Occult or Cthulhu Mythos Relic: The Clay Woman

The Clay Woman Part of a collection of objects made by non-human hands or forged in the minds of maniacs; items of power for good, bad or disaster. Written to be used within the world of Yellow Dawn (RPG) but could easily be adapted to Call of Cthulhu, D&D and Shadowrun.   They span both the [...]

Dark Art ¦ Cthulhu Mythos – authentic pages from De Vermis Mysteriis crafted by artist Zarono

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. The artist, Zarono,  has crafted some visually stunning pages that fit perfectly into the binding of the Cthulhu Mythos concept; these particular pages could be authentic fragments of arcane knowledge from the [...]

WiP: Yellow Dawn – finally finished overhaul of the Cthulhu Mythos & Occult chapter

WiP: Yellow Dawn. Finally finished the revamp of the Cthulhu Mythos and Occult chapter after 6 weeks. I’ve taken the decision to strip out from the primary rulebook the chunky section that defines the various Mythos Monsters; instead I’m going to make this available as free download allowing it to grow organically along with the [...]

WiP: Yellow Dawn overhaul to 2.5 – new ideas that need to stay out (for now)

WiP: Yellow Dawn 2.5. I’ve got some pretty exciting new concepts I’d like to add into the YD universe – only, if I start taking time away from the overhaul to write in new material I risk slowing everything down. So I’m planning to mention two new ideas as concepts for GMs to consider and [...]

WiP: still crunching through the occult & cthulhu mythos chapter of Yellow Dawn

I’ve been working through the occult & mythos magick chapter for nearly a month now.  It’s a beast of a chapter but despite the complexity and mental conundrums, I am enjoying the process. I’ve got hand-written notes scattered through two notebooks dating back to April when I was in New York and the Catskill mountains, [...]

WiP: reworking the Occult & Cthulhu Mythos magick chapter plus 15% discount off all paperbacks today

Deep into the overhaul of Yellow Dawn  – The Age of Hastur version 2.1.  Back at the start of December I set four days aside to tackle the massive chapter on Occult and Mythos magick, those four days passed and I’m still crunching through it. Not so much problem solving as attention to detail.  Last [...]

Photography ¦ light painting by Dennis Calvert conjures up images of Occult or Cthulhu Mythos sorcerers and Road Mages in Yellow Dawn

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. I love this image by Dennis Calvert.  It taps directly into how I visualise the Road Mages within the world of Yellow Dawn  – The Age of Hastur; sorcerers who wield occult [...]

Photography ¦ Medieval Fantasy and Coruscations of Cartier Dragons – Peter Lippmann via Chicquero

This is an image I received as one of them many gems of eye-candy sent out to subscribers of the beautiful and often surreal Chicquero site. It’s a piece of work by Peter Lippmann.  I like it because of the blurred blend between fantasy and future. This could be an image from the medieval age [...]

Kingdom of Shadows – a free scenario for Yellow Dawn RPG based on Roman Polanski’s classic occult thriller – The Ninth Gate

This scenario has been inspired by the movie The 9th Gate. It follows an article I wrote recently in which I present my interpretations of the occult symbolism within the film and construct a (hopefully) plausible explanation for the ending. You can read that article here. This is a scenario intended for the RPG Yellow [...]

Occult Relic: When Hell freezes. Ice of gods and monsters.

Part of a collection of objects made by non-human hands or forged in the minds of maniacs; items of power for good, bad or disaster. Written to be used within the world of Yellow Dawn (RPG) but could easily be adapted to Call of Cthulhu, D&D and Shadowrun.   They span both the Occult (Quantispheric) and [...]

Dark Art: Occult, Cthulhu Mythos #wallpaper – Central Vituperation Matrix, by Unspeakable Hastur

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. You can see more of Unspeakable Hastur’s work on Deviant Art website: here   See more posts like this – click David J Rodger – DATA

Dark Art: Lovecraftian Mythos Occult #wallpaper – Death’s Muse

Death’s Muse Source Unknown (Please advise and I’ll credit)   Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. What I like about this image is the utterly possessed nature of her eyes.  There is a certainty in what she’s undertaking [...]

Dark Art: Lovecraftian Mythos Occult #wallpaper – Original Sin

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. <> . See more posts like this – click David J Rodger – DATA

New Release: Science Fiction & Fantasy Horror – Dante’s Fool

As I launch Dog Eat Dog, the first novel to be set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn; I’m releasing my back catalogue of novels set in the shared universe of the world before the cataclysmic events of Yellow Dawn take place.  As a sweetner, I’m offering some tasty discounts on the normal publisher [...]

Living in Flames Chapter 26, and the temporal turmoil of messages from the beloved dead

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦ 22:02 GMT, Friday 3rd September 2010. Listening to Clan of Xymox on vinyl from 1985. Deep into chapter 26.  Big reveal session going on.  Mythos and a centuries-old occult horror rising up from the sub-plot to loom as pinacles of madness and horror above the shocked, sanity blasted [...]