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Rivers of London: The Role-Playing Game, a review
*This was originally written for The British Fantasy Society. *I make no money from purchases via the links and have no affiliation with the publishers. Follow the footsteps of Peter Grant into the weirder side of London, England. The Rivers of London novels by Ben Aaronovitch have been brought to the gaming table by publisher Chaosium. Gamers…
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The importance of short stories
There are essentially five major publishers. That’s it. If you have one hand, and all your fingers intact, you could count them all. The most prominent novels tend to come from these organizations, and their subsidiaries are responsible for most fiction in just about every genre. However, the bleeding heart of innovation in fiction has…
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On being sick and taking a break
This site went silent for a couple weeks, but for a particular reason. I had Covid-19. While I took some time to recover, I set aside many projects, and Pulp Culture Museum was one of them. Generally, I work under the assumption that people fetishize workaholism. Do stuff constantly, without stopping. Extreme productivity as a…
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Le Voyage Dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) by Georges Méliès (1902) – Silent film as inspiration
It never ceases to amaze me how much is available in the public domain. Volume alone is enough to be a topic of discussion, but some of the actual works are themselves part of the respective canons. Do not fear the public domain! It is your friend. It’s also a fantastic place for entertainment and…
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Star Trek Adventures IDW Year Five Tie-In
*Originally posted on the British Fantasy Society What happened after the original Star Trek was cancelled three years into its five-year mission? As the introduction explains for Star Trek Adventures IDW Year Five Tie-In, there is a space that was never really filled in between the original show’s last episode, and the first movie. Attempting to…
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All reading is worth it!
Originally found on Book Riot, ‘What is worthwhile reading?’, by Cassie Gutman Determining what to read is a daunting but fun task, unless it’s an obligation, then it’s something else entirely. However, when you’re making a choice about to read, everything should be fair game. There should be no shame in picking up something that…
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I heart fantasy art
And not the chain mail bikini thing. What I love is art the encompasses vision of a world that simply is not our own. It goes without saying, but some people do this better than others. Frazetta’s Death Dealer is one of my all time favorites. There’s no shortage of this stuff either. Here’s one I…
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A note on OSRIC’s character classes
While I’ve noted that reading OSRIC has every bit the feel of reading through an old D&D rulebook, there are some things in it that strike me as odd. It’s more the little things that I hadn’t given much thought to when I first started gaming many years ago. In particular, I’m speaking towards the…
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Posting Delays
Originally, when I set up this blog, it was a way for me to experiment with blogging, and maybe a bit of programming. Real-life caught up to me, and I had to step away. Hopefully, I’ll be able to pick this all back up, and will have a functional blog again.
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Blog is on hold while I work on a creative writing project…
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