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A new installment of THE BOLD MARAUDER is finally up!

A couple of days late, because I went to go see my mom. June is being a generally insanely busy month for me anyway. So, check out THE BOLD MARAUDER on Patreon!

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‘U Can’t Touch This.’

U Can’t Touch This, M.C. Hammer

He’s still doing all right.

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A Slow Fall Into Madness, Part 6. (Unfiltered)

Maybe finished?

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War, Deferred

For a while, it looked like the news that the entirety of Galactic civilization had been destroyed would act as a catalyst for lasting peace. The 2050s in particular were one of the least conflict-driven decades in human history, as nations actively sought to avoid wars and even skirmishes. It was widely feared at that time that the day of humanity’s reckoning had not yet come, and that the only way Earth could hope to survive would be by cooperation and unity. 

The problem was that this newfound desire for a united front was linked to a steady military buildup during the same time period. The average nation’s percentage of GDP dedicated to defense tripled between 2050 and 2076, with a large proportion of that dedicated to orbital kinetic energy weapon (KEW) defense. One of the first useful applications of Amalgamation technology was the introduction of reactionless drives. Terran scientists didn’t quite understand how they worked, but Terran engineers could build and repair them, which was the important thing. Every nation that could soon had a bristling array of KEWs in orbit, ready to attack any space armada that might come boiling out of charnel blackness of deep space.

(Truthfully, most people assumed that there was no way that humanity could survive the same kind of attacks that had murdered the Amalgamation. Even so, few were willing to go down quietly. Besides, there was always a chance, right?)

Unfortunately, by the early 2070s the early panic had begun to fade. The armadas had not shown up. Perhaps they would not, and that was a relief. But unity was still considered a desirable goal, in and of itself; and it was clear that the planet was still too disorganized, too fragmented. There needed to be a consolidation of resources, peoples, and polities. Peacefully, of course. As much as possible. Realistically possible.
And if not? Well. There were plenty of weapons.

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The 28 DAYS/WEEKS LATER Honest Trailer.

I kind of wish they had stopped at the first one. 28 DAYS LATER was excellent, but 28 WEEKS LATER required a few whacks from the Idiot Plot Stick to make it all work. Still, like Honest Trailers I know I’ll be going to see 28 YEARS LATER, so who is the idiot here, really?

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A Guide to My Stuff.

A Guide to my Stuff

First off: hi, I’m Moe Lane (I know, I know, but hopefully this gets passed around). I write fantasy, horror, and science fiction novels. I also do tabletop roleplaying games, or RPGs. I flatter myself that I’m good at them. Check out my Patreon if you want to give me money right away.

Novels:

Fermi Resolution (post-apocalyptic fantasy)

Conceit: in 2100 AD or so, humanity works out the laws of magic. Unfortunately, an idiot then downloads them to everybody’s cellphones, which promptly causes civilization to collapse. The series explores the results for the next nine centuries. Not grimdark!

Here are the books, in chronological order:

Tales From the Fermi Resolution, Volume 1: Shadow of the Tower . An anthology spanning the length of the timeline, from beginning to end. Features a chapter from Morgan Barod and a prequel to Frozen Dreams. Tales From the Fermi Resolution, Volume 2: Lights in the Darkness . Another anthology. Has a chapter from Banshee Beach (upcoming), and a Mildred Deckard story (the first one is found in TFR Volume 1). Morgan Barod : sword and sorcery in the wilds of New Jersey. Our hero is Conanesque, in the original Howardian sense (he wears whatever armor he can find, and actually has a functioning brain). Lots of affectionate jokes about New Jersey. Frozen Dreams : post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective fiction. My first novel! Tom Vargas is a Shamus in Cin City, the tinsel capital of the magical kingdom of New California. He Clears the Cases nobody else can. In this one, he needs to figure out how to prove the murderer wasn’t the murderer. Lots of affectionate jokes about movies. Lots. Tinsel Rain : sequel to Frozen Dreams. Tom Vargas is back, and trying to solve a series of magical murders before they tear the city apart. More jokes about movies, and more of a mystery, too.

Unfiltered (Science Fiction Cosmic Horror)

Conceit: we finally discover FTL travel, to discover that something murdered Galactic civilization in the Eighteenth century AD. We don’t know who did it, how they did it, why they did it, why they didn’t do it to us (because they knew we were there), and whether they’re ever coming back. Earth is gingerly trying to study the Tomb Worlds, even so. Terrifying corpse-planets or not, the technology is too enticing to ignore. Decidedly grimdark.

Here is the first book (an anthology is taking form):

Ghosts on an Alien Wind : a Cthulhu Mythos novel where the phrase ‘Cthulhu Mythos’ is nowhere to be found. Pam Tanaka is a pilot on a world everybody except her finds disquieting. When things start to go wrong, she is faced with a mystery that could end in her entire colony destroyed. It’s happened before. It’s probably happening somewhere else at that very moment, too.

Chapbooks: for these I take four of my stories from Patreon, pay an artist to draw pictures based on them, and then sell them. I like the intimacy of them.

Anagnorisis : four spooky stories. Illustrated by my mom! Revisionary : four Cthulhu Mythos stories. Decisions : a mixed bag, from Cthulhu Mythos to something that started out that way. Duties : a variety of stories, ranging from science fiction to straight-up fantasy Covenants : more spooky stories, including one from Unfiltered and a reverse Cthulhu Mythos tale.

Table-top RPGS:

Sourcebooks

Fermi Resolution Worldbook : Post-apocalyptic fantasy roleplaying, in the world of the Fermi Resolution. This is my first published worldbook. Available on DriveThruRPG, in both print and PDF form. Uses the GUMSHOE rules Unfiltered : science fiction cosmic horror roleplaying, in the world of Unfiltered. Not yet organized into a worldbook, but much is available on my Patreon.

Splatbooks

I’ve put together a bunch of PDFs, based on stuff from my website. Kind of a mixed bag of stuff:

Dangerous Associations : Groups! Some good, some bad, most dangerous to know either way. Dark History : A mixed bag of spooky stuff, suitable for Halloween. Perilous Locales : places for your players to go to, and hopefully come back from. Tomes of Unusual Knowledge : a variety of books for your TTRPG campaign. Some of them may even be best described as Forbidden.

Links:

My Patreon (stories and gaming material) My Amazon Page (buy my stuff!) My DriveThruRPG Page (buy my stuff!) My Subreddit (gaming material) My website (you can have my blog when you pry it from my cold, dead hands) My Substack (monthly update newletter) My Ko-Fi (give me money!) My Linktree (redundant)

Enjoy!

We all know that this Antarctica story is nonsense, right?

Just in case: if researchers ever find symbol-etched, heated black sarcophagi in Antarctica, they’re not going to just put them back where they found them. They don’t do that. They certainly don’t only tell a site called ‘Daily Galaxy.’

Scientists in Antarctica unearthed 4 strange black sarcophagi—etched with symbols and emitting heat. Global teams are baffled. What’s inside?https://t.co/wlLmQgwtVG pic.twitter.com/NruR3UL9WY

— Antarctic News (@AntarcticaNews) June 11, 2025

“At The Mountains of Madness” is one of my favorite HPL stories, too. …Actually, if you do: try “Notes from the 2078 United Nations Antarctic Archeological Survey.” It was fun to write.

Moe Lane

#commissionearned

‘Down the Road.’

Down the Road, Stan Rogers

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Either the start of a cold, or I need sleep.

The symptoms are not dissimilar for me. So… bed it is, then. And I need to work on my time management.

Oh. They sold Nexus Mods.

That’s gonna be interesting.

NexusMods has been sold. pic.twitter.com/iTFrVAcSOW

— Vara Dark (@Vara_Dark) June 16, 2025

(Via @DaddyWarpig) No indication as to who bought it, or for how much, which is gonna be even more interesting. It’d be worth something, for sure: Nexus Mods is easily the most popular modder resource. Guess we’ll see if that translates to Time to monetize it into the ground!

Tweet of the Day, AI Dashes Itself Against The Terror And Glory That Is @Zodiac_MF.

LLMs ain’t sapient yet, my droogies. Not by a long shot.

https://t.co/9rDfUyDXdm pic.twitter.com/ny1aFf2DPk

— ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER (@ZODIAC_MF) June 16, 2025