Month: January 2022
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Nanodeities
A small god by Richard Tingley Have you seen my Twitter bot, @deitygalaxy? When the nose of Iohraï-ses, god of turtles in the hamlet of Nether Opthowichmoor-by-the-Water, grows significantly more turtle-like, it is usually a sign that they are feeling perceptive. Iohraï-ses is needy. Reply to him please? #Iohraïses #turtles — All the Deities […]
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The Book of Horkos
Your author and the Book of Horkos I wrote recently here about real-world magic. Bear with me skeptics (feel free to call it something more sciency if you prefer: perhaps “psychology” or “human nature” or “nudge theory”), for here is another powerful school of magic in the real world: the spell that is cast by […]
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A Middle-aged Man Returns to Viriconium
Viriconium comic, in German, by Dieter Judt Deep in work-work and in lieu of anything new to say, I’m rehashing this passage from my personal blog. When I discovered the OSR 18 months ago, it surprised and pleased me to discover how much influence M John Harrison (or at least his Viriconium sequence) seemed to have over the […]
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Learning to Draw Trees – and other news
While Mostly Harmless Meetings is nearly ready to go to print, I have launched a pre-launch page for my next Kickstarter project, Learning to Draw Trees, which will be part of ZiMo – #ZineMonth222. In other news, Peakrill Press now has a Twitter account. Also, the more eagle-eyed of you may have noticed that […]