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He/Him. Novel THE SWORD TRIUMPHANT out May '25. Currently writing: Black Iron 4, A Different Unannounced Novel, Shires Out, Terraforming Mars rpg, other stuff.
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This reads like an entry in some dodgy equipment supplement for an off-brand Cyberpunk rpg.

Long but very interesting

(For clarity, this is a joke, not part of the Discourse, even though I have written more than 10 adventures.)

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Note to self: write an adventure where the PCs explore a dungeon, cross the desert of Amper, then fight a dragon.

One of the (few remaining) joys of social media is that you can occasionally glimpse whole other hitherto unknown-to-you vistas of memery and nerddom

This is the last thing the BBC needs

Never has this quote been more appropriate

I swear this always happens somewhere between 100k and 150k words

All I can think of is Frodo’s dream of Bilbo when they’re freezing to death on Caradhras. “I don’t think much of your diary, he said. Snowstorms on January the twelfth: there was no need to come back to report that!” Same applies to Arwen’s itinerary on June 16th.

Bloomsday

fall in love with your inner demons so maybe they’ll ghost you, too.

“To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.” Today is #Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922)! For the day that’s in it, we’re sharing Louis le Brocquy’s iconic portrait of the author.

James Joyce will return in Avengers: Bloomsday

The 'we're heading towards' bit makes me think that Graham's at the head of a mob, roaming the earth, now marching in my direction to demand tea and cosmic horror.