Cieran
@cieran.co.uk
Writer, north of England. Currently working on a SF novel and a retro adventure game 🧙♂️
>portfolio: www.cieran.co.uk
>portfolio: www.cieran.co.uk
And the second album of the year arrives: if I paid #toe £1 for every hour I have listened to this album, the flight to Japan to see them would have been cheaper. Instead, I significantly hiked their Spotify listens. Now, I'm with the album I love. Oh. And the EP, EPs don't count to the total...
February 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
And the second album of the year arrives: if I paid #toe £1 for every hour I have listened to this album, the flight to Japan to see them would have been cheaper. Instead, I significantly hiked their Spotify listens. Now, I'm with the album I love. Oh. And the EP, EPs don't count to the total...
Gearing up to the 2nd album of 2026... In the meantime, I've rediscovered old favourites from the days before streaming (yeah, really)
Here's a recommendation from 90s Acid Jazz - which seems to me something like if Lalo Schifrin got drunk with Genesis to write the new Bond theme #Corduroy
Here's a recommendation from 90s Acid Jazz - which seems to me something like if Lalo Schifrin got drunk with Genesis to write the new Bond theme #Corduroy
January 27, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Gearing up to the 2nd album of 2026... In the meantime, I've rediscovered old favourites from the days before streaming (yeah, really)
Here's a recommendation from 90s Acid Jazz - which seems to me something like if Lalo Schifrin got drunk with Genesis to write the new Bond theme #Corduroy
Here's a recommendation from 90s Acid Jazz - which seems to me something like if Lalo Schifrin got drunk with Genesis to write the new Bond theme #Corduroy
The first album of 2026 (and first I've bought since I was a teenager) is from #Hällas!
I've been listening to this loads recently. So imaginative, especially to a writer, it's very me. Love it 🤘
#ripSpotify
I've been listening to this loads recently. So imaginative, especially to a writer, it's very me. Love it 🤘
#ripSpotify
January 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The first album of 2026 (and first I've bought since I was a teenager) is from #Hällas!
I've been listening to this loads recently. So imaginative, especially to a writer, it's very me. Love it 🤘
#ripSpotify
I've been listening to this loads recently. So imaginative, especially to a writer, it's very me. Love it 🤘
#ripSpotify
I also deleted Netflix in favour of a #Mubi subscription 🎉
Bring on a more genuine 2026 😎
#happynewyear
Bring on a more genuine 2026 😎
#happynewyear
January 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I also deleted Netflix in favour of a #Mubi subscription 🎉
Bring on a more genuine 2026 😎
#happynewyear
Bring on a more genuine 2026 😎
#happynewyear
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from
Second,
@bladesonggame.bsky.social
Fantasy narrative crafting game. Play time: 4.9hr
My new favourite game... I've been playing the story mode all day. Love the curious blend of visual novel and skill-based choice elements alongside great creative crafting. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
#steam #nextfest #craftinggame
@bladesonggame.bsky.social
Fantasy narrative crafting game. Play time: 4.9hr
My new favourite game... I've been playing the story mode all day. Love the curious blend of visual novel and skill-based choice elements alongside great creative crafting. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
#steam #nextfest #craftinggame
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Second,
@bladesonggame.bsky.social
Fantasy narrative crafting game. Play time: 4.9hr
My new favourite game... I've been playing the story mode all day. Love the curious blend of visual novel and skill-based choice elements alongside great creative crafting. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
#steam #nextfest #craftinggame
@bladesonggame.bsky.social
Fantasy narrative crafting game. Play time: 4.9hr
My new favourite game... I've been playing the story mode all day. Love the curious blend of visual novel and skill-based choice elements alongside great creative crafting. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
#steam #nextfest #craftinggame
"This is a feast of incredible animation and a novel mix of styles [...] For appreciators of the art form it is worth seeing in the largest screen possible for this mesmerising experience alone."
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My ★★★½ review of #AllYouNeedIsKill on Letterboxd boxd.it/bIjRxf
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
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My ★★★½ review of #AllYouNeedIsKill on Letterboxd boxd.it/bIjRxf
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
A ★★★½ review of ALL YOU NEED IS KILL (2025)
A novel, manga and even a high-grossing action film with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - this latest adaption had a clear path laid for it; perhaps, too clear. This is a feast ...
boxd.it
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"This is a feast of incredible animation and a novel mix of styles [...] For appreciators of the art form it is worth seeing in the largest screen possible for this mesmerising experience alone."
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My ★★★½ review of #AllYouNeedIsKill on Letterboxd boxd.it/bIjRxf
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
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My ★★★½ review of #AllYouNeedIsKill on Letterboxd boxd.it/bIjRxf
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
"Some genre conventions are familiar here: curses, death and disease haunt the town... Beneath this surface, however, is deftly tied a feverish coming-of-age that wrenches at the heart of bittersweet youth. "
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My ★★★★ review of The V... on Letterboxd boxd.it/bHKPjP
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
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My ★★★★ review of The V... on Letterboxd boxd.it/bHKPjP
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
A ★★★★ review of The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (2025)
A cunning and creeping horror-thriller from director Laura Casabe. This sweltering summer is a suffocation of style and cinematics. Long close-ups give an invasive and claustrophobic setting to the mo...
boxd.it
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Some genre conventions are familiar here: curses, death and disease haunt the town... Beneath this surface, however, is deftly tied a feverish coming-of-age that wrenches at the heart of bittersweet youth. "
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My ★★★★ review of The V... on Letterboxd boxd.it/bHKPjP
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
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My ★★★★ review of The V... on Letterboxd boxd.it/bHKPjP
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
"Absurd, joyous and hilarious satire. A delight for all aliens watching.
I am happy that my high expectations were met in director Yorgos Lanthimos's most recent picture of the bizarre and the philosophical."
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My ★★★★ review of #Bugonia on Letterboxd boxd.it/bHIfLz
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
I am happy that my high expectations were met in director Yorgos Lanthimos's most recent picture of the bizarre and the philosophical."
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My ★★★★ review of #Bugonia on Letterboxd boxd.it/bHIfLz
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
A ★★★★ review of Bugonia (2025)
Absurd, joyous and hilarious satire. A delight for all aliens watching. I am happy that my high expectations were met in director Yorgos Lanthimos's most recent picture of the bizarre and the philosop...
boxd.it
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Absurd, joyous and hilarious satire. A delight for all aliens watching.
I am happy that my high expectations were met in director Yorgos Lanthimos's most recent picture of the bizarre and the philosophical."
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My ★★★★ review of #Bugonia on Letterboxd boxd.it/bHIfLz
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
I am happy that my high expectations were met in director Yorgos Lanthimos's most recent picture of the bizarre and the philosophical."
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My ★★★★ review of #Bugonia on Letterboxd boxd.it/bHIfLz
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
"All the vision, style and filmmaking capability for a curious, original sci-fi/horror: this could have been a showstopping short film, and that is a compliment."
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My ★★ review of Redux Redux on Letterboxd boxd.it/bGdFkD
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
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My ★★ review of Redux Redux on Letterboxd boxd.it/bGdFkD
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
A ★★ review of Redux Redux (2025)
All the vision, style and filmmaking capability for a curious, original sci-fi/horror: this could have been a showstopping short film, and that is a compliment. Through a feature, I felt the premise w...
boxd.it
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"All the vision, style and filmmaking capability for a curious, original sci-fi/horror: this could have been a showstopping short film, and that is a compliment."
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My ★★ review of Redux Redux on Letterboxd boxd.it/bGdFkD
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
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My ★★ review of Redux Redux on Letterboxd boxd.it/bGdFkD
#FilmSky #liff #filmreview
Love that cover for it! 😎
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Love that cover for it! 😎
"TaDhaKeTaDhaKeTaKeTaDhaKeThun...
This is the percussive rhythm of bols; the spoken beat that draws together this vibrant second feature from actor and director, Uttera Singh."
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My ★★★½ review of Pinch on Letterboxd boxd.it/bCZLxt
#FilmSky #liff #review
This is the percussive rhythm of bols; the spoken beat that draws together this vibrant second feature from actor and director, Uttera Singh."
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My ★★★½ review of Pinch on Letterboxd boxd.it/bCZLxt
#FilmSky #liff #review
A ★★★½ review of Pinch (2025)
TaDhaKeTaDhaKeTaKeTaDhaKeThun... This is the percussive rhythm of bols; the spoken beat in Hindi music that draws together this vibrant second feature from actor and director, Uttera Singh. Set in the...
boxd.it
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"TaDhaKeTaDhaKeTaKeTaDhaKeThun...
This is the percussive rhythm of bols; the spoken beat that draws together this vibrant second feature from actor and director, Uttera Singh."
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My ★★★½ review of Pinch on Letterboxd boxd.it/bCZLxt
#FilmSky #liff #review
This is the percussive rhythm of bols; the spoken beat that draws together this vibrant second feature from actor and director, Uttera Singh."
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My ★★★½ review of Pinch on Letterboxd boxd.it/bCZLxt
#FilmSky #liff #review
"It is not often that a film can draw; hypnotise; toy with its audience across genre, dreamscape and myth, before spitting the setting's context into our eager mouth; dry and waiting in the desert sun."
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My ★★★★ review of The Mysterious... on Letterboxd boxd.it/bCdcYj
#FilmSky #liff #review
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My ★★★★ review of The Mysterious... on Letterboxd boxd.it/bCdcYj
#FilmSky #liff #review
A ★★★★ review of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025)
It is not often that a film can draw; hypnotise; toy with its audience across genre, dreamscape and myth, before spitting the setting's context into our eager mouth; dry and waiting in the desert sun....
boxd.it
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"It is not often that a film can draw; hypnotise; toy with its audience across genre, dreamscape and myth, before spitting the setting's context into our eager mouth; dry and waiting in the desert sun."
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My ★★★★ review of The Mysterious... on Letterboxd boxd.it/bCdcYj
#FilmSky #liff #review
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My ★★★★ review of The Mysterious... on Letterboxd boxd.it/bCdcYj
#FilmSky #liff #review
Okay I knew I had a good one so...
Here's a sneaky #WIPSnips excerpt from Chapter 4 of my SF/cyberpunk novel 'Worm'.
⚠️ Content Warning: Surgery ⚠️
Cool thing about this section is I had it reviewed by a doctor to make sure the process sounds reasonable.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Here's a sneaky #WIPSnips excerpt from Chapter 4 of my SF/cyberpunk novel 'Worm'.
⚠️ Content Warning: Surgery ⚠️
Cool thing about this section is I had it reviewed by a doctor to make sure the process sounds reasonable.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Okay I knew I had a good one so...
Here's a sneaky #WIPSnips excerpt from Chapter 4 of my SF/cyberpunk novel 'Worm'.
⚠️ Content Warning: Surgery ⚠️
Cool thing about this section is I had it reviewed by a doctor to make sure the process sounds reasonable.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Here's a sneaky #WIPSnips excerpt from Chapter 4 of my SF/cyberpunk novel 'Worm'.
⚠️ Content Warning: Surgery ⚠️
Cool thing about this section is I had it reviewed by a doctor to make sure the process sounds reasonable.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Some reflections, (no spoilers!)
"Described as "Hitchcockian"; the mystery here is internal. Tender scenes of psychiatrist Lilian and ex-husband Gabriel shape the heart of this unfurling drama."
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My ★★★ review of #APrivateLife on Letterboxd boxd.it/bAMTCR
#RebeccaZlotowski #liff2025 #review
"Described as "Hitchcockian"; the mystery here is internal. Tender scenes of psychiatrist Lilian and ex-husband Gabriel shape the heart of this unfurling drama."
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My ★★★ review of #APrivateLife on Letterboxd boxd.it/bAMTCR
#RebeccaZlotowski #liff2025 #review
A ★★★ review of A Private Life (2025)
Described as "Hitchcockian"; the mystery here is internal. Tender scenes of psychiatrist Lilian (Jodie Foster) and ex-husband Gabriel (Daniel Auteuil) shape the heart of this unfurling drama. As each ...
boxd.it
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some reflections, (no spoilers!)
"Described as "Hitchcockian"; the mystery here is internal. Tender scenes of psychiatrist Lilian and ex-husband Gabriel shape the heart of this unfurling drama."
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My ★★★ review of #APrivateLife on Letterboxd boxd.it/bAMTCR
#RebeccaZlotowski #liff2025 #review
"Described as "Hitchcockian"; the mystery here is internal. Tender scenes of psychiatrist Lilian and ex-husband Gabriel shape the heart of this unfurling drama."
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My ★★★ review of #APrivateLife on Letterboxd boxd.it/bAMTCR
#RebeccaZlotowski #liff2025 #review
Two lovely atmospheric scares back to back from my folk horror screenplay...
Gotta love an omen.
#SFFChat #folkhorror
Gotta love an omen.
#SFFChat #folkhorror
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Two lovely atmospheric scares back to back from my folk horror screenplay...
Gotta love an omen.
#SFFChat #folkhorror
Gotta love an omen.
#SFFChat #folkhorror
First up, @finalsentence.bsky.social
Dystopian multiplayer typing battle royale. Play time: 1hr
For a writer who spends most of his time typing, this is as addictive as it is challenging. No autocorrect here - each spelling mistake could be the last you ever make. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#steam #nextfest #typinggame
Dystopian multiplayer typing battle royale. Play time: 1hr
For a writer who spends most of his time typing, this is as addictive as it is challenging. No autocorrect here - each spelling mistake could be the last you ever make. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#steam #nextfest #typinggame
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
First up, @finalsentence.bsky.social
Dystopian multiplayer typing battle royale. Play time: 1hr
For a writer who spends most of his time typing, this is as addictive as it is challenging. No autocorrect here - each spelling mistake could be the last you ever make. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#steam #nextfest #typinggame
Dystopian multiplayer typing battle royale. Play time: 1hr
For a writer who spends most of his time typing, this is as addictive as it is challenging. No autocorrect here - each spelling mistake could be the last you ever make. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#steam #nextfest #typinggame
Starting a collection for demos of new games I'm playing from #Steam 's #NextFest !
Tagging them here, maybe post a lil review 🕹️
Trying to branch out and pick stuff I wouldn't usally buy... Also, as a writer I'm exploring broad genres to see how and where writing and narrative can be used ✍️
#writer
Tagging them here, maybe post a lil review 🕹️
Trying to branch out and pick stuff I wouldn't usally buy... Also, as a writer I'm exploring broad genres to see how and where writing and narrative can be used ✍️
#writer
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
That is so cool!! Congrats to you guys 🎇😁
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
That is so cool!! Congrats to you guys 🎇😁
Starting another book straight away? No... Regularly revisiting the dormant project folder marked "ideas"? Highly likely 😎
October 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Starting another book straight away? No... Regularly revisiting the dormant project folder marked "ideas"? Highly likely 😎
I saw campaigners for a disruptive British party recently: in the moment I drove past, one held out a phone at arms length; like a knife, or a scorpion, camera trained on a passerby who had challenged them. I read in the campaigner's face a mix of power and perverse excitement.
#RefusePropaganda.
#RefusePropaganda.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I saw campaigners for a disruptive British party recently: in the moment I drove past, one held out a phone at arms length; like a knife, or a scorpion, camera trained on a passerby who had challenged them. I read in the campaigner's face a mix of power and perverse excitement.
#RefusePropaganda.
#RefusePropaganda.
I watched #SchoolofRock again recently, fearing it may have aged, or simply not been such a liberating, inspiring experience as my 9-year old self had found - but no, the opposite: I saw an entirely new adult perspective which is that rock and roll feeling all over again. What an awesome movie 🎸🥁
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I watched #SchoolofRock again recently, fearing it may have aged, or simply not been such a liberating, inspiring experience as my 9-year old self had found - but no, the opposite: I saw an entirely new adult perspective which is that rock and roll feeling all over again. What an awesome movie 🎸🥁
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid.
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre as a kid.
Fun one at the opening of 'Worm', where our "diver" explains how they disguise illicit Metanet activity; laundering income through tips on a tech-troubleshooting forum.
Character tone set on the second page here: Creative, tongue-in-cheek and morally ambiguous.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Character tone set on the second page here: Creative, tongue-in-cheek and morally ambiguous.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Fun one at the opening of 'Worm', where our "diver" explains how they disguise illicit Metanet activity; laundering income through tips on a tech-troubleshooting forum.
Character tone set on the second page here: Creative, tongue-in-cheek and morally ambiguous.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Character tone set on the second page here: Creative, tongue-in-cheek and morally ambiguous.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Well, looks like everyone in 'Worm' is pretty agreeable so far.
First person writing though, perhaps it makes sense that the narrator is consistent?
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
First person writing though, perhaps it makes sense that the narrator is consistent?
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well, looks like everyone in 'Worm' is pretty agreeable so far.
First person writing though, perhaps it makes sense that the narrator is consistent?
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
First person writing though, perhaps it makes sense that the narrator is consistent?
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts