Shameless plugs for new projects and publications.
After launching A Breach at Stronghold earlier this year, I puttered about for awhile making it pretty! I also put together an expansion for adding the 9th player, should you find yourself lucky enough to find 9 crazy people who want to play this with you.
As ever – the revamped shiny version is available at Itch.io and Gum Road!
Like many other things in the COVID era, my follow-up murder mystery arrived after a little delay and play-testing via Skype! But I’m proud to say it’s finally here!
It’s the Fourth of July, 1957! In Freewell, Nevada, however, folks aren’t too keen to celebrate, not with a recent disappearance and rumors of aliens!
The Mysterious Man in Black is a classic murder mystery party game set in a retro, conspiracy-laden small town, great for beginners, seasoned mystery lovers, and role-playing game fans alike!
Designed for eight players, this party game takes approximately 3 hours. It can be played in a virtual space or in person.
As some may recall, from those wistful years of 2009 to 2013, I ran an online zine distro, Black Budgie Distro, selling indie projects from around the world.
I think I had more people asking me to sell their zine than I had sales, but that’s something, isn’t it? As I’ve turned back to zines a bit more in the past year, I’ve decided to resurrect Black Budgie, at least in so much as I’ll sell my own work (and maybe anyone else local, should the opportunity arise!)
And I’ve traded Blogspot for Etsy and, well, I guess we shall see how this all plays out!
Check out Black Budgie Distro over at Etsy!
Once I shared this with my mother (and the art world), it was safe to share with the world! You can find my latest zine – Trev’s Books: Unpacking My Grandfather’s Library at Issuu.)
Without repeating the zine itself verbatim, this zine is an extremely personal one for me. When my grandfather passed away in January, I inherited his (extensive) book collection, as I was the only other one in the family who could describe themself as a “book person.”
Books were the only thing Grandpa and I had in common so of course unpacking his library was how I worked through a complicated grieving process (if you ever actually work through a thing like that). And, of course, I made a zine about it!
A Breach at Stronghold, the murder mystery party game I debuted amongst the privileged elite* back in February is now finally formatted and available for sale and download on Gumroad!
This thing was a precious labour of love and an amazing challenge. How do you write a compelling murder mystery, break it into nine, satisfying pieces, and do that all so everyone comes away feeling like you didn’t undermine the character they’ve taken to heart?
The Gumroad download provides PDFs that print easily (if you need to print at all) on 8 1/2 x 11, but I’ve also included a Print variation for tactile beings like myself who love things like long-reach staplers for making booklets and staining paper with tea to fashion cryptic clues. (You can never really get the zinester fully into the digital age.)
Even in my leisure activities tilt towards geekery. Not content to just crochet granny squares, I started a collection of dice bags for all your favourite polyhedral friends. Not to be outdone, each bag has a character.
Follow me over to Inspire Courage Crafts if your interest is sufficiently piqued.
As a certain big-eyed ingenue once said, life moves pretty fast sometimes.
We’ve barely got Museum of the Western World printed and it’s already out in the world! So is Trev’s Books! (I’ve also sent them my old classic What I Did on a Saturday Afternoon!)
I was invited by Aaron Moran to contribute new zines to Poor Quality’s BIBLIOCACHE exhibit at the Vancouver Book Art Fair at Emily Carr University. The exhibit runs this weekend from October 18-20, 2019!
Be sure to check it out!
Not only have Amy and I put the finishing touches on Museum of the Western World, but the final beast can be perused and pillaged over at issuu!
Behold our works, Ye Mighty!
My flash fiction piece “Nineties Kid” appears today at Every Day Fiction.
Happy New Year everyone and it’s an honour to be the last story of 2017, despite how dreadful this year has been. Raise a glass to 2018; live long, prosper… all of that!
The first review came in for Redwing: Speculative Fiction Takes Flight. It is a glowing review from fantasy magazine Black Gate that also includes an enlightening discussion about the increasing visibility of small presses and what that means for niche readers and writers.
Be sure to check it out and discover other amazing authors in Redwing!
