Piers Beckley

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Writer. http://fatpigeons.com The Mirrored Castle: https://books2read.com/mirrored-castle

Guardian Headline: Labour members 'have tougher view on welfare than you might think', poll suggests
Eve looks on, mesmerised, as the snake says “It’s called Factorio and it’s about building a little factory.”
Panel One: Fred from Scooby Doo is about to unmask a villain. Caption: I wonder why DHL have suddenly become shit at delivering parcels Caption on hooded villain: DHL Panel Two: Fred removes the mask. Caption on unhooded villain: Evri
A popup web overlay. The title reads "Get Notified About This Obituary" The paragraph beneath reads "Stay informed on important updates and when others post to the obituary."
Guardian Headline: There is no immediate military threat to Britain. We should spend less on defence Simon Jenkins
Guardian headline which states “Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin says it will fly again this year after explosion” The picture depicts an explosion large enough to guarantee it won’t.
A picture of four wholesale packs of VeeTee sticky rice, each of which contains six two-portion units.
Stock being made.
A stovetop coffee maker.
A pic of the original AD&D approved methods for stat generation from my DMG CREATING THE PLAYER CHARACTER (CHARACTERISTICS) [second column begins here] attempts at finding a suitable one due to quirks of the dice. Furthermore, these rather marginal characters tend to have short life expectancy - which tends to discourage new players, as does having to make do with some character of a race and/or class which he or she really can't or won't identify with. Character generation, then, is a serious matter, and it is recommended that the following systems be used. Four alternatives are offered for player characters: Method I: All scores are recorded and arranged in the order the player desires. 4d6 are rolled, and the lowest die (or one of the lower) is discarded. Method Il: All scores are recorded and arranged as in Method I. 3d6 are rolled 12 times and the highest 6 scores are retained. Method III: Scores rolled are according to each ability category, in order, STRENGTH, INTELLIGENCE, WISDOM, DEXTERITY, CONSTITUTION, CHARISMA. 3d6 are rolled 6 times for each ability, and the highest score in each category is retained for that category. Method IV: 3d6 are rolled sufficient times to generate the 6 ability scores, in order, for 12 characters. The player then selects the single set of scores which he or she finds most desirable and these scores are noted on the character record sheet.
Screenshot of Amazon 90-minute Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads best sellers. The Crystal Sword is #1.
A screenshot of the Amazon Bestseller Charts for Free Action & Adventure Fantasy stories. The Crystal Sword is #6.
A meme format of the classic sketch "The Front Fell Off" in which one of the characters is instead saying "The Wheels Fell Off".
New option: Ask Reason for Calling Calls from unsaved numbers will be asked for more information before iPhone rings.
Guardian headline: King Charles may have shown the US how to save itself.
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Cover of The Mirrored Castle: A crystal the size of a city floats in mid-air above a strange landscape of purple rock.
Downing Street insisted that nobody in Number 10 was told that Lord Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting despite repeated requests for “assurances”. A Downing Street spokesman said: Nobody in Number 10, officials or otherwise, had this information. He added: The Foreign Office have run this vetting process, and at no point, at any point in any part of this process was anyone in Number 10, PM or otherwise, informed by the Foreign Office that the recommendation of UK Security Vetting was for him not to pass his developed vetting. Number 10 has, as you would expect, been repeatedly asking for assurances on the facts of this case, including the vetting, and at no point in that process was Number 10 told about security vetting recommending against his vetting.
Ian Chesterton and Doctor Who stand in front of a poster which reads “It is forbidden to dump bodies into the river”.
Blue Sky's failure page. It simply says: Forbidden.
A list of the top attractions in the United Kingdom. Which for some reason includes Heathrow Airport.
The last few sentences of the script for the final (so far) episode of Doctor Who. THE DOCTOR (CONT D) And that's exactly the word. This has been an absolute joy. He take a deep breath, and... REGENERATION ENERGY volcanoes out of him! COLLAR and SLEEVES filled with STREAMING BOLTS OF GOLD. WIDER. The Tardis in space, the Doctor in the doorway, with energy SHOOTING OUT INTO THE GALAXY, a wild display. CLOSER, as the Doctor's face finally vanishes into the gold. And... A face appears! A person wreathed in miraculous gold and light. Who says... Oh, hello! END OF EPISODE 8 *
A picture of the new bus shelter seats. Much more comfy than the current ones!
A picture of the front cover of said novel. Text reads “The authentic sequel to the great TV series”.
Tom Baker as Doctor Who proclaims that while Harry Sullivan may be A doctor, he is THE Doctor. The definite article, you might say.
This is totally a picture of the cast of Friends and not - for example - from left to right: Olag Gan, Kerr Avon, Cally, Roj Blake, Jenna Stannis, and Vila Restal from Blake's 7.
Mahatma Gandhi from the game Civilisation threatens - as he often does - the use of nuclear weapons.
Panel One: Fred from Scooby Doo stands by a tied up person dressed in a Ghost Mask. Caption: Pubs Mysteriously Vanishing Panel Two: Fred removes the mask to reveal the true villain. Caption: Private Equity.
A street sign for Hobbs Lane, SW1. Beneath it an older sign reading Hob’s Lane.
A job advert for a Guillotine Operator.
A Full Scottish Breakfast.
A man wearing a shirt with the word “sickos” on it peers through a window. Man: “Yes… Ha ha ha… YES!”
Malcolm McDowell's character undergoes the Ludovico Tichnique in A Clockwork Orange
Cover for The Crystal Sword. Picture is of an impressionistic blue crystal sword on a black background.
Telegraph Headline: Lammy breaks ranks on Brexit Subhead: Rejoining the customs union would boost growth, says Deputy Prime Minister, days after Starmer ruled it out
A tweet from Zarah Sultana accusing NATO of being an Imperialist War Machine and saying the UK must withdraw from it immediately.