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Self-Tweet of the Day, This Is Just ODD edition.

It’s not that somebody’s turning around and selling one of my books on Ebay at a 100% markup. It’s that it’s obvious what the book is selling for, and that it’s not out of print. You can even order GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND on Amazon today! Two day free shipping for Prime members!

I'm not going nuts here, right? I don't even mind. I just… the price is RIGHT THERE on the book cover. pic.twitter.com/QSx7ho7hrH

— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) March 13, 2025

Weird.

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Some Fermi Resolution Worldbook updates.

In

We’re almost at the stage of smoke tests, which will happen this weekend before I send surveys out. More here.The pre-order store is really and truly up now. Keep an eye out for maybe adding a coupon for a hardcover version of the book. (Note: the worldbook will be fulfilled by DriveThruRPG).I finished up the Mages’ Alliance stuff and put it up on Patreon. A version of that will show up in the adventure stretch goal.

So, busy day!

The FEAR ITSELF: SHATTERED VEIL Edition Crowdfunder.

Not Kickstarter or Backerkit; something European, I’m guessing because of their increasingly weird tax laws. Anyway, FEAR ITSELF: SHATTERED VEIL looks very promising – then again, it’s Pelgrane Press. I have the first edition, and it is cool, original, and very messed up, in an elevated sort of way. I still remember the Man in the Bar…

03/12/2025 Snippet, PICKMAN’S MODELS.

Tobias? Oh, he’s fine. Perfectly fine. Nothing wrong at all. Why do you ask?

…

“Yessir.” Buckley paused. “What do we do if they start surrendering, Boss?”

Tobias thought that was the funniest thing he had ever heard, but you tried not to laugh, these days. Too many people started, and never stopped. “We’ll figure it out then.” A thought occurred to him. “We’ll be busting out the prisoners soon, won’t we? They’ll have ideas.” Maybe just one giggle? No, still too risky, dammit. “Oh, I bet they will!”

The look on Buckley’s face was enough to make Tobias wonder if he had giggled anyway. “Right. So, hey, Boss: should we be looking for a communications room, or something? Check in with home that way? Get a chance to talk with everybody?”

The corporal seemed to be a little off right now, but that was still a great question. “Keep an eye out, but the people here probably didn’t have one. They were hiding, remember? Hiding from the War and just wanting to be left alone.” Tobias scowled. “Until the Red Imperials came. Then it didn’t matter what anybody wanted.”

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The SPINAL TAP II teaser trailer.

I am… not sure about this. Although going to see THIS IS SPINAL TAP itself in theaters this summer has its appeal.

Oh, who am I kidding? I have to go see the sequel. It’s part of the compact. As the saying goes: they pretend to be a band, and we pretend to be their fans. Nobody’s ever gonna accuse me of being a FAKE pretend fan.

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‘Whistles the Wind.’

Whistles the Wind, Flogging Molly

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The final NOVOCAINE trailer.

I’m going to be wincing for every second of NOVOCAINE. I know this. I accept it. I will likely go see it anyway.

Put ‘Milken Forts’ up on Patreon.

Edited it and made a PDF for it (see here). I’m going to be putting some more of the Fermi Resolution stuff I’ve been working over on Patreon, too. Mostly the new stuff will not be going into the worldbook, but there’s a couple of supplements that need text. And remember: I’m giving out a free month for my birthday! No obligation or opt-out, either. You can absolutely go in, binge-read the archives, and leave.

03/11/2025 Snippet, LE BETE.

Getting there! And that’s not the title, either. It’s just shorter.

At least Carteaux wasted no time. For a painter, he had some talent in getting his men on the march — and keeping them under something like control, too. More or less. Most of the buildings the demi-brigade set fire to were empty barns and storehouses. “We were not idle while your force was giving Le Bete the glove,” Carteaux told him over a (looted) supper, the first evening. “This area has been gleaned quite carefully. For the sake of the Revolution, of course.”

Joseph mused that he had never heard the name ‘Paris’ pronounced quite in that way before, and he had thrived in an atmosphere where the Revolution and the capital were typically considered to be one. “You left enough for the people here to grow crops next year, I trust?” he asked, and realized with a start that it might actually be a concern. The last year had seen an unfortunate number of requisitions and outright confiscations. Which was reason enough to finally put down this rebellion, before it unsettled the rest of France further.

“I’m sure that they will manage,” Carteaux replied, in far too easy a manner. “If they do not? Well. Once Le Bete is caught and stuffed on Robespierre’s wall, it will not matter if a few monarchists here and there have paltry harvests for a time. They should be grateful they did not get kisses from La Veuve, instead.”

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Tweet of the Day, Disney’s SHOWGIRLS Moment? edition.

Probably not. Hopefully not: the last thing anybody needs is SNOW WHITE becoming this strange cult classic. Still, this is… pretty hilarious, honestly. Malicious compliance, perhaps? Somebody in Costuming might have had Opinions.

They did not put her in Lord Farquaad's outfit https://t.co/SITxJaSPSS pic.twitter.com/VGky3ixzSC

— Steph Anie (@mynerdyhome) March 10, 2025

Via @DaddyWarpig.