New! South Korean SF author Djuna's Not Yet Gods in a new English translation by Jihyun Park and me, published by Kaya Press. Click here to visit the Kaya webpage for the book and order it from the publisher, or get it on Amazon (in the US) or at Aladin (in Korea)!
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.
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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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There is a shortage of blood for the hospitals, but no shortage of blood for throwing it at a politician.
Are we really sure the human race should survive?
Junsok,
The shortage of blood in hospitals was also what came to mind in my case, and to my dismay when I looked it up, just cursory googling suggests that there are blood-shortages at hospitals from time to time, if not constantly. (I’d guess it’s as constant there as anywhere.)
Ha, actually, I remember being shocked when I first got to Korea and students told me they donated blood when they felt like seeing a movie… they said they got free movie tickets for doing so, and wouldn’t bother if they didn’t.
I’m not sure the human species should survive, but it probably will take down every other species in its effort to attempt to survive.
Also: one wonders why they cannot use, say, pig or cow blood for the dousing of ministers’ offices, and give the blood to the hospitals? Sigh.
It makes me wonder if Iain M. Banks’ maxim from the Culture series (“Money is a sign of poverty.”) needs some kind of analogue regarding politics: “Politics is a sign of… ?” What? Insanity? Disempowerment? Desperation? Stupidity? Hmmm.
Also, an article on weird forms of protest. They left out the pie-ing of major figures (like Bill Gates), the ritual suicides and self-mutilations (thumb-amputations, for example) some Korean protesters engage in, and probably tons more around the world…
Wow…I find this story oddly fascinating. No disrespect intended, it’s just that of all the protests I’ve participated in or have seen in the U.S., nothing like this has ever happened. It really takes using one’s body as a means of voicing opposition to a bizarre level.
Yup. It’s just deeply weird. And from commentaries I’ve seen online, it’s also utterly Thai in style. Hmmm.