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Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 28m

Yes please! I would really like some perspective on this. ☺️

I still want to know how you dealt with all those avoidants. I'm dealing with one right now and he's driving me up the wall!😅

Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 34m

Sweden & Finland are incredible countries.🥰 I would legit move there, even though I know I'll have a bad time in their culture. Too many cold, avoidant & emotionally unavailable people up North.

Lu, you're a warm person & you somehow lived there many years. How did you deal with all the avoidants?🤭

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 10d

The Princess/Glinda style can be pretty sweet too!👸

But I totally understand your preference for Wednesday & her Victorian-Goth aesthetic.💀🖤 I'm a fan of the Goth aesthetic too (see below) because I'm a little bit kooky/eccentric.🤭

Would love to see your Halloween outfit tho, regardless what it is

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 4d

so cute! I have 2 of my own! 🦜🦜

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KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 🎃 @kdsbooks.bsky.social · 4h

I’m normally wary of sequels, but since I’ve only seen the Goldblum film and HMV had the full boxset of 5 ‘The Fly’ films for £13, I succumbed. Plus I wanted to watch the Vincent Price version

I recently read the short story it’s all based on and enjoyed that as well

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#films #horror

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Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 1d

I think you got yourself another super fan, Lu. 🤭

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Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 1d

at long last! 🤭:))

Yeah, tell us what you genuinely thought!

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished reading "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" by @louiseblackwick.com & I am shooketh!😮

Hands-down THE BEST DARK FANTASY STORY I've experienced (including all films, tv series & games). Nothing comes close to this epicness by a longshot. 💙📚

Reading book 1 not obligatory, but helps.

There is a hard limit to human imagination. This story will take you far beyond that limit, beyond the fabric of reality itself.

In this book you will find characters that can:

manipulate luck, odds and circumstances (the ODDS WEAVER, Vivian Amberville)
remove, store and control physical pain (the PAIN PUSHER, Wolfgaar)
strip both objects and subjects of their shadow (the SHADOW STEALER, Djaar)
reduce the physical world to concepts and abstractions (the CONCEPT BREAKER, Gold)
create shifts in perception and/or gravity (the REALITY SHIFTERS, Yuresne and Circense)
pluck sound out of thin air and store it inside containers (the THUNDER BRINGER, Antuun)
absorb, hold and release darkness (the VOID WEAVER formally known as Allspice)

"Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" is the second instalment in the Vivian Amberville fantasy series by Dutch international author, Louise Blackwick. It centers on Vivian’s attendance at the “Alarian School of Thought”, a place where students learn the noble and dangerous art of “Weaving subtle Threads of influence into the fabric of reality”.

Joined by friends and challenged by foes, Vivian will have to master her ability to manipulate odds and circumstances, in a world now complicated by war, disease and political strife.

"The Book of Chaos" also features people who can rewrite history using a special type of "Ink". It includes individuals who manipulate entire nations by putting words into people's heads and watch those exact words take over. We explore the art of imbibing and imbuing one's intention into an object, and many more mind-over-matter powers.

Standing at over 220K+ words “The Book of Chaos” is a complex narrative tapestry that has taken the author over five and a half years to write.

If you're a fan of epic dark fantasy, with a new adult cast of characters, magical realism set in vast psychedelic worlds, rich Jungian themes and just a touch of Cosmic Horror, you're in for a real treat.

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Brian K. Henry @briankhenry.bsky.social · Jun 3

It's a strange killing at the Volcano Lounge in my mystery comedy Murder in Murk City: “I don’t care how many suckers you’ve lured into your shady eruption racket, Muggett. Not even the smell of burning magma can cover the stench of this killing.” bit.ly/43FRVGC #kindle #kindleunlimited #booksky

Murder in Murk City

Murder in Murk City - Kindle edition by Brian K. Henry. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Murder in Murk City.

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Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 2d

wow, Tim is talented AF! 😮

a man is playing a piano on a beach with a fire in the background

ALT: a man is playing a piano on a beach with a fire in the background

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 3d

I am so freakishly proud of my talented friend, Tim de Man @timdeman.bsky.social, 🥰♥️ who is currently working on the #soundtrack for the videogame CLOUDHEIM! 🎵🎶

Watch him make a layer-by-layer break down of his compositions for #Cloudheim in his video!

#gamedev #indiedev #gamemusic #videogames

Tim de Man @timdeman.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #portfolioday! I'm an earwormy game music composer from the Netherlands with music in games like @noodlecatgames.com's Cloudheim and @conradicalgames.bsky.social 's Soul Stalker!

Hear me break down a composition in this vid - more music in that playlist!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUd1...

#gamedev

Making Unique Game Trailer Music For CLOUDHEIM - Music Deep Dive

YouTube video by Tim de Man - Game Music

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Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 3d

Well-deserved! #VivianAmberville is an amazing dark fantasy series (and it only gets darker and more badass in "The Book of Chaos")

I'll check out Freya's blog & stories as well.

www.amazon.com/stores/autho...

Freya Pickard: books, biography, latest update

Follow Freya Pickard and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Freya Pickard Author Page.

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 3d

Thank you kindly for featuring "Vivian Amberville - The Weaver of Odds"! 🥰♥️ I am truly honoured to be given a spot on your blog!

Anyone reading this, kindly check out Freya Pickard's @freyapickard.bsky.social stories as well!

Her & I both write #darkfantasy stories with mythological undertones! 💙📚

Freya Pickard @freyapickard.bsky.social · 3d

I'm mentioning Vivian Amberville - Weaver of Odds in my review post on my new blog on Friday at freyanrites.wordpress.com?p=60 much love Freya xx

freyanrites.wordpress.com

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 3d

Zoe the Amazon has a cushy life in Egypt, but when she wakes up cuffed to her one-night stand, she's forced to take Kyra the Bard on a mad-dash adventure across Greece and ultimately confront her own past

#LesbianBooks #RomanceBooks #BookSky #QueerBooks #LGBTQBooks #SapphicBooks #FantasyBooks 🌈📚💙📢📚

Unchain My Heart by RJ Martin

“Any illusion I had that love existed was left in the gorgon’s cave.” Kyra the Bard was supposed to be just another fling on Zoe the Amazon’s way to Athens. Instead, they wake up …

rjmartinwrites.wordpress.com

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KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 🎃 @kdsbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Soon to be bought…

The Edgar Rice Burroughs authorised editions of the first five John Carter of Mars novels, with Joe Jusko covers

🪐📚💙

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Princess of Mars
Gods of Mars
Warlord of Mars
Thuvia, maid of Mars
The chessmen of Mars

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Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 4d

I read the story and it's not as bad as it sounds. It's actually a literary masterpiece worthy of Poe or Kafka.

But it's still a very scary story though. 🤭

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Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 4d

Yes! 🤗

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 4d

There is currently a 50% discount on all my #Halloween & #horror short-stories & novellas.🩸📚

Download all 3 stories (& own them forever in 2 digital formats) for less than 5$!💙📚

1️⃣Jump into the Abyss!: bit.ly/4nES2Lq
2️⃣Reprobates: bit.ly/4mUIRVU
3️⃣The Underworld Rhapsody: bit.ly/4pSYJLv

#spooktober🎃

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" saga, comes the unnerving horror short-story of a man who gets buried alive over the festering remains of his late wife, Kassandra.

During his premature entombment, forty long nails are struck into Chase Chaperone's casket, plunging him deeper into Hell. This grim ritual is a dark operetta written in rhyming prose - an homage to Dante's Inferno - from which naught but the most vile of souls can escape. The man is subsequently set free from the coffin by the grotesque dwarf Eldritch, who in a fit of revenge, climbs onto his back and refuses to climb down. Chase is thus doomed to carry the parasitic dwarf atop his back for the rest of his days, while searching for absolution.

This Halloween special explores themes such as "death and decay", "justice" and "morality", in a forlorn world set outside the reach of modern civilisation.

Written in the grim and melodious style of Edgar Allan Poe, "Jump into the Abyss!" follows Chase Chaperone's descent into the far-reaching Abyss of his soul in a masterfully-written allegorical tale.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" saga, comes the surreal novella of a man's journey through Limbo.

Freshly arrived at the Totermann Inn, Marc Whitehouse couldn’t have known he was dead. Sir, no sir. Not now that Chantal Dublanc had so mysteriously entered his life; his afterlife. In his quest for the truth behind his early demise, he finds himself on a journey where past memories intermingle with present actions. He is not yet ready to call it a life. 206 heartbeats to peace. The hour is late, but Marc is yet to renounce his hope for salvation...

A surreal novella of love, loss and the afterlife, written in the captivating, dreamlike style of André Breton. “Reprobates” is an exquisitely written narrative of Life after Life, centered on Marc’s journey through Limbo.

Its style is heavy on allegory, at every step teeming with Underworld intrusions of the sacred into the profane.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" series, comes the surreal novella that will have you question the very foundation of your reality.

Under the influence of the powerful new psychedelic drug “Rhapsody”, Mario Fantoccio discovers the existence of an invisible reality overlaying our own.

The rhapsody-altered state of consciousness brings Mario to close encounters with “the Masters of Strings”, a coven of hyperdimensional beings who appear to control the destiny of every human in existence.

Desperate to sever the strings tying him to the will of his Masters, Mario overdoses on Rhapsody and escapes into hell, hoping to regain control of his life and free will.

Based on a modern interpretation of Jungian psychology, The Underworld Rhapsody is heavily themed on "subjective reality", "altered states of consciousness", and "individuation" as it follows one man's struggle to escape the chaos of his life and regain his free will.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

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Johanneke Van Der Bijl @johannekebijl.bsky.social · 6d

I didn't know the rabbit one 🐇 and it looks like a lot of fun. Plus it's dirt cheap. Thanks for sharing with us, Louise!

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pixlscribe @pixlscribe.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you Lee!🌞

Believe it or not, the epic dark fantasy/cosmic horror book that inspired "the Darkthings" is even more amazing.

I can never beat what @louiseblackwick.com can paint in your imagination! 💙📚

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Booktasters @booktasters.bsky.social · 7d

I can’t start a new book until I’ve picked the perfect snack to match the vibe. Dark chocolate for gothic fiction. Gummy worms for weird sci-fi. Accidentally trained my brain to snack by genre 🍬📚
#Booksky #Reading

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pixlscribe @pixlscribe.bsky.social · 9d

Hi, I'm pixlscribe. I am a sketch artist, but for the past months, I've been trying to learn pixelart.

Btw, maybe this is a good place to share my attempt at sketching "the Darkthings" from your @louiseblackwick.com 's epic dark fantasy novel "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" 💙📚

#art #sketch

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Dripping With Words | Intuitive Writer @drippingwithwords.bsky.social · 7d

i’ve tasted lightning & swallowed thunder—contrasting night-of-dark & day-of-light..

—READ MORE in my new article: 'my hoodie-sweatshirt'
👉🏻 tinyurl.com/54hy9bpz

©️📸 dww
#thoughts #quotes #photography #zen #sunset #spirituality #nature #sunrise #booksky #landscape #writesky #art #philosophy #clouds

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 6d

Yes, Fredrik @prantare.bsky.social is behind both #CoreKeeper, #Kyora (wishlist it now) and #RadicalRabbitStew (which is currently running a 80% discount)

Support a fellow Swede and check his other games too. They're all super fun & full of whimsy! 👾🎮

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