First published in the May 1923 issue of The National Amateur , H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “Hypnos” is one of his more obscure works, sel...

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I was recently reminded by a reader of the assertion that, rather than harming the sales or long-term fortunes of Dungeons & Dragons , ...

I'm presently finishing work on a long essay about ten works of "forgotten fantasy" – stories I consider to have been influent...

Three sessions into my new Metamorphosis Alpha campaign – which I've dubbed "Habitat" – my players and I have now had the cha...

Despite his profound influence over the subsequent development of fantasy, science fiction, and, of course, horror, adaptations of H.P. Love...

Recently, I came across a couple of “news” stories about the Bermuda Triangle, a topic I hadn’t thought about in years. Growing up in the 19...

My longstanding Empire of the Petal Throne campaign, House of Worms , ended in early October of this year, after ten and a half years of mo...

I strongly considered not writing a post about this particular article from issue #95 of Dragon (March 1985), since I know it’s likely to s...

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