The latest episode, “The Souls of the Heathens,” is now available on Patreon! Our intrepid investigators continue searching for clues around Oxford, meet the late professor’s next of kin, and solve their first puzzle. There’s a free preview below the cut.
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New Patreon Post/The Well Below the Valley, Episode 5
Leather seats, a modern suspension, and we’re not being shelled. What more could you ask for?
Kurt Cross, on the Ford Model T
Our intrepid investigators pile into a car and drive to Oxford University in the latest episode, now available on Patreon. What happened on Professor Ragnarsson’s ill-fated field expedition, and what did he find there? Only one way to find out! Sign up for Patreon and help me keep writing and providing for my cats for only $3 a month.
New Patreon Post/ The Well Below the Valley, Episode 4
The latest episode of The Well Below the Valley is now available on Patreon! It has some character backstory, some noir monologues, and some tomes of forbidden knowledge.
New Patreon Post/ The Well Below the Valley, Episode 3
“The Deep has claimed him. Mark my words, it will soon be revealed that [Professor Ragnarsson’s] death was closely tied to the sea and its foul inhabitants.”
Nigel Blackthorne, gentleman occultist
The latest episode of The Well Below the Valley is now available on Patreon. A free preview is below the cut:
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The second episode is called “Flora and Fauna,” and it introduces the last people Professor Ragnarsson contacted: Kurt Cross and Ellie Westmont of Sunset Investigations, and Ernest Wilde, a botanist at the University of London. It also offers the first glimpse into the Cthulhu Mythos and reveals how exactly the professor died.
Once again, this is a script for a ~20-minute episode of an audio drama I hope to one day produce. It is annotated with explanations of references, foreshadowing, and a few illustrations just for fun. It is available only on Patreon, but a free preview is below the cut:
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It’s finally here! The script for the first episode, “The Books of the Dead,” is available as a PDF download on Patreon. If you’re not a subscriber, it’s only $3 a month. Currently, Patreon is the only place to find this particular project.
While I one day hope to produce it as an audio drama, the script is something of an art object in itself. Here are a few pages as a preview:
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I am starting a new project!
(“But don’t you have enough projects?” Yes. Yes, I do. Let’s not talk about that.)
Continue reading “Announcement: The Well Below the Valley”On a rainy morning in 1922, an archaeologist is found dead in a London hotel room. At first, it is assumed his death was a natural one, but questions soon arise:
Who has been following the professor around Oxford?
What happened on his last field expedition, which was cut short and declared a failure?
What became of his crew?
And how did he drown, miles from the harbor and with no other sources of water nearby?
In a world still living under the shadow of the Great War, four intrepid investigators must discover the secret Professor Ragnarsson was murdered to keep, and learn that the world is darker and more terrible than they could ever have imagined–and that they are the only things standing between the earth and its total destruction.
Introduction to The Well Below the Valley
Shameless Self-Promotion Week: The Well Below the Valley
Did you know that in addition to the serial novels I’ve posted, I also write adventure modules for tabletop games? Today, I want to show you The Well Below the Valley, a campaign-length adventure for the Call of Cthulhu RPG system. It has puzzles, mysteries, historical intrigue, and eldritch horror for you and your players, and is beginner-friendly!
It also contains many elements of a good story, such as steam trains, magic spells, libraries, and manuscripts, such as this one, translated by the late Professor Ragnarsson:
“On the feast day of Mary Magdalene in the year of Our Lord 795, a party of Northmen descended upon us like wolves in the night. The heathens slew Brother Conn and Brother Faendelach and plundered all the gold from the altar and the scriptorium.
And I the unworthy Brother Bran begged the Northmen to spare us with the promise of greater riches to the north at the hollow island. They departed with their plunder and they will not return.
I fear I have done the unforgivable and I pray God might have mercy on our humble souls and on the souls of the heathens.”
Intrigued? Start from the beginning here.
It’s Shameless Self-Promotion Week! Tell me what you’re working on in the comments! Links and excerpts are encouraged.
Chapter Four: A Home Without Joy (Part Two)
The investigators have arrived at last at the seat of the cult’s power: the hollow island in the North sea. Already, the Great Mother’s servants are gathering, and they will stop at nothing to prevent our intrepid heroes from ending their evil and saving the world.
In Part One of this chapter, the investigators procured transportation and sailed to the island, hiding their boat and making their way over the jagged rocks to the underground temple. Armed with the spell in the Westmont Text, and possibly some explosives obtained in Dublin, they must now enter the temple and seal the Mother’s well for good.
(All page numbers refer to the Seventh Edition of the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook, published 2015 by Chaosium, Inc. I am in no way affiliated with Chaosium or the writers of the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game system. Content notes for this chapter: eldritch horror, cult activity, forced drugging, abduction, monstrous pregnancy and miscarriage, explosions, and geographic destruction.)
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Omnia, “The Well”
Happy Monday!
This week, The Well Below the Valley will finally reach its conclusion. It’s been fun revisiting this campaign and preparing it for posting, but all good (or horrible, eldritch) things must come to an end. Part Two of Chapter Four will post on Wednesday, and all the appendices will also be completed. The module in its entirety will continue to be available for future perusal under the “Read my writing tab” at the top of the page. I’m happy for Keepers of Arcane Lore or other tabletop game masters to use it, in whole or in part, as long as you give me credit.
I will see you on Wednesday!
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