🎉 THANKS FOR 100 BACKERS 🎉 In solidarity with 18+ creators, we moved our crowdfunding to #BackerKit We knew it was an uphill battle, as our #IndieGame is the ONLY video game live there rn, but y’all are showing up We’re only $137 CAD ($97 USD) from our final revealed stretch goal! Back it Here ⬇️

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake. Get messy. 🤯 Get magical. 🪄 Get monstrous. 🦇 We are crowdfunding to add controller support to this queer narrative horror deckbuilder.

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We funded day one?? We funded in TWO HOURS??!?! Did that really just happen?! It doesn’t feel real, but we’re so thankful for all of you showing up and showing your love and supporting our project. Now on to stretch goals! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake. Get messy. 🤯 Get magical. 🪄 Get monstrous. 🦇 We are crowdfunding to add controller support to this queer narrative horror deckbuilder.

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🩸 BACKERKIT LIVE NOW! 🩸 Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned lake is a narrative #deckbuilder video game spin-off of the acclaimed #Monsterhearts TTRPG! Play as a vampire, werewolf, witch, or ghoul & change story choices & outcomes with the cards you draft! #IndieGame #VisualNovel Back it here! ⬇️

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake. Get messy. 🤯 Get magical. 🪄 Get monstrous. 🦇 We are crowdfunding to add controller support to this queer narrative horror deckbuilder.

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🩸❤️ 4 DAYS AWAY ❤️🩸 #Monsterhearts Welcome to Drowned Lake is launching its BackerKit campaign THIS MONDAY! Want to support a monstrous horror #IndieGame with queer & trans characters this #PrideMonth? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Follow the campaign here! ⬇️ ludiclemur.short.gy/backerkit

Have you ever felt like the forest is watching you? Waiting? Have you ever felt its loneliness? Its desire? That's what I explore in "Lonely, Dark and Deep," my short story in the It Ends With Her anthology. Now available to order! geni.us/itendswithher

It Ends With Her

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It Ends With Her, a sapphic horror anthology, is out tomorrow and I am really, really, really proud of my story for it. I think it's one of the best things I've written in a while. deadfoxpub.com/products/it-...

It Ends with Her - A Sapphic Horror Anthology

Love blooms as swiftly as it devours. Pull back the layers to delve into the devotion and longing, the lust and the love, the triumphs and tragedy in this sapphic horror collection.   This special web...

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Sun Catcher is live on Steam! Wishlist the page to be notified when the demo goes live in a few weeks. This charming paint-by-numbers game is all about memory, community, and the beauty of light and colour. store.steampowered.com/app/4614910/...

Sun Catcher on Steam

Restore damaged stained glass art and immerse yourself in a charming story about lost memories and community in Sun Catcher, a cozy paint-by-numbers tale.

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I'll be at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social on April 25th for Indie Bookstore Day! Come on down and pick up a book, or just say hello!! 10 am to 5:30 pm.

Best April Fool's prank ever? Our demo is finally live! In this queer horror narrative deckbuilder, you play a teenage monster in a small town in BC. Check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3827470/...

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake on Steam

A queer horror narrative deckbuilder about the messy lives of teen monsters.

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Welcome to Drowned Lake! Our demo got a little hung up in the Steam backend, but it will hopefully be going live today or tomorrow. We'll send out a bunch of reminders when it does! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0J...

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake Trailer

YouTube video by Ludic Lemur

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I'm trying to spend more time on Bluesky but my feed is 99 percent American politics despite trying my best to block and mute terms. Any ideas on how to Canadian-ify my timeline? I've already followed a ton of starter packs for Canadian writers.

idk i think in a time when it feels like nothing matters & all is futile it might actually be time to double down and write your stories & make your paintings & sing your songs & do your art. create the things that make us human and share them.

GAAAAAAH I'm doing research for my book so I called Winnipeg Child and Family Services. The front desk trasferred me to emergency services not ONCE but TWICE because the office is only open until 4 pm after which it automatically redirectes to emergency. HOW DOES THE FRONT DESK NOT KNOW THAT?

In Wire Wings, Graciela is being swallowed by grief after her best friend dies. To escape, she disappears into a virtual world. But what is identity in a world where you have the power to change anything and everything? What does it mean to live - or grieve - or love? www.amazon.com/Wire-Wings-W...

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Amazon.com: Wire Wings eBook : Handman, Wren: Kindle Store

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I gave a talk at @fullindie.bsky.social about how to tell diverse stories with small teams. I think it went really well! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRNd...

Wren Handman - One Person Isn't Diverse: Telling Authentic Stories With Small Teams

YouTube video by Full Indie

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Happy Solstice everyone! May the longest night feel short, and the returning light bring warmth and joy.

Happy Solstice! Since we're all adults with carefully hoarded vacation days, my family celebrates our winter holiday on the Saturday closest to the Solstice. Today I'll be decked out in suns, moons, and stars, spending my whole day with some of the people I love most in the world. ❤️❤️

We just launched our Kickstarter campaign for a video game version of the beloved roleplaying game Monsterhearts. You play a teen monster in a small town. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake

A Card-Based RPG About the Messy Lives of Teenage Monsters

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Having a great time at Full Indie, there have been some great talks already.

Telling an author to their face that they should get someone else to finish their work is WILD and so rude (Martin/Sanderson discourse), but I'm surprised by how many people think this is a hot take. We've made this joke in our household for years. It's sort of obvious?

I've decided to start replying to all of those spam messages about women looking for love with a plea to buy my book. I'll let you know how it goes.

I was going to say something about the new Sublime song but I already insulted all of Saskatchewan making a joke about music this week so I should probably stop while I'm ahead.

Okay counterpoint: what if I eat a whole ton of it and I become Shrimpwoman?

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The FDA warns public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination a radioactive isotope

Oh my god the exchange rate. 😩 We spent $51 CDN on two burritos and two sodas at WorldCon.

How come some vegetables I can buy the exact amount I need but other vegetables they're like no, fuck you, I decide how many cherry tomatoes you need, Sharon.

I swear if one more person at a literary event insults Twilight like it somehow makes them cool... (1/3)

Thanks to the amazing folks at printedges.com, I now have GORGEOUS hardcover copies of Havoc & Happiness WITH PRINTED EDGES! (And they are ON SALE because Amazon said so?) Image is a mockup, I don't have actual copies in hand yet but should be similar to that!!! www.amazon.ca/Havoc-Happin...

I've got a coffee chat where people can sign up to talk to me for an hour and no one has signed up and I'm hoping no one walks in because I'm desperate to go to a Leigh Bardugo reading. 😂

I've got a coffee chat tomorrow at 10:30 and I can't decide if it's scarier if no one shows up or if people actually do. 😂

Congratulations to all the Hugo winners!! I've got a big new to read list, don't I?