Amanda/iamatrex
@iamatrex.com
she/her. YEG. Stew Princess. I like TTRPGs and horror movies. Tell your pets I say hi!
https://sprigsandkindling.com/
a "very well-adjusted and balanced individual" - Wes Franks
a "strange creature of I don't know what!" - Gabe McCormick
https://sprigsandkindling.com/
a "very well-adjusted and balanced individual" - Wes Franks
a "strange creature of I don't know what!" - Gabe McCormick
Pinned
With all the hype, I am happy to announce that Volume 9 (Oct 2026) of Sprigs & Kindling is all about The Lands Remaining! You can submit your pitch here: forms.gle/TVX7jgSpieEW...
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The Between is now available to preorder! If you missed the crowdfunding campaign, now is your chance to grab the books, plus a few delicious add-ons.
Please re-post!
the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Please re-post!
the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Pre-order The Between on BackerKit
The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London. It's inspired by the TV show Penny Dreadful, British horror classics, and pulp media. Its rules are based on t...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The Between is now available to preorder! If you missed the crowdfunding campaign, now is your chance to grab the books, plus a few delicious add-ons.
Please re-post!
the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Please re-post!
the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
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And every one of them is glorious.
Tom waits has exactly three types of songs:
1: I love you Lucinda, I'll never leave you.
2: Lucinda left me and now all I love is this bottle of gin and this monkey who helps me do crimes.
3: We are all worm food. WORM. FOOD. (I miss you Lucinda)
1: I love you Lucinda, I'll never leave you.
2: Lucinda left me and now all I love is this bottle of gin and this monkey who helps me do crimes.
3: We are all worm food. WORM. FOOD. (I miss you Lucinda)
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
And every one of them is glorious.
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Some people in Lethbridge who want to recall their MLA are now worried the petition against him is actually designed to *protect* the MLA from being recalled.
Alberta's recall rules say that once a petition is launched and fails, no subsequent petitions can be launched.
Via @markusoff.bsky.social:
Alberta's recall rules say that once a petition is launched and fails, no subsequent petitions can be launched.
Via @markusoff.bsky.social:
Lethbridgians worried MLA recall drive is a 'sham' that's ignoring volunteers | CBC News
Locals can't sign up to canvass for petitions against United Conservative MLA Nathan Neudorf or find out where to sign forms.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Some people in Lethbridge who want to recall their MLA are now worried the petition against him is actually designed to *protect* the MLA from being recalled.
Alberta's recall rules say that once a petition is launched and fails, no subsequent petitions can be launched.
Via @markusoff.bsky.social:
Alberta's recall rules say that once a petition is launched and fails, no subsequent petitions can be launched.
Via @markusoff.bsky.social:
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Did you miss out on the backerkit for The Between TTRPG and want to preorder?? Well now is your chance! the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Pre-order The Between on BackerKit
The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London. It's inspired by the TV show Penny Dreadful, British horror classics, and pulp media. Its rules are based on t...
the-between.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Did you miss out on the backerkit for The Between TTRPG and want to preorder?? Well now is your chance! the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
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I wanna do some serious puzzle design, who's got the good example/supplements/resources?
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I wanna do some serious puzzle design, who's got the good example/supplements/resources?
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Just remembering how when I went to talk to that local high school last week one of the kids asked "So in THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST how come you made the main character so old?"
And I almost began my answer with "Look, you little shit" but I did NOT
And I almost began my answer with "Look, you little shit" but I did NOT
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just remembering how when I went to talk to that local high school last week one of the kids asked "So in THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST how come you made the main character so old?"
And I almost began my answer with "Look, you little shit" but I did NOT
And I almost began my answer with "Look, you little shit" but I did NOT
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For those who were interested by our review, pre-orders of this are up now. PDFs seem imminent, shipped April/May 2026.
December 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For those who were interested by our review, pre-orders of this are up now. PDFs seem imminent, shipped April/May 2026.
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VOICE ACTORS AND PERFORMERS OF BLUESKY
I am casting for 2026 and have some V/O work that needs doing at the start of January. Very quick & easy, but it is PAID, so that is at least something.
Interested? Fill out this form, where you will find all the details: forms.gle/EwMTLfjsozrF...
I am casting for 2026 and have some V/O work that needs doing at the start of January. Very quick & easy, but it is PAID, so that is at least something.
Interested? Fill out this form, where you will find all the details: forms.gle/EwMTLfjsozrF...
Sundered Isles Voice Work Form
Hello! I am looking for voice actors and performers to record short excerpts of sea shanties that I play at the beginning of each of my episodes of The Last Starmarked, my Sundered Isles Actual Play c...
forms.gle
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
VOICE ACTORS AND PERFORMERS OF BLUESKY
I am casting for 2026 and have some V/O work that needs doing at the start of January. Very quick & easy, but it is PAID, so that is at least something.
Interested? Fill out this form, where you will find all the details: forms.gle/EwMTLfjsozrF...
I am casting for 2026 and have some V/O work that needs doing at the start of January. Very quick & easy, but it is PAID, so that is at least something.
Interested? Fill out this form, where you will find all the details: forms.gle/EwMTLfjsozrF...
Did you miss out on the backerkit for The Between TTRPG and want to preorder?? Well now is your chance! the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Pre-order The Between on BackerKit
The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London. It's inspired by the TV show Penny Dreadful, British horror classics, and pulp media. Its rules are based on t...
the-between.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Did you miss out on the backerkit for The Between TTRPG and want to preorder?? Well now is your chance! the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Proud to be the 1st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Between! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
The Between
The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about monster-hunters in Victorian-era London. It's inspired by the TV show Penny Dreadful, British horror classics, and pulp media. Its rules are based on t...
www.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Proud to be the 1st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Between! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
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Finished my fourth Brindlewood Bay campaign tonight and oh buddy they (my players) keep popping off (making emotionally charged storylines pay off and taking down the midwives with perfect poignant callbacks and character growth). #ttrpg #brindlewoodbay
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Finished my fourth Brindlewood Bay campaign tonight and oh buddy they (my players) keep popping off (making emotionally charged storylines pay off and taking down the midwives with perfect poignant callbacks and character growth). #ttrpg #brindlewoodbay
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somehow threading this makes it less weird to me but it's my birthday and my book MOTHEATER, a sapphic witchy folkloric Appalachian tragedy, is currently half off on amazon. if you'd like to directly support my fiction/lit career now is the cheapest time to do it!
www.amazon.com/Motheater-Li...
www.amazon.com/Motheater-Li...
Motheater
After her best friend dies in a coal mine, Benethea “Bennie” Mattox sacrifices her job, her relationship, and her reputation to uncover what’s killing miners on Kire Mountain. When she finds a half-dr...
www.amazon.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
somehow threading this makes it less weird to me but it's my birthday and my book MOTHEATER, a sapphic witchy folkloric Appalachian tragedy, is currently half off on amazon. if you'd like to directly support my fiction/lit career now is the cheapest time to do it!
www.amazon.com/Motheater-Li...
www.amazon.com/Motheater-Li...
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Some might say the middle of the night on a Monday isn't the time to launch a new Kickstarter, but what can I say? I'm many things, but good at marketing is not one.
(Fortunately I have amazing art from @toadlett.bsky.social and @hodagrpg.bsky.social to help!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
(Fortunately I have amazing art from @toadlett.bsky.social and @hodagrpg.bsky.social to help!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
The Booklet of Bounties
A zine of fantasy fugitives and bounty-hunting scenario seeds.
www.kickstarter.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Some might say the middle of the night on a Monday isn't the time to launch a new Kickstarter, but what can I say? I'm many things, but good at marketing is not one.
(Fortunately I have amazing art from @toadlett.bsky.social and @hodagrpg.bsky.social to help!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
(Fortunately I have amazing art from @toadlett.bsky.social and @hodagrpg.bsky.social to help!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
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absolutely monday pilled. i’m toil-maxxing. going drudgery mode. stumblecore. hitting my slog goals.
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
absolutely monday pilled. i’m toil-maxxing. going drudgery mode. stumblecore. hitting my slog goals.
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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Canadian citizens and residents, there's a new official parliamentary petition raising the issue of electoral reform and proportional representation. Signing is a direct means of meaningful action toward improving our democracy, and it just takes a moment to do. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6993 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Canadian citizens and residents, there's a new official parliamentary petition raising the issue of electoral reform and proportional representation. Signing is a direct means of meaningful action toward improving our democracy, and it just takes a moment to do. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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I'm supposed to remind you that there's just 8 hours left to back Pick Me on Kickstarter.
Also, there's a new creepy dressup doll character, because it's not Christmas without creepy dolls oozing goo.
Also, there's a new creepy dressup doll character, because it's not Christmas without creepy dolls oozing goo.
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'm supposed to remind you that there's just 8 hours left to back Pick Me on Kickstarter.
Also, there's a new creepy dressup doll character, because it's not Christmas without creepy dolls oozing goo.
Also, there's a new creepy dressup doll character, because it's not Christmas without creepy dolls oozing goo.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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Putting out feelers again:
Anybody in the LA area, I’m headed there from Thursday to Sunday and would love it if I could crash on a couch. I will buy you coffee one morning, or multiple mornings 🖤🖤
Anybody in the LA area, I’m headed there from Thursday to Sunday and would love it if I could crash on a couch. I will buy you coffee one morning, or multiple mornings 🖤🖤
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Putting out feelers again:
Anybody in the LA area, I’m headed there from Thursday to Sunday and would love it if I could crash on a couch. I will buy you coffee one morning, or multiple mornings 🖤🖤
Anybody in the LA area, I’m headed there from Thursday to Sunday and would love it if I could crash on a couch. I will buy you coffee one morning, or multiple mornings 🖤🖤
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jealousy psychiatrist
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
jealousy psychiatrist
Hotel booked for @breakoutcon.bsky.social! See you in March, Toronto! :D
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hotel booked for @breakoutcon.bsky.social! See you in March, Toronto! :D
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when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
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The Lands Remaining… maaaaaaaan, it’s the good shit. Like, the *good* good shit.
Just you wait. Or don’t wait: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Just you wait. Or don’t wait: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The Lands Remaining - Google Drive
drive.google.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The Lands Remaining… maaaaaaaan, it’s the good shit. Like, the *good* good shit.
Just you wait. Or don’t wait: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Just you wait. Or don’t wait: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Fanart! For our Public Access AP! Might also be the first illustration of The Chromatic Desert I’ve seen.
In an approachable, girl-next-door kinda way.
Are y'all watching @thebadspot.bsky.social's Public Access AP yet?
#art #fanart #ttrpg #PublicAccess
Are y'all watching @thebadspot.bsky.social's Public Access AP yet?
#art #fanart #ttrpg #PublicAccess
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fanart! For our Public Access AP! Might also be the first illustration of The Chromatic Desert I’ve seen.
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Pitch Day was a great success! Over the course of 9 hours I heard pitches from about 80 different people. Off the charts creativity, and from the stuff I bought, I’m even more excited for The Lands Remaining!
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Pitch Day was a great success! Over the course of 9 hours I heard pitches from about 80 different people. Off the charts creativity, and from the stuff I bought, I’m even more excited for The Lands Remaining!