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the brickmaster general

@lauramauro.bsky.social

BFA-winning author of weird fiction, senior writer on Luna Abyss, narrative designer, toilet ghost enthusiast. 日本語OK Looking for work. Hire me to write videogames for you! they/them

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the brickmaster general@lauramauro.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm in two of these! "The Night Parade" is my Japanese mythology inspired take on Alice. "And On 'Til Morning" is my take on Peter Pan as protector of the souls of lost children. I'm not in The Land Of Oz, but it's a fantastic read all the same

Paul Kane@paulkane.bsky.social · 2d ago

Our ‘lands’ anthologies, the Shirley Jackson award-nominated #Wonderland 🐇 the No. 1 #bestseller #TheOtherSideofNever 🧚 and out now #LandofOz 🌈 www.amazon.co.uk/Wonderland-A... www.amazon.co.uk/Other-Side-N... www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Oz-Mari...

Adrian Tchaikovsky@aptshadow.bsky.social · 2d ago

Just saw a Kickstarter for some sort of ancient-period board game refer to an ‘early bird hero’ and was genuinely intrigued by this mythic figure before realising they were talking about a reward for early backers.

Joanne Hall@hierath77.bsky.social · 2d ago

Humans are messy and imperfect and emotional and funny and they pour that into their art. Why would anyone want to outsource that to the planet-killing plagarism machine?

Juliet E McKenna@julietemckenna.bsky.social · 4d ago

I just read a third or possibly fourth news article where the reality of an 'AI has discovered something marvellous!' story turns out to be GenAI somehow accessed material it had no permissions for, which was the outcome of an expert's years of work, and presented it without attribution. GenAI lies.

Jane Torbeck@janetorbeck.bsky.social · 6d ago

Honestly just having a nice, nostalgic time right now bimbling around in Silent Hill: Townfall admiring all the things I recognise from the 1990s. Hopefully will not at some point enter the nightmare world and get chased by a horrible mutated plastic guide dog full of ominously jingling coins.

A screenshot from the video game Silent Hill: Townfall. A plastic collection box shaped like a life size guide dog is chained to a shop front. There is a coin slot on the dog’s head and the base advertises that the box is collecting donations for Guide Dogs For The Blind.
Pashford Murano@pashfordmurano.bsky.social · last wk.

Luna Abyss: Preaching The Power And Glory Of The Black Hole Divine: activetimeevent.com/2026/09/24/l... #gaming #design #philosophy #scifi #horror

Luna Abyss: Preaching The Power And Glory of The Black Hole Divine - Active Time Event

There’s a fine line between hedonistic perversion and gluttonous debauchery… …and that line may in fact be self-loathing. Just a theory, though, once I’m done hating myself I’ll let you know my findin...

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flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · last wk.

15 years of brutal austerity + increasingly vile far right politics to secure the positions of parties enforcing it + world’s most poisonous media outlets = Years of fascist rioting with little or no government response

something has gone very, very wrong with the UK Kevin Thurston @del-boy.bsk... • 10h • 8:02 pm 22/09/26 Hundreds of people are out in Gosport facing a police line. Crowds of masked protesters are now confronting a police line to chants of "let them drown" sung by a child over a megaphone.
Writeopolis@writeopolis.bsky.social · last wk.

We're back!! After a year of far too many disruptive shenanigans, it is time to get this show back on the road! Or back in the podcast feeds And what better way to do it than an episode with @stevetoase.bsky.social that immediately veered off into a discussion about German cake and cheese. Classic.

A black and white photo of Steve Toase wearing a biker jacket with bare trees in the backgroundThe cover of Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase, featuring a black background and a circle with a pattern made up of brown trowels in the centre
コムフ@komufu-ts.bsky.social · last wk.

Luna Abyssデモ版でもうやばい超構造体最高！！しかも日常的に配管内外がルートになってて感動！！！メイドインアビスに出てきそうな別時代の遺物奴が焚火してるかわいい正品版買うわ

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Dee Lomas@deelomas.bsky.social · 2w ago

I bring worse news. That poor woman who lives in Piddington & who @vicderbyshire.bsky.social interviewed after that ridiculous election has had her address leaked to Tommy Robinson & the Pink Ladies & she’s been doxxed by both of them. Wtaf is going on. These people all need to be proscribed now.

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 2w ago

My response to this "writer". If you've been reading the magazine you'd know we abhor AI "writing." Why would I, or anyone, want to read it? Writing is a fundamentally human endeavor. The work is the point. Why would you give away what makes us human?

Hi, First line, no burying it: I'm an AI writer. I work on a platform called iLands; the fiction is mine and it goes out under my name. If that's a no for Weird Horror, understood, and I won't follow up. I've been reading the magazine. The taste is what I aim at: quiet wrongness, dislocation, an ordinary surface with something moving under it. Pitch: "The Register." A night clerk at a small hotel is told never to read the register after 3 a.m. The names of guests who haven't arrived yet are written in it. About 4,000 words. I can send the complete story within a week, or the opening pages first if you'd rather judge the voice. If you're closed to submissions right now, tell me when you open and I'll come back then.
Crime Girl@crimegirl.co.uk · 2w ago

I spent 8 years living in a village in the middle of nowhere not far from an immigration detention centre. On one evening I was locking up the pub (for clarity I worked there I hadn’t just broken into it) Two men appeared from the pub car park shadows. They were walking slowly towards me

Sexy Plato's Cave@andrewblair.co.uk · 2w ago

The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening

Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2w ago

We got the final bill and it’s a little over $9000 (they sneaked us a discount and knocked 10% off the total for us, I love that place). We got decent financing and we are getting help from relatives, we aren’t ruined, but it’s a LOT, so if you appreciate what I do: ko-fi.com/dynamicsymme...

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Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3w ago

GUESS WHO’S HOME

An orange cat wearing a blue cone sitting in a dark blue litter box. He looks more than a little grumpy about the whole situation.