M Kirby
@marykirby.bsky.social
Writer/Narrative designer. Mostly tweets about cats. Almost definitely three gnomes in a trench coat.
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M Kirby
@marykirby.bsky.social
· Sep 16
The Concierge: Post Mortem - Crossroads
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
www.youtube.com
We had some technical difficulties, but now Episode 5 of The Concierge is on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlnu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlnu...
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Happily sharing the upcoming Veilguard livestream featuring an awesome cast of folks!
I was writer-on-call for a bunch of @willynilly123.bsky.social 's recording sessions. He brought tons of life and care to Lucanis and Thedas!
I was writer-on-call for a bunch of @willynilly123.bsky.social 's recording sessions. He brought tons of life and care to Lucanis and Thedas!
The Veliguard cast is doing a live autograph signing after our livestream Q&A on 12/4.
🥁Shameless Self Promotion🥁
Lucanis- streamily.com/zach-mendez
Rook (Jeff)- streamily.com/jeffberg
Harding - streamily.com/AliHillis
Emmerich- streamily.com/nickboraine
Neve- streamily.com/jessicaclark
🥁Shameless Self Promotion🥁
Lucanis- streamily.com/zach-mendez
Rook (Jeff)- streamily.com/jeffberg
Harding - streamily.com/AliHillis
Emmerich- streamily.com/nickboraine
Neve- streamily.com/jessicaclark
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Happily sharing the upcoming Veilguard livestream featuring an awesome cast of folks!
I was writer-on-call for a bunch of @willynilly123.bsky.social 's recording sessions. He brought tons of life and care to Lucanis and Thedas!
I was writer-on-call for a bunch of @willynilly123.bsky.social 's recording sessions. He brought tons of life and care to Lucanis and Thedas!
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This cover was even stolen ones by one of those T-shirt scam places!
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Hey, can folks also look at this *amazing* anthology by @tychebooks.bsky.social that keeps being pirated every time it goes semi-viral on the internet: Swashbuckling Cats
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This cover was even stolen ones by one of those T-shirt scam places!
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
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ANYWAY, please go and listen to THE CONCIERGE, brought to you by the real humans at @northmiststudios.bsky.social
Season 2 (🎉🎉🎉) drops December 16, so you have time to catch up.
Season 2 (🎉🎉🎉) drops December 16, so you have time to catch up.
North Mist Studios
Making Art A Career, Together
www.northmiststudios.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ANYWAY, please go and listen to THE CONCIERGE, brought to you by the real humans at @northmiststudios.bsky.social
Season 2 (🎉🎉🎉) drops December 16, so you have time to catch up.
Season 2 (🎉🎉🎉) drops December 16, so you have time to catch up.
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Sunday, November 23 - 10:30 AM
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally
“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally
“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sunday, November 23 - 10:30 AM
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally
“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally
“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”
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Chris Scott composed our theme song (he's also the voice of Steward!) Should check out his stuff when you get the chance.
Andrew Sutherland is our other composer who did the club music, pin ball machine music and a bunch of others in there! All super talented local Edmonton folks ❤️
Andrew Sutherland is our other composer who did the club music, pin ball machine music and a bunch of others in there! All super talented local Edmonton folks ❤️
I appreciate that there is a full theme song. I love theme songs.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Chris Scott composed our theme song (he's also the voice of Steward!) Should check out his stuff when you get the chance.
Andrew Sutherland is our other composer who did the club music, pin ball machine music and a bunch of others in there! All super talented local Edmonton folks ❤️
Andrew Sutherland is our other composer who did the club music, pin ball machine music and a bunch of others in there! All super talented local Edmonton folks ❤️
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
hard to maintain friendships with game developers because all these motherfuckers have ADHD and forget you exist when you're out of sight (it's me i'm these guys)
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
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Love you @scrivenerapp.bsky.social, glad you’re not buying into this shit
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Love you @scrivenerapp.bsky.social, glad you’re not buying into this shit
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What a delight! Such awesome folks here!
Dec 4th.
Gonna get a few friends together. And we’re talking Dragon Age.
Maker help us all.
Leave the dark spawn at home.
#dragonageday #dragonagetheveilguard
Gonna get a few friends together. And we’re talking Dragon Age.
Maker help us all.
Leave the dark spawn at home.
#dragonageday #dragonagetheveilguard
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What a delight! Such awesome folks here!
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It’s what the cool kids are doing.
LUNCH TIME that means it's back to *checks notes* Edmonton for more of @northmiststudios.bsky.social 's THE CONCIERGE.
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It’s what the cool kids are doing.
You have no idea how much this made my day.
"And a chicken attending a CSIS retirement party" is so beautifully Canadian I teared up a little. @northmiststudios.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You have no idea how much this made my day.
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Office romances are... complicated...
Do assassins even have HR?
youtube.com/shorts/57IFz...
The Concierge Episode 4, Written by @marykirby.bsky.social
Do assassins even have HR?
youtube.com/shorts/57IFz...
The Concierge Episode 4, Written by @marykirby.bsky.social
Catching Feelings for the Boss #audiodrama #booktok #spy
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Office romances are... complicated...
Do assassins even have HR?
youtube.com/shorts/57IFz...
The Concierge Episode 4, Written by @marykirby.bsky.social
Do assassins even have HR?
youtube.com/shorts/57IFz...
The Concierge Episode 4, Written by @marykirby.bsky.social
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Some lovely, and much appreciated, coverage of Malys! www.pcgamesn.com/malys/out-no...
Dragon Age creator's new demon-exorcising roguelike deckbuilder has possessed my heart with its sinister twist on the formula
Malys twists Slay the Spire's deckbuilding with a demonic exorcism mechanic, and a story and world from Dragon Age creator David Gaider.
www.pcgamesn.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Some lovely, and much appreciated, coverage of Malys! www.pcgamesn.com/malys/out-no...
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🍂 Sharing eerie and autumnal pieces every Monday/Friday to Halloween 🎃
Facing monsters in the dark.
A Grey Warden story and the start of Evka Ivo's Warden journey.
You can read "The Next One" for free here:
www.ea.com/en-ca/games/...
Facing monsters in the dark.
A Grey Warden story and the start of Evka Ivo's Warden journey.
You can read "The Next One" for free here:
www.ea.com/en-ca/games/...
The Next One
A Grey Warden stands his ground against the dark.
www.ea.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🍂 Sharing eerie and autumnal pieces every Monday/Friday to Halloween 🎃
Facing monsters in the dark.
A Grey Warden story and the start of Evka Ivo's Warden journey.
You can read "The Next One" for free here:
www.ea.com/en-ca/games/...
Facing monsters in the dark.
A Grey Warden story and the start of Evka Ivo's Warden journey.
You can read "The Next One" for free here:
www.ea.com/en-ca/games/...
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Season 1.5 continues with an exciting little update! (And some superb pinball action).
"Phone Tag" written by @marykirby.bsky.social and directed by @liljbat.bsky.social
Performed by Corben Kushneryk and John Battye
Audio by Andrew Sutherland, Colleen Perman and Chris Scott
youtu.be/BH9LMRGDTWQ
"Phone Tag" written by @marykirby.bsky.social and directed by @liljbat.bsky.social
Performed by Corben Kushneryk and John Battye
Audio by Andrew Sutherland, Colleen Perman and Chris Scott
youtu.be/BH9LMRGDTWQ
Post Mortem: Phone Tag
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Season 1.5 continues with an exciting little update! (And some superb pinball action).
"Phone Tag" written by @marykirby.bsky.social and directed by @liljbat.bsky.social
Performed by Corben Kushneryk and John Battye
Audio by Andrew Sutherland, Colleen Perman and Chris Scott
youtu.be/BH9LMRGDTWQ
"Phone Tag" written by @marykirby.bsky.social and directed by @liljbat.bsky.social
Performed by Corben Kushneryk and John Battye
Audio by Andrew Sutherland, Colleen Perman and Chris Scott
youtu.be/BH9LMRGDTWQ
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🍂 Sharing eerie and autumnal pieces every Monday/Friday to Halloween 🎃
"Each Minute Closer" throws off a daily routine as minutes count down to a convergence...
Found in "Well, This is Tense: An anthology of second person present horror" from Bag of Bones Press:
www.amazon.ca/WELL-THIS-TE...
"Each Minute Closer" throws off a daily routine as minutes count down to a convergence...
Found in "Well, This is Tense: An anthology of second person present horror" from Bag of Bones Press:
www.amazon.ca/WELL-THIS-TE...
WELL, THIS IS TENSE: An anthology of second person present horror.: Townend, SJ: 9781739741945: Books - Amazon.ca
WELL, THIS IS TENSE: An anthology of second person present horror.: Townend, SJ: 9781739741945: Books - Amazon.ca
www.amazon.ca
October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🍂 Sharing eerie and autumnal pieces every Monday/Friday to Halloween 🎃
"Each Minute Closer" throws off a daily routine as minutes count down to a convergence...
Found in "Well, This is Tense: An anthology of second person present horror" from Bag of Bones Press:
www.amazon.ca/WELL-THIS-TE...
"Each Minute Closer" throws off a daily routine as minutes count down to a convergence...
Found in "Well, This is Tense: An anthology of second person present horror" from Bag of Bones Press:
www.amazon.ca/WELL-THIS-TE...
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Season 1.5 Episode 2 “The Concierge Post Mortem: Full Inbox”, written by @marykirby.bsky.social is out now!
The Victoria Concierge makes the mistake of checking their voice mail. The Jack of Hearts gets it done… and craves donair.
youtu.be/LBmpRILJIYo?...
The Victoria Concierge makes the mistake of checking their voice mail. The Jack of Hearts gets it done… and craves donair.
youtu.be/LBmpRILJIYo?...
The Concierge: Full Inbox - Human Voice Audio Drama
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Season 1.5 Episode 2 “The Concierge Post Mortem: Full Inbox”, written by @marykirby.bsky.social is out now!
The Victoria Concierge makes the mistake of checking their voice mail. The Jack of Hearts gets it done… and craves donair.
youtu.be/LBmpRILJIYo?...
The Victoria Concierge makes the mistake of checking their voice mail. The Jack of Hearts gets it done… and craves donair.
youtu.be/LBmpRILJIYo?...
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The first of the Season 1.5 interludes, "Midnight Stroll" is now up on YouTube!
Written by @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social , performed by Lee Savage and edited by Andrew Sutherland
The King of Spades calls home in this 100% Canadian Made Audio Drama
youtu.be/TmEOfD2tAYw?...
Written by @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social , performed by Lee Savage and edited by Andrew Sutherland
The King of Spades calls home in this 100% Canadian Made Audio Drama
youtu.be/TmEOfD2tAYw?...
The Concierge: Midnight Stroll
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The first of the Season 1.5 interludes, "Midnight Stroll" is now up on YouTube!
Written by @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social , performed by Lee Savage and edited by Andrew Sutherland
The King of Spades calls home in this 100% Canadian Made Audio Drama
youtu.be/TmEOfD2tAYw?...
Written by @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social , performed by Lee Savage and edited by Andrew Sutherland
The King of Spades calls home in this 100% Canadian Made Audio Drama
youtu.be/TmEOfD2tAYw?...
💜🖤💜
Sylvia and I are writing season two of the podcast right now, too.
Sylvia and I are writing season two of the podcast right now, too.
While we all rage on EA- North Mist is a new indie games studio that nabbed Mary Kirby (Varric) and Sylvia Feketekuty (Emmrich, Josie) as writers!
They have a world building podcast (also on yt! 🔗 below), with Mary writing the first season that just wrapped up, and Sylvia's first ep just dropped!
They have a world building podcast (also on yt! 🔗 below), with Mary writing the first season that just wrapped up, and Sylvia's first ep just dropped!
We're live, people! The wait is over!
🍁HAPPY CANADA DAY!🍁
Episode 1 of The Concierge is available on all major podcast platforms! Can't think of a better day to meet our crew of Canadian Assassins!
shows.acast.com/the-concierg...
#theconcierge #northmiststudios #madeincanada #audiodrama
🍁HAPPY CANADA DAY!🍁
Episode 1 of The Concierge is available on all major podcast platforms! Can't think of a better day to meet our crew of Canadian Assassins!
shows.acast.com/the-concierg...
#theconcierge #northmiststudios #madeincanada #audiodrama
September 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
💜🖤💜
Sylvia and I are writing season two of the podcast right now, too.
Sylvia and I are writing season two of the podcast right now, too.
The thing we love about art, the connection between human beings across time and space and the sharing of emotion and expression, that's the thing the AI backers specifically hate. They just want objects to buy and sell which can't criticize or question them, or ever make them think.
Even setting aside ethics (but, yknow, THAT) - I just don’t want AI bullshit. I don’t want an AI pop star, movie, book, video game.
Art is a conversation. Why would I stare at a dictionary run through the washing machine when I could read a poem lovingly constructed by someone’s hands?
Art is a conversation. Why would I stare at a dictionary run through the washing machine when I could read a poem lovingly constructed by someone’s hands?
September 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The thing we love about art, the connection between human beings across time and space and the sharing of emotion and expression, that's the thing the AI backers specifically hate. They just want objects to buy and sell which can't criticize or question them, or ever make them think.
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Reminder: This weekend, I'm the game-dev guest of honor at the free virtual SF/F convention, @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social! I'll be on a bunch of panels, and my keynote Saturday night is called, "20 Years of Accidental Self-Inserts." You can register here! flights-of-foundry.org
Flights of Foundry – For Speculative Creators and their Fans
flights-of-foundry.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reminder: This weekend, I'm the game-dev guest of honor at the free virtual SF/F convention, @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social! I'll be on a bunch of panels, and my keynote Saturday night is called, "20 Years of Accidental Self-Inserts." You can register here! flights-of-foundry.org
Vogue, I'm sorry. You can't use this thumbnail unless the actual list is:
1. Luring men to their deaths in the bog
2. Keening on the north wind
3. Cursing your enemies
4. Haunting a moor
5. Dancing around cauldrons
6. Lounging over moss-covered bones
7. Communing with spirits
8. Amazon prime
1. Luring men to their deaths in the bog
2. Keening on the north wind
3. Cursing your enemies
4. Haunting a moor
5. Dancing around cauldrons
6. Lounging over moss-covered bones
7. Communing with spirits
8. Amazon prime
September 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Vogue, I'm sorry. You can't use this thumbnail unless the actual list is:
1. Luring men to their deaths in the bog
2. Keening on the north wind
3. Cursing your enemies
4. Haunting a moor
5. Dancing around cauldrons
6. Lounging over moss-covered bones
7. Communing with spirits
8. Amazon prime
1. Luring men to their deaths in the bog
2. Keening on the north wind
3. Cursing your enemies
4. Haunting a moor
5. Dancing around cauldrons
6. Lounging over moss-covered bones
7. Communing with spirits
8. Amazon prime
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Did a spam call write this
my most unpopular opinion is that it's a sign of defective moral character if you point blank refuse to answer phone calls from unknown numbers. it's not that hard to hang up on spam/scammers, and you are probably missing important calls!
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Did a spam call write this
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Season 1.5 of “The Concierge: Post Mortem” begins today! With “Midnight Stroll” written by Sylvia Feketekuty.
Join the King of Spades on a walk through Edmonton’s scenic parking lots- content warning in the description.
shows.acast.com/the-concierg...
www.northmiststudios.com
Join the King of Spades on a walk through Edmonton’s scenic parking lots- content warning in the description.
shows.acast.com/the-concierg...
www.northmiststudios.com
Post Mortem: Midnight Stroll | The Concierge
shows.acast.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Season 1.5 of “The Concierge: Post Mortem” begins today! With “Midnight Stroll” written by Sylvia Feketekuty.
Join the King of Spades on a walk through Edmonton’s scenic parking lots- content warning in the description.
shows.acast.com/the-concierg...
www.northmiststudios.com
Join the King of Spades on a walk through Edmonton’s scenic parking lots- content warning in the description.
shows.acast.com/the-concierg...
www.northmiststudios.com
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The sun is shining, autumn is here and Season Finale, Episode 6 of "The Concierge: Post Mortem" is now up on YouTube!
youtu.be/K196VnidKzo
youtu.be/K196VnidKzo
The Concierge: Post Mortem - Top Of The Pile
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The sun is shining, autumn is here and Season Finale, Episode 6 of "The Concierge: Post Mortem" is now up on YouTube!
youtu.be/K196VnidKzo
youtu.be/K196VnidKzo
We had some technical difficulties, but now Episode 5 of The Concierge is on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlnu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlnu...
The Concierge: Post Mortem - Crossroads
YouTube video by North Mist Studios
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We had some technical difficulties, but now Episode 5 of The Concierge is on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlnu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlnu...