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September 27, 2020
09/27/2020 Snippet, IMPURITIES.
It’s finished — and now has a new title, because the old one gave far too much away. Came out pretty good, I think. You’ll be able to read it on Patreon.
Patreon!The police did not find me at the Pierce farm. Instead, they found me at the merrily-burning warehouse that had formerly illicitly hosted the Unnameable Still. I made no attempts to evade what I had done, and made sure to direct them back to the farm, on the off chance somebody hadn’t noticed the fire and gunplay (as it turned out, they had). I also made sure to tell them about the catalyst, the goo — particularly the goo — and that David had murdered three people before I maced him in self-defense and set the fire myself. Oh, I spoke at some length, and very, very freely.
And here I am, doing it again. Why? Because obviously I am mad. No sane person would have tried to make illegal alcohol using obscure magical texts, then claim how a rash of recent disappearances and deaths were all due to a malevolent goo! Clearly I am a maniac of some sort — although I insist that I am not a homicidal maniac — who snapped under the strain and who must be institutionalized for her own protection. I’m even confessing to all of it!
So lock me up. Have the doctors poke at me, work out what drama or trauma made me this way. It’s fine. It’s all perfectly fine. I won’t mind. Because I must be insane.
I absolutely must be.
September 26, 2020
Expect an announcement on October 1st.
It’s gonna be one of those ‘a thing is going to happen at a later date’ announcements, so don’t clear the calendar or anything. But in the meantime, sign up for my mailing list! Everybody says I gotta build that sucker up.
Book of the Week: BOUNDLESS.
Dagnabbit, Jack Campbell. Yes, you know you can charge fifteen bucks for the Kindle version of Boundless. But do you need to prove it?
Oh, well, maybe they’ll reduce the price later. It’s preorder, after all.
The JR “BOB” DOBBS & THE CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS’ Trailer.
I was in the Church of the SubGenius in my twenties, which is an incredibly ridiculous way of putting it. I mean, it’s not like they made me go to services or not get enough protein in my diet. Although there is I think a tape of me at one SubGenius event doing the entire testimonial schtick and asking at the end, “Where are my Stark Fists of Removal?!?”
Anyway, gotta put this trailer for the documentary up. Fair warning: it’s going to be a bit… odd.
09/26/2020 Snippet, THE THING IN MY HIP FLASK.
Almost there! Won’t stop writing itself! Bullets can’t kill it!
Patreon!The path to the Pierce farm may have been alarming in dusk or dawn, and even more so during the day; but during full night the trip thoroughly wrecked my equilibrium. I did not feel like I was being watched. I simply knew it, and that knowledge dripped fight-or-flight hormones into my system until I was jangled and half-nauseous by the time I pulled up at the farm. I saw David’s pickup truck, there — and one or two others, which suggested that he had confederates in whatever mad scheme he had going.
It was at just at the point where I realized that perhaps stealth should have been called for that the flashlight came out of the night, painfully illuminating the inside of my car. I blinked and raised my hand to ward off the light — and by the time I thought about doing anything else, there was David. He had attached the flashlight to some sort of rifle, and the barrel was pointed right at me.
“Get out, Cassie,” he said. “Let’s not make this any worse than it has to be.”
September 25, 2020
Finally did the Kickstarter game session tonight.
I think it went well. People seemed to laugh a lot, at least. But it’s always nerve-wracking to do a game for total strangers except for one of your old friends, who you are desperately trying to not embarrass in front of their regular gaming group. Still, again, I think it went well.
Knock on wood.
New @HPLHS DART (THE CURSE OF YIG) available for pre-order!
Rocking.
Oh NICE:
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) September 25, 2020
Dark Adventure Radio Theatre – The Curse of Yig https://t.co/lI5lBvqZA6
Yig’s a favorite of mine. At least, my version of Yig is a favorite of mine. My version is also considerably more chill than HPL’s, mind you.
Tweet of the Day, Is This A Sign Of The Apocalypse… edition.
…or am I just being a snob?
If you had to pick one for the whole weekend…
— Pabst Blue Ribbon (@PabstBlueRibbon) September 25, 2020
(OG is always good for all the time, so we excluded) pic.twitter.com/DbGScx0dIu
Or both, sure. Both makes sense. Still, if the people drinking Pabst these days are mostly hipsters, why shouldn’t that company try to hit that demographic? That demographic is keeping their company afloat!
And yet.
