#395
Apr 26, 2026
Work
I took this week off work, which means I immediately reverted to the preferred sleep schedule: 4am to noon. Monday will be an adjustment…
Books
This week I read:
A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson
I saw this collection recommended on the WeirdLit subreddit and recognised the name of the author: he’d written a story in another collection I read a while back. So I decided to check it out, and it was really good. The title story is about a man losing his mind and, at one pivotal moment, seeing a bunch of horses lying down and not being able to tell if they were dead or alive. The creepiest was BearHeart, about recording the foetal heartbeat and putting it in a stuffed animal, and the madness that ensued after a miscarriage.
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
I’ve seen clips, but never the whole film. I knew the twist, though it was pretty heavily foreshadowed from the beginning. I had fun with some parts trying to figure out how the two characters were actually the same guy. What was going on his mind? How widespread was the Fight Club organisation actually? I think he was exaggerating a lot of it, but some of it must have been real.
Volumes 3 and 4 of the Rozen Maiden anniversary edition by Peach-Pit
Wow, the story in the manga makes so much more sense than in the anime. It’s amazing what not cutting 90% of the detail does for comprehension.
Roleplaying Games
One Shots
This week I ran Barrow of the Bone Blaggards from the OSE Adventure Anthology 2 in Whitehack. A fun time was had by all, though one player decided Whitehack wasn’t for them which means a bit of rethinking of the Hot Springs Island campaign. Maybe I’ll run it in Dolmenwood, just with custom classes.
Miscellaneous
I spent a lot of time out in the garden pulling up grass and weeds. The growth really exploded this week, I found a whole plant poking out:
