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There are few finer places to be than in a little pub after work, on a sunny day, starting a re-read of Rivers of London.

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

they serve the trees now #digitalart #rpg #fantasy #D&D #horror one of the most cursed things I’ve ever drawn :)

A group of zombie-like people stand beneath diseased trees

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reckon it'll be the finale of our Pirate Borg game next week. I've run about 9 sessions I think. It's been solid fun, too! Question is, what do I look at running next? Cold City might work. I'd like to try running WFRP5E too. Dark Conspiracy pdf soon? Rivers of London? So many good games 🙂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Warm today here. Flat grey sky. Muggy. Hints of tarmac, exhaust fume, and swamp. Not an aftershave I'd buy, that's for sure.

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I closed commissions earlier this year - had an appallingly demoralising experience. Couldn't make an image work, no matter how hard I tried - and oh, I tried. Sunk hours and hours into it. Had to admit defeat. The client was lovely about it, but boy, did I feel bad. I'd let them down.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

UK textile artist Rachel Wright creates artworks using machine embroidery on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a view looking down on a lighthouse in a swirling sea

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

scholars/escort at the tombs of long dead kings #digitalart #rpg #scifi #D&D #fantasy

A group of adventurers stand on a desolate hillside by the side of strange square structures

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have a mighty need! Who can point me in the direction of a trans artist that can do pen&ink/scratchboardy style illustrations (inspo attached) and will draw one in exchange for coin? gAI users need not apply, you will be sacrificed to a god of my choosing

2 black and white illustrations by Douglas Smith. One shows a boy standing on the stairs looking at a long stretching corridor. The other shows a man and a woman running down an alleyway with creepy shadows behind them.

A colour illustration by Damien Worm showing a silhouette of a person standing on an entrance road to a victorian house with a single lit window.

A black and white illustration by Thomas Ott showing a boy standing in front of a dark forest tunnel.

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One of my mates was telling me about this band at the weekend - post-punkish, goth-ish. I like it! youtu.be/CNOLrbHxeZw?...

youtu.be

Bloodworm - Bloodlust (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Bloodworm

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So far this morning at work: - talked to a lady in her 70s about haircuts (she'd just had one, told her it looked good) - talked about grief to a chap whose wife had lost her mum recently - given directions - recommended pubs - finally, sold some hardware (inc a teapot spout brush) 🙂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This morning, the bowsaw blades had *not* moved overnight to their original position. The ghost of my dad is clearly pleased with my hardware retail acumen 🙂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In this week's episode of Thrilling Independent Hardware Retail, I've moved bowsaw blades (all stock sizes, both cuts) from their usual place to the front of the shop. Of course, if I come in tomorrow and find they've moved back, it'll be because the ghost of my father does not approve 🙂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No, Daizy, thank *you* 🙂

A litter bin with 'have a nice day'.painted on the side with flowers

The same bin, with more flowers and 'tha k you' painted on the bin edge

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

outdoors, unplanned, unexpected 🙂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Running Pirate Borg again tonight - doing naval combat for the first time. Players are excited so should be fun :)

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

and if by some chance you've liked any of the stuff I draw, I do it all in the @procreate.com app on my iPad. 🙂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

poison sword #digitalart #D&D #rpg #fantasy - just a quick one today, a cursed weapon, good and proper

A crude sword stands in a luridly lit green clearing. The atmosphere is ominous

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You can't quite tell, but I'm at a pub on a steep hill

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just counted up. I've drawn eleven things this week. Something tells me next week might be a little...sparse 😂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week's read is Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel

Cover of Exit Party shows the Eiffel Tower and Paris above the text, and below, an inverted cityscape

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For the record, I'm currently playing Star Wars Zero Company, and rather enjoying it - mind you, am old school X-Com fan so no big surprise 🙂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Regarding videogames, just seen someone describe themselves as 'an old dad gamer in his 30s' Lord knows what that makes me 😂

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey it's my birthday so the corebooks PDFs for FiveEvil, a|state, Maskwitches and BEOWULF are all $4.99 for the day. Enjoy! Corebooks? Scorebooks more like amirite www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

An image that shows the covers to BEOWULF, a|state, Maskwitches and FiveEvil

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Running another session of Pirate Borg tonight! Going to be hard to match last week's ridiculous piratical shenanigans, but will give it our best shot 🙂

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

drone/offworld survey team/industrial space #digitalart #scifi #rpg

Three scifi surveyors explore a vast subterranean cavern

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