ten years as an antiquarian, hearing nothing but 'my relative kept these untouched in a box their whole life but they died, and I don't want this stuff' has radicalized me. annotate the books. use the china. wear the clothes until they wear out. your life should not be a museum

In class just this morning, an alumnus was relating his job path and said “well, my first job lasted two weeks, because a pair of rich people starting a studio hired me based on my [genre] experience. But it was a complete trainwreck nightmare.”

Magie based her early designs on the Kiowa game zohn ahl, which had been documented by Magie's acquaintance Stewart Culin in his book Games of the North American Indians. Zohn ahl is played in teams, and she consciously made all the players individual pieces instead.

In honor of Game Master Monday's Monday 4/15 Game, grab yourself a copy of Sherwood!

We are just a 4 BACKERS away from 75% funded! You get a whole lot of #boardgame for just $45, including custom, screen-printed meeples and dice! #Kickstarter link in 🧵

It's alive! Celebrate 5 years of R. Rook Studio.

For less than $4, pick up my new minigame, Dark Designs in Nightgate Abbey, a gothic horror one-shot based on my first standalone game (or get both for $5).
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Deadline for voting for the Locus Awards is April 15th!

We'd love if you checked out the six Neon Hemlock titles/stories that are on the rec list ✨

The Locus 2024 Fund Drive is live! 🚀 Awesome gift for donors: t-shirts, signed books, author chats, Tuckerizations, story crits, SWAG, and more! Help fund the magazine, the website, and the Locus Awards for 2024 with a tax deductible donation today! 🚀

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We just blew past our second stretch goal with an exciting patron-level backer, which means we’ll be bringing a rad zine of some sort to you at some point! Can we make it to our third??

56 hours to go on our pre-sales crowdfund for the 2024 novellas (and Ursula Whitcher's collection)!

Can you help us get over $16,000? Then every physical backer will get a free pin from Riddle’s Tea Shoppe!

My new story SEASON OF WEDDINGS is up on Lightspeed Mag (Bluesky: @lightspeedmagazine.com), along with an author spotlight, and a podcast version!

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Had a ton of fun illustrating the promo postcard for this year's lineup of queer novellas from Neon Hemlock Press.

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Help us reach some stretch goals before the campaign ends! (Pins! Interior Illustrations! Maybe more oracle cards 👀)

Neon Hemlock commissioned tarot cards for each of the novellas in their 2024 novella series!!

This is a character from my cyberpunk cheese heist novella.

You can check out the other cards, and the cool stretch goals, at the pre-order kickstarter!!

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Today on the blog, #SundayShorts takes a look at 2 short stories by @sharangbiswas, from two issues of Lightspeed Magazine #fantasy

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In case it’s not obvious yet 👇🏼

GDC-Bound!

In today's newsletter I have a cover reveal for, and mini-interview with, Sharang Biswas. And bc his author photo is much less colorful and exciting than Sharang himself is, I decided to snazz it up.

I’m writing my first book!

In THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS, an archeologist hopes that his latest find will make him more famous than his boyfriend—who happens to be a superhero.

It’s set in a world where ancient India conquered much of the globe via giant mechs!

✨IT'S COVER REVEAL TIME✨

from the great minds of Neon Hemlock Press and the artistic talent of Katherine Lam, i present to you the face of my angry, disabled novella!!

the Kickstarter for this novella as well as 5 others + collection launches today 👇

more fun stuff to follow

Nominations for the Nebula Awards close on Friday—here are the eligible works from us for your consideration. 📚