six volume collection rainbow themed covers Purple: In These Dark Machines Blue: We Rewrite the Future Green: In the Garden of Our Friends Yellow: Where the Sun is Also Fire Orange: There Will Be Weirdness Red: There Will Be Hope

One of the great things about self-publishing is that you can just decide to do something...like make a six volume collection of short stories with rainbow covers that spans your 15 year journey writing cyberpunk to solarpunk (and a little weirdness and subversive lit along the way).
#selfpublishing

‘People still remember it 40 years later’: the making of Chuckie Egg The iconic game that came to define 8-bit programming still conjures flutters of nostalgia 40 years on – all thanks to a 15-year-old tea boy who worked a Saturday shift in a computer shop in Greater M...

Hi I wrote about the making of classic platformerChuckie Egg and talked to its creator Nigel Alderton. Please give it a read as I want to show there’s an audience for this gaming history stuff 🙏

www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

I'm making one last push to let people know about this online talk -- sponsored by the British Library in conjunction with their current exhibition on fairy tales. The live stream starts at 7:30 tonight, but if you buy a ticket *before* the event you can watch it any time over the next 7 days.

I'm never buying another Kindle, and neither should you Bricked hardware, ads, and control. The Amazon Kindle is no longer built for readers. Here’s why I’m done with it.

I was already planning to get a Kobo, even before I knew they were repairable! But now I'm intrigued by Boox as well.

Boox is an "e-ink tablet running a full version of Android...for anyone who wants to leave Kindle hardware but keep their Kindle books."

www.androidauthority.com/amazon-kindl...

Take that AI! New comic on TINYVIEW for subscribers. Please, consider helping human artists by subscribing on TINYVIEW. The only platform that I know of that actually pays artists for their comics. social.tinyview.com/GOWZTRkMu2b

Would you say you experience dialogue over saturation in your games?
Do you think that might say more about you than it does about the games?

See and read the full comic on penny-arcade.com !
#attentioneconomy #videogames #story #gameplay #pragmata #comedy #foryou

Chatbots often offer 'problematic' cancer advice, study finds Popular artificial intelligence programs told users where to find alternative, potentially dangerous treatments for cancer and other health scenarios.

Artificial intelligence chatbots will tell you where to find alternatives to chemotherapy if you ask them, a new study finds.

Wax Heads on Steam Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and th...

the release is just over two weeks away now (may 5th!!!) and I can't wait for people to get their hands on the game!!! it's really something special ✨

store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/...

Buddy-up! 👥

Today's a great day to support some creators.

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.

Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

PANEL 1: A demented robot holds laser gun at a guy (me): TURN OVER ALL YOUR CREATIVE OUTPUT FROM THE LAST 15 YEARS OR I VAPORIZE YOU!! DJO: Whoa! Ok! PANEL 2: The robot to a doufy guy: FOR $7.99 A MONTH YOU CAN USE THIS NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR’S WORK TO CREATE YOUR OWN WATERED DOWN VERSIONS! Doufy Guy: got yourself a deal, buddy! PANEL 3: DJO: That robot guy just stole my shit and you’re paying him for it! Doufy Guy: Sorry, pal! $7.99 is a great deal, and like it or not, that robot guy… PANEL 4: doufy guy continued: …is the future! The Robot holding a laser gun at a little girl: TURN OVER ALL YOUR CREATIVE OUTPUT FROM THE LAST 15 YEARS OR I VAPORIZE YOU!! Girl: Dude, I’m seven

GenAI is plunder, pass it on (a comic)

If you work in games and want food for thought, there's no food tastier or more nutritious than the Kaleidoscope podcast right now.

Every episode has been an absolute banger so far, brilliant thoughtful discussions with great guests. Kudos @jon.inkle.co and @sagarberoshi.bsky.social !

If an AI was a good creative co-brain it would say; this bit’s shit; that’s weird; you wrote that metaphor already; who talks like that?; wow the snarky girl suddenly got polite; who cares what a tree looks like; bored now!; that rhymed, cut it; what does this add?; you spoilt the joke…

Pie chart: Elise's individual book sales. Itch: 21.4% Direct Sales: 21.4% Apple: 21.4% Overdrive: 3.6% Hoopla: 17.9% Kobo: 7.1% B&N: 7.1% Apple: 21.4%

Pie chart: Itchio book bundles: 95% The other 5% are the sales stats from the left pie chart.

Just in case any indie authors need motivation to get your books on Itch AND join Itch bundles, here are 2 graphs of my 4 year wide ebook sales, and 14 months on Itchio.

Left is Individually purchased copies.

Right is individual copies AND Itch Bundle copies.

Goal: more Kobo sales!

Or rather a blog post, I guess.

A Quick Update It’s been a while (Spoiler: I didn’t complete the Hooptober 11 challenge). Last year was dominated by my day job developing video games. I was the Design Director and writer ... Read More…

It's been a while, but I wrote a blog!

www.solitarymindset.com/2026/04/19/a...

As someone who is an author, a marathoner and vehemently anti-AI, this really resonated with me.

Death Has Joined the Party: A LitRPG Dungeon Crawl (Mana Runners Book 1) Death Has Joined the Party: A LitRPG Dungeon Crawl (Mana Runners Book 1) eBook : Aaron, Rachel, Bach, Travis: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

In this particular case... a.co/d/03RyvUp8

Dear Authors

Please credit your cover artists.

Sincerely,
The guy trying to find out if the book they're about to buy used AI for its cover.

Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Tim Curry in Clue

Tim Curry in The Three Musketeers

Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

COMING SOON: AI + Guy™

So if someone opts in, and has taken photos of friends, relatives, kids, even strangers, they’re “giving permission” on behalf of all those people. So lots of people have no say in this.

The whole “opt in” thing was always a charade but it’s approaching terminal nonsense at this point.

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

And that short story collection won't be available for much longer.

I don't post about it enough, but I do have a newsletter. They'll be a new email going out soon with some info on my next book.

There's still time to sign up now (and get a free short story collection). #horror #books

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Fellow Traveller Storyteller’s Starter Pack on Steam Step into worlds where every every word carries weight, and every story lingers long after the credits roll. The Storyteller’s Starter Pack brings together four acclaimed narrative experiences that…

The Fellow Traveller Publisher sale is now live on Steam! 😍

If you're new to our games, The Storyteller’s Starter Pack includes four acclaimed narrative experiences, each with a unique atmosphere – all for 20% off

Travel across the cosmos 🚀, frosted seas 🥶, and creepy woods 🌲 The choice is yours!

A grey pelican standing on an upside down white canoe which is itself standing on a wooden dock. Taken in False Creek, Vancouver, BC, Canada - 18th March 2026

Had a great run at Central Park Parkrun this morning. Then on the way home spotted a pelican hanging out on a dock. The same dock we watched an Eagle having a meal on a couple of weeks back.

Lots of people taking photos and video (pelicans are not something we really see around here).

Is AI a scam? #shorts #tech #ai #scams YouTube video by Alex Falcone

I'm new to the @alexfalcone.bsky.social train, but I am delighted by his informational and also hilarious videos, such as this glittering precious gem on AI --

"Is AI a scam yep?"