Here and Yet to Come: A 1957 Space Scrapbook
In the fall of 1957, my mother was 12 years old. She had a budding interest in science and an especial interest in space because 1) it was the fall of 1957 and 2) her father was an aeronautics engineer...
View ArticleI Caught a Live One!
The following is a beautiful comment that somehow passed my spam filters and made it into moderation, probably because it was too bizarre for the filters to handle. This, my friends, is literally how...
View ArticleGiveaway: Secret History of the Necronomicon
Happy New Year! It’s been a while, but I’m doing a giveaway of Arkay Tilghman’s new ebook: The Secret History of the Necronomicon. In The Secret History of the Necronomicon, Arkay Tilghman explores the...
View ArticleMetatopia 2014 Schedule
Reviving this old site a bit to post my Metatopia 2014 schedule. I’ll be there in particular to assist Elsa S. Henry, a.k.a. @snarkbat, who’s going to be playtesting the alpha version of her game “Dead...
View ArticleReview: Dracula, Pages from a Virgin’s Diary
When I pitched a scenario for the Dracula Dossier involving vampires and ballet, I had no idea that a ballet interpretation of Dracula existed. Well, that’s not entirely true, I was aware of the...
View ArticleIntroducing the Arkham Archivist
If you came to the site expecting to be at either cthulhuchick.com or beingruth.com, I’ve merged the two into one, The Arkham Archivist. I’ve been pondering this change for a while, but had to sort out...
View ArticleThoughts Five Years After Donating Marrow Stem Cells
Four years ago I wrote a post on my thoughts one year after donating bone marrow stem cells. For medical information about the procedure and my experience with it, I refer you to that post. At the time...
View ArticleFilm Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
It was a combo of words which basically required me to go: female director, Iranian, vampire, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT…a powerful phrase in itself. Something I’ve done. Something I’ve been...
View ArticleGUMSHOE GM Jam
Last weekend, I participated in a GUMSHOE GM Jam hosted by the Play on Target podcast. It included some fantastic GUMSHOE folks: Stephanie Bryant, who’s worked on some of the same GUMSHOE projects I...
View ArticleCthulhus Currently for Sale
Edit Ok, more Cthulhus available! They’re $22 including shipping to anywhere in the continental US, $18 + shipping to anywhere that I can ship them. I don’t have pics of the Dark Green Cthulhu but...
View ArticleThe Druid and the Elk (Pt. 1)
This post is in the Eldritch Icons project which will weave a narrative to supplant the 13 Icons of the Dragon Empire with more sinister icons born of Weird Fiction. Elk Over Druid Those who saw it...
View ArticleThe Druid and the Elk (Pt. 2)
The previous Eldritch Icons post for Yhoundeh described her conflict with the High Druid and gave a background on her description in literature. It introduced her strange connection to the powers of...
View ArticleThe Enchantress and the Priestess (Pt. 1)
This post is in the Eldritch Icons project which will weave a narrative to supplant the 13 Icons of the Dragon Empire with more sinister icons born of Weird Fiction. The Sacking of Santa Cora We had...
View ArticleThe Enchantress and the Priestess (Pt. 2)
In part one, we saw the fall of Santa Cora. The Priestess has not left like the Elf Queen. She is not at war like the High Druid. She is simply—missing. Possible ways the cathedral was destroyed: A...
View ArticlePrince of the Crawling Shadows (Pt. 1)
This post is in the Eldritch Icons project which will weave a narrative to supplant the 13 Icons of the Dragon Empire with more sinister icons born of Weird Fiction. When the Elf Queen departed, the...
View ArticlePrince of the Crawling Shadows (Pt. 2)
Following on to the introduction of the Prince of Crawling Shadows, let’s look at how he weakens the icons around him. While all others involve icon on icon conflicts, the Chaos is their sinister...
View ArticleDueling Lords of Decay (Pt. 1)
This post is in the Eldritch Icons project which will weave a narrative to supplant the 13 Icons of the Dragon Empire with more sinister icons born of Weird Fiction. As the chill graveyard air touched...
View ArticleDueling Lords of Decay (Pt. 2)
This post is in the Eldritch Icons project which will weave a narrative to supplant the 13 Icons of the Dragon Empire with more sinister icons born of Weird Fiction. See Part 1 for an introduction to...
View ArticleMy favorite D&D spell — Phantasmal Killer
For a little Monday fun, what's your favorite spell/weapon/tool in an RPG? Doesn't have to be D&D, but since that's the only one I played, mine comes from there. My favorite character was Anya...
View ArticleNeed to Read "Call of Cthulhu"? Listen to the H.P. Podcraft
So after years of knowing about Cthulhu, I finally decided last summer that I was going to read Lovecraft. I think my Neil Gaiman kick was the main catalyst. I got myself one of the anthologies and...
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