FriendlyFiend

@friendlyfiendish.bsky.social

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Telly writer, quondam story editor, full-time geek. This is my account for the geeky stuff.

Front cover of ‘You Will Die in This Place’, showing a red, shrouded figure in a dress.
T shirt shows large cartoon sun with the words ‘What a great day to stay inside’
Batman rips a rifle apart, saying "This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it"
Map, cards, postcard and book for Asher’s Ridge by Rori Montford.
The red death removes its mask, as the horrified masqueraders look on. Harry Clarke illustration for "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
Result of www.findmypolitics.com test. Delighted to say I came up as 'Progressive Left'.
Copies of “Run from the Dark” by @forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social and “Terminus” by @irny.bsky.social
A still from Farscape, showing (L-R) Crais, Rygel, Chiana, Zhaan, Aeryn Sun, John Crichton & D'Argo
Opening page of Avengers #57, showing the green, red and gold synthezoid "The Vision" swooping past skyscrapers under a lightning filled night sky. Art by John Buscema.
'Standing Woman' by Alberto Giacometti - c 70cm tall bronze etiolated figure of a woman.
Front cover of Wyrd Science Vol 1, no 7, showing post apocalyptic man, woman and alien wielding swords and blasters. Artist Alexey Gorboot
A page from the Financial Times magazine on Lasers and Feelings
Jock-Nerd/Prep-Goth Test result, showing I’m 28.2% Goth and 69.1% Nerd, placing me in the True Nerd category.
Photo of many members of the BBC TV 'Play School' cast
A copy of Darkened Hill & Dale, a fabulous book of folk horror scenarios by Sarah Cole
Lovecraftesque 2nd edition game. Box illustration shows a young woman bending over a large, webbed form. Something drips from her left hand. It is night. The young woman is illuminated by the lights of an old car. Behind her a skull-like shape looms.
The Terror Beneath: An investigative RPG of weird folk horror by Scott Malthouse.
AD&D2E Dark Sun: City by the Silt Sea boxed set.
Image of Malvern Hills College
Photo of the northern lights, showing a green and bright red haze in the sky.
Shadows of Esteren: Prologue & Travels
Contents of Memento Mori 'Deathless Hero' pledge, laid out on a 'persian' style carpet.
A picture of three mouse miniatures from Morgue Miniatures. The one on the left bears an axe and shield, the one in the middle holds a torch aloft, the one on the right wields a swords.
3 large and beautiful d20 dice, made for Handiwork Games's Beowulf.
Wildsea RPG, Storm & Root expansion and Firefly Screen
Physical contents of Outgunned all-in pledge
Character sheet from Pendragon Starter Set
Pictures of the Pendragon Core Book, The Grey Knight and Delta Green: The Conspiracy.
Photo of a copy of Rosewood Abbey TTRPG
Images of Outgunned RPG Kickstarter, including core book Outgunned, Action Flicks, World of Killers and the Project Medusa mission dossier.
Promo image for the Fallout TV series - on the left, a ghoul, Cooper Howard, in stetson and duster wields a shotgun; in the centre, Vault dweller Lucy MacLean shields her face with her hand as she peers into the distance; on the right, Brothers of Steel squire, Maximus, wearing power armour, looks to the side; below Maximus, faithful hound Dogmeat peers into the distance.
Front cover of White Dwarf issue 50 by Terry Oakes, showing a Pig-snouted beast with glowing eyes looming in the sky above a substantial neogothic house.
Picture of birthday presents. Books: Ligotti, My Work is Not Yet Done; Fitzpatrick, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union; Grudova, The Coiled Serpent; Belton, Putin's People; Vardiashvili, Hard by a Great Forest. TTRPGs: Beyond the Wall, A Kingless Realm; Stealing Stories for the Devil.
Image from the Tarkovsky film, Stalker, showing three characters - the Stalker, the Writer and the Professor in a field, strewn with wreckage, in the middle of the Zone. There are trees in the near distance. Text reads "The Zone is a very complex maze of traps."
Poster for Season 2 of the TV series Theodosia.
Image of Homer Simpson saying "Hey! Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand."
Still of Vincent Price, his face bloodied and wearing a red cowl from The Masque of the Red Death.