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LK Kitney
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Scottish based Dark fantasy writer, trinket maker.
Will occassionally post cat pictures

The Lies We Tell Ourselves from Luna Press Publishing - BSFA longlisted!!

Story in Violent Delights and Midsummer Dreams from Quill and Crow Publishing

They/He
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Still alive, still looking at the sky. Still seeing beautiful things
Photo of a hazy green aurora cloud over a calm bay. Hints of red and the show to come Bright green and red aurora clouds wihh large vertical pillars, tegilar clouds for dramtics, amd thr shape of a friends head in the foreground Lower brightness image of a faint but deep green cloud and a singular bright red vertical pillar like an alien abduction beam Bright green aurora swirl over the bay of inganess, red aurora at the top of the photo
October 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Even orkney is under a heat adviaory warning today. So does that mean i am handfeeding the cat a frozen cat yogurt as a good use of my time?
A black cat sitting on a cream blanket is in mid lick at a frozen cat treat held out in front of him.
July 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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This little doughball has made it to ten whole years old! Gonna show him all the new toys he can ignore because i never learn the best toy is a bit of long grass.
Photo of a black cat sleeping in a sunbeam on a pale blue carpet.
June 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Captain Fiaer Dradorn is on a desperate quest for a long lost treasure, forced to rely on magic in a world where magic is a curse.

'LIES' is 2 today! Like all 2yr olds it wants to be noisy & bite things, so if:

Very Queer pirates and rebellion against an authoritarian isolationist state appeals...
Image of a mostly grey book cover. The title: the lies we tell ourselves are in white letters agains a blue circle in the upper third. The author name: LK Kitney are in black letters underneath. This is the 17th novella in the Luna Press Novella series. Image of a block of text. It reads: You have always tried to be if not a good man, then a decent one. One who knew the value of an oath. One your father would have recognised as an ally - at least before the paranoia had destroyed him. One that your mother might have been proud of, if you had ever known who she was. Sure, there have been times you have strayed from that ideal: made a few enemies, been chased from one port or another, your name cursed by those you left behind, but you have never been a bas man. Driven, sometimes even ruthless, but always with reason. As the days pass, it is getting harder for you to argue that you have stayed true to that. You once swore you would stay out of the politics of nations, no matter how desperate things become. Yet, for what the Isians are offering you, you will break your vow a thousand times if you must, despite knowing what will come of your actions here. Personal photograph of bands of northern lights (aurora borealis) in faint purple in the ceentre and green at the outside. In the centre is one thick band of night sky. In the world of 'Lies we tell ourselves' there is a link between the auroraes and the realm of the dead Personal photograph of a moody Scapa Flow, in Orkney. Heavy, dark blue, clouds in the upper part of the photo smother a faint orange sunset, reflecting on calm waters. Shillouetted rig parts and islands break the line between sea and sky.
February 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Artorias says 'stop scrolling'.
A black cat with a red collar sits proudly on a closed laptop. He sits infront of a beige wall covered in postcards and various odd books and thongs are on the desk behind him
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Happy new year! Violently strong red aurora where i live, visible to the naked eye even in my light-polluted town. With the sounds of people yelling through their new-year traditional sport and the red, red sky, it was pretty eerie.
A slightly grainy picture of a very red aurora cloud and light curtains against a dark sky, and some telephone wires A dark, less well defined image of red and green aurora clouds with a dark storm cloud in front of them, and a telephone pole A grainy photo of red/pink aurora clouds surrounding a green aurorae gap in the centre. A shed roof and some telephone wires are in the foreground
January 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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At my first book fayre, #orkneybookfayre, bringing the dark fantasy chaos with @chazzaroo.bsky.social and a plethora of other fabulous authors.

Hoping to make lots of new friends today
Awkward photo of me in dark clothes standing behind a darkly covered table full of books and sweeties A close up of my books and a bowl of sweets on the darkly covered table
December 6, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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I have come out my shell and done some interactions today! Paying cat tax in case I 'vanish'* for ages again.

(*I lurk)
A photo of a short-haired black cat on a cream carpet. The cat is looking directly at the camera with half-closed eyes. His pink tongue is poking out.
October 18, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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Beautiful high tide after last night's big moon. And beautiful day to enjoy it, too.
A photogrqph of a thin strip of a brown stone pebble beach with some green hills and a house in the distance under a brilliant blue sky with white fluffy clouds. The sea to the right is a a matching blue-grey
August 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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This little monkey is feeling poorly and sorry for himself today and taking full advantage of breakfast in (my) bed, because downstairs is too far for him. Gotta enjoy the inevitable vet-watch
A photograph of the face of a black cat with green-gold eyes, and purple tartan bedding. The cat is a little dusty looking but he is looking alertly at the camera. The background is red
July 27, 2024 at 12:27 PM
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No settings changed, just standard night settings. The variation in colours is amazing
May 10, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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For thr first time in weeks my cat remembered he could come cuddle me. Unfortunately for us both this thought pushed put all others in his mind and he looked like this:
Very blurry photo of a black cat with a vacant expression and a 'mlem' tongue.
February 4, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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Beautiful snowy walk today. The light was perfect, between the flurries.
Image of snow covered holly bush, with bright red berries. The lighting gives the snow a golden tint
January 16, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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Took the decorations down today. Gonna have to wait a week for someone to put the tree up the loft. This is fine and not jump-scare inducing at all. Its fine. Fine fine fine fine fine...
Picture of a 6 foot decorated christmas tree wrapped up in clear clingfilm on thr bottom half and topped with a taped black bin bag. It looks terrifying.
January 5, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Moon halo over Orkney tonight. First time i've seen one like this. Absolutely stunning
Hazy image of a halo around an almost full moon
December 25, 2023 at 10:07 PM
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In hindsight, nothing about either the sender of this old (promotional) email, or the date it was sent is in any way reassuring...

But damn, was it accurate.
A small photo of a promotional email from doctor who, dated 25th February 2020. The subject line reads: everything is about to change... forever.
December 9, 2023 at 1:20 AM
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Made it home and was met by a huge group of selkies just chilling on a quiet tuesday morning. Many more than this pic, bur grey blobs on grey blob rocks aren't _that_ easy to snap while dodging traffic
A quick snapshot of 2 adult grey seals and a lighter coloured pup lounging on weedy brown rocks at a grey-coloured low tide.
November 21, 2023 at 11:10 AM
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It's Talk Like a Pirate Day, so I'm shouting about the very queer pirates I wrote!

In a world ravaged by magic, a young sea captain hunts for a priceless treasure. But those offering to help have devastating plans for him. War looms.

from @lunapress.bsky.social and all reputable booksellers
an image of a book cover. The title: The Lies We Tell Ourselves are in white lettering over a dark blue circle, on a chequered grey background. The author title: LK KITNEY is in black, underneat the title. It is novella number 17 in the Luna Novella collection. The cover is by Jay Johnstone An image of text. Text reads: The priest prays. She has done this every day at noon for the twenty-one days since you left the Isian port of Ide, heading into the uncharted, unknowable East. Despite the repetition of her actions you continue to watch her strange routines with more curiosity than you hope your crew realises. The “great” Captain Fiaer Dradorn is meant to be a seasoned man. Enhancing the legend your father started, there is no port you would dare not sail into at least once. You know customs and languages most would never consider, yet the priest has you perplexed. It is not an unfamiliar feeling, but it is unwelcome, one you have not felt this strongly since your father made you dance to his paranoid tunes. You do not let your crew see your confusion. It would lend power to their own and you cannot afford to throw fuel on the latent dissatisfaction thrumming through Golden Harvest. You have too much to lose.
September 19, 2023 at 12:24 PM
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Went to see the Sun exhibition today for the local Science Festival.

6m diameter sun, suspended inside a 900 year old cathedral.
a 6m diameter sphere hangs from the crossway of a red-sandstone cathedral. it projects images of the surface of the sun. it is yellow a 6m sphere showing images of the surface of the sun (orange) hangs from the crossing of a red sandstone cathedral. This photo shows some of the upper levels of the cathedral too, where the real sunlight is shining in. a 6m sphere of hanging from the crossway of a red sandstone cathedral. The sphere shows images from the surface of the sun. it looks red. it is possible to see upper levels of the cathedral where the real sun is shining in a 6m sphere projecting images of the surface of the sun hangs in the centre crossway of a red sandstone cathedral. the sphere looks yellow and is emitting stage-smoke to look like a coronal mass ejection. To the left of the image is cathedral furniture (I don't visit often and can't remember if it's a pulpit or not in a cathedral)
September 13, 2023 at 6:55 PM
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As is a right and proper offering to the internet when embarking into new places, I offer this as a first post; a rare image of my cat looking particularly well lit and photogenic.
a well lit black cat on a blue carpet. It looks up to the camera/light source.
August 24, 2023 at 8:19 PM