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Stu Sellens
@johnnylogmar.bsky.social
(He/Him) The eclectic optometrist. Author of the ENNIE award winning 'Host and Hostility'. Podcaster. Has two cats.
2025 in books: I didn't read as much this year as I planned (partly due to our new small human). Again the list is pretty much dominated with sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.

Definitely gravitated towards collections of short stories, although Varney the Vampire more than redressed the balance!
December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Oh, that was a lot of fun! Thank you @miskatonicplayhouse.com, @valygirlheather.bsky.social and my wonderful cast mates Lydia, @embroideredyeti.bsky.social and @bastetthecat.bsky.social - not to mention author Zoë Cretney!
December 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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An old thread is making the rounds again, so here's an updated version.

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most enduring and adapted works of literature in history.

But did you know that he wrote 22 sequels?

Some are great! Some are trash! Some are bizarrely fascinating.
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Bridgett's @symphonyhorror.bsky.social's latest community creator interview is with independent Call of Cthulhu creator @katclay.com, who says "I currently participate in the Miskatonic Repository @drivethrurpg.com, and can safely say, it’s changed my life."

Read Kat's full interview at the link:
Chaosium Community Corner Interviews with Bridgett: Kat Clay
The latest interview is with independent Call of Cthulhu creator Kat Clay. Kat says, "I currently participate in the Miskatonic Repository Community Content Program, and can safely say, it’s changed m...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The ever eloquent @mrspike.bsky.social kindly recorded my short story, Ex Libris, for the Playhouse. As it ain't Christmas without a ghost story, here it is to listen to:
youtu.be/W7IX6hPvkPg
#ghoststory #horror
Ex Libris | a short horror story
YouTube video by Miskatonic Playhouse
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Don't miss tonight's @miskatonicplayhouse.com livestream of the amazing Regency Cthulhu scenario The Viscount Who Left Me! 🫀 Starring @valygirlheather.bsky.social as Keeper, @thejunipertree.bsky.social , @embroideredyeti.bsky.social , @bastetthecat.bsky.social and @lynneahardy.bsky.social !
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
250 years ago today #JaneAusten was born. Little did she know that her works would go on to inspire a trilogy of ttrpg scenarios (alongside a myriad of other works).

To celebrate, Host and Hostility, my ENNIE award winning trio of 1-to-1 #RegencyCthulhu scenarios, is discounted to $2.50!
1/3
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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THIS WEDNESDAY at 2pm ET! I'm headed back to the Miskatonic Playhouse to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday with a live Regency Cthulhu one-shot.

www.twitch.tv/Miskatonicpl...

The scenario is also available on DriveThruRPG in print and PDF.

#Chaosium #CallOfCthulhu #MiskatonicPlayhouse
December 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Very proud that my wife's Bridgerton inspired #RegencyCthulhu scenario, The Viscount Who Left Me, is now available in print!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Scandal and horror await the investigators as they hunt for a nobleman who vanished on his wedding night.
#CallofCthulhu #TTRPG
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For the Dead Travel Fast! Our four week tour of Dracula is now over, and I've had the time of my (after)life playing the titular count on stage.
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Fun little project: took receipt of a set of custom dice made by @epoxy-alchemist.bsky.social, based on a vintage Huntley & Palmers Breakfast Biscuits tin. Each die contains a miniature biscuit! Also pictured, two 3D printed 'D2' biscuits.
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Just published a supplement for Call of Cthulhu, which features my first ever short story in print (Ex Libris)! It was great collaborating with so many creative minds on this. If you want a collection of 60+ tomes of forbidden lore for your game, check it out!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
October 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
One of the best parts of coordinating a joint project for publication is seeing how creative everyone is. One of the other best parts is mocking up book covers for tomes that shouldn't exist!
October 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A well deserved win for a fantastic scenario by an amazing author.
Genuinely shocked and amazed to have won the award for Best Scenario for Resort at the Australian Industry Roleplaying Awards.

I am truly grateful to all the playtesters, my friend @johnnylogmar.bsky.social, the fine folks @chaosium.bsky.social and the TTRPG community for their support. 🙏
October 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Had such a great time recording this play-though of @katclay.com's The Well of All Fear.

Thanks again to our Keeper @valygirlheather.bsky.social, and to our amazing guests @tayacampbellover.bsky.social and @maijaihibberd.bsky.social of @damselsdnd.bsky.social

youtu.be/MMAJVJIDG0Q
The Well of All Fear (Act 1) | Regency Cthulhu Actual Play
YouTube video by Miskatonic Playhouse
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
On the off-chance anyone is around Yorkshire this October, I'm playing the titular Count in this touring theatrical production of Dracula. Just under five weeks to go! All tickets available at linktr.ee/DraculaSH
September 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I made the handouts for this. Grab a copy - it's a great scenario that really hits the right atmosphere!
September 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Coming soon to @backerkit.com

Embers of Humanity print edition.
- Brand new Layout
- Tweaked rules
- Expanded settlement rules
- Fancy art

Follow along here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for the Embers of Humanity RPG print edition
From John Hedge - Get Ready for the Embers of Humanity RPG print edition
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August 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Seen in the Wild! @katclay.com's The Well of All Fear is an ENNIE award-winning Regency Cthulhu scenario set in the spa town of Buxton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. And, as fellow Miskatonic Repository creator S.R. Sellens discovered, you can get Kat's scenario in the Buxton Spring Gift Shop!
#seeninthewild #callofcthulhu
August 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I appear to be live on Twitch with the @miskatonicplayhouse.com & friends. Running some 1970s English Cthulhu. There will be folk music.

www.twitch.tv/miskatonicpl...
MiskatonicPlayhouse - Twitch
Matinee: Under the Chalk
www.twitch.tv
July 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I can't wait to run this tomorrow for the Playhouse. Also starring @johnthehedge.bsky.social , @ladybedivere.bsky.social and @embroideredyeti.bsky.social. Join us for some folk horror madness tomorrow night, live on twitch! www.twitch.tv/miskatonicpl...
Join us this Saturday 26th as Jayson from @lightlessbeacons.bsky.social takes us through 'Under the Chalk'

Come join us as we attend a festival down in the chalk. Nothing ever bad happens in the English countryside... right?
July 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Announcement video for Miskatonic Repository Con 2025 (MRCon25) youtu.be/jO5tomeDqN0!! Please watch, share, and save the dates . . . LET'S GET THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND LOSE SOME SANITY!! #callofcthulhu #MiskatonicRepository #MiskatonicPlayhouse #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #Chaosium #drivethrurpg
July 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ran @sdorward.bsky.social's Catland in our Curse of Nineveh campaign tonight. Most investigators use force or cunning to solve problems. Mine are using bureaucracy and have called an EGM of the Cat Fancier's Association to try and solve a bloody feud. Surely nothing can go wrong!
#CallOfCthulhu
July 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Two years since Host and Hostility won Silver - please do vote for the glorious community content nominated ths time round.
Voting is now live for the 2025 #ENNIES Awards.

Chaosium creators have received nine nominations across six categories. Please show your support by voting: vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2025/

Congratulations to all the nominees and judge's spotlight awardees.
July 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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To mark the 249th 4th of July...

...Colonial Cthulhu by Kevin Ross. Coming soon.

Eighteenth century New England is the foundation of the Cthulhu Mythos and needs its own setting. Now in the last 10% of editing.

#ttrpg #Chaosium #RPG #callofcthulhu #SixtystonePress #July4th
July 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM