Compromise and Conceit
Infernal adventuring…
Category: Horror
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I have written a fanfic short story set in the world of 28 Years Later, which you can read at Fanfic.net. It incorporates the lore of the three movies (28 days, 28 weeks, 28 years), and all the main elements of the most recent movie, along with my criticisms of that movie, to build a…
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Update [2025/12/28] I have written a short, freely-available novella exploring the world of 28 Years Later, building on my criticisms and observations from this review. If you appreciate my perspective on the movie, consider visiting Royal Road to read the story, and my other work there. I took time out of my busy weekend bludging…
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The other day I aimlessly chose a movie to watch at the local cinema, and settled on The Substance, which I somehow mistakenly thought was a psychological thriller with a fantastic or horror element. I don’t know where I got that idea from, but the poster certainly did not give away that it is a…
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Crooked Timber has a typically weak post up about the new horrors in Gaza, which has descended into a debate about whether (I kid you not) Corbyn has condemned Hamas enough, the DSA (some tiny fringe group in the USA) has condemned Hamas enough, and how hard it is to have an opinion about a…
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The Wrathbreakers have visited the Lambent Cays and met the Gull, from whom they received some further clues about the secret activities of the Deep Cult. They had considered traveling from Pearl Reach to Jasper at the Southernmost tip of the Lambent Cays, but something happened to change their plans. Itzel had placed a folded…
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The Wrathbreakers are traveling the Outriders looking for the retired dwarven adventurer known as the Gull. They visited a seastead called the Bones, where they learnt that she is living in a remote island chain called the Lambent Cays, but were told that it is not possible for non-dwarves to visit those islands, so they…
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The Ur-bone Description: A fragment of bone from an unknown creature, likely human but possibly not. Greyed and mildewy, with a rotten smell. Anyone who touches it will immediately know it is vile. Effect: When used as a wand or focus for deep magic, increases the range and power of spells that animate or activate…
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Insertion The four agents of Section M stand in the cabin of the rickety old French plane, surveying the darkened French countryside. Since they left Paris the weather has changed rapidly from gloomy May skies to a rapidly growing storm, with furious winds buffeting the plane and heavy rain covering the picturesque landscape of the…
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Some years ago now I played in a World of Darkness campaign set in a near-future world where McCain was president and a secret conspiracy was slowly pulling the world into an evil and hellish future. I played a washed-up communist called John Micksen, who served the Winter Queen and had found magic (he eventually…
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Day 1 HUMAN SLAVE KNOWLEDGE IN THE BLOOD MINE MINE THIRTEEN NIGHTS, TEN AND THREE THE HORRORS BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD IS LIES It has me prisoner. My guards enslaved. It speaks in my mind. It cannot write but it knows what writing is, it has seen our kind before. It tells me my fate. I…
Compromise and Conceit 