Corey Brotherson (open for new contracts/work, drop me an email)
@coreybrotherson.bsky.social
Award-winning writer / editor / narrative designer: Windrush Tales; Clockwork Watch; Butterfly Books; Magic of Myths; Deadlier Than; PlayStation; Apple; Rewriting Earth; Tales of Kenzera Zau; BAFTA. Rep: Anna Dixon at YMU.
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Corey Brotherson (open for new contracts/work, drop me an email)
@coreybrotherson.bsky.social
· Oct 17
A quick re-intro for new friends 👊🏿
I'm a Black Brit writer/narrative designer/editor in:
Games (Windrush Tales; Tales of Kenzera; PlayStation; NDA x3)
Comics (Magic of Myths; Deadlier Than; Clockwork Watch etc)
Prose & film (TBA 👀)
Kids' books (Butterfly Books)
And do talks, teach and more 👋🏿
I'm a Black Brit writer/narrative designer/editor in:
Games (Windrush Tales; Tales of Kenzera; PlayStation; NDA x3)
Comics (Magic of Myths; Deadlier Than; Clockwork Watch etc)
Prose & film (TBA 👀)
Kids' books (Butterfly Books)
And do talks, teach and more 👋🏿
100% truth, sadly. And this is especially vital for children (and their parents), and young adults forming a pallette.
If I had an algorithm making recommendations during my late teens in the 90s, I likely would have missed *all* of Vertigo's classics and a large number of seminal indie books.
If I had an algorithm making recommendations during my late teens in the 90s, I likely would have missed *all* of Vertigo's classics and a large number of seminal indie books.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
100% truth, sadly. And this is especially vital for children (and their parents), and young adults forming a pallette.
If I had an algorithm making recommendations during my late teens in the 90s, I likely would have missed *all* of Vertigo's classics and a large number of seminal indie books.
If I had an algorithm making recommendations during my late teens in the 90s, I likely would have missed *all* of Vertigo's classics and a large number of seminal indie books.
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Hi GameDevs please share to help your friends get hired. We are opening more roles: www.absurdventures.com/careers
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hi GameDevs please share to help your friends get hired. We are opening more roles: www.absurdventures.com/careers
My OAP cat every morning:
"I want food."
"No, not that wet food."
"Not that dry food."
"This wet food actually tastes good with the dry food."
"I want more food."
"Wait, you're trying to give me my eyedrops, fuck that."
(It's just me giving him more food from the can)
"Done now. Bugger off."
"I want food."
"No, not that wet food."
"Not that dry food."
"This wet food actually tastes good with the dry food."
"I want more food."
"Wait, you're trying to give me my eyedrops, fuck that."
(It's just me giving him more food from the can)
"Done now. Bugger off."
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My OAP cat every morning:
"I want food."
"No, not that wet food."
"Not that dry food."
"This wet food actually tastes good with the dry food."
"I want more food."
"Wait, you're trying to give me my eyedrops, fuck that."
(It's just me giving him more food from the can)
"Done now. Bugger off."
"I want food."
"No, not that wet food."
"Not that dry food."
"This wet food actually tastes good with the dry food."
"I want more food."
"Wait, you're trying to give me my eyedrops, fuck that."
(It's just me giving him more food from the can)
"Done now. Bugger off."
5-year-old me: "Dad, why is this Captain Scarlet guy so angry all the time when he's indestructible?"
My Dad, broadly gesturing at the credits sequence:
My Dad, broadly gesturing at the credits sequence:
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
5-year-old me: "Dad, why is this Captain Scarlet guy so angry all the time when he's indestructible?"
My Dad, broadly gesturing at the credits sequence:
My Dad, broadly gesturing at the credits sequence:
Happy birthday, @allhellismrsun.bsky.social!
Now, everyone buy his and @sergiocalvet.bsky.social's comics, please!
Now, everyone buy his and @sergiocalvet.bsky.social's comics, please!
Happy birthday to creative powerhouse and good friend Russell Hillman @allhellismrsun.bsky.social ! Here's for five more brilliant decades!
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Happy birthday, @allhellismrsun.bsky.social!
Now, everyone buy his and @sergiocalvet.bsky.social's comics, please!
Now, everyone buy his and @sergiocalvet.bsky.social's comics, please!
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I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
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I've also updated my Ko-fi commissions page! You can now get either a three or ten (i.e. a Celtic Cross) card tarot reading, should you fancy 🎴
📚 Find out more here: materiamagica.carrd.co#tarot
🔮 Get yer reading here: ko-fi.com/ellamcco/com...
📚 Find out more here: materiamagica.carrd.co#tarot
🔮 Get yer reading here: ko-fi.com/ellamcco/com...
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I've also updated my Ko-fi commissions page! You can now get either a three or ten (i.e. a Celtic Cross) card tarot reading, should you fancy 🎴
📚 Find out more here: materiamagica.carrd.co#tarot
🔮 Get yer reading here: ko-fi.com/ellamcco/com...
📚 Find out more here: materiamagica.carrd.co#tarot
🔮 Get yer reading here: ko-fi.com/ellamcco/com...
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Having a lot of uncomfortable feelings about being in this position, but I made this after encouragement from friends and would really appreciate it if you could give it a look/share ❤️
(TL;DR I've been struggling for a while and am trying to make it through the next few months)
gofund.me/b535d80ca
(TL;DR I've been struggling for a while and am trying to make it through the next few months)
gofund.me/b535d80ca
Donate to Help me keep my head above water during my ongoing job hunt, organized by Ella McConnell
Hello, folks.
My story is far, far from unique, but after… Ella McConnell needs your support for Help me keep my head above water during my ongoing job hunt
gofund.me
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Having a lot of uncomfortable feelings about being in this position, but I made this after encouragement from friends and would really appreciate it if you could give it a look/share ❤️
(TL;DR I've been struggling for a while and am trying to make it through the next few months)
gofund.me/b535d80ca
(TL;DR I've been struggling for a while and am trying to make it through the next few months)
gofund.me/b535d80ca
I know we berate experiencing life through our phones, but I'm at an age now where there are times where I wish I was able to capture and rewatch just one frozen memory from a moment, event or person that I've lost or don't fully remember.
That Gen X cynicism is an armour with many holes.
That Gen X cynicism is an armour with many holes.
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I know we berate experiencing life through our phones, but I'm at an age now where there are times where I wish I was able to capture and rewatch just one frozen memory from a moment, event or person that I've lost or don't fully remember.
That Gen X cynicism is an armour with many holes.
That Gen X cynicism is an armour with many holes.
Bertine is spitting nothing but undiluted truth, here.
Ultimately, if you've worked on a game (especially when you have proof), you're totally within your rights to say you have.
Accreditation is games can be based on asinine, random and often petty factors. Your experience counts.
Ultimately, if you've worked on a game (especially when you have proof), you're totally within your rights to say you have.
Accreditation is games can be based on asinine, random and often petty factors. Your experience counts.
My controversial take is that if you didn't get credited on a game you have proof you've worked on, just list it on your CV.
I do with one. Never had any issues.
Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.
I do with one. Never had any issues.
Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Bertine is spitting nothing but undiluted truth, here.
Ultimately, if you've worked on a game (especially when you have proof), you're totally within your rights to say you have.
Accreditation is games can be based on asinine, random and often petty factors. Your experience counts.
Ultimately, if you've worked on a game (especially when you have proof), you're totally within your rights to say you have.
Accreditation is games can be based on asinine, random and often petty factors. Your experience counts.
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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of The Tulsa Race Massacre passed away. Let’s honor her memory by remembering her story
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of The Tulsa Race Massacre passed away. Let’s honor her memory by remembering her story
So it was prob a good thing I missed #AdventureX as I wouldn't be enjoying some crunchy & colourful antibiotics for a mystery infection working its way through my veins, potentially trying to get into a vital organ or two.
Hold on.
My antibiotics are blue and yellow.
Like...the AdvenX logo?
...
Hold on.
My antibiotics are blue and yellow.
Like...the AdvenX logo?
...
two men are sitting at a desk with the words mockery written on the screen
ALT: two men are sitting at a desk with the words mockery written on the screen
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November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
So it was prob a good thing I missed #AdventureX as I wouldn't be enjoying some crunchy & colourful antibiotics for a mystery infection working its way through my veins, potentially trying to get into a vital organ or two.
Hold on.
My antibiotics are blue and yellow.
Like...the AdvenX logo?
...
Hold on.
My antibiotics are blue and yellow.
Like...the AdvenX logo?
...
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In the Season 2 premiere of ITAV, @serknowles.bsky.social & I chat about her own Village! She tells me how she came to know co-founder and director at Sad Owl Studios @georgbacker.bsky.social playing Overwatch!
Check out Sophie’s episode right now on my YouTube😎
youtube.com/@samantha_be...
Check out Sophie’s episode right now on my YouTube😎
youtube.com/@samantha_be...
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In the Season 2 premiere of ITAV, @serknowles.bsky.social & I chat about her own Village! She tells me how she came to know co-founder and director at Sad Owl Studios @georgbacker.bsky.social playing Overwatch!
Check out Sophie’s episode right now on my YouTube😎
youtube.com/@samantha_be...
Check out Sophie’s episode right now on my YouTube😎
youtube.com/@samantha_be...
Hope y'all have a great #AdventureX2025! Debated attending, but couldn't justify it given the expense vs my immediate need for new contracts (and let's face it, I'd only be adding to an army of writers there - many also looking for work).
As it turns out, I'm sick and in pain again, anyway, so...
As it turns out, I'm sick and in pain again, anyway, so...
a panda bear laying on its back on a wooden bench .
ALT: a panda bear laying on its back on a wooden bench .
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November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hope y'all have a great #AdventureX2025! Debated attending, but couldn't justify it given the expense vs my immediate need for new contracts (and let's face it, I'd only be adding to an army of writers there - many also looking for work).
As it turns out, I'm sick and in pain again, anyway, so...
As it turns out, I'm sick and in pain again, anyway, so...
Swear down, the mealy mouthed horseshit they'll use to explain this ("propping up the economy" "future proofing the country" "other nonsensical bullshit") will only be rivalled by the mealy mouthed horseshit that will follow when the AI bubble pops ("we couldn't get left behind" "the *economy*")
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal. 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal. 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Swear down, the mealy mouthed horseshit they'll use to explain this ("propping up the economy" "future proofing the country" "other nonsensical bullshit") will only be rivalled by the mealy mouthed horseshit that will follow when the AI bubble pops ("we couldn't get left behind" "the *economy*")
I'm so unwell today that my attempt at a healthy Greek yogurt, strawberries, jam and chia seed breakfast, ended up being a chia seed porridge with a splash of Greek yogurt and some indefinable red dots
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I'm so unwell today that my attempt at a healthy Greek yogurt, strawberries, jam and chia seed breakfast, ended up being a chia seed porridge with a splash of Greek yogurt and some indefinable red dots
Ah, we're at that time of year where all the tiny little flies emerge from the dozens of plants and flowers in every room of my house.
Which means I now randomly swat at black dots in the corner of my vision, and have to carefully check my glass before I take a drink, in case of any suicide divers
Which means I now randomly swat at black dots in the corner of my vision, and have to carefully check my glass before I take a drink, in case of any suicide divers
a man is singing into a microphone in a dark room
ALT: a man is singing into a microphone in a dark room
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November 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Ah, we're at that time of year where all the tiny little flies emerge from the dozens of plants and flowers in every room of my house.
Which means I now randomly swat at black dots in the corner of my vision, and have to carefully check my glass before I take a drink, in case of any suicide divers
Which means I now randomly swat at black dots in the corner of my vision, and have to carefully check my glass before I take a drink, in case of any suicide divers
For real.
When the AI bubble pops and brings about it a new and brutal recession that touches all but the 1%, we'll look back at images like this and wonder why we didn't pay heed of all the very obvious signs that Hell was in the final stages of its global takeover.
When the AI bubble pops and brings about it a new and brutal recession that touches all but the 1%, we'll look back at images like this and wonder why we didn't pay heed of all the very obvious signs that Hell was in the final stages of its global takeover.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For real.
When the AI bubble pops and brings about it a new and brutal recession that touches all but the 1%, we'll look back at images like this and wonder why we didn't pay heed of all the very obvious signs that Hell was in the final stages of its global takeover.
When the AI bubble pops and brings about it a new and brutal recession that touches all but the 1%, we'll look back at images like this and wonder why we didn't pay heed of all the very obvious signs that Hell was in the final stages of its global takeover.
Waitwaitwait, Twitter is on Cloudflare?
a close up of a man in a suit and tie making a funny face with his mouth open .
ALT: a close up of a man in a suit and tie making a funny face with his mouth open .
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November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Waitwaitwait, Twitter is on Cloudflare?
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How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h...
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h...
Winning more awards, getting to chat with Red Sonja and Reacher's EmJay Bassett, and my thoughts on Pluribus and Down Cemetery Road are some of the highlights of this week's free Patreon update:
www.patreon.com/posts/143574...
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Downpour - 14/11/25 | Corey Brotherson - writer, editor and narrative designer
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November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Winning more awards, getting to chat with Red Sonja and Reacher's EmJay Bassett, and my thoughts on Pluribus and Down Cemetery Road are some of the highlights of this week's free Patreon update:
www.patreon.com/posts/143574...
www.patreon.com/posts/143574...
My friend in one of our WhatsApp groups has been telling us about stories from an old German fairytale book. It includes:
- The scissors man who cuts off your thumb if you don't stop fucking sucking it
- The cats who warned the girl about playing with matches (and... lol)
I'm OBSESSED, holy shit
- The scissors man who cuts off your thumb if you don't stop fucking sucking it
- The cats who warned the girl about playing with matches (and... lol)
I'm OBSESSED, holy shit
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My friend in one of our WhatsApp groups has been telling us about stories from an old German fairytale book. It includes:
- The scissors man who cuts off your thumb if you don't stop fucking sucking it
- The cats who warned the girl about playing with matches (and... lol)
I'm OBSESSED, holy shit
- The scissors man who cuts off your thumb if you don't stop fucking sucking it
- The cats who warned the girl about playing with matches (and... lol)
I'm OBSESSED, holy shit
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I didn't have the capacity to zoom up to Harrogate this weekend and then exhibit at AdventureX next weekend, so I'm going to be feeling huge Thought Bubble FOMO this weekend! Have fun everyone! Say hello to the Turkish Baths for me! Buy lots of comics!
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I didn't have the capacity to zoom up to Harrogate this weekend and then exhibit at AdventureX next weekend, so I'm going to be feeling huge Thought Bubble FOMO this weekend! Have fun everyone! Say hello to the Turkish Baths for me! Buy lots of comics!
I, too, harp for the bygone days where my only concerns were if I had enough pocket money to buy the Transformer toy I really wanted, if I could learn my times tables without getting caned by the headmaster, and wondering which racial epithet I'd hear next!
*sighs wistfully into the horizon*
*sighs wistfully into the horizon*
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I, too, harp for the bygone days where my only concerns were if I had enough pocket money to buy the Transformer toy I really wanted, if I could learn my times tables without getting caned by the headmaster, and wondering which racial epithet I'd hear next!
*sighs wistfully into the horizon*
*sighs wistfully into the horizon*
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expect beauty shots with my *NON* PAYPAL/APPLE/STRIPE/GOOGLE card machine at #ThoughtBubble
It'll be the first outing of my lil guy, so if you want to come to our table and buy Artistic Erotica Made With Great Artistic Intent (alongside all my usual horror/scifi/cyberpunk comics) come to A25!
It'll be the first outing of my lil guy, so if you want to come to our table and buy Artistic Erotica Made With Great Artistic Intent (alongside all my usual horror/scifi/cyberpunk comics) come to A25!
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
expect beauty shots with my *NON* PAYPAL/APPLE/STRIPE/GOOGLE card machine at #ThoughtBubble
It'll be the first outing of my lil guy, so if you want to come to our table and buy Artistic Erotica Made With Great Artistic Intent (alongside all my usual horror/scifi/cyberpunk comics) come to A25!
It'll be the first outing of my lil guy, so if you want to come to our table and buy Artistic Erotica Made With Great Artistic Intent (alongside all my usual horror/scifi/cyberpunk comics) come to A25!