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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When you think about it an infinite amount of negative money is basically the same as an infinite amount of positive money

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@patch-notes-int.bsky.social made its debut in the Irish scene this Thursday gone! Ellie and I presented our new title, 1000 Cuts, at a pitching event. We got a delightfully warm reception, replete with business card exchanges, and even had devs asking us for our slide deck afterwards. Good craic.

An image of a seated audience attending to a small stage where Eóin (standing, on left) and Ellie (seated, on right) are presenting their PowerPoint on a projector screen.

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bunny | comms & games consulting @wingedlioness.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Eóin & Ellie’s pitch was absolutely *fantastic* Everyone was laughing and wincing in equal measure. It’s going to be a brilliant game. patch-notes-interactive.ie

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Patch Notes Interactive | Irish Indie Game Studio

The studio behind "1000 Cuts", nominated for BEST PITCH at Nexus Games Summit 2026.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hey all. After being quiet for months, I can finally share what I’ve been working on: I’m co-founding a video game studio! With @fairemortal.bsky.social! It’s called Patch Notes Interactive, and I’ll be its creative director. We’re making bold, story-driven titles, and I could not be happier.

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Banning "superintelligent" 🤢 AI plays right into industry rhetoric and keeps the focus off immediate, real world harms such as privacy, bias, and labor. Literally the same name of the silly Bostrom book everyone was reading 12 years ago.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I hate the Citizenship Amendment Rules. It's one of the most plainly cruel proposals I can remember being put forward by the Irish government in quite some time. Does little other than harm those who are working hard to make Ireland their home. I'm keeping a very close eye on whoever endorses it.

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Mark Kielty @markkieltywriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I finally started reading @eoindooley.bsky.social's novella, No Sympathy. I've been meaning to read this for some time since I picked it up at @octocon.bsky.social last year. Enjoying it so far. #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Fantasy @press-android.bsky.social #IrishLit #BookSky #ReadingCommunity

No Sympathy by Eóin Dooley. The cover is a silhouette of a man playing guitar on a street on a wet night.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Tomorrow, Count Binface faces off against Farage. For those who think he can't pull it off, in 2002, H'Angus the Monkey became the mayor of Hartlepool, defeating Labour. The actor Stuart Drummond stood down as mascot afterwards, but won two more terms and was the first mayor to ever win three terms.

An image of H'Angus the Monkey, a mascot dressed in a blue-and-white jersey, standing on a football pitch.

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Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This really is very good.

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GCL Boisset @gcl-boisset.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

2) Telling the Bees by @eoindooley.bsky.social : widow visits apiary of mutated bees for husband’s final goodbye. Brutal tale. Brilliant end. Love it.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

In all the furore about E.D.E Bell’s behaviour it’s important not to lose sight of the authors. What my friend Emma says here is heartbreaking. The downside of relying on whisper networks is they leave newcomers who have not yet been integrated vulnerable.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I will continue to be angry about how publisher bullshit hurts authors who have done nothing wrong. Please support Emma in whatever way you feel best. I also including her patreon in my list (next post)

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

So… I know shit is going down again. But my novella is really a good read, and I just want you to know that.

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Brandon Crilly (Announcements Only) @brandoncrilly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thanks for the support so far, folks. It means a lot. Gonna point people to this thread where Krista D. Ball went out of her way to find other places to support some of the authors affected by this publisher. bsky.app/profile/kris...

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Brandon Crilly (Announcements Only) @brandoncrilly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Morning, all. Felt the need to say something given a bit of discourse in Writer Land this week.

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What I’m writing here maybe should’ve been said publicly a while ago. Except publishing is all about power, and when you’re the author, you don’t feel like you have much sometimes.

There’s a publisher out there behaving in ways that, to be very Canadian, I find abhorrent. One I’m tied to because they’ve published me and still hold most of the rights to that work.

I’ve watched this publisher attack friends and colleagues, spread disinformation, goad well-meaning people and use others as shields. I’ve watched people reach out in genuine kindness and be labeled the enemy. I’ve experienced toxic behavior firsthand. I’m watching it happen again, right now.

Last year, I set boundaries and addressed my concerns privately, and you can imagine the fallout from that.

But what matters more is the idea of unaware authors being trapped by this publisher, while the same cycle repeats. There are plenty of genuinely good people spending their energy raising red flags, so I will, too.

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Ellie Tsang 🔜 NEXUS Games Summit @fairemortal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Does your team need a senior writer or designer with shipped exp in narrative RPGs, imm sims, or emergent stories? I'm available, and am open to temp/contract/FTE. I specialize in delivering rich, player-driven narratives and developing living worlds in historical settings. REPOSTS APPRECIATED ♥️

A loose digital self-portrait of Ellie rendered in surrealist pinks and electric yellows. They look at you thoughtfully out of the corner of their eye. Ellie wears a dark shabby button down and a black wide-rim fedora. Sunlight glints off their round, wire-rimmed glasses. Swatches of violet, ember red, and sky blue cut through the middle distance behind them.

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Ectoplasma Ring @plasmaring.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Just finished reading this bad boy. Narrative design is an extremely interesting field to come to from a prose perspective. So many radically different problems to solve, but also, a lot of the same ones too.

The cover of The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, containing hundreds of essays on the craft of game writing, collated by Jon Ingold.

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Do you like dystopian speculative fiction? Stories about food? A focus on parenting? Raging against the predatory capitalist machine? Awesome because I have a book for you! Pre-order your copy here: emmaburnett.carrd.co #scifi #stories #booksky 📚🪐 #parenting #food #agroecology

Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hey, my good friend @slashnburnett.bsky.social is publishing EX PARTUM and it's a great novella about the anxiety of new parenthood told through a dystopian frame. See the links here for the many places you can pick it up: emmaburnett.carrd.co You should consider doing so.

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Andrew Alan Johnson @andrewalanjohnson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Remembering a conversation with a Russian graduate student about games. HIM: So what's your favorite game? ME: Disco Elysium. HIM: Really? Are you sure you get it? I don't understand how an American can understand that game. ME: I'm divorced. HIM: Ah ok. Yes, I see.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Somehow missed this had come out. I have a flash fiction piece in here called “Telling the Bees”. On the plus side at least the readership will have had the chance to enjoy it already.

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Irish people: St. Patrick's Day presents such a stereotypical portrayal of Ireland that doesn't reflect its modern, vibrant culture. Irish people when they see Americans setting Leprechaun traps: You fools! You've doomed us all! The children will be changelings. The crops will wither in the field.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I left academia following a crisis of faith in my ability to produce meaningful knowledge within that institution. It just hit me how much worse I would be doing right now if I had stuck to my guns and continued following that path.

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Char @alphachar.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

If you want to see how I (NOT an artist) make the art for our game (without AI) by remixing public domain bird illustrations - check out this short documentary about the making of our game! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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Ellie Tsang 🔜 NEXUS Games Summit @fairemortal.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I published my first bit of short fiction yesterday. Deep Space Drift is a flash fiction piece about toxic ambition, alchemy, and the limits of love. Thanks to @elegantliterature.bsky.social for selecting this humble bit of flash fiction for your Ink and Iron issue (March 2025) #elegantliterature

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A little overwhelmed to see ‘25 Peppercorns’ on the BSFA’s Best Short Fiction shortlist. I cried for three days when this story came out. It meant so much to me to be able to give life to these feelings, and I’m grateful to all the readers who voted for it.

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One Step at a Time
Rick Danforth Vivid Worlds (Slab Press)

The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends
Eugenia Triantafyllou Uncanny Magazine

25 Peppercorns Emma Burnett Mythaxis

Of Seagrass Fins and Slippery Fingers A. J. Van Belle Augur Society

Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike E.M Faulds Podcastle (Escape Artists)

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

TIL: The earliest forms of print journalism were ballads describing current events en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadsi... I advocate a return to this style of news broadcast. It won‘t stop misinformation, but it will annoy lots and lots of grifters.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Trinity book fair is a good time.

A large stack of second-hand books on a wide variety of topics from Chinese history to marine engineering.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 06/02/2026

i think in the name of fairness the producers of the baldur's gate tv show should demand that tv writers do at least a year of running around in circles doing unpaid writing tests before they're allowed to write for the show

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Well Bluesky, it's time I gave an update. For well over a year I've been working as the Narrative Lead for Don't Call Abigail, a Disco Elysium mod. Largely all my free time has been going there. Unfortunately, following some toxic disagreements in leadership, several people have left, including me.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Had a lovely time attending the launch event last night. Got some good chuckles out of the crowd during my reading. Very welcoming crowd. And I learned that this gorgeous cover was indeed based on my story 🫣

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Banshee celebrates ten years in print @booksupstairs.bsky.social next Thursday 4 December! Join us from 6pm to raise a glass to the publication of issue 20 and hear from our brilliant contributors. Hosted by guest editor @clarakiyoko.bsky.social 🎄 booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...

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LAUNCH: Banshee | Issue 20 | Books Upstairs

Celebrate ten years of Banshee at the Dublin launch of our speculative fiction-themed 20th issue. Join us at Books Upstairs on Thursday 4 December at 6pm to raise a glass and to hear prose and poetry ...

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Whoops, it's the 4th of December not the 6th. 😅

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I've joked before about the suggested books No Sympathy gets on Goodreads - it's a hilariously incoherent mix - but the first non-fiction recommendation really got me

A screenshot of three books from the "readers also enjoyed" section of No Sympathy's Goodreads page. On the left is Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, on the right is A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin. In the middle is The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Delighted to have received my contributor’s copy of @bansheepress.bsky.social’s 20th issue. ECHOES ON THE SEA is the final piece in the anthology — a post-Lovecraftian story about failing to end the world. Many thanks to @clarakiyoko.bsky.social for her excellent edits here. I’m proud of this one.

The cover of Banshee Press’s 20th issue, which is a watercolour illustration depicting a number of caped figures about to climb a tall jagged rock on a beach. At the top of the rock, a simple wooden gate appears to capture the setting sun.

The back of Banshee’s 20th issue, showing the list of contributors

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This is the first I've heard of this story, and I have not clicked past the headline, but I am now of the very strong opinion that Dawn French should be eating Pokémon on television. This may be the strongest opinion I hold.

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Eóin Dooley @eoindooley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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Mallory Glass @mglaz.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Dread Mondays release day (from @whisperhousepress.bsky.social )!! My short story, Wade vs Roe, is on page 29. Happy release day, fellow writers & thanks to Steve for including me in this workplace horror anthology. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dread-mond...

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Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Horror Anthology|Paperback

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Richard Shifman/ RB Shifman @rshifman.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

🎉I’M PUBLISHED AGAIN!!🎉 My corporate horror story, “SUCH A CATCH,” is available in DREAD MONDAYS: A WHISPER HOUSE PRESS HORROR ANTHOLOGY! “A gripping compendium to curl up with on a spooky night or a haunted holiday.” - Kirkus Reviews @whisperhousepress.bsky.social #horror a.co/d/hse9SBK

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Amazon.com: Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Horror Anthology eBook : Capone Jr., Steve: Books

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N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her) @drspookyer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Today is the release date for Dread Mondays: A Whisper House Press Horror Anthology! I cowrote a story “Cutting Room” with my Scream Kings Podcast cohost Nathanial J. Darkish and if you dig unsettling found footage horror… this is for you!

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Alan @whataskeets.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Hearing 99% of the spoiled votes just said: "Third term for MDH." As there is no distinction in spoiled votes, you can't disprove it. #aras25 #speirgorm

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I don't have the numbers yet, but early indications are that HH + spoilies < CC So Quinn is wrong, as usual.

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