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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 34

The Luminous Fairies and Mothra, by Nakamura, Fukunaga, and Hotta

19 Years of Skulls in the Stars?

Polybius, by Collin Armstrong

Queen of the Cicadas, by V. Castro

How Djadja-Em-Ankh Saved the Day, by Lise Manniche

New popular science book from me is happening!

Drones: now invisible, in a weird way!

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle

Musings about the “many worlds” quantum hypothesis

Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall, by Jendia Gammon

The Unfinished Business, by Stephanie Campisi

Strange Buildings, by Uketsu

Strange Pictures, by Uketsu

Doomflower, by Jendia Gammon

Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest, by Nick Mamatas

Strange Houses, by Uketsu

What is an “optical skyrmion?”

Blood Type, by Bechko, Sorrentino and Stewart

Atacama, by Jendia Gammon

Cork balls, Edwardian magazines, and optical physics

The Night Guest, by Hildur Knútsdóttir

An interview with author Ramsey Campbell!

The Lost Village, by Camilla Sten

What Stalks the Deep, by T. Kingfisher

Dead Astronauts, by Jeff VanderMeer

Choose Your Own Adventure Cryptid Chronicles: Mothman, by Cristin Bishara

Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Coulomb’s remarkable experiment in electricity (1785)

Talking falling feline physics in the NYT!

Incarnate, by Ramsey Campbell

New falling cat paper just dropped!

Conan the Barbarian: A Nest of Serpents, by Jim Zub

Hothouse, by Brian Aldiss

The Berserker Throne, by Fred Saberhagen

On Whetsday, by Mark Sumner

What is an optical caustic?

Our new paper on invisibility physics!

I am a 2026-2027 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer!

Twelve Nights at Rotter House, by J.W. Ocker

A Haunting on the Hill, by Elizabeth Hand

Infinite singularities in an optical beam???

By the Hands of Fools, by Grace Mathis

Fake Book Titles Extravaganza, Part 9!

1975: The year that quantum mechanics met gravity (from the archives)

Dircks and Pepper: A Tale of Two Ghosts

Ruby Payne-Scott and the mystery of sunspots

Optics, rain and car headlights!

The most beautiful wrong equation in history (1841)

Alone, by Brian Keene

Horror stories for around the campfire!

Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring, by Patrick Zercher

Halloween Treats 2025: Haunted Houses!

Lucky Day, by Chuck Tingle

My appearances on Artologica and BBC Crowdscience!

My search for boardgames for seniors

Between Two Rivers, by Moudhy Al-Rashid

What is a Carnot engine?

Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons & Dragons, edited by Peter Bebergal

The Dead Come to Stay, by Brandy Schillace

Conan the Barbarian: Twisting Loyalties, by Jim Zub

18 years of Skulls in the Stars!

Maxwell invents a demon, people get angry (1879)

The Tripods: The Pool of Fire, by John Christopher