Fool's Journey: A one-page horror screenplay
A horror screenplay that occupies a single page.
De minimis non curat Lex
The website of Alexander B. Joy (a.k.a. Lex Joy), writer and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature.
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Birdcall: A one-page horror screenplay
A horror screenplay that occupies a single page.
The Caves of Qud Reading List
A collection of the books that inspired the Caves of Qud mindset, aesthetic, and ethos.
On Zero-Player Games
Field notes for travelers in the under-explored and under-theorized world of zero-player games.
My new obsession: A horse-racing board game of pure luck
Someone recently introduced me a weird and wonderful little board game that has become my latest obsession. It's a game for 2-12 players where horses race on a track. Except that the players don't control the horses directly. Nor do they choose when and how to bet on said horses. Nor do they have any input whatsoever regarding how the game unfolds (though the proceedings are not deterministic –…
Why keep a two-sentence journal?
Reasons for keeping a two-sentence journal (or a journal of any other style).
The 16 teams you meet during March Madness
New tournament, same cast of characters.
The Flaxman Low Library Drive
Help put Flaxman Low: Occult Detective in your local or institutional library!
Georgy Ivanov's Geography of Paradox
An extensive examination of the Russian poet Georgy Ivanov's treatment of logic and paradox.
Toward a Legend of the River King Nuzlocke
Challenging new ways to play Legend of the River King.