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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · Aug 12

UNHOLY NIGHT

Dare you enter the CURSED CLOISTER?

A new stage for VAMPYRVANIA RPG, with new enemies and a fiendishly fun adventure perfect for a beer 'n pretzels gaming group who happens to enjoy rules light Gothic horror action.

Grab it in PDF for $1.99: www.muzzlelandpress.com/shop/p/vampy...

A mage and a warrior battling green small cthulhu monsters in front of a church adorned with bloody symbols. Mummy heads float ominously in the purple and pink sky overhead

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 14h

This guy gets it

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 14h

Solo / co-op procedural mini dungeon crawlers with emergent stories have been stuck in my brainspace... So yes, please do

Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 15h

"I do not believe in the world of spirits and entities"

"There is only the material"

"I have never participated in a seance or conducted rituals"

Do you hear yourself? How foolish you sound to your friends and honored ancestors???

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 19h

Featuring to-be-revealed cover art by the great @elkowalczuk.bsky.social

Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 19h

A DESPERATE DUNGEON CRAWL THROUGH THE DEPTHS OF OUTER SPACE!

DARKVOID DEATHSHIP - EARLY 2026

A sword & sorcery novel about survivors and the wondrous terrors of the cosmos

More to come...

Darkvoid Deathship written in slanting font against a red technological background, with a glimpse of a sword, horn, and other mysterious things below

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 20h

"Ultra Dracula" is a beautiful phrase

Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

This is extremely good o far and I recommend this to found footage horror sickos especially

Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 4d

Looking forward to this

The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt hardcover with some Halloween decorations in the background on a plastic cover

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to discover the new notable horror movie I got from the library uses the vaunted "Piss Filter" color setting over every scene

Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 2d

PDF: www.muzzlelandpress.com/shop/p/splat...

also available at DriveThruRPG!

Splatter Zone Solo Horror Dungeon Crawler — Muzzleland Press

Splatter Zone is a solo horror dungeon crawler by Jonathan Raab. PDF / digital version.

www.muzzlelandpress.com

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Splatter Zone paperback (direct sales US; also available via online bookstores in North America, Europe, and Australia) www.muzzlelandpress.com/shop/p/w7yyx...

Splatter Zone - Solo Horror Dungeon Crawler — Muzzleland Press

Battle through five horrific stages in this solo dungeon crawler played with pencil, paper, and RPG dice

www.muzzlelandpress.com

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 2d

A new way to play SPLATTER ZONE is on its way. Grab the original in the link below.

Claire 'Val Loughcrew' [Unknown] @goresorcerer.bsky.social · 2d

closing in on completion.
Early version playable on my patreon

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 2d

#15: VAMPIRE HUNTER D's imagery is impossible for me to disentangle from Gothic horror and Castlevania, so the film's technical limitations and grating moments are washed away in blood on this enthralling adventure into mutant-vampire-western-ronin samurai tragedy. I've started reading the novels.

Vampire Hunter D key art by Yoshitaka Amano. D is clad in black and holding a beautiful woman in a flowing white dress

Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I'd chalk it up to being Old but honestly I've felt this way since about 2008 or so

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I see trailers for most new games and feel like a space alien

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I bought a PS5 and new PC a couple of years ago and I mostly use them to play games that are either in the indie space (or low requirement remasters) or 7+ years old

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

Placing my Dunkin Donuts order in my catty bitch Vincent Price voice

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 3d

Talking to the other parents at youth soccer in my catty bitch Vincent Price voice

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 4d

The spirit is moving

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 4d

Looking forward to this

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 4d

most relatable genius 📽️

headline reading

John Carpenter on being a master of horror: "I just want to play video games"

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 4d

Been playing Warhammer Quest: Cursed City in my free time during the fall season. Really love the randomness and swing of the journeys while leveraging tactics to survive and win. Just took out the master vampire Radukar and feeling cocky. I'm sure a few bad dice rolls will soon put me in my place

Miniatures in the tabletop. Braskov and the Corpse Eater face down Ulfenwatch skeletons and zombies in a back alley of the Cursed City

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Mega Beardo 💀 New BYZANTINE album out now! 💀 @megabeardo.bsky.social · 5d

Heck yeah, that's kinda the vibe I was after. Tried to write riffs that made me think of this particular Gauntlet title screen. Thank you!

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 5d

good tunes for sword & sorcery editing this morning

Mega Beardo 💀 New BYZANTINE album out now! 💀 @megabeardo.bsky.social · 6d

My new album "Abscind" is now streaming. Have you checked it out yet?

open.spotify.com/album/2783GC...

Abscind

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Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 5d

Just grabbed a copy. Great stuff

Jonathan Raab @spookhouse.bsky.social · 6d

A must-read of contemporary horror letters

Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 6d

Book 2 for #SpookyBookSeason: Orrin Grey's Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts! Orrin's work manages to capture the "fun" of classic old horror movies while still being good creepy horror. bookshop.org/p/books/pain...

Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts

Check out Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts - ORRIN GREY LOVES MONSTERS. That is abundantly clear in the stories he spins. No matter where he draws inspiration from, whether the weird tales of L...

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