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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Training firefighters like an elderly drunk would teach young Jackie Chan, I approve

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/04/2026

as someone who actually likes hiking, i am once again incredibly glad that i am 1. not single and 2. specifically, not attempting to date straight men

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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 07/04/2026

Then we hit the subway with the incredible The Survivor from @mygoditsraining.bsky.social , with @brendonconnelly.bsky.social 's new newsletter as the spotlight, the glass flowers of Nancy Blum and Sonic Youth playing us out. mailchi.mp/8b1e48dbc800...

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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 07/04/2026

Then we looked at the connection between Alton Brown's YouTube show and The Bone Temple, @sennydreadful.bsky.social 's delightful #365devils, boosted @sarahgailey.bsky.social 's and @hainingart.bsky.social 's new comic and played out with @brassagainst.bsky.social mailchi.mp/83ec5f799763...

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Aaah! Congratulations, dude. Very well done!

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Had a dream that I was a cat photographer but someone booked me to do a wedding so I had the bride and groom putting their faces through holes a cardboard box, waved a feather on a stick at them, the whole shtick. Groom ate all the Dreamies I had in the first five minutes.

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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 01/04/2026

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a human-made creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 01/04/2026

For those who don't use Instagram, here's the image from Tor UK's post of The Shape of Monsters cover reveal! The hardback comes out 26th September 2026.

A red book on a blue wallpaper background framed but antlers filled with stars.

The cover has the silhouette of a stag's head and horns filled with a night sky.

The text has CL HELLISEN at the top in gold, and between the stag horns the title is in gold. The Shape of Monsters.

Below the book it says 24th September 2026

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Tfw someone says "Im fiscally conservative but socially liberal" and you know exactly who they vote for

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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 27/03/2026

#TheFullLid - 27th March - Happy Friday! We're going to the Moon and back with Tom Hanks and The Moonwalkers, celebrating the space art of Alma Thomas, loving the first issue of @adventitiouswords.bsky.social and playing into the weekend with Anne Nikitin mailchi.mp/5d7e83bc6659...

A corner of The Lightrooms shows an image of an Apollo astronaut standing on the Moon. The image is on every surface and a man in dark trousers and a light t-shirt looks on, awestruck,

An orange background with a red circle. Two thirds of it are red, with a vertical yellow stripe defining the third section and orange beyond that. The paint is acrylic

Against a twilight forest background speckled with stars, a female violinist in a black and white dress plays. She has the head of a rabbit. The cover reads ADVENTITIOUS ISSUE 1-FEATURING NEW FICTION FROM PA CORNELL AND OTHERS

A high definition image of an Apollo astronaut on the moon on the edge of a crater. It's projected across all four visible surfaces of an enormous room with people standing and sitting looking up at the photo from the floor. The title THE MOONWALKERS and BY ANNE NIKITIN is written across the centre of the image.

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Amazing news! Huge congratulations and so very well deserved.

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thank you! The lead times for the US are *wild*. That said, it feels like the time has flown by here...

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My new novel, The Survivor is out today! A claustrophobic, fast-paced thriller set on the New York subway, it is the perfect book for your commute or perhaps that Easter holiday you have booked... static.macmillan.com/static/minot...

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A hijacked New York subway train, an anonymous killer, and a young man trapped by his hidden past converge in a breathless, breathtaking thriller.

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Alistair @funkyalchemist.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

One of my vital organs took to wearing a different (& slightly younger) skinsuit and has a book out today!

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I talk about my ongoing William Gibson reread, trickster mythology, and a comparison between the Argentinian classic Mort Cinder and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Today, I am at Marshal Zeringue's blog talking about the books I have been reading ahead of the launch of The Survivor tomorrow! whatarewritersreading.blogspot.com/2026/03/andr...

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Born in Scotland, Andrew Reid worked as a research scientist for almost a decade on projects including DNA synthesis, forensics, and drug d...

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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 23/03/2026

Morning! I'm about to pick the Almanac and A Year of Feasting & Festivities up again after catching up with where we are in the year. Just finished The Survivor by @mygoditsraining.bsky.social which is fantastic and am currently enjoying The Defector by Chris Hadfield

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Nik Sunil Williams @nikwilliams.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

My excellent colleague @katiedd.bsky.social has just published this remarkable investigation into rampant book banning in a Greater Manchester secondary school library. 193 books including The Da Vinci Code, Twilight, White Teeth and 1984 Graphic Novel www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

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School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

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James Swallow @jmswallow.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This looks ace! I enjoyed The Hunter a lot, looking forward to checking out the new book!

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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 20/03/2026

#TheFullLid - 20th March - Happy Friday! We're back with a @mygoditsraining.bsky.social 's brilliant The Survivor, Nancy Blum's amazing subway flowers from @thisiscolossal.com , @brendonconnelly.bsky.social 'snew newsletter and Sonic Youth takes us out to the weekend. mailchi.mp/8b1e48dbc800...

A New York subway train hurtles past a deserted platform, motion blurring as it goes. At the top of the image is the quote 'An absolute delight to read a thriller this damn good.' by Mark Greaney. Below that is the title THE SURVIVOR. Below that are the words A NOVEL and below that is the name ANDREW REID

A green background with an image of an ink well in black and the words 'invisible ink' written in white lower case text

Pink flowers and curved dark green leaves in mosaic form on a white background in a New York subway station

A kneeling woman in a dress snarls on a concrete floor. Above her the words SONIC YOUTH are written in the air. Below her in the bottom left corner is the word EVOL.

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Sophia McDougall @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It's hard to believe, but 2025 means Romanitas has been in print for 20 years. A modern world where the Roman Empire never fell. If that sounds good to you, the ebook's just £0.99 for the anniversary all this month! www.amazon.co.uk/Romanitas-1-...

Me, against a bright blue sky and a stark watchtower in Italy, holding a copy of Romanitas

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

For anyone in NYC interested in picking up a copy of my new thriller, THE SURVIVOR, St. Martin's Press is giving away 50 hardcover copies on Tuesday, March 17th, 5 pm at the Christopher Street stop on the 1 train (Christopher St. and 7th Ave. South, Manhattan).

A hand holds a hardback copy of The Survivor by Andrew Reid. On the cover of the book a subway train is in motion, and the photo has been taken on a subway platform

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Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...

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Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free

Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I just released another short ttrpg zine. (I must remain) THE GLAD COWBOY is storygame where one player plays a Glad Cowboy and the other player plays The Repressed Horror At The Thing They Did. #ttrpg #indiettrpg kierongillen.itch.io/i-must-remai...

Cover of (I must remain) The Glad Cowboy, by me. It's a freeware bit of cowboy art with a smiling emoji over it.

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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 06/03/2026

#TheFullLid - 6th March - Happy Friday! This week we're solving the mystery of the Midnight Cartographers with @geeksyndicate.bsky.social 's new book, we've got Bandcamp Friday recommendations, @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social crowdfunding and DJ Afrosia plays us out. mailchi.mp/926fc8a07043...

$A group of kids stand on a fracturing surface filled with splinters of white light. They're all in the same school uniform, with Bobby at the front holding a satchel and a determined expression. To his right is Tony, blonde and terrified but standing. Behind him is DJ wearing a hat with a hamster with a determined expression on his shoulder and behind him is Nikki. She's the biggest kid, with glasses, pig tails and wielding a ruler like a sword. To her right and off Bobby's left shoulder is Ada, the smallest of them and the one with the most determined expression. The title reads MYSTERY OF THE MIDNIGHT CARTOGRAPHERS by BARRY NUGENT'$ Flights of Foundry' is written in green against a dark blue background. Black dragons speckled with white dance through it.

Flights of Foundry' is written in green against a dark blue background. Black dragons speckled with white dance through it.

A forest at night with a cottage to one side of a clearing and a fire in the centre of it. The fire forms a wolf and a horse head above the forest and the title CAMLANN - A Post-Apocalyptic Audio Drama is written above it.

DJ Afrosia's 90's New Jack Swing remix. DJ Afrosia is a woman in a brightly coloured top, DJ'ing in a daylight filled cheerful room

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Me every morning making the same coffee I always make

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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 02/03/2026

CENTCOM told me his unplanned war kept eating interceptors so I asked how many interceptors he has and he said he he just goes to INDOPACOM and gets a new Interceptor so I told him it sounds like he’s just feeding INDOPACOM interceptors to his unplanned war and his strategy cheese started crying.

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Rebecca Boyle 🌕 @rboyle31.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

See, this is why I am a nonfiction writer. The truth can be its own metaphor

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Update: I am baking out a loaf so it doesn't overproof and wearing a face mask to both moisturise my face and confuse my kids.

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Me: I am a sane, normal, capable person Also me: I have to meet someone for a thing in five and a half hours time so I can now do nothing

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Sprinkler system in the back! Can you fuckin' believe it?!

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 21/02/2026

I'm not just proud of the core rules and concept for my vampire game. I'm extremely proud of the GM and player tech that I'm including. I 100% encourage other TTRPG designers to steal these dead simple but deep setup ideas.

Step 3: Group Character Creation
Character creation in Vermillion Vespers should happen at the table, out loud, with other players listening and reacting. This is a design recommendation with mechanical weight behind it.
When a player chooses their Burden, the table hears it and begins imagining what that curse-shape means in the base setting they picked. When a player chooses their Blood, another player notices the overlap or the contrast with their choice and begins thinking about what that means for the relationship between their characters. When a player writes their first Mark, the table witnesses the commitment and begins planning how to test it.
The best characters are built in conversation. "I am thinking about a Fury with the Blood of Grace" becomes "Oh, that is interesting, because my Oracle would have opinions about a rage-driven healer" becomes "What if we knew each other before, what if your visions warned you about something I was going to do" becomes a relationship that will sustain the first arc of the campaign before a single die has been rolled.
Walk through the eleven steps of character creation together, pausing after each step to let the table react.

Step 4: Worldbuilding
Build the city together using the Night Signal system. Each player defines elements at Whisper Range first, centering the fiction around the player characters (the focus characters of the emerging tale), then expands outward. The GM participates as a player, establishing and building out from key NPCs, following the Wattage economy like everyone else. This step typically takes 20-60 minutes and produces a city dense enough to begin play.

Step 5: Connections
This is the step most games skip and the step this game cannot afford to skip. After characters are mechanically complete and the world context is established but before play begins, the players define their connections to each other. The relationship should be specific, weighted, and loaded with fictional potential.
The structure is simple. Go around the table. Each player looks at another player and starts a statement or asks a question:
• "I owe you because..."
• "I saved you once. Did you acknowledge it?"
• "We share a feeding ground, and it is…"
• "We survived a thing together. Why don’t we talk about it?"
• "I loved someone you destroyed and we…"
• "I watched you do something I cannot forgive. I haven’t told you that I saw. What was it?"
• "You know my worst secret and you…"
• "You remind me of a love I lost. The resemblance hurts me. How does that make things awkward for you?"

The player being looked at responds and fills in the other half. By the end, everyone should prompt at least one other player and be prompted by at least one other player. The web doesn’t need to be complete. It can be filled in more in play. It doesn’t need to be even. It’s normal for 1-2 people to be the social lynchpins or hubs.
Notice that these connections are not all positive. "I owe you" and "you know my worst secret" are relationships built on vulnerability. "I loved someone you destroyed" is built on grief and anger. The best connections generate obligation, tension, intimacy. Comfortable relationships are wonderful in life. In this game, comfortable relationships are wasted potential.

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 19/02/2026

in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.

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Last night at the #DataCenters meeting in Claremore, Darren Blanchard, who has attended most of these meetings around NE Oklahoma & has some pretty impressive FOIA/ORA skills, was arrested after going over his 3 min. allotted speaking time. First arrest I've seen at one of these.

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Mike (#1 Professor Kung-Fu Fan) Burgess @chunkjump.biz · 14/02/2026

Ask and you shall receive

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James Swallow @jmswallow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My complete #MarcDane action-thriller series is now available in the USA (thanks to Bolinda Audio & @awfulagent.bsky.social for bringing them to 🇺🇸!) Get all 6 audios via Audible... www.audible.com/series/Marc-... ...Amazon... www.amazon.com/dp/B09PYPYJ8... ...or Kobo! www.kobo.com/us/en/series...

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Ah the glorious early days where everyone reposted the same six accounts all of whom were already sex pests or instantly caved under the weight of nanocelebrity to become one

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇

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Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full

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