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I know I’ve told you all about Betsie Withey. Like when she was making my “Champagne Nebula” gown for an award nomination. Or when I hosted the “Art for Art” series on my blog, in which artists talked about how Betsie Withey’s fiber art inspired them (click through for parts One, Two, and Three). But I don’t know… Continue reading The Poison Garden Project

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I just want to remind you–and remind me, yikes, Carlos and I really need to buy our tickets!–that Carla Kissane‘s amazing, subversive, feminist Shakespeare Cabaret Whores and Weeping Women is next month. Next month! What’s not to love about this woman? …and, since beginning this blog last week, now I must say… it’s THIS MONTH! THIS MONTH! October… Continue reading Shakespeare Cabaret: Whores and Weeping Women

Friday Carlos 2pm—Magic . . . as a Character? Jennifer Brozek, Carlos Hernandez, Daniel Myers Settings are like characters, each with their own flavor and tone and quirks. But what about magic? Can you say the same for that? If so, how do you give magic its own personality? Claire 1 PM—Processes and Practices: Tracy Ross, C.S.E. Cooney, Toiya Kristen Finley What peculiar rituals and … Continue reading Origins Game Fair: Our Schedule

Carlos and I have been working all morning to upload a NEW ITERATION of Negocios Infernales to Roll20. Today’s special guest playtesters are Jeremy Cooney and Rhiannon Parker-Cooney, known collectively as “The Pooneys.” (LOL.) They are both Master Game Masters, who run multiple D&D games–live and on Roll20–and we are SO LUCKY to have them testing for us! We’re testing, among other things, a 2-person … Continue reading Today’s Playtest: THE GHOSTS KNOW ALL YOUR SINS

Carlos and I have GREAT NEWS! The fabulous people at Outland Entertainment have acquired our Table Top Role-Playing Game. It’s a GM-less, diceless, cooperative storytelling game, set in an alternate world called Gloriana (kind of like Spain in the breath before the Inquisition), and it uses a bespoke deck of 70 cards we created with art by Rebecca Huston! To receive our Infernal Newsletter, sign … Continue reading Negocios Infernales is Acquired By Outland!

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I’m having so much fun writing Salissay’s Laundries–or maybe, I should say, researching it–that I must simply share all my currently opened tabs on the subject. FOR POSTERITY. I’m currently almost 5000 words in, and probably just about halfway done. It will be one of the three new stories in my Dark Breakers collection, along with “Longergreen” and… Continue reading Salissay’s Laundries: Research Tabs (and Teasers)

Carlos and I have been working on the instruction deck—“La Baraja de Consejos”—to accompany our oracle deck “La Baraja del Destino” for our game Negocios Infernales. The seven sets of instructions are _almost_ done. We also want to add in an affirmation deck at the beginning of Consejos. Something like “You, player, are great! You can’t be wrong! When in doubt, trust the cards! The … Continue reading The State of the Game: Negocios Infernales, a New Build!

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Join the creators of GHOUL vol. II—an art zine with campy-horror vibes—for a reading of poetry, short stories, & an artists’ process talk! About this Event Join the contributors of?Ghoul vol. II?for a night of reading campy stories and poetry, talking process (both the artistic process and the business of zine-making), and showing off some really amazing art.… Continue reading Join us for GHOULSPEAK!

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Dear Fans of Horror and the Macabre, This Saturday night, March 27th, at 8 PM EST, is my pleasure to host NIGHTMARES UNEARTHED. Join us for a night of delicious dread! We will be summoning the collective perilous powers of six world-class horror writers–Zin E. Rocklyn, Cassandra Khaw, Mike Allen, Daniel Braum, Emma J. Gibbon, and Gordon B.… Continue reading This Saturday: Nightmares Unearthed!