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The following entries are descriptions I wrote up for a party of characters I used in a Krevborna one-shot adventure in which all members were part of Sir Aubrek Salazar's retinue of "problem solvers." I like how they turned out, so I thought I might as well post them here for posterity. Angelique Oleander Backstory: Angelique Oleander is a Polnezna woman who grew up in a wandering clan caravan.…
I realized I hadn't posted this yet. This is the map I made of Braelin, the starting town of the current Krevborna campaign.
I hate to ask people for favors, or for anything really, but if you're read and enjoyed Ornamental Women , it would help me out tremendously if you rated or reviewed my novel! You can do so on Amazon , Goodreads , and Storygraph . Or make a post on social media about it, write something up for a blog if you have one, or (most importantly) recommend it to someone you think would like it. I'm an…
We did another "level-up" session for the ongoing Krevborna game. Here's what the players grabbed for their characters: Anastasia took the New Power edge, gaining Relief and Dispel (and Smite from studying the Book of Carrion Winds) Dario took the Formation Fighter edge Johanna increased her Agility to a d8. Ulu took the New Power edge, gaining Environmental Protection and Arcane Protection (and…
Things that brought me delight in July, 2026: Neurosis, An Undying Love for a Burning World I honestly wasn't sure we'd ever get another album from Neurosis, but An Undying Love for a Burning World is a worthy addition to their lengthy catalog. The band's signature sludgy, doomy, post-metal heft remains intact, but the record also displays an incredibly varied textural palette; everything from…
I had planned to make a mix a month for all of 2026, but nobody seemed to listen to the mix for last May, so I fell off on that. Some projects get left by the wayside.
The Friday night Krevborna campaign continued, this time with a special guest joining for the evening. Characters Dario Diego Durant, swashbuckling swordsman Doctor Anastasia Nadya Strahov, a gun-priest Ulu, the party's urska mom Varro, a young snow elf bearing a magical sword Morwenna, harpy devotee of St. Vionka Johanna, lycan bard and fallen noble Routh, cauldronborn servant of the Graymalks…
Bad Books for Bad People, Episode 95: Dragonwyck Anya Seton is a grande dame of historical fiction, a reputation earned by novels like Dragonwyck, her 1944 gothic romance. Join Jack and Kate as they explore the dark corridors and even darker history of a 19th Century Hudson Valley manor home. What are some warning signs that you’re in for a rough ride with a romance protagonist? How many times…
Since these guys have popped up a few times in the current Krevborna campaign, I thought I should add them to the world-building blog posts. If it wasn't obvious from what follows, the cauldronborn are Krevborna's answer to the idea of "orcs." Cauldronborn As a last-ditch tactic in their war to push mankind out of their territory, the aelvani submerged their human prisoners of war in magical…
Ornamental Women , my debut Gothic Fantasy novel, has been out for just about two months now, so I'd like to offer a little something to everyone who bought a print copy: a silly bookmark drawn by yours truly. (If you bought an ebook copy, I still love you, but you won't need a physical bookmark for that, right?) Anyway, here's the bookmark: The bookmark is a doodle depicting Serafina, the "Angel…
