Give a group of boys from anywhere a backyard, a stretch of woods, hell, a vacant lot even — and you can watch it rise to a place of hallowed glory. A patch of trees in between houses becomes an ancient battlefield where two sides of some long-remembered, or forgotten, conflict plays out again and ag...
2020-10-21 13:35:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Balance is always important. All work and no play is good for no one. See also: Sunday Funday!
2020-10-18 20:17:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This is Merlin, my beloved familiar cat. He’s been with me a little over five years. Just a couple weeks before Halloween of 2015, I got up early and took my dog Loki to the park for a short hike. While we were crossing the bridge over the creek that runs through the park toward the lake, I noticed this little ball of void ...
2020-10-18 03:11:53 +0000 UTC View Post
This day. This day has been surreal, to me. I planned on getting a tattoo (early, actually; my original appointment was on the 29th but my guy had a cancellation). I did that, and yes, it was just as painful as you're guessing.
Mid-tattoo, I get a call letting me know the car I'd requested transferred to my local Carmax...
2020-10-17 03:16:36 +0000 UTC View Post
So today’s prompt is “upcycle”... and I got nothing, y’all. That sort of thing is just... not my skill. Feel free to comment with your suggestions, though! Teach me something new. In the meantime, here’s a link with some ideas.
2020-10-14 20:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostTHESE SHIRTS HAVE BEEN PACKED AND MAILED:
George Colquhoun
Rebecca Handcock
Patrick Sweeney
Bethany Bowen
Kurtis “Cheshire” O’Connor
Tory Wengert
Leigh Turland
Preston Vaughn
Craig Stokes
Marcel Vandam
Xander Stanley
Gerry Angelo 2020-10-14 17:38:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Y'all, the voice of Granny White from Build Mama a Coffin needs your help. Yes she do. Help get one of the creepiest characters we've ever written into the finals of this year's Audioverse awards. https://audioverseawards.net/vote/
We know this ...
2020-10-14 14:59:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's my little coil, my long boi, Logan. He's a pastel enchi ball python, and very friendly. He loves to coil around your wrists and hands.
2020-10-14 01:28:10 +0000 UTC
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Today’s theme is change, which got me thinking about the changing leaves of autumn, and about death, specifically about the Death card in Tarot, which sometimes spooks folks, but usually represents change. It’s the death of something, for sure, but typically not of the querent. And of course,...
2020-10-13 02:36:16 +0000 UTC View PostEvery October I re-read Dracula. It's one of my favorites. Unfortunately, I haven't dragged my battered old copy out of storage yet this month, so I can't show you a photo, but I assure you it is much loved.
What are your favorite Halloween reads, Family?
(And yes, I'm a day behind again, so there will b...
2020-10-12 15:06:56 +0000 UTC View PostThis was it. Writing. Not much left to hide anymore. 🤷🏼♀️
2020-10-11 01:51:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We are often asked about the music we listen to when we're writing. King Dude is one of my favorite artists, and I listen to his music a lot when I'm writing OGoA. And this is the song that inspired Cletus' storyline in season one.
2020-10-09 14:23:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Bristol's historic and beautiful East Hill Cemetery is one of my favorite places.
Sorry, Family, I know I'm a day behind on this! You’ll get two today. – Cam
2020-10-09 14:02:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a little design I’ve been working on for those who love beneath... –Cam
2020-10-07 21:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
"Ricky held his pistol at the ready, fully prepared to act as the angel of mercy, but then the thing stepped fully into the moonlight, and all thoughts of heaven fled Ricky Lee Gibson." The Gibson family meets their fate.
Written by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Narrated by Steve Shell
Just some tools of the trade. Nothing actually going on here, just arranged for a glamour shot.
2020-10-06 22:36:53 +0000 UTC View PostA poem I wrote a couple years ago, whose title is in keeping with the season. –Cam
a haunting
Our house is not so much haunted
as haunting:
the ghost of our home looming behind me,
settled heavy on my shoulders,
not a presence but an absence,
a lack like a missing l...
Evening, Family. This one comes a bit late and is just a little snippet of something I've been working on that fits today's theme. - Cam
There was a door in the cellar of Merrilee Cook’s mamaw’s house that none of the cousins — or, so far as Merrilee knew, even any of their parents — were ever allo...
2020-10-05 02:58:29 +0000 UTC View PostI'm taking a slightly different approach to this question. Over on the Fellowship Hall, I had posted a poll asking for input on the best movies to watch this year for #31NightsofHalloween. I've combined input from that list, as well as my own personal preferences, to offer you instead my planned schedule* of events. Movies ma...
2020-10-03 14:28:21 +0000 UTC View Post
My apologies, Family. I forgot to cross-post this here for you yesterday. Here it is, a little late, and in a little while, you'll get Day 3: Favorite Films of the Season. –Cam
Today’s offering is vintage photos from the days when Halloween costumes were creepy — no, like really creepy.
2020-10-03 13:01:34 +0000 UTC View Post
The spooky season is upon us, and as you may have seen announced elsewhere, throughout the month of October, I (Cam) will be participating in the #AnotherWorldOctober creative challenge. I'll be posting my work daily fo...
2020-10-01 22:57:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Friendly reminder about our live QA event coming up on the Discord server in just about an hour. Get your questions in to Shannon (@Ylarya#2181) ASAP!
2020-09-26 17:07:03 +0000 UTC View Post
These yarns were spun to teach you to stay safe and mind common sense and most importantly your mama. The stories that get lost though — the ones hardly nobody ever lived to tell — were often just blunt and simple warnings: There is darkness here: fear it. Trust those who can see through it and you might live to see...
2020-09-24 00:19:32 +0000 UTC View Post
That's right, Family. It's time for our first Patrons-only QA!
Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 2pm ET on Discord
If you haven't had a chance to pop by the Discord server yet, now's the time!
How do I find the OGoA Discord server?
Just click this link: 2020-09-21 15:42:06 +0000 UTC
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More swag prototypes came in today. I think these might go out to patrons on some upper levels as a full set.
What do y'all think?
original art by Corrin Leigh
Afternoon, family! Giving you first look again at some new merch designed by a member of our Patreon brethren, Flora and Fauna by Aleks7 (@aleks7even on your socials). I (Cam) saw this gorgeousness on Insta and knew we all needed it on a t-shirt. Thanks so much, Aleks!
You can get it on our TeePublic shop now:
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O Appalachia:
mother and maw
that births and devours us,
roots sunk deep and winding as
gnarled hands clasped in prayer,
hold us fast and give us foundation.
O knotted cage and vine wrought chains
O feast of hills and green,
that which feeds our hearts
but often starves our blood:
Hear us now.
2020-09-09 13:30:48 +0000 UTC
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HEY FAMILY,
PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.
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2020-09-07 17:37:56 +0000 UTC View Post
