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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 2d

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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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 1d

a cartoon cat wearing sunglasses has the word omg on its chest

ALT: a cartoon cat wearing sunglasses has the word omg on its chest

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 1d

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

www.youtube.com

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 2d

That's so cool. I had no idea you wrote horror (aside from the super TWISTED DARK FANTASY/SCI-FI, I mean)

You've been putting out gems ever since you started writing professionally. Of course I'm going to get all three!😍

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 2d

Reprobates was my fav! 🩸📚 I read that one when you were in your 20s, back when it was only published in that literary magazine. I remember it being really atmospheric.

Haven't read any of your other shorter work yet. But now they're really cheap so aymma go check them out.

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pixlscribe @pixlscribe.bsky.social · 2d

Hold up a minute!

What do you mean by "buried alive over the festering remains of his wife"? 😱😨🩸📚

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 4d

I know, right

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 4d

"True horrors lurked beyond sight, a shadow’s width away from the waking reality. They were Darkthings, nameless & ever-eager to feed on one’s light. In the semi-darkness of the chamber, their long shadows rippled across the pale, limestone walls." - Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos 💙📚

#horror

pixlscribe @pixlscribe.bsky.social · 8d

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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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks a lot @louiseblackwick.com. I always discover a ton of amazing games because of you!

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 4d

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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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 5d

Åh, du har definitivt en "type"! 😅

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 5d

Titta på dig? Titta på MIG? Min mamma var svensk och jag pratar/skriver sämre än du! 😑

Dessutom är det fantastiskt att vara en fjärdedels isländare! Du har en hel del vikingaanda i dig. 🎊🎉

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 5d

Varför? ☹️

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 5d

I knew there was something odd about you! 😅

Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 5d

Du ville veta resultatet av min släktforskning. Det tog oss årtionden av sökande, men vi hittade äntligen identiteten på min försvunna farfar. Han var 100 % isländsk, född i byn Bolungarvik. Mitt DNA-test bekräftar det också.

Jag är inte säker på hur jag ska känna inför detta...😞

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 5d

What the #Minecraft movie should have been! 😄

Gordon Ramsay Joins Minecraft | Episode 1

YouTube video by Team Maguire

www.youtube.com

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 5d

What the #Minecraft movie should have been! 😄

Gordon Ramsay Joins Minecraft | Episode 1

YouTube video by Team Maguire

www.youtube.com

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 5d

I knew there was something odd about you! 😅

Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 5d

Du ville veta resultatet av min släktforskning. Det tog oss årtionden av sökande, men vi hittade äntligen identiteten på min försvunna farfar. Han var 100 % isländsk, född i byn Bolungarvik. Mitt DNA-test bekräftar det också.

Jag är inte säker på hur jag ska känna inför detta...😞

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 7d

Once again, I can't sleep because it's too dark & moonless outside. :(

#justfinnishthings

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Amanda Cook @amandacook627.bsky.social · 5d

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." #SamwiseGamgee #LOTR #sketch #fanart #SeanAstin #pencil #art

A sketchbook is open to a page featuring a sketch of Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings. Sam is looking up in awe at something, his mouth slightly open, his curly hair tousled, his face smudged with dirt. He's wearing his rough cloak tied at his neck and one strap of his pack can be seen over his left shoulder.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 5d

"Pretty Angry" by Blues Traveler (about the death of their bass player, Bobby Sheehan) gets me every time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2wz...

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 6d

Peacemaker is so unrealistic.

I mean he’s a dude in his late 40s, and you want me to believe that he can still make new friendships?

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 5d

Goodnight.
Three Women and Three Wolves, Grasset, 1892. #Gothtober

Three ethereal, pale women are shown in the upper part of the image, seemingly fleeing or flying through a forest. The central figure has long, dark hair and a startled expression, while a second blonde-haired figure is visible to the left.
Below the women, three black wolves with glowing green eyes emerge from the trees. Ferns can be seen at the base of the trees.
The piece is a watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 5d

I think so. But I'm not entirely sure.

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 7d

graag gedaan! 👍☺️

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Jyrki Hämeenniemi @jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social · 7d

Nej, det kommer du inte att göra. Du kommer åtminstone att dö omgiven av miljoner och åter miljoner fans, tiotals nära vänner och människor som verkligen älskar dig och uppskattar dig för den du verkligen är! 😚 Jag skulle inte kalla det att "dö ensam". 😉

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