This episode Ralph is joined by Tom McGrenery to discuss the Brazillian urban fantasy Netflix series Invisible City Timestamps Synopsis 02:51 // Themes I: Brazilian Myth 18:29 // Themes II: Urban Fantasy 29:24 // Media 58:30 (Changeling the Dreaming, Nephilim, … Continue reading →

A brief episode discussing Kong: Skull Island Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // free music archive Samples: “Is that you or are you you?” from Reappear // “Another version of you” from Thoughtless

The OA: crossing dimensions and living alternate versions of your life, Investigation vs. Mystery, exotic matter and general relativity via intepretive dance Timestamps Intro 00:07 // Synopsis 02:15 // Themes 10:52 // mystery vs investigation, Ron Edwards’ Sorcerer, alternate timelines, … Continue reading →

Desolation Jones by Warren Ellis, illustrated by J.H. Williams III (1-6), Danijel Zezelj (7-8) Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. Dick Show Notes Introduction 00:07 // Synopsis 01:40 // Desolation Jones 01:42 // Radio Free Albemuth 08:31 // Themes and … Continue reading →

In this short episode I’ll pitch the game StormHack!, available for download. Links fictoplasm.itch.io Other games: Whitehack The Black Hack Beyond the Wall Music Credits Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // free music archive Samples: “Is that … Continue reading →

In the last episode of 2020, I cover The Sundial by Shirley Jackson and discuss how to turn it into a pseudo-LARP based on the UK indie game Witch: the Road to Lindisfarne. Show Notes Introduction 00:07 Synopsis 02:04 Remarks … Continue reading →

This is a special episode of Fictoplasm where I interview the Everway Company on their forthcoming Silver Anniversary release of Jonathan Tweet’s Everway, coming to Kickstarter in January 2021. Show Notes Preamble 00:07 // Introductions 00:30 // History 04:55 // … Continue reading →

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Show Notes Intro 00:07 Synopsis 00:54 Themes and Games 08:45 – Vampire Science 08:55 – Blade – The Strain – The X Files – Proper Vampires 14:39 – pretty vs nasty vampires, or how … Continue reading →

Hawkmoon by Michael Moorcock Millenium edition, 1992 HB ISBN 1 85798 027 1 Ralph with Dirk the Dice from the Grognard Files podcast Show Notes Introductions 00:07 The Cover 04:46 The Foreword 09:44 Synopsis 10:41 (The Jewel in the Skull, … Continue reading →

Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny Show Notes Intro 00:07 Synopsis 00:56 Themes and Games 12:00 (Ribbon Drive, Witch: Road to Lindisfarne, Ultraviolet Grasslands, Deluge, Station Eleven, American Gods) Further reading 24:33 (the movie, Annihilation, Roadside Picnic, Into the Badlands, Kiteworld) … Continue reading →