I was interviewed last on By The Wayside. It's a cool show that spotlights creative people.
Jordan was an amazing host, the questions were great, and I had a blast.
Check it out and then subscribe to them on Youtube.
#dnd #gaming #podcast
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Posts by Niall Spain
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Mockups of the two covers of "Before the Bog God". On the left is a darker cover with green linework. The central image depicts a wisher mid-ritual, while the smirking leviathan looks down from the window frame above. On the right is the lighter cover with red linework. The central image is of the smirking leviathan - a massive eldritch worm with many eyes and tendrils of shadow - looming over a ritual site with six torches. The silhouette of a person approaches the ritual site while a cunning auspex looks down from the window frame above.
"Mörk Sol" in a blend of fonts: "Mörk" feels painted or smeared in oil, while "Sol" is an industrial, gear-like font. The "O" of "Sol" is an eclipse, with coronal flames emerging from behind the occluding celestial body as a spaceship flies across. The background shows three spaceships burning towards a large space station entry port. Below an unknown user ID image glitches onto the HUD. The entire image is rendered in a gritty, distressed color pallette of acid greens, pinks, blues, and blacks. Made by Conlin Durbin, Matt Best, Andrew Beauman. Infinite Citadel logo and wordmark. Compatibel with Mörk Borg.
SpillYourFluids_title.jpg A pale human face is distorted beneath a layer of rippling liquid, streaking almost like flowing ice. "Spill Your Fluids" title overlays the image, with "Fluids" rendered in a drippy, goopy font. The Infinite Citadel logo is in the bottom right, changed to look like it's made of cum.
Cover artwork for The Beckoning Dream. A strange figure of infinite power stands in the center, eight arms outstretched. Crows and wolves comprise its amorphous, shadowy body as it offers us different implements: a sword; the Sun card; a wand; the Hermit card; a chalice; the Moon card, burning; the Ace of Pentacles; and an outstretched hand, beckoning you inward towards a surreal landscape of infinite possibilities. Mountains encase the skyline as a red dragon and space station float above. The crescent moon drips blood while a meteor flies across the sky. The figure splits a scene in the foreground. On the left side, a bridge, guarded by the Guardian Troll who sits in its shadow, crosses over to The Citadel atop a floating landmass. On the other side a figure walks towards The Tower, their outline shifting with chromatic distortions that convey a sense of power akin to the central figure's, but not yet fully developed. Near the cataclysmic tower is a pond and a tree. Disembodied eyes peer out from the figure above tendrils of flame.
We're Infinite Citadel, a co-op TTRPG publisher creating anti-ordinary games of infinite expression.
For humans, by humans.
Not to deny reality, but elevate it.
Stories connect us, and we want to help you tell yours.
#portfolioday
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WOW! Honoured that YEAR’S BEST CANADIAN F&SF Vol 3 is a Locus finalist! THANK YOU to all the readers & voters & to the Kickstarter backers who made the book possible. Blown away to be in such amazing editorial company in anthologies this year. Congrats to the nominees in all categories! #stunned
Whew! Less than 24hrs in and we're blowing past stretch goals! We've unlocked FIVE goals, meaning the book will now be at least 125,000 words long and feature an exclusive translation of an award-winning Francophone F&SF story from 2025! Up next: INTERIOR ARTWORK! Can we unlock that by end of day???
Hell yeah. Congrats again!!!!
VOD of our Anniversary show is up!
It’s been hard to get everyone together for a while, especially since two of us tried to quit the podcast the hard way last year. So it was really good to be together, play a game and share some of the too real aspects of our lives.
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If you want some awesome Canadian writers collected into one handy anthology... there's no better way to get it than backing now!
This art looks amazing. Excited to check it out!
At Paizo, we're proud to celebrate the diverse members of our community, staff, and stories! Join Rue in today's blog and support Trans Day of Visibility!
Read the blog: buff.ly/umVUbsm
If you saw Inside The Manosphere and were horrified... We discussed it this week
My latest short story launches today in Super Canucks at @latitude46pub.bsky.social !!! Super proud to be featured alongside these incredible writers.
Small town superheroes in Canada? What more could you want?!
Get it here!
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Screenshot from the New York Times that reads: Horror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use Its publisher, Hachette, will not release the novel in the United States and will discontinue its U.K. edition, citing its commitment to “original creative expression and storytelling.”
You love to see it. Slop is anti art and doesn't deserve to be published.
Comments like this are gold 💛
We'll be at the CanPod booth on the Friday 4-7, and mayyyybe Breakout depending 👀
You???
This show was SO SO FUN to be a part of
@strautmaskreplica.bsky.social and @liltungsta.bsky.social are TTRPG gems (and lovely people)
✨ AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST TIME! ✨
I published ONE story in 2025: LAST TRAIN FROM DEADWALL is my Weird novelette about diesel-powered skeletons, dinosaur bone trains, warring gods, & capitalist horror.
It's wacky fun! It's Locus recommended! I'd be honoured if you considered it in your nominations!
And if that isn't enough temptation, look at this super cool fanart the story received! (Artist: www.instagram.com/fraeyap/)
Before you vote: read it here! augursociety.org/the-last-cha...
(Voters receive a package of all the finalists works)
It's Aurora Award Season once again and I'd love if you'd consider my short story The Last Chance Locksmith; a cozy fantasy story about an artificer, her coffee, and the unfortunate adventures that keep rocking her bunker!
Vote for it here! www.csffa.ca
@augursociety.bsky.social
Logo for Planet Arcana, with a graphic sticker over top reading, "COMPLETE"
planet arcana is:
🤖 100 episodes of a massive science fantasy tale
🃏 4 years of morphing that tale into a standalone RPG system
🎨 dozens of postcards, songs, poems
❤️ a beautiful collection of engaged, theory-crafting fans
and sooo much more!!
but for now, planet arcana is:
complete.
Were-starfish, were-wasp, were-Pomeranian...some of the were-creatures that appeared in ZNB's original WERE- anth. What other creatures might appear in WERE-2, now on #Kickstarter? Find out by BACKING NOW! Only $218 away from full funding!
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#booksky #fantasy
AND it was the first ttrpg I played in general
Pathfinder! (1st edition)
I really need this year to start getting a little kinder to me 😅
With an influx of Bluesky people, I figured I should reintroduce myself!
I'm Niall, a multi award winning podcaster, writer, and #ttrpg player!
I co-host @noquestcast.bsky.social and @fbuddiespodcast.bsky.social and my short stories can bring found 👇
Looking for #writer and #podcaster friends!
Hello!!! It is my birthday! The only thing I could possibly ask is that you support me and my best friend making a game! So you support me an my birthday and also get 2 really cool games
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Happy Birthday 😁😁😁