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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · 7d

The fog lay upon Hopeless that morning like a particularly damp quilt hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/10/21/t...

The Accordion That Cried - Hopeless Vendetta

It ain't over till the cursed accordion stops playing... or something. Reggie Upton and Pyralia Skant investigate a musical problem.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · 14d

It was a blustery morning on Hopeless, the sort of day when even the fog seemed to be having second thoughts about hanging around. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/10/14/a...

A New Look - Hopeless Vendetta

In which Philomena Bucket questions the sartorial choices of Pryalia Skant, in regards to its influence upon the island of Hopeless, Maine.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · 21d

The snuggery of The Squid and Teapot was hushed, save for the faint crackle of the hearth. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/10/07/t...

The River of Time - Hopeless Vendetta

In which Pyralia Skant explains things. Sort of. A bit.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · 28d

A week had passed since the rooster and his adoring harem of hens had arrived on Hopeless. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/09/30/c...

Crowing at Midnight - Hopeless Vendetta

When is a chicken not a chicken? When it's a guardian rooster! But what will the skeletal dog Drury think of this?

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Sep 24

Although not often mentioned in these tales, you will doubtless remember Tenzin, the young Buddhist monk who left Tibet beneath a yeti’s armpit and emerged on Hopeless through one of Mr. Squash’s mysterious portals. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/09/23/a...

A Bedtime Story - Hopeless Vendetta

A bedtime story leads to a request, an unexpected pet and a bonus breakfast item on the Squid & Teapot's menu.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Sep 17

Pyralia Skant’s decision to take up residency at the Squid and Teapot had not gone unnoticed. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/09/16/c...

Comfort Food - Hopeless Vendetta

Normal can be a dangerous word on the island of Hopeless, Maine. But everything certainly seems normal at the Squid & Teapot. Despite the presence of Dr Pyralia Skant.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Sep 9

Screaming Point has always been one of Hopeless’s more trying (not to say bloody annoying) features. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/09/09/s...

Screaming Point - Hopeless Vendetta

Doctor Pyralia Skant is normally a composed, almost smug, sort of a being. But when Screaming Point arrives on your doorstep, it's hard to maintain any sort of composure.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Sep 2

The first thing anyone noticed about the man who called himself “Mr. Delkin” was that his boots were new and impossibly clean. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/09/02/t...

The Impossible Guest - Hopeless Vendetta

Hopeless is not the sort of place that gets passing trade. Nobody stops for a few nights and moves on. And yet, here was Mr Delkin...

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Aug 30

Somewhat dark comeic fantasy. Highly entertaining. Also, we love Sloth, and supporting them is always good.

Sloth Comics @slothcomics.bsky.social · Aug 29

That's the K*ckstarter for Goblins 4: Dead and Alive launched!
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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Aug 26

It is not easy being a gentleman without a shadow. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/08/26/t...

The Lamp of the Penitent - Hopeless Vendetta

Reggie Upton had sacrificed his shadow in a bargain with the Marsh-Thing. It is a sad thing indeed to lose one's shadow. But could Reggie get it back?

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Aug 19

Neville Moore had never seen Lenore, his pet raven, in such a state. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/08/19/t...

The Rookery Pact - Hopeless Vendetta

Once again it is up to Dr. Pyralia Skant and Granny Bucket to shelve their differences to address a disturbing pact, while Philomena looks on in exasperation. Quothe the Raven: "Shinies!"

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Aug 13

Granny Bucket and Doctor Pyralia Skant had formed an unlikely alliance to thwart one of Durosimi O’Stoat’s more spectacularly bungled spells. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/08/12/t...

Thawing - Hopeless Vendetta

If you are going to tackle an icy menace, ineptly conjured up by Durosimi O’Stoat, then what you need – apparently – is a ghost and a scientist of questionable provenance!

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ever since the Founding Families – polite invaders clad in tweed and corsetry – had arrived on the island of Hopeless, Maine more than two centuries ago, it had been tacitly agreed that the O’Stoat family held a monopoly on magic. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/08/05/a...

An Unholy Alliance - Hopeless Vendetta

When Durosimi messes up... again, it's going to require the combined talents of Granny Bucket and Doctor Pyralia Skant to fix things. Trouble is, they are very definitely, not the best of friends.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Aug 1

Containing a brief mention of us, we have distant connections to some very cool people.
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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jul 29

Winston Oldspot was feeling decidedly unsettled. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/07/29/t...

The Unmaking - Hopeless Vendetta

Winston Oldspot does not know what to do. Doctor Pyralia Skant seems to have taken a fancy to him. What could it mean? (Nothing good, probably).

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jul 27

Beware the Goblins. Or possibly point and laugh.
Provided by the Sloth we love.
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Coming soon: Goblins 4: Dead or Alive

The 4th instalment of the Goblins comic series. They're back, they're still failing at life and there's zombies and Cthulhu involved!

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jul 22

The trouble began, as many Hopeless catastrophes seem to, with a pot of tea and a sudden atmospheric shift. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/07/22/t...

The Dead and The Eternal - Hopeless Vendetta

Doctor Pyralia Skant is trouble. That much is clear. But what sort of trouble? And Granny Buckett does not approve. But then again, there's precious little Granny Bucckett does approve of.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jul 15

It was the Monday before Lammas, or Lughnasadh, if you prefer, and the fog that hung around the island of Hopeless had developed an unusual texture. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/07/15/t...

The Woman in White - Hopeless Vendetta

Who is the mysterious stranger? And why are they messing with the island? Does Doc Willoughby have the answer? No, of course not. So what is going on?

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jul 8

It was a Tuesday, which everyone agreed was a poor choice of day for anything of significance to happen. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/07/08/t...

The Melancholy of the Moon-Calf - Hopeless Vendetta

Sadness comes to Hopeless, Maine. Not unusual you might remark, but this was a remarkable sort of sadness, powerful and full of melancholy.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jul 1

It came as something of a shock to Philomena Bucket when Reggie Upton mentioned, in passing, that it was his birthday. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/07/01/g...

Guess Who’s Coming to Glimmer? - Hopeless Vendetta

A Birthday should be a happy affair, but not for one of Hopeless, Maine's more unique denizens. Can there be a glimmer of hope?

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jun 24

The problem began, as such problems so often do on Hopeless (and indeed, at all points elsewhere, in my experience) with the well-intentioned, but deeply regrettable, act of tidying up. hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/06/24/c...

Contagious Poetry - Hopeless Vendetta

A curious disease goes from bad to worse, as the entire island becomes obsessed with verse. Will the islanders ever be free, from this accursed poetry?

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jun 18

Observations of James Weaslegrease: The upside of melting all the spoons down and remaking them into one large spoon is that it hasn't been stolen by spoonwalkers.

The downside is that I can't use it.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jun 17

A tale from the Squid and Teapot hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/06/17/a...

A Sneeze Before Bedtime - Hopeless Vendetta

A story in which a thing learns an important lesson: never mess with a Night Soil Man, especially if they know Drury, the skeletal dog.

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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jun 11

Observations of James Weaslegrease: There is no spoon.

Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · Jun 10

A tale from the Squid and Teapot hopeless-maine.co.uk/2025/06/10/d...

Durosimi Interrupted - Hopeless Vendetta

A thing of horror has returned to Hopeless, Maine, as they often do. This one is particularly abhorrent however, as it interrupts one’s ablutions!

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