Elizabeth Little

@liz-shrikestudio

Transgender, bisexual, autistic, amateur game designer, writer, and sometimes artist. My passion is existential horror. Current main project: You Will Die In This Place

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Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Jun 29

What's it like in your head

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Jun 27

Circuit board nails. This is what happens when you love Ghost in the Shell perhaps a little too much and a mischievous somebody puts the idea in your head.

Nail art in the style of curcuit boards. Green background. Golden conductive channels. Microchips. Resistors and capacitors.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Jun 27

My own copies of You Will Die In This Place arrived today, so I should be able to get some shoeboxes mailed off next week. I'm happy to say that, while the POD copies were nice, these ones are nicer. Definitely worth the delays and stress that switching plans mid-campaign involved.

Artwork of an armoured knight with a pointed helm crouched in an animalistic stance next to a massive sword.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Jun 25

Mine. @eerieseymour.bsky.social's Delta Green character, Rio, making a vegan meal for my Delta Green character.

Comic with six panels.
Panel 1: title card, 'The Menu'
Panel 2: Rio holding what might be a vegetable and asking 'is this a vegetable?'
Panel 3: Rio wrestling with a cursed knife
Panel 4: Rio cooking diced vegetables inside some kind of crab-mech-boiler.
Panel 5: Rio's [vegan] bullshit, a messy plate of partly cooked vegetables and leaves.
Panel 6: Eve saying 'I love it, Rio!'

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· May 31

Not in my own hands yet, but the physical copies of You Will Die In This Place have apparently finally arrived from the printer in Canada.

Hand (not mine) holding a book with a black cover showing a red silhouette of a woman in a veil and gown holding her arms out either side. A red title floats above her that reads 'You Will Die In This Place' split across two lines with three words each. A thin red line goes around the outside as a border.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· May 30

Handwriting individual and unique postit note annotations for each of the shoebox editions of You Will Die In This Place. I've been at this for four hours. I don't even know how many pages I've done because I intentionally didn't number them.

Wide angle photograph of papers strewn across a large white table. A stack of colourful notes and a tub of pistachio notes sits in the centre. A pen rests on one of the papers. The author rests unseen on a chair behind the camera.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· May 26

I did some infrared photography the other day - first time in a while.

Infrared photograph of the photographer showing the upper half of her face. Normally brown eyes are eerily pale and the skin has a soft and unusual glow.

Infrared photograph of a heavily textured branch against a background of bright white leaves.

Infrared photograph of a tree line contrasted against the sky. The leaves are bright white. The sky is a deep orange.

Infrared photograph of a vinegar pond and the surrounding trees and sky. The leaves are bright white and the sky is a deep orange.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· May 4

Did the ground floor based on the current layout

Rough map of the interior ground floor of a castle with some perspective and interior detail of the back and side walls

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· May 3

Playing around with ideas for a -Borg style map of Norwich cathedral (and potentially other local landmarks) for no reason in particular.

Black and white digital drawing of a cathedral map in loose grid layout. There is some perspective and interior details of the back walls. There is an exterior view of the spire floating above the centre of the map.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· May 3

I'm at Diceni in the Norwich Forum today with @eerieseymour.bsky.social. Drop by and say hi if you're around. I'll try to sell you a Mouldy Lettuce.

A photo of Liz and Errol (who wrote this alt text) in front of the Shrike Studio table at Diceni!

A photograph of the Shrike Studio table at Diceni in Norwich, featuring products for sale including Mouldy Lettuce in a Business Suit, Isolation, Blight Seas Fleet, and You Will Die in this Tape.

A photograph of the Shrike Studio table at Diceni, including a diorama featuring painted miniatures from Blight Seas Fleet and three tank miniatures.

A photograph of the entire Shrike Studio table at Diceni, including everything from the previous two photographs. Liz and Errol are there but they are invisible. We get shy.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· May 2

Ok, I'll admit that I was feeling a little downtrodden about going to Diceni tomorrow because it was going to be my first time at a con with nothing new to sell (YWDITP was so close, but it'll ready for Norwich Games Con instead), then these arrived!

'Mouldy Lettuce in a Business Suit, a distinctly British game of political satire and vegetables'

Cover vaguely in the style of Time magazine showing a lettuce in a business suit.

From the creator of You Will Die In This Place comes a game that is far less popular. I think it's very fun, though, in much the same way that something like Paranoia is. And let's face it, the BBC were never going to let me make a TTRPG of The Thick Of It were they?

Mouldy Lettuce in a Business Suit is a rules-light tabletop roleplaying game of British political satire where players are sentient vegetables in a failing government department. Create your ‘SpUd’ (Special Undersecretary) from various cultivars, each with distinct characteristics, and attempt to survive the daily grind using a d6 dice pool mechanic for actions and conflict resolution.

Gameplay focuses on collectively building an absurdist narrative through a structure wherein each session is one working day split into multiple phases. Players must manage Growth Factors like Vibrancy and Mould, pursue personal and departmental objectives (mostly avoiding blame and work), and navigate the core Scandal system. These pre-written scenarios escalate from minor personal troubles to major political disasters, driving the comedic and chaotic story forward.

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Mouldy Lettuce was written around the theme of ‘plant growth’ for the 2025 Narrative Design Awards where it came runner up.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Apr 23

My best friend gave me their arm for my birthday. I love it. Best and strangest birthday present.

Hand holding a cast of an entire human forearm and hand.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Apr 18

This is definitely me. And my characters too. (I got 00's Indie Kid, which is not entirely accurate but the sentiment is correct.)

A list of multiple choice options for character behaviour. 'Throwing yourself in front of every bullet for the drama' is ticked.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Apr 14

Yes!

A card that says 'well done!' depicting the scene from The Ring where Sadako climbs out of the well, but she has her thumbs up

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Apr 5

Fair warning to anyone planning to try. It is a real cipher of sorts, but I don't know that there's actually enough text to work with to solve it. Also, even if you do solve it, you would still need to invent the class abilities.

Itch comments that read:
'I love this game. It’s inspiring and intriguing on so many levels. I normally hate reading through the details of long dungeons (they put me to sleep), but I read every word of the Abyssal Labyrinth.

At the risk of sharing spoilers, I have to ask, is the Puqvsextirz Ntefueg actually a solvable cipher? I need to know before I spend hours of my life on it lmao'

And reply

'It is. However, I fear that it is quite difficult and that there might not be enough ciphered text to work with. A few people on the Dice Exploder discord server spent a good few hours trying to solve it and haven't managed yet.'

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Apr 4

Test print went pretty well. Needs a few minor adjustments to the design, though. Mostly for fit and finish and to make the lid pivot more robust by adding a cavity for a piece of brass rod.

Off-white 3d printed duck-shaped dice box

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Apr 3

Making a dice box based on an ancient Egyptian cosmetics box that I saw in the British museum yesterday.

Unpainted 3d print of a duck-shaped storage box holding a set of dice

Render of two duck-shaped cosmetic/dice boxes. The lid hinges open to the side and has two ducklings and a fish on it.

Carved Mycenaean ivory duck-shaped cosmetic box in the British museum. It is in a poor state. (There's a more intact one in the Egyptian section but I didn't take a photo).

Unpainted 3d printed lid for the box, it has a fish and two ducklings on it.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Apr 2

Hehe, Manglerwurm... (I still need to make the lure)

3d printed model of a worm-like monster with gaping jaws and a long tongue

Colour illustration of a worm-like monster with gaping jaws and a long tongue that has a human-shaped lure on the end of it. A poem reads:

Manglerwurm
In shadows deep, where darkness creeps,
The Manglerwurm in silence sleeps.
Its guise, a man, a mimicry,
A husk-like lure for eyes to see.

With words that ring, yet hold no truth,
It beckons forth, deceiving youth.
Explorers bold, with hopes so high,
Drawn close by its beguiling cry.

But beneath disguise, a horror hides,
A writhing mass, where terror bides.
Pale flesh coils, in darkness baits
With crushing jaws where death awaits.

3d printed model of a worm-like monster with gaping jaws and a long tongue. Side view showing armoured plates along its back.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Apr 1

I'm just going to leave this here because I genuinely couldn't have done it without your technical and moral support and I won't stop letting people know that.

Acknowledgements and Dedications

I have never had to write one of these before, so forgive me if it’s awkward
and a little unorthodox. However, there are some people who provided me
with support throughout this project who must be recognised. Without them,
this would have been a lesser work and I would have been a lesser person.
In fact, that is something of an understatement. There were various points
this year when I was on the verge of giving up.

Wayne Chapman
For always being supportive over the years and driving me to attend events,
to put myself and my work out there, and to be social even when every fibre
of my being was screaming with anxious fear.

Poppy Frost
For listening with interest to both my weird ideas and my various trials and
tribulations. For being there to laugh at my stupid jokes about shitty copper
at a time when nobody else I knew would have understood.

Heather Barrie
For letting me hide and cry on your classroom floor when I had nowhere
else to go and nobody else knew what to do with me. For sharing solidarity
with me when things were difficult and for nervously laughing at my dark
humour even when it worried you.

Vanessa Chainey
For inviting me into your group, tolerating my neuroses, and for helping
me to make new friends for the first time in many years. For helping me to
see that it was possible to have a real life outside of teaching. For taking an
interest in my work and encouraging me to continue.

Errol Seymour
For being a better friend than I thought I deserved at a time in my life when
I needed a close friend more than I realised. For always making time for
me and for being endlessly kind and gentle despite my rough edges and
often fragile state. For letting me lean on you when I needed support and not
shying away when I let my mask slip. For being my best friend.

Someday I’ll build you that labyrinth, Errol. For now, this will have to do.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Mar 23

The moral of the story is 'fuck me, I guess'. I hold no ill will towards the dog, though. It was just being a dog. It was my fault for leaving the sandwich in reach.

Very pretty black dog with a shiny coat and brown patches above its eyes. The dog is being petted on the head. The dog is stealing a sandwich from the bench.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Mar 20

I very hastily wrote my students a poem in the last few minutes of the lesson.

Oh, electrons. How I thought I knew you,
Particles like marbles, so well behaved,
Travelling to a screen through slits, two,
You wouldn’t do something too depraved.

I expect to see a logical pattern there,
Two bright peaks with smooth between,
Instead, you make me pull upon my hair,
As fringes spread across the screen.

Were you in fact a wave this whole time?
I could believe the evidence was mistook,
But your inconsistency is a great crime,
You only do this when I don’t look.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Mar 12

Added some waterslides to Round Friend (MG Ball ver. Ka)

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Mar 5

Costume! Forgot to put the black tiara on for the photo. Oh, I have to do a parents evening dressed like this. Hehe.

Costume, black and purple dress with a cape and a choker. A little fake blood around the neck. Wearing a black ball mask and realising now that I forgot the tiara. Holding a prop head with a lovely pink wig of exactly the colour I would love to dye my hair but am not allowed to.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Mar 5

Some work in progress pictures.

Unpainted miniature diorama of the abyssal labyrinth in a small wooden box.

Unpainted miniature diorama of the abyssal labyrinth in a small wooden box with tiny figures populating it.

Close up of a miniature Errol standing by a door, base coated but unfinished.

Close up of a miniature Errol standing by a door, wearing a long coat and a scarf with a red and green pattern.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Feb 19

Hosted a Paint & Sip. I painted my Delta Green character extracting her most important bond from the Immersive Neural Interface.

Girl with long dark hair cradling the body of another person. She has a black t-shirt with a red star. They have wires and cables tangling their limbs.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Feb 15

MG Gundam Mk-V The results of a whole day of building and painting. I just needed to be alone and wholly distracted for a while. Quite happy with how it turned out, aside from slightly overdoing the weathering around the front vents. Borrowed the colour scheme from Amuro's Rick Dijeh.

Large mecha model kit, painted off-white with an orange torso, shoulders and skirt armour. Holding a beam rifle in its right hand and shield in its left. It is aiming off to the side and looking in that direction. There are open missile pods on its shoulders.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Feb 10

So funny that these are both 1/100 scale kits. F91 era mobile suits are so tiny.

Two mecha model kits with similar colour schemes. One is much smaller, its head only reaching the waist of the other.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Feb 10

Built and painted my RE/100 Den'an-Gei. Nice little kit.

Close up of mecha model kit. Green and grey armour with red accents. It has a menacing face reminiscent of a gas mask.

Mecha model kit. Green and grey armour with red accents. It has a menacing face reminiscent of a gas mask. Holding a raised rifle in one hand and a beam shield in the other. The model is standing on my hand.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Feb 8

The results of a morning of collage making. Not really something I've done before, but it was an enjoyable social activity.

Amateurish collage of a Shrike perched upon a branch, a human figure is impaled upon the thorns.

Elizabeth Little@liz-shrikestudio· Feb 1

Working my way through the final edits for You Will Die In This Place. Notes like this one make it a much more enjoyable process. I think the ability to keep an author motivated is an important and underrated skill for an editor to have.