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A monstrously large horde of rulebooks, supplements, and sourcebooks for Trail of Cthulhu, the tabletop roleplaying game of eldritch Cthulhu Mythos investigations using the GUMSHOE System from Pelgrane Press.

Bundle of Holding: Trail of Cthulhu MEGA

Smile, Smile, Smile

Mar. 16th, 2026 09:18 am
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Five benefits to a thermonuclear war.

Smile, Smile, Smile

Visiting with Grandma

Mar. 15th, 2026 11:34 pm
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Definitely click through on this one.
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The Secrets of Story

Mar. 15th, 2026 09:01 pm
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The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers by Matt Bird

A how-to-write book. Despite the title, mostly for TV and movie writers, down to and including explaining that a prose writer has it easier.

Nevertheless, some useful ideas, particularly about irony, such as the character's flaw should be a flip-side of a strength to add reason to not want to fix it. None of the jargon was impenetrable.

Paul R. Ehrlich is dead

Mar. 15th, 2026 10:31 pm
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Finally.

Interestingly, although he died a couple of days ago, I couldn't find a news article to which I felt comfortable linking.

vignettes

Mar. 15th, 2026 11:50 am
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This week's prompt is:
trick ðŸŽ©

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart

Mar. 15th, 2026 11:44 am
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Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me save that thou art.
Read more... )

Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore

Mar. 15th, 2026 08:50 am
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Hodge would like nothing better than to study American history. Be careful what you wish for.

Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore
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Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

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Seven books new to me: four fantasies, one science fantasy, one science fiction, and I am not sure how to categorize the Shepard. At least three are series books.

Books Received, March 7 — March 13


Poll #34364 Books Received, March 7 — March 13
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 41


Which of these look interesting?

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The Lion and the Deathless Dark by Carissa Broadbent (July 2026)
5 (12.2%)

Teach Me to Prey by Jenni Howell (December 2026)
0 (0.0%)

Heart of Thieves by Jessica S. Olson (September 2026)
0 (0.0%)

The Dagger in Vichy by Alastair Reynolds (October 2025)
17 (41.5%)

Crows and Silences by Lucius Shepard (December 2024)
16 (39.0%)

Engines of Reason by Adrian Tchaikovsky (September 2026)
22 (53.7%)

The Heart of the Reproach by Adrian Tchaikovsky (July 2025)
16 (39.0%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.4%)

Cats!
26 (63.4%)

A Christopher Brookmyre checklist

Mar. 14th, 2026 09:22 am
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I know my site is down. Giving it an hour before I pester the host.

Meanwhile Read more... )

recasting

Mar. 13th, 2026 10:54 pm
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All right, that was the problem. I had overdramatized a scene. If I cut down the obstacle to size, she will get by without so much pother, and it will not create a lump in the tale.

look at the paragraphs

It's amazing how difficult pulling a bit out can be.

The Snake Prince and Other Stories

Mar. 13th, 2026 04:02 pm
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The Snake Prince and Other Stories: Burmese Folk Tales by Edna Ledgard

A varied collection. I think a little overwritten, but the tales are a new slice, fitting a new culture. Fairy tales, including a kind and unkind girls featuring a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and a unique take on burning the skin of the shape-shifted: the Naga prince is not killed but he is rendered mortal to live and grow old and die with his bride.

Also tales of fools and clever men, and animal tales.

Most are recognizable types, but not close to other variants.
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Is the current location of our Solar System the reason no one's coming to visit?

One More Reason the Aliens Might Be Avoiding Us

The Language of Liars by S L Huang

Mar. 13th, 2026 09:08 am
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A linguist goes undercover to unravel a xenological puzzle whose answer is in plain view.

The Language of Liars by S L Huang

Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson

Mar. 12th, 2026 09:10 am
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John Brown's body lies a-moldering in a very different grave in a very different North America.

Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson

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