sword's edge, but my hate remained as sharp as ever, pure, focused on this single enemy who had taken lives and towns from us. I let one last battle cry as I started charging.
Too late, I saw in the corner of my eye the dragon's tail sweeping at me from the side.

Monday Morning. One hour late. From a punctual man, this raised a few eyebrows. Didn't call in sick. Didn't tell his bosses or his team. Curiosity turned to concern. His superiors called us. We sent nearby boys in blue to do a welfare check. He wasn't faring well. He wasn't faring at all.

Anyway, last week was spent mostly working on a 500 word short story for a contest with a cash prize. if I win the thing (there will be 2 winners), I'll think about posting it here, 'cause that's apparently what I'm using this account for anyway. I'll have to translate it to english first, tho 🤔

They were hot to touch, still. The firemen were on their way to make sure the building was still safe, but I wanted to gather some evidence in the meantime. This was a wrinkle in the case. The hallmarks of his MO were all present on what remained of the corpses, but never before had he burned them.

He said the light shone through, it was faint at first, but slowly getting stronger. It was dark and red and seemed to breathe its hatred in and out. It spoke of inevitable doom and pain and righteous justice and punishment.
We opted not to pursue this method of giving the blind their sight back.

Stepping in, I hope things are the same. I've never been here, but I've been in places like this.
Places where he'd been.
I know his ways and recognize them. Still, I'm meticulous, hoping I won't find anything new or out of place. Five months into this spree of his, we don't need a copycat killer.

His limp worsens with every mile.
Stopping isn't an option, the horse would barely notice the slack rope going taut. Continuing isn't an option, only a hasty trial and death await.
In the distance looms a bridge over a river rushing to a fall.
An idea takes root.
Waters of life indeed.

#vsspic

I'm happy to announce our first major game, Kaizen: A Factory Story!

Design production lines to create the iconic products of 1980s Japan in this open-ended factory puzzle game developed by Coincidence and published by Astra Logical.

Wishlist it now on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/2275490

Which European Country Has The Most Metals Bands Per Person?

Why do you think Finland is so much higher than the rest?

credit: @europemagazine.bsky.social

More on what qualifies here: brilliantmaps.com/metal-ban...

NEW WORLD RECORD

FEWEST DEATHS FOR A SUPER MEAT BOY 106% COMPLETION EVER TO BE COMPLETED ON THE PLANET EARTH

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Slow reading year. I'm at a point where I slow down on reading 'cause I don't know what to read next, so by reading less, I can put off figuring out what to read next :V