New! Our translation of Djuna’s short story “Where’s Your Dad?” is forthcoming (fall 2026) in the collection Memoir of a Joseon Bride, along with many stories translated by Adrian Thieret, and published by Honford Star. Preorder a copy here.
New! South Korean SF author Djuna’s Not Yet Gods in a new English translation by Jihyun Park and me, coming soon (2027?) from Kaya Press. Click here to visit the Kaya webpage for the book and preorder it from the publisher!
New! Further Strangeness: Twelve New Knights, Seers, and Myths for Mythic Bastionland is an unofficial and unlicensed supplement for Chris McDowall’s wonderful new game, and my entry for the Mythic Bastionland Game Jam. Available for free over on my itch.io webpage.
New! Circe’s Grin is a system-agnostic old-school RPG adventure, and my entry for the Appx. N 2025 game jam. Available for free (for now) on my itch.io webpage.
New from Knight Owl Publishing: Isle of Joy is a harrowing old-school adventure on a mysterious island full of secrets and stories. Order a copy on Knight Owl’s website.
Something Tookish! is a Brindlewood Bay RPG hack for those who want to solve mundane, cozy mysteries in a halfling village. With art by Justin Howe! Get your copy on itch.io!
Now available: FERMENTVM NIGRVM DEI SEPVLTI (Black Yeast of the Buried God) from LotFP! Text by me, illustrations by Gonzalo Æneas, layout by Jacob Hurst, editing by Joshua Blackketter, maps by Alex Mayo. OSR adventure set in a brewing abbey in historical Westphalia.
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My OSR Conversions Guide for the Koryo Hall of Adventures 5E setting book is now available over at DriveThru RPG.
My short story “Sojourn” appeared in A City of Han, available on Amazon.com.
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I can’t deny the philistinery of mainstream American TV, and the unfortunate tendency of Hollywood to steal any plot concept and remake it (witness Solaris and Insomnia), but to be totally fair, NORTH America hasn’t been so barren recently: Trailer Park Boys, Corner Gas and the like aren’t a bad offering for a country with as few people as Canada has. And some Yanks might actually point out the existence of a parallel, but higher quality universe that exists on cable: Six Feet Under, Sex in the City, Desperate Housewives and the like. But yes, bring on the original Office in all of its glorious cringe-osity…
Oh, believe me, I’m not saying there’s nothing good in American (or North American) TV. I haven’t seen the Canadian shows you mention, though the Canadian show Regenesis is pretty interesting (so far, from the little I’ve managed to see).
I agree, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Lost, 24, and other TV shows made by American teams interest me to no end. (Not sure I could say that of Sex in the City, and I’ve not seen Desperate Housewives, but I absolutely love Dead Like Me—perhaps my favorite TV show of all time—as well as Lost and Six Feet Under.)
What’s philistine to me is the mangling of decent foreign shows into “Americanized” versions. What’s wrong with the original “The Office”? And how in the hell is it actually adaptable to American speech and culture? And why would such an adaptation be necessary? Certainly Americans can’t be so stupid that they can’t figure out the slang? It’s obvious, and when it’s not, there’s the Net. And it’s really not that hard to get accustomed to. (Another great British comedy was “Garth Marenghi’s ‘Darkplace'”, which I am sure will make you pee your pants laughing.
I didn’t know Insomnia was a ripoff of a Norwegian film, but it hardly surprises me.
The crossover that interested me was “Coupling”, which was a British take on “Friends”. Subsequently, a network in the US decided to make an American version of “Coupling”, which was so awful it was locked away, never to be seen again.
Hmmm. I’ve heard a lot about Coupling, but never seen it—perhaps because I thought Friends was total manure. Did you like the British version of Coupling?
Coupling is comedy gold. Much, much better than Friends.