For those who wish to remake films like John Carpenter’s The Thing—or any more films for that matter—climb in the Sarco Pod (pictured below) turn it on and think about your decision.
Go ahead. We’ll wait…
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What I’m learning from an IndieGoGo failing audiobook campaign (with three days left).
1. Never start a campaign during a mercury retrograde period.
2. Scams. I had people pledging thousands of dollars and pulling the deposits days later—all
scammers. IndieGoGo doesn’t police or enforce this. My emails were flooded with solicitations.
3. Crowdfunding is really just pre-sales for those that have the following. I don’t.
4. I did everything myself so I’m not a creator, I’m a crowdfund manager. Take gun; insert in mouth.
5. I’m too old to create media and manage a campaign. I like the idea of making videos but the process had to be pieced out and I hate Fiver and Upstart (Upset).
This just in 🚨[breaking]
Every time I post one of these I receive a community note telling me it’s total bullshit.
A community note to the community note: I don’t post these because I believe they are true, I post them as ideas for writing fiction and ttrpg scenarios.
Thank you
In the heart of the Yucatán there are ruins and strange secrets. Carlos and Abuelo strap into a custom-built Ford Fiesta and gun it into the illegal rally of a lifetime, into the Chicxulub crater and even deeper into dangerous territory.
The copilot: Abuelo, Carlos’ mysterious grandfather—stoic, unbreakable, with cobalt-blue bottles that hold alchemical secrets, a magic of the old ways and old gods.
Carlos must face a cartel with an army of mercenaries and ultra-tech weaponry, a shan-witch cult hungry for hosts, an undead Mayan lich rising from the ruins of Tikal, and Ollie, whose superior Porsche hides something monstrous.
Solar storms fry the gauges and blue glyphs form HUDs on the dashboard, the Aberrant System awakens: no logout, no respawn. Driving becomes an intense struggle for survival.
Carlos must outrun the horrors of the jungle, outwit the cartel, escape the seductive embrace of the witch cult, rescue his grandfather, and outmaneuver his arch-nemesis to snatch victory from the hungry jaws of the Yucatan.
#litrpg
#LITRPG#español#Mexico#Yucatan
En el corazón de Yucatán acechan ruinas y secretos extraños. Carlos y su abuelo se suben a un Ford Fiesta armado a mano y aceleran a fondo en la carrera ilegal de su vida, directo al cráter de Chicxulub y aún más profundo en territorio peligroso.
El copiloto: el abuelo de Carlos, un hombre misterioso —imperturbable, indestructible, con botellas de cobalto que guardan secretos alquímicos, una magia de los viejos caminos y los antiguos dioses.
Carlos debe enfrentarse a un cártel con un ejército de mercenarios y armamento ultra-tecnológico, un culto de brujas shan hambriento de huéspedes, un lich maya no-muerto que emerge de las ruinas de Tikal, y Ollie, cuyo Porsche superior oculta algo monstruoso.
Tormentas solares funden los medidores y glifos azules forman interfaces en el parabrisas: el Sistema Aberrante despierta. Sin salida. Sin reaparición. Conducir se convierte en una lucha desesperada por sobrevivir.
Carlos tiene que dejar atrás los horrores de la selva, burlar al cártel, escapar del abrazo seductor del culto de brujas, rescatar a su abuelo y superar a su archienemigo para arrebatar la victoria de las fauces hambrientas de Yucatán.
This is cool but give me a f☠️cking break with the “Oh my gosh, it’s the end of Hollywood” bullsh💩 t already.
I don’t like Hollywood either anymore.
But thr Bytedance Psy-ops
Bullsh💩t…
Just make thing and let it stand on its own merits and shut up about it.
1. Old School Revival (#OSR) / Dungeon-Crawl Mode: This style emphasizes procedural challenge and player agency.
The game world is treated as a logical, often hostile environment where outcomes are determined by dice rolls and in-world logic.
Character death is a REAL possibility, and success comes from clever tactics, preparation, and resource management—not narrative protection.
This mode draws from early D&D's roots, where the focus was on survival, exploration, and overcoming obstacles through skill and luck, not personal heroism.
2. Heroic Fantasy / Main Character Mode: This style prioritizes NARRATIVE-DRIVEN play and player agency within a story.
Here, the DM often acts as a facilitator of the players’ personal fantasies, ensuring the PCs are central to the plot and their survival is prioritized.
Character death is rare unless narratively compelling, and mechanics are often adjusted to support a satisfying heroic journey.
This mode aligns with modern D&D (especially 5th Edition), where the story unfolds around the PCs, and their actions have world-shaking consequences.
These two modes represent a spectrum: one rooted in challenge and randomness, the other in narrative and protection. The key distinction lies not just in dungeon structure, but in the DM’s role—whether as a neutral arbiter (OSR) or a story architect (Heroic Fantasy).
I prefer...
#grimdark#swordandsorcery
Darkhold Nocturne is a grimdark sword & sorcery novella.
Darkhold Nocturne is much like Earth, but it's a dying world, no longer rich in resources--especially metal--used to forge weapons which have kept the nine houses in check.
With the demise of the Dark Emperor all the nine houses are rise up, fighting for survival. It is war!
House of the Scythe, is under attack as all houses vie for power, for not to fight is to be crushed underfoot.
In a dying-sun world of rust and ruin, where the last free citadels cling to crumbling cliffs, one battle-scarred sorcerous scholar becomes a seeker of The Lost Scrolls of the Spider Prince and descends into the sunken Lost Library of Alexandros to claim—or destroy—a throne that devours its heirs.
•A rooftop chase amidst the spires of Phanteros
•Sorcerous betrayal—and revenge!
•Nine siblings clashing for a vacant throne
•A prison break in a meteor storm
•A demonic weapon made from a fallen meteorite—cursed steel that screams for blood. The Demon Glaive dominates the wielder’s flesh with black demonic scales, it grows every day taking over the cursed wielder.
•Low magic, high violence, zero redemption
Amidst the decadence and decay of Darkhold Nocturne a the Spider Prince is framed and imprisoned in a great black tower by the sea, but on one fateful night the Lucifer Stones bombard the city.
He escapes and seeks the Scrolls of the Spider Prince, a treatise on sorcery, espionage, and battle so that he may exact revenge on his scheming brother, Scorpios--the one who had him imprisoned.
The scrolls lie in an old library turned dungeon, now sunk in the shifting sands of a great desert. There they lie, guarded by She Who Must Be Obeyed, the white spider goddess.
Within the scrolls are a demonic rite to merge oneself with the Gauntlet and the Glaive, a powerful, screaming, metallic weapon possessed by a demon that must be paid in blood.
The prince races to save his old love, Lady Scarlet, before she too falls prey to the poison of Scorpios and before the power of the Demon Glaive overtakes him completely!
If you've never watched my Director's Chair series, Full episodes are starting to be published on the @ElReyNetwork YouTube channel! You can dive right into episode 1 of the series with legendary Director John Carpenter. It’s a Masterclass in filmmaking!
Watch it here 🎬 https://t.co/jNzMwNwkzX
#ElReyNetwork #JohnCarpenter #TheDirectorsChair
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Hit 2026 with cosmically caffeinated horror vibes!
Necro-Dreams of R'lyeh by August Rider
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Hit 2026 with cosmically caffeinated horror vibes!
Necro-Dreams of R'lyeh by August Rider
Sign up for preview samples and chapters, t-shirts, coffee, plushies, coffee, TTRPG supplements and more!
Link in Bio
Cover: @augustdoesever1