Gnothi Seauton. Liminality Reality. God, Guns and Games. Escape the Matrix. Metalhead. Horror. ttRPG's. Orange County NY. Hudson Valley. NO 🚫 DMs.
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Last year, on July 5th, 2025, my GoDaddy website was reactivated. I didn't really do anything to overhaul it except use AI to rewrite all the text content, and it's abysmal. This year, I will attempt to fix it and maybe sell stuff or something 🤔
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I don't even need to ring the doorbell to know for sure that this house has the *good candy*. 💯
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This is what happens when Call of Cthulhu horror starts creeping into Oerth.
In Dragon #138 (October 1988), Tom Moldvay introduced the spirit-ghoul.
Looks like a ghoul. Attacks like a ghoul. Even has that nasty paralyzing touch.
Except there’s a problem.
It’s not undead.
It’s a living person possessed by a demon.
And the really awful part? You can actually SAVE these poor souls through exorcism.
Imagine your party figuring that out AFTER hacking half a dozen of them to pieces.
Good grief, Tom, that’s some dark stuff…
And I absolutely love it.
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Amazon Expedition and Aquatic Terror: Creature from the Black Lagoon
Deep in the uncharted waters of the Amazon, an ancient evolutionary survivor awakens! This week, we climb aboard the steamer Rita to review Universal Pictures’ 1954 sci-fi monster classic, Creature from the Black Lagoon. We’re diving into Julie Adams’ iconic role as Kay Lawrence, the dual stunt performances of Ricou Browning and Ben Chapman as the Gill-man, and Jack Arnold's masterclass in underwater suspense. Join us as we dissect Milicent Patrick’s legendary creature design, the film’s haunting "Beauty and the Beast" subtext, and how this 3D atomic-era gem became the final titan of the Universal Monsters era. Seriously, lend us your eyes and ears, you won’t be sorry!!
youtu.be/hfS88MdWvwA
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Okay so here is my vote for the best opening line of any story ever:
"The creature crept. It whimpered in fear and pain." (from A. E. Van Vogt)
And HERE is my vote for the best ending line of any story ever.
"You fool! Warren is DEAD." (Lovecraft).
What are your picks?
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Not commission work, royalty paid partnership with paid installments up front and moving to a compilation where royalties are split between the writer (me) and the artist (him/her). This is not a one-time offer but a professional partnership arrangement.
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#ttrpg
Consent for fucked up shit to happen in an RPG? 🤣🤣🤣 Fuck that shit. I used to run Unknown Armies.
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A Chaos Giant is a twisted, monstrous humanoid of extraordinary size that has diverged from the rest of the Giant race by embracing the dark powers of Chaos and become monstrously warped.👹✴️
As if normal Giants aren't terrifying enough!😱
Art by Adrian Smith.🖼️🎨
#WarhammerArt
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Sound familiar?
"Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of, scientific verity. On the contrary. The keener and clearer is the reason, the better fantasy will it make. If men were ever in a state in which they did not want to know or could not perceive truth (facts or evidence), then Fantasy would languish until they were cured! If they ever get into that state (it would not seem at all impossible), Fantasy will perish, and become Morbid Delusion."--J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-stories
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AD&D.... Yum...
Tonight! LET'S PLAY 1E AD&D - LIVE! Join us for ACTUAL PLAY!
youtube.com/live/c4wocddROuw…
