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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 17h

I just had a flashback to my childhood, when I lived in constant fear of:
a) drowning in quicksand, leaving only a hat behind
b) falling into piranha-infested waters
c) being obliterated by all-out thermonuclear war

Such happy memories.

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 5d

“Now a distinctively-shaped residential complex, the original Battery of Edinburgh Castle was once home to the 119th Banana Regiment, who defended the city from seaborne invaders.”

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 5d

I have now…

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 5d

“Surely it was fudge?” Is now the strapline for the Completely Fabricated Edinburgh Walking Tour

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 5d

The Killiecrankie Pass is now the Wee Jimmy Krankie Pass

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 5d

“Beneath this tree, Mary Queen of Scots wrote the sonnet ‘Sunshyne on Lethe’, which would later be turned into the smash hit single by famed Edinburgh band The Osmonds”

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 5d

“This cobblestone marks the spot where the last man convicted of Reckless Topiary in Scotland was executed in 1856”

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 5d

“And on your left is the one and only cafe in Edinburgh that hasn’t claimed Harry Potter was written there”

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 5d

I still dream of one day setting up the Completely Fabricated Edinburgh Walking Tour.

“This traffic cone marks the spot where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle invented the Cocker Spaniel”

and that kind of thing.

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 6d

Every now and again, I am tempted to sneak elements of ttrpg design into my dayjob as a business analyst writing requirements:

‘The Date of Registration must be a valid date object in the format dd/mm/yyyy unless the user rolls a natural 1 on a D20’

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 7d

Autumn by the Almond

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 9d

Edinburgh's graveyards were designed for spooky season ...

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 9d

Time once again to escape reality by writing tales & games of creeping existential dread and abject horror...

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 10d

In my head, I'm designing the ttrpg game based on the TV series prequel to the movie based on the novel I've not written yet.

I kinda like my head.

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 11d

It's October 1st and I feel compelled to watch at least one episode of Buffy and remember how happy at least one episode of Buffy used to make me feel

At least one of those episodes will obviously be "Once More With Feeling"

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 11d

'Write what you wanted to read when you were a kid', they said.

/continues to write weird anarcho-goblin nonsense featuring gigantic robot marsupials whilst high on sugar

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 12d

Behind the first door of my Halloween advent calendar is a vast featureless void that instils in me an inescapable feeling of dread.

Happy spooky season!

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 12d

Apparently there is a gigantic space comet that may be alien in origin hurtling towards earth and that is actually the most uplifting news story I have read in over a fortnight

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 13d

The Crimson Vestments bundle - everything you need to attempt to thwart the resurrection of the Inverted Messiah ...

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 13d

Crimson Vestments - an occult horror #ttrpg inspired by 1970s cinema

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 14d

I so want to live in the 1920s-inspired urban fantasy magical metropolis I am creating and think I just might for a while (even though I would be rubbish at the Charleston)

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 15d

I am already rooting for Paul & Dianne

Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 15d

Do they do Strictly Come Dancing watchalongs here or am I on my own (I know I'm not on my own on X, but I would rather liquidise my eyeballs)

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 15d

But I need to reboot my timeline because of too many writers/plot holes/cocaine!

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Keith DEADinburgh @keithdedin.bsky.social · 15d

This is to cater for the tourists who complain about the castle being built too far from Waverley. They are going to move it to Princes Mall (between the anime shop and the bubble tea place)

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