Three photos on a damp wall. One is crooked the words Mayfly 1994 show in the subtitles

A bright purple shower curtain illuminated by torchlight in a dark bathroom

A darkened bedroom with several items scattered around including an electric blanket and a heater

With the #demo of Mayfly finally live on #steam:
buff.ly/R9Nh6FL

I am free to focus on ACTUALLY FINISHING THE GAME!! 🥳

The boat gets a little darker in the second scene, so you’ll need one of these 🔦

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #horror #ukcanals #indiegame #quiethorror #unity3d

A story-rich quiet horror game set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Mayfly. Demo release 15 April

😁Finally! The Mayfly #demo will be live on #steam from 15 April.

A #storyrich #quiethorror game set aboard a #narrowboat in Northern England starring the wonderful @tammykingofficial.bsky.social

#indiedev #gamedev #horrorgame #unity3d #indiegame

store.steampowered.com/app/4554960/...

Is Watching and Reading Horror Good for You?
open.substack.com/pub/thebutch...
#DarkFiction #LiteraryHorror #QuietHorror #HorrorFiction #TheButcheredWriters #ShortHorrorStory #AtmosphericHorror

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS: HORRIFIC SCRIBES

provocative, scary, and strange

#horror and horror-adjacent #shortstories and #darkpoetry

horrificscribblings.com/submissions/

#transgressivefiction #darkscifi #darkfantasy #surreal #quiethorror #splatterpunk #callforsubmissions #horrorsubmissions

#Books available on #Audible & #KindleUnlimited
I'm a #Horror #Author - some of my #Stories:

US www.amazon.com/stores/John-...
UK www.amazon.co.uk/stores/John-...

#Writer #Writers #Authors #Novel #Novels #Story #Apocalypse #PostApocalypse #Apocalyptic #PostApocalyptic #CosmicHorror #QuietHorror

NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Samuel Kozah joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with his subtle "The Cattle That Came Back." Part of our TERROR INTERNATIONAL: FOLK HORROR FROM AROUND THE WORLD Special Exhibit. horrificscribblings.com

#folkhorror #africanhorror #nigerianhorror #quiethorror #cosmichorror #shorthorrorstories

After a month of no actual dev work I finally started modelling the bathroom. I even put in a cassette toilet (boaty ppl pls let me know if it's wrong)

Wishlist Mayfly here:
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#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #solodev #quiethorror #ukcanals #unity3d #storybased

An early development shot showing the Mayfly main menu before proper lighting was added. Also shows an older narrowboat model

The gorgeous new main menu from Mayfly with atmospheric lighting and a beautiful narrowboat model

Another gem from my old dev progress videos, this one makes me chuckle - though I do like the old font 🙃

September 2023 versus today.

It's surprising just how much of the environment was actually in place back then 🌳

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #horrorgame #quiethorror #ukcanals #storybased

Mayfly is a story-rich quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England

Coming Q3 2026 🤞

Wishlist now if you haven’t already:
store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

#gamedev #indiegame #solodev #unity3d #horrorgame #quiethorror #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #gametrailer #storybased

A Collectio

#Horror #Novellas - #Audible & #KindleUnlimited

The DEAD BOXES ARCHIVE
US www.amazon.com/dp/B08P7VHWS7
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08P7VHWS7

#Novella #ShortStory #ShortStories #Thrillers #Fiction #HorrorStory #HorrorStories #HorrorBook #HorrorBooks #QuietHorror #DarkFiction #DarkFantasy #HorrorFiction

Mayfly is a story-rich quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England

Coming Q3 2026 🤞
Wishlist now if you haven’t already:
store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

#gamedev #indiegame #solodev #unity3d #horrorgame #quiethorror #wishlistwednesday #gametrailer #promosky #storybased

A very early build progress screenshot showing a bare narrowboat interior

A super awesome new narrowboat model from the latest Mayfly build with better lighting + fully 'furnished'

I stumbled across some early build progress videos for Mayfly. When you feel like you're making no progress at all it's good to remind yourself how far you've come!

September 2023 v today. Hopefully you can tell which is which 😆

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #quiethorror #horrorgame #storybased

#Horror on #Audible and #KindleUnlimited
BAD PENNIES

US www.amazon.com/dp/B0762HPJ8Y
UK www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0762HPJ8Y

#CosmicHorror #HorrorNovel #HorrorNovels #HorrorStory #HorrorStories #HorrorBook #HorrorBooks #QuietHorror #DarkFiction #DarkFantasy #HorrorFiction#HorrorThriller #HorrorThrillers

Mayfly is a short story-led quiet horror set entirely on a narrowboat in Northern England.

Coming Q3 2026 🤞
Wishlist now if you haven’t already:
store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

#gamedev #indiegame #solodev #horrorgame #quiethorror #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #gametrailer #promosky

A settings menu showing customisable options for screen resolution, v-sync, windowed mode, text size, crosshair size and different audio level sliders

Added some more customisable settings to Mayfly: V-Sync, windowed mode and a new #a11y feature to increase the crosshair size (suggested by @mustlovedon.bsky.social)

The UI throughout Mayfly also has full keyboard navigation support ⌨️

#gamedev #accessibility #indiedev #horror #quiethorror #unity

Here's the new Mayfly cinematic trailer! 🎦

This one really captures the descent into darkness which is at the heart of the game. ⬇️🔦

If you haven't wishlisted yet, you can here:
store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

#gamedev #indiegame #solodev #unity3d #horrorgame #quiethorror #indiedev #steam

Thank you to everyone who’s wishlisted Mayfly.

One thing that’s really surprised me (perhaps naively seeing as I’ve only used 🦋 so far) is the amount of wishlists from #usa 🇺🇸 (25%)

You can wishlist here:
store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

#gamedev #indiegame #quiethorror

In Horrific Bloggings! I interview Thomas C. Mavroudis, discussing the delightfully #weirdhorror #shortstories in his collection RABBIT FACE AND FURTHER AWFUL ENCOUNTERS and his tales in HORRIFIC SCRIBES. horrificscribblings.com

#quiethorror #cosmichorror #urbanlegends #cryptids #authorinterviews

Another environment fly-through from Mayfly.

The all too familiar bedroom. Before the darkness descends

#gamedev #indiegame #solodev #madewithunity #horrorgame #quiethorror #narrowboat #canal #ukcanals

Wishlist here:
store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

Again this. #1
It's come up again!
We've already discussed this...

#CosmicHorror #Lovecraftian #DarkArt #HandmadeHorror #PigmentArt #StillHere #QuietHorror #EverydayEldritch #RebelleArt #art #artist

I made some fly-throughs of the rest of the narrowboat for a new Mayfly trailer to replace the existing one which is a bit 🗑️

Here's what lies outside of the bedroom

Like what you see?

Wishlist now:
store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

#gamedev #indiegame #madewithunity #horrorgame #quiethorror

There’ll hopefully be many more to come but I really wanted @mustlovedon.bsky.social to be the one to do the first ever live stream of Mayfly

If you like what you see you can wishlist here:

store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/...

#gamedev #indiegame #a11y #accessibility #horrorgame #quiethorror

Have you got it on your wishlist yet. I dooooooo. Go on. You know you want to. #quiethorror, #indiegsme, #accessible, #a11y #inclusion

The Emigrant Song

Episode 7 - A stormy night folk tale about music, migration, and the pull West

open.spotify.com/episode/6Eb9...

#spokenwordfiction, #emigrationIreland, #modernmyth, #urbanfolklore, #liminalnights, #Dublinstories, #quiethorror, #Atlanticpull, #mythandmemory, #newepisode, #podcast, #irishpodcast

Call Drops: A Horror Story Amazon.com: Call Drops: A Horror Story eBook : Leonard, John F: Kindle Store

#Horror on #Audible & #KindleUnlimited
'the woods were treacherous at night ..they could trick you'
Call Drops www.amazon.com/dp/B077T35TQC

#HorrorStory #HorrorStories #DarkFantasy #DarkFiction #HorrorFiction #QuietHorror #ShortStories #SoftHorror #FolkHorror #FantasyHorror #HorrorBook #HorrorBooks

Doggem: A Tale of Toy Dogs and Dark Deeds Amazon.com: Doggem: A Tale of Toy Dogs and Dark Deeds eBook : Leonard, John F: Kindle Store

'the Velveteen Rabbit meets Rosemary’s Baby'
Doggem: www.amazon.com/dp/B07L318QLJ

#DarkFantasyHorror on #Audible & #KindleUnlimited

#Horror #HorrorStory #HorrorStories #DarkFiction #HorrorFiction #QuietHorror #ShortStory #ShortStories #SoftHorror #FolkHorror #FantasyHorror #HorrorBook #HorrorBooks

The Dead Boxes Archive: Dark Tales of Horror and the Diabolical Amazon.com: The Dead Boxes Archive: Dark Tales of Horror and the Diabolical eBook : Leonard, John F: Kindle Store

#ShortStories on #Audible & #KindleUnlimited
'seven stories to shiver your spine'
The Dead Boxes Archive

#Horror #DarkFiction #HorrorFiction #AudibleHorror #KindleHorror #Occult #ScaryStories #QuietHorror #Supernatural #HorrorCollections #HorrorStories #DarkTales

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

You can run from the past.
But what if it knows your name?

Read the full story 👉 quikblogz.com/the-whisperi...

#QuietHorror #ShortStory #HorrorFiction #DarkFiction #quikblogz

The Rabbit and the Dragon Who Spoke Softly
A whisper can be more dangerous than a roar.
#SoftVoices #FairyTaleWarning #QuietHorror #StoryInFifteen #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity #GenerativeArt #AIchallenge #BuilderofNightmares

Splatterpunk founder John Skipp has new commentary out about the segment THIS MEANS WAR from the anthology film TALES OF HALLOWEEN. Check out the commentary!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUU3...

#JohnSkipp #horror #quiethorror #loudhorror #5amwritersclub #talesofhalloween #thismeanswar #horrormovies