Leighton Connor
@leightonc.bsky.social
Co-Founder of Hex Games, co-author of Million-Colored Sun, Leopard Women of Venus, and the ENnie Award-winning Hobomancer. Big Jack Kirby fan. Writer, artist, cartoonist, bon vivant, man about town. http://leightonconnor.com
ONE HOUR TO BACK, don't miss this opportunity
The Prison Pits of Larubia
An Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure for the Million-Colored Sun RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
ONE HOUR TO BACK, don't miss this opportunity
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The clock is ticking! Remember, The Prison Pits of Larubia features luscious illustrations by @perplexingruins.bsky.social! It's Old School #ttrpg fantasy adventure, with just a splash of pulp science fiction.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Prison Pits of Larubia Kickstarter has reached $800! There's only five hours to go, back while you still can!
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The Prison Pits of Larubia Kickstarter has reached $800! There's only five hours to go, back while you still can!
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This being named a NYT Notable Book of 2025 seems to prove it's thesis
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This being named a NYT Notable Book of 2025 seems to prove it's thesis
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Mere hours left until the Kickstarter for Prison Pits of Larubia is done!
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I'm excited for this new Million Colored Sun module!
Check it out!
I'm excited for this new Million Colored Sun module!
OH MY LORD we're in the last 24 hours--no, the last 14 hours!--for The Prison Pits of Larubia. Time flies. Lots of people who followed the campaign haven't backed it yet, and that's perfectly normal, people often wait until the last day. But please be aware that you are running out of time!
The Prison Pits of Larubia
An Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure for the Million-Colored Sun RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Mere hours left until the Kickstarter for Prison Pits of Larubia is done!
Check it out!
I'm excited for this new Million Colored Sun module!
Check it out!
I'm excited for this new Million Colored Sun module!
OH MY LORD we're in the last 24 hours--no, the last 14 hours!--for The Prison Pits of Larubia. Time flies. Lots of people who followed the campaign haven't backed it yet, and that's perfectly normal, people often wait until the last day. But please be aware that you are running out of time!
The Prison Pits of Larubia
An Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure for the Million-Colored Sun RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
OH MY LORD we're in the last 24 hours--no, the last 14 hours!--for The Prison Pits of Larubia. Time flies. Lots of people who followed the campaign haven't backed it yet, and that's perfectly normal, people often wait until the last day. But please be aware that you are running out of time!
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November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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This orangutan can't be beaten at climbing up a tree. Imagine its skill and poise as our next secretary of education.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This orangutan can't be beaten at climbing up a tree. Imagine its skill and poise as our next secretary of education.
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Sama'a is my friend, and she relies on us for aid in the middle of war. Please help me get her and her family through this winter safe, fed, and warm.
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
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November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sama'a is my friend, and she relies on us for aid in the middle of war. Please help me get her and her family through this winter safe, fed, and warm.
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
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free to do what | patreon.com/lubchansky
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
free to do what | patreon.com/lubchansky
OMG, less than 48 HOURS remain in my Kickstarter campaign for The Prison Pits of Larubia! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
The Prison Pits of Larubia
An Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure for the Million-Colored Sun RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
OMG, less than 48 HOURS remain in my Kickstarter campaign for The Prison Pits of Larubia! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
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"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
THE PRISON PITS OF LARUBIA, featuring artwork by @perplexingruins.bsky.social. You need this! Back it before it's too late: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
THE PRISON PITS OF LARUBIA, featuring artwork by @perplexingruins.bsky.social. You need this! Back it before it's too late: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
What's this? WHAT'S THIS?!? It's a new installment of my newsletter Akashic Library! This one's got my latest Coen Brothers update, the book I read last month, my thoughts on the new Frankenstein movie, art stuff, RPG stuff, and OH, so much more! Read, like, and subscribe!
The Prison Pits of Larubia
Somewhere beyond this veil of tears lies the Akashic Library, its endless shelves stretching out past the horizon of infinity. What mischievous miscellany...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What's this? WHAT'S THIS?!? It's a new installment of my newsletter Akashic Library! This one's got my latest Coen Brothers update, the book I read last month, my thoughts on the new Frankenstein movie, art stuff, RPG stuff, and OH, so much more! Read, like, and subscribe!
DARE YOU ENTER THE PRISON PITS OF LARUBIA?!? The Kickstarter has funded, now let's keep on rolling to some stretch goals! Find out more here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
DARE YOU ENTER THE PRISON PITS OF LARUBIA?!? The Kickstarter has funded, now let's keep on rolling to some stretch goals! Find out more here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
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Carter makes a compelling point here.
You could be the hero that pushed this Kickstarter across the finish line!
Are you that hero? The Prison Pits of Larubia is an adventure for the Million Colored Sun TTRPG, written by @leightonc.bsky.social! Go on - be a hero!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
Are you that hero? The Prison Pits of Larubia is an adventure for the Million Colored Sun TTRPG, written by @leightonc.bsky.social! Go on - be a hero!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
The Prison Pits of Larubia
An Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure for the Million-Colored Sun RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Carter makes a compelling point here.
Playin’ games at U-Con!
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Playin’ games at U-Con!
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Visit us at U-Con. We got books!
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Visit us at U-Con. We got books!
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Know the law! In America, ALL motor vehicle operators are required to stop at railroad crossings, obey posted signs, look both ways, and in a clear voice, out loud, say, "Jack Kirby created the Fantastic Four, not Stan Lee."
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Know the law! In America, ALL motor vehicle operators are required to stop at railroad crossings, obey posted signs, look both ways, and in a clear voice, out loud, say, "Jack Kirby created the Fantastic Four, not Stan Lee."
I am at U-Con, I will be running a game at 2:00, come on by!
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I am at U-Con, I will be running a game at 2:00, come on by!
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day