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Jeff Dreher @jeffdreher.bsky.social · 7h

Fantastic write up on Hill House. If you've never read it, take a few hours this month and do yourself the favor. It's the template for modern day haunted house stories, including King's The Shining.

Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 9h

Starting my October horror posting...

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Shirley Jackson and the Eerie Omniscient Narrator

Some thoughts on the horror classic The Haunting of Hill House

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Jeff Dreher @jeffdreher.bsky.social · 1d

PREPARE TO BE RUSHIFIED!!
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Prepare to be Rushified

YouTube video by nateislegend

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Jeff Dreher @jeffdreher.bsky.social · 3d

Fate of the Fellowship!! It got rough buddy

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Jeff Dreher @jeffdreher.bsky.social · 7d

This guy

Jeff Dreher @jeffdreher.bsky.social · 10d

Prepared for this early morning kickoff. #skol #vikings

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The Forgotten Fiction Magazine @read.theforgottenfiction.com · 11d

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR represents some of the very best in innovative speculative fiction theforgottenfiction.com/this-is-how-... @amalelmohtar.com @maxgladstone.bsky.social #booksky

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone SOARS! The Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards Winner for best...

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Jeff Dreher @jeffdreher.bsky.social · 12d

@groddzilla.bsky.social
More Rally the Troops goodness

The Boardgames Chronicle @thebrdgmschronicle.bsky.social · 12d

Julius Caesar from Columbia Games is one of the classic wargames. We had a pleasure - again, thanks to #RallyTheTroops - to play it several times with @cliosboardgames.bsky.social. And below I am presenting several exciting session reports from this! Enjoy!
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Julius Caesar – exciting sessions via Rally the Troops

We have played with Clio already several games on Rally the Troops – not being able to often see each other live, this is our main and preferred option to spend time together with the boardga…

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Dan Bullock @danbullock.bsky.social · 13d

NEW EPISODE! I chat with @gregisonthego.bsky.social about his excellent zine RULEBOOKS FOR RADICALS, his work, and finding design inspiration in dire times. We only got sidetracked on Process Era 76'ers for a tiny bit, but GDDD is never a slave to the algorithm. www.buzzsprout.com/1993070/epis...

Radical Rulebooks with Greg Loring-Albright, PhD - Game Design Deep Dive

Greg Loring-Albright is the designer of Ahoy, Keep the Faith, and co-designed Bloc by Bloc: Uprising with T.L. Simmons. Moreover, he teaches Game Studies and Game Design at Harrisburg University. We d...

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Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 14d

Hey e-readers, HORROR MOVIE is 1.99 and has been 1.99 and will be at least for a few more days. Wherever pixels are sold. www.harpercollins.com/products/hor...

Horror Movie

Instant New York Times bestseller! A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End ...

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 15d

The Lost pilot is now old enough to drink.

a close up of a man 's face with the word guys written below him

Alt: Charlie asks, "Guys, where are we?"

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Jeff Dreher @jeffdreher.bsky.social · 20d

Just made too many enchiladas for the number of people currently residing at my house

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Jeff Dreher @jeffdreher.bsky.social · 22d

RIP to one of cinema's greats

a man with a beard is standing next to a river holding a camera .

Alt: a man with a beard is standing next to a river; RIP Robert Redford

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 25d

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.

It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

Photo of square orange tiles, set into the ground, across one of which several cats footprints are clearly visible.

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Dan Bullock @danbullock.bsky.social · 29d

What a fantastic slate of nominees! Congratulations to @danthurot.bsky.social @amabel.bsky.social @charlietheel.bsky.social and @fredserval.bsky.social for facilitating meaningful discourse about the culture of historical games.

SDHistCon @sdhistcon.bsky.social · 29d

We're proud to announce the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award finalists, recognizing exceptional pieces of gaming media from 2024 by @amabel.bsky.social, @fredserval.bsky.social, @charlietheel.bsky.social, and @danthurot.bsky.social. More on their nominated works here: sdhist.com/2025-bobby-n...

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SDHistCon @sdhistcon.bsky.social · 29d

We're proud to announce the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award finalists, recognizing exceptional pieces of gaming media from 2024 by @amabel.bsky.social, @fredserval.bsky.social, @charlietheel.bsky.social, and @danthurot.bsky.social. More on their nominated works here: sdhist.com/2025-bobby-n...