storytelling
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The Gaming Shelf Is Not a Demon… Yet
October might be over, but spooky season lasts until Thanksgiving in my house. While people are returning from Big Bad Con and getting over their candy-induced sugar highs, I’ve been collecting TTRPGs like dice sets, and I’m thrilled to share some excellent picks from across the indie-verse.
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Delroy Lindo Will Spin a Web as Anansi Boys’ Mr. Nancy
Though Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Anansi Boys novels feature some key bits of crossover, Amazon’s upcoming Anansi Boys series is set to reintroduce the world to the trickster god Mr. Nancy. It will also be wholly independent of the character’s depiction in Starz’s American Gods adaptation. Beloved as Orlando Jones’ Mr. Nancy was, Amazon has…
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Let This Periodic Table Of Storytelling Destroy Your Writer’s Block
Writing is many things: a job, a hobby, a personal imperative, an act, an art, a gigantic pain in the arse. But is it a science? The Periodic Table of Storytelling breaks down narrative elements into a familiar form — though one that liberal artsy folks probably haven’t thought about since high school.