Lynda Cowles

@heblenn.bsky.social

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Writer/producer of FMV games, murder mystery party games and half a novel. The shy one @davekki.bsky.social She/her Currently šŸŽ® Doctor Dekker 2 šŸ· Murder in Pumpkin Falls šŸ“™ A murder mystery about indie film-making, unhelpful ghosts and ducks (40k+ words)

A videogame screenshot showing a painting of chickens levitating in a farmyard. The subtitle reads 'with some blaming it on the work of a "poultry-geist" while others called for an "eggs-orcist"
A red paperback called Blurb Your Enthusiasm next to a blue paperback called Verb Your Enthusiasm.
A purpley-pinky-orange beach drenched in sun with a spade digging gems out of the sand. Basically like Brighton, but with fewer seagulls. The Brilliant Indie Treasures logo floats on the waves.
A fancy hardback copy of The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie, in front of some lovely lavender.
A large stone village church with a square tower. Old headstones lean in the foreground.
A screenshot that says Congratulations! You've completed the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens. Underneath that is an illustration of a cluttered living room decorated for Christmas with two inconspicuous but actually very annoying books about the sea on an occasional table.
A hardback book with a pale illustrated cover and pretty blue, pink and black sprayed edges. The title Eleanor is written in a large medieval-style font and the subtitle is "A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen". It's by Alice Loxton, the bestselling author of Eighteen.
A postcard-sized collage featuring a polar bear made of mountain and snow, a Korean postage stamp with peach coloured flowers, abstract blue flower shapes, and the word ā€˜Enduranceā€™ on a blue and white striped background.
A paper collage of a green tree against a pink sky. A large spotty pink sun shines out below the branches and the outlines of two oversized birds can be seen in the foliage. Handwritten words read: Why donā€™t birds..?
A hardback book with a black dust jacket. The cover depicts a glowing orange illustration of an abstract house with partially opened walls, swimming with upturned chairs, saucepans and hats. The book is Chasing the Dark, Encounters with the Supernatural by Ben Machell.
WENDY COPE Lissadell Last year we went to Lissadell. The sun shone over Sligo Bay And life was good and all was well. The bear, the books, the dinner bell, An air of dignified decay. Last year we went to Lissadell. This year the owners had to sell - It calls to mind a Chekhov play. Once life was good and all was well. The house is now an empty shell, The contents auctioned, shipped away. Last year we went to Lissadell And found it magical. "We fell In love with it," we sometimes say When life is good and all is well. The light of evening. A gazelle. It seemed unchanged since Yeats's day. Last year we went to Lissadell And life was good and all was well.
An infant orangutan hangs off the side of a mossy tree against a backdrop of sunlit green foliage. The orangutan looks past the camera into the distance with wide eyes and an expression that says 'wow I really love the rainforest I sure hope people sponsor lots of acres this year'
A sexy slim copy of the Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets by George L. Campbell
A book with a pretty cover: Kometo en Muminvalo by Tove Jansson (Esperanto edition). Tall green hills and some tiny creatures on stilts against a blush pink sky. Two moomins peer out around the side of a mountain on the right.
Book cover showing a warm and inviting bookshop in a Korean neighbourhood. THE RUNAWAY KOREAN SENSATION WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP Translated by Shanna Tan A balm for the soul and a glorious love letter to books and reading! HWANG BO-REUM BLOOMSBURY
A very rough line drawing of a rectangle (with wobbly sides) below which is a box containing the word LOVE with three lines drawn underneath it.
Floral wrapping paper and gift bag, some pretty pink hedgehog socks and a blue velvet glasses case with a cheeky embroidered crab on it.
I don't even know where to start with this one... an illustration on very old parchment shows a circular medieval scene. On the left, a robed man with halo and beard hands some kind of flail or whip to another bearded haloed man who appears to be held in the air by two winged scaly demons with long pointy ears and noses that resemble tiny elephant trunks. At the bottom right, a pit of several other similar demons have trapped three men and a king on top of what looks like a huge whale(?) The whole thing is a delight.
An ink drawing of a flower(?) with an eyeball in the middle. The petals are patterned with lines and scales and outlined in red.
A paperback copy of Murder in the Garden of God by Eleanor Herman rests on a blue chair. The cover depicts the most beautiful girl in Rome in a ruffed dress.
A stack of 3 books about Korea. From top to bottom: The Korean Myths; Hello, South Korea; and Korean Stories for Language Learners.
A well-loved paperback lies on a bright wooden table. The cover is indigo and printed to look like worn cloth with scuffed edges. A pasted label shows the title of the book ā€˜The Great Ideasā€™ superimposed over a pale yellow sun with striped rays on orange background. The border of the label is cream and displays the authorā€™s name, Suzanne Cleminshaw, at the bottom.
Small Lenormand cards fanned out on a wooden surface. The cards are colourful and borderless, with beautiful painted illustrations and titles such as Moon, Clover and Ring.
A Korean Made Easy paperback lies next to a lilac notebook, a set of matching flash cards and a pencil and pen. Yeah, I know how to have a good time
A top down view of 13 decks of tarot cards laid out in three rows on a wooden table. They look very pretty.
A bright yellow rubber duck against a blue background. The duck casts a sinister shadow.
Three books lying on a sun-drenched floor: Murder in the Garden of God by Eleanor Herman, Killingly by Katharine Beutner and Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh. But which one to chooseā€¦?
A paperback book with a bright red cover: The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis. Blood drips from a pair of headphones over the silhouette of a knife.
A hardback book ā€œA Case of Mice and Murderā€ by Sally Smith lies on an inky blue sofa. The bookā€™s cover depicts a tall cyan London skyline with an iron arch topped with a gold shining streetlamp, below which a mouse is seen escaping from a window next to a sharp knife. I donā€™t know about you but I think the mouse diddit.
They finally meet in the activities lounge of the Rosewood Care Home for the Elderly. He's 85 and rope-kneed; a hopeless dancer. She's 83, with doll lashes and a doughy body, and she laughs that she feels like Diana Ross in her tinsel boa as he twirls her in her chair. Later, he shuffles their seats together for the matinee. She cups his knotted hand, her beeswax lips silently tracing Jimmy Stewart's prayer - I want to live again, please God let me live again ā€” as outside, somewhere in the dark unknown, snow begins to fall.
A book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz toki pona edition - jan Osu pi wawa nasa.
Cover of A Guest in the House - a graphic novel by Emily Carroll. A greyscale woman walks down greyscale stairs while a giant dripping human form swimming with blue pink and red shapes towers over her.
The cover of The Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead showing a tiny plane flying over mountains against a pink sky
The front cover of a graphic novel. A man with white hair and a long blue coat holds a book and quill. Behind him are a cast of characters including a stubborn ghost girl, an opinionated ghost grandmother and a besotted bookstore owner.
A tuck box with an elaborate orange art nouveau design. The front features an illustration of a dapper frog in waistcoat and britches holding a hand of cards and looking smug
A placeholder image for the National Book Tokens Hidden Books Game 2024. A cartoony illustration of a bookshop that spans three floors and hides as-yet unrevealed fiendish clues. The date is shown as 14.11.24
The Jack, Queen and King of Hearts looking all vintagey and nice with their orange and yellow hues
An array of colourful Esperanto picture books and learning materials
A paperback library book ā€œThe Norfolk Mysteryā€ by Ian Samson. Quaint villages, eccentric locals, and murder!
Moving down a dark corridor in an art gallery - the scene glitches and switches from day to night and back again.
Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz looking all mean and moody in front of a explosive background. They hate/love each other very much.