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[[HOWLIP runs, holding a cat in front of him.  The cat speaks, or, at least, something uses the cat’s mouth to speak.  Only periodic phrases can be made out of the cat’s continuous speech.]]

CAT: …will become as…crumble under…hooves of the…oming horsemen..a midnight…

[[Howlip continues, but the thing in his hands can no longer be called a cat, as it is losing its edges and form both, as something unnameable reaches out from it.]]

CREATURE: …vers of blood will…wn upon the earth…dead will lurch fr…graveyard to stalk…ember the living w…of anguish will…for the rest of…and their pain shall know no bounds…

[[Howlip comes to the edge of a cliff and hurls the cat over the edge.  The cat no longer even slightly resembles a cat nor anything from this plane of existence. It is nothing but a vague form of meat, bone, tentacle, and pure malice.]]

CREATURE?: …the name of the destr…shall be carved into..flesh of every living b…and it shall be man…the martyr, man is the…ringer and the curse…the vengeance of m…shall never fin…solace until t…sun becomes a cinder…

[[Now, Howlip nails a lost cat poster to a lamppost.  The poster is hand-written and steadily more desperate.]]

POSTER: LOST CAT; clutched by an evil from beyond the moral realm; IRRETRIEVABLE; the darkness has him; the breach has been opened; SAVE YOURSELF

{{header: tremble before WONDERMARK.COM}}

#859; In which a Cat is Really Lost transcribed by in

[[HOWLIP runs, holding a cat in front of him.  The cat speaks, or, at least, something uses the cat's mouth to speak.  Only periodic phrases can be made out of the cat's continuous speech.]]

CAT: ...will become as...crumble under...hooves of the...oming horsemen..a midnight...

[[Howlip continues, but the thing in his hands can no longer be called a cat, as it is losing its edges and form both, as something unnameable reaches out from it.]]

CREATURE: ...vers of blood will...wn upon the earth...dead will lurch fr...graveyard to stalk...ember the living w...of anguish will...for the rest of...and their pain shall know no bounds...

[[Howlip comes to the edge of a cliff and hurls the cat over the edge.  The cat no longer even slightly resembles a cat nor anything from this plane of existence. It is nothing but a vague form of meat, bone, tentacle, and pure malice.]]

CREATURE?: ...the name of the destr...shall be carved into..flesh of every living b...and it shall be man...the martyr, man is the...ringer and the curse...the vengeance of m...shall never fin...solace until t...sun becomes a cinder...

[[Now, Howlip nails a lost cat poster to a lamppost.  The poster is hand-written and steadily more desperate.]]

POSTER: LOST CAT; clutched by an evil from beyond the moral realm; IRRETRIEVABLE; the darkness has him; the breach has been opened; SAVE YOURSELF

{{header: tremble before WONDERMARK.COM}}

it never reaches the bottom of the cliff because by then it has filled the entire canyon with tentacles

#859; In which a Cat is Really Lost

  — August 7th, 2012

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New ways to get Bolted!

July 24, 2026 by David Malki !

In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one,  except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.​

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.


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