Statistics for the creature in The Ebony Frame.
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The Room in the Tower by E.F. Benson
A third story about a haunted painting *** It is probable that everybody who is at all a constant dreamer has had at least one experience of an event or a sequence of circumstances which have come to his mind in sleep being subsequently realized in the material world. But, in my opinion, so far…
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The Ebony Frame by E. Nesbit
To be rich is a luxurious sensation—the more so when you have plumbed the depths of hard-up-ness as a Fleet Street hack, a picker-up of unconsidered pars, a reporter, an unappreciated journalist—all callings utterly inconsistent with one’s family feeling and one’s direct descent from the Dukes of Picardy. When my Aunt Dorcas died and left…
Read More30 Monsters for November – Hysteria
I wanted to write up a Demon of Hysteria for this episode, but it turns out I had a spare one from years ago, and they match perfectly.
Read MoreCloacina: Two Faces of Venus of the Sewers
The one representation we have of the shrine of Cloacina indicates it had two figures upon it. They are both, apparently, Cloacina. I had thought I’d do faerie queen who was the protrectress of the discarded – the two faces being a Cthonic monster (the Queen of Sable Rivers) and a faerie godmother (The Keeper of…
Read MoreGolgothan Dancers
Minor creatures, released from Hell for a foolish soul. Their relatively powerlessness and lack of physical detail are in deliberate mockery of the artist who sacrificed everything to give his painting life.
Read MoreNational Game Design Month: 30 posts in 30 days
For the next 30 days, the goal is to put up a post a day, filling in statistics for creatures that were described, but not numerically defined, in earlier episodes of the podcast. I may well fail, but we’ll see how it goes. These posts won’t make it intact into the podcast: they are supplemental…
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The Golgotha Dancers by Manly Wade Wellman
I had come to the Art Museum to see the special show of Goya prints, but that particular gallery was so crowded that I could hardly get in, much less see or savor anything; wherefore I walked out again. I wandered through the other wings with their rows and rows of oils, their Greek and…
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The Witch by Mary Colridge
A little bonus episode for Hallowee’n. I have walked a great while over the snow, And I am not tall nor strong. My clothes are wet, and my teeth are set, And the way was hard and long. I have wandered over the fruitful earth, But I never came here before. Oh, lift me…
Read MoreSeptember is the subtlest of months
I’m not sure why this didn’t go live properly…so here’s a link for September’s GFF collated notes. Thanks for spotting it Daniel! GFF Sep 2018 (1)
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Games From Folktales 