Queer Fantasy and Weird Tales for the People
“Some of us are still alive,” says Isabel, “for the moment.”
“We’ll see how long that lasts.”
The Book of the New Moon Door
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In this episode, the stakeout of Milton’s Rare Books goes immediately awry, and our investigators have their first taste of real magic (and it’s not great for them). You can download the annotated PDF on Patreon, and you can check out a free preview below the cut.
The Well Below the Valley is the script for an audio drama based on my module of the same name for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game system. If you’re not worried about spoilers, you can check out the module here.
Continue reading “New Patreon Post/ The Well Below the Valley, Episode 11”Khalim wanted to pray, but there was no one to listen. Once, he had carried a god with him, and though he did not ask for much, whatever he had asked for had been granted to him–safety, reassurance, and the power to heal. With these gifts, he’d had nothing to fear. Nothing could harm him in any way that mattered.
He should never have left the city.
Interlude Four: The Land of Ghosts
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Its clothes are rags, filthy with grave dust, and one of its eyes is a hollow socket. Yellowed bones show through both bare forearms.
It is very dead, and it isn’t alone.
The Book of the New Moon Door
We are still in the thick of the zombie apocalypse. You can read this chapter on Patreon now, or wait until next week for it to appear on the blog. In my view, all readers are good readers, especially you.
Her huge, sunken eyes blinked twice as she gave me a blank stare. “The serpent provides all we need,” she said at last.
Chapter XXXI: Black Desert Night
Eske is just trying to get to the sea, but trouble finds him wherever he goes, this time in the form of a strange person remarkably unperturbed about being fed to a giant serpent. You can read this chapter right now on Patreon (a subscription is only $3 a month), or wait until next week for it to make its appearance here on the blog.
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In this episode, Iskandar runs into some trouble for his extracurricular investigations, Kurt and Ellie prepare for a road trip, and Ernest walks into a trap. Thanks for being patient while I worked on getting this episode out! If you’re a subscriber, you can download the annotated PDF on Patreon, and if you’re still making up your mind, you can check out the free preview below the cut. Next month will be the conclusion of the murder mystery portion (Chapter One of the module), and we’ll get going on the cosmic horror.
Continue reading “New Patreon Post/ The Well Below the Valley, Episode 10”He’s got nothing against the gods. He fought in one of their names for years. But they take their own sweet time to get around to helping their faithful, and he’d much rather rely on tangible things that work on schedule. Such as a firearm.
The Book of the New Moon Door
The latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door, featuring a desperate fight against a horde of zombies, is now available on Patreon.
As I pressed on, the voice grew louder, and its cries formed a few words I recognized: desert and full moon, sandstorm and devourer—the last a term that Kelebek had used to describe the tempest we had encountered in the southern ocean.
Chapter XXX: The Sea of Dust
Good morning! Eske is off on another adventure, and you can read about it right now on Patreon, or wait until next week when it moves over here.
The battering on the doors has grown more insistent, an arrhythmic roll of a huge, flat drum. A trickle of old blood, embalming fluid, and gods know what else creeps underneath the nearer side. Isabel can smell them, the unmistakable miasma of rot, sickness, and cold, damp earth.
The Book of the New Moon Door
Berend and Isabel’s day continues to get worse. You can have a little zombie apocalypse, as a treat, by reading this chapter on Patreon.
West, then—as the river turned away toward the sea, and the distant peak of Mount Abora faded into memory, I pursued the setting sun through monsoon-flooded lowlands. Somewhere far to the north lay Phyreios, sleeping quietly under the watchful eye of its god, the mines empty and quiet; farther still stood the land of my birth, winter spreading over it like a cloak.
Chapter XXIX: Caravanserai
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