Jason Bowers
@phdnd.bsky.social
Academic philosopher, author, game designer, YouTube creator, he/him
I am very excited to have penned a little thing about Salomé's hideous botany, as part of a series of vignettes.
By the way, who else is going to this thing?
Oh, I'm also writing a story about having a thousand limbs but only wanting the ones crushed, which impede my job as a chandelier.
By the way, who else is going to this thing?
Oh, I'm also writing a story about having a thousand limbs but only wanting the ones crushed, which impede my job as a chandelier.
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I am very excited to have penned a little thing about Salomé's hideous botany, as part of a series of vignettes.
By the way, who else is going to this thing?
Oh, I'm also writing a story about having a thousand limbs but only wanting the ones crushed, which impede my job as a chandelier.
By the way, who else is going to this thing?
Oh, I'm also writing a story about having a thousand limbs but only wanting the ones crushed, which impede my job as a chandelier.
Please join me this Saturday, November 15th, at 7pm Eastern US on the PhD&D official Discord server's General Voice channel, for my live reading of Michael Cisco's weird fiction classic, "Modern Cities Exist Only To Be Destroyed."
INVITATION: discord.gg/XxK62qt4
INVITATION: discord.gg/XxK62qt4
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Please join me this Saturday, November 15th, at 7pm Eastern US on the PhD&D official Discord server's General Voice channel, for my live reading of Michael Cisco's weird fiction classic, "Modern Cities Exist Only To Be Destroyed."
INVITATION: discord.gg/XxK62qt4
INVITATION: discord.gg/XxK62qt4
When you're late for work
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
When you're late for work
3K SUBS! Hooray, and thanks for supporting my channel! Look out for a special video this coming week!
Meanwhile, please join me on the PhD&D Discord Saturday, November 8th, and 7pm Eastern US, to hear a live reading of "A Bodyless Thing" by Sam Rebelein!
INVITATION: discord.gg/aKkRrEEn
Meanwhile, please join me on the PhD&D Discord Saturday, November 8th, and 7pm Eastern US, to hear a live reading of "A Bodyless Thing" by Sam Rebelein!
INVITATION: discord.gg/aKkRrEEn
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
3K SUBS! Hooray, and thanks for supporting my channel! Look out for a special video this coming week!
Meanwhile, please join me on the PhD&D Discord Saturday, November 8th, and 7pm Eastern US, to hear a live reading of "A Bodyless Thing" by Sam Rebelein!
INVITATION: discord.gg/aKkRrEEn
Meanwhile, please join me on the PhD&D Discord Saturday, November 8th, and 7pm Eastern US, to hear a live reading of "A Bodyless Thing" by Sam Rebelein!
INVITATION: discord.gg/aKkRrEEn
Has this ever happened to you?
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Has this ever happened to you?
Anyone else handing out the Yellow Sign to trick-or-treaters?
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Anyone else handing out the Yellow Sign to trick-or-treaters?
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
Here's a fun adventure based on the short story "Going, Going" by Meghan Arcuri, from Hippocampus Press' tribute to William Hope Hodgson, "Where the Silent Ones Watch."
Happy Halloween!
youtu.be/n7ybqgu-F-g
Happy Halloween!
youtu.be/n7ybqgu-F-g
Let's make SCAENA in 5e!
YouTube video by PhD&D
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Here's a fun adventure based on the short story "Going, Going" by Meghan Arcuri, from Hippocampus Press' tribute to William Hope Hodgson, "Where the Silent Ones Watch."
Happy Halloween!
youtu.be/n7ybqgu-F-g
Happy Halloween!
youtu.be/n7ybqgu-F-g
Reposted by Jason Bowers
Something I didn't bring up in the video; when Draw Steel was announced, a lot of folks online talked about it as though it and a bunch of other newly-announced RPGs were competing against each other.
But we never felt that way. I think the only people for whom all those games really compete are...
But we never felt that way. I think the only people for whom all those games really compete are...
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Something I didn't bring up in the video; when Draw Steel was announced, a lot of folks online talked about it as though it and a bunch of other newly-announced RPGs were competing against each other.
But we never felt that way. I think the only people for whom all those games really compete are...
But we never felt that way. I think the only people for whom all those games really compete are...
Reposted by Jason Bowers
In The Guardian, horror writers name the scariest stories they've ever read. Eric LaRocca picks Joan Samson's THE AUCTIONEER, one of our classic horror rediscoveries: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In The Guardian, horror writers name the scariest stories they've ever read. Eric LaRocca picks Joan Samson's THE AUCTIONEER, one of our classic horror rediscoveries: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Please join me on the PhD&D Discord this Saturday, Oct. 25th, at 7pm EDT, for a live reading of "The Hand of the King" by M.R. Summerleigh. As usual I'll read for about 20 min then hang out for discussion. This event will not be recorded. Be sure to mute yourself!
INVITATION: discord.gg/WzPeYUua
INVITATION: discord.gg/WzPeYUua
October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Please join me on the PhD&D Discord this Saturday, Oct. 25th, at 7pm EDT, for a live reading of "The Hand of the King" by M.R. Summerleigh. As usual I'll read for about 20 min then hang out for discussion. This event will not be recorded. Be sure to mute yourself!
INVITATION: discord.gg/WzPeYUua
INVITATION: discord.gg/WzPeYUua
Reposted by Jason Bowers
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Please join me on the PhD&D official Discord this Saturday, October 18th, at 7pm EDT, for a live reading of "A Country Doctor" by Franz Kafka. As usual I'll read for about twenty minutes then hang around for discussion. This event will not be recorded. Be sure to mute yourself!
discord.gg/WzPeYUua
discord.gg/WzPeYUua
October 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Please join me on the PhD&D official Discord this Saturday, October 18th, at 7pm EDT, for a live reading of "A Country Doctor" by Franz Kafka. As usual I'll read for about twenty minutes then hang around for discussion. This event will not be recorded. Be sure to mute yourself!
discord.gg/WzPeYUua
discord.gg/WzPeYUua
Reposted by Jason Bowers
Please join me on the PhD&D official Discord this Saturday, October 11th, at 7pm Eastern US time, for a live reading of "Too Many Pages" by Simon Strantzas. As usual I'll read for about twenty minutes then hang around for discussion. Be sure to mute yourself!
Invitation: discord.gg/82y7XAvF
Invitation: discord.gg/82y7XAvF
October 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Please join me on the PhD&D official Discord this Saturday, October 11th, at 7pm Eastern US time, for a live reading of "Too Many Pages" by Simon Strantzas. As usual I'll read for about twenty minutes then hang around for discussion. Be sure to mute yourself!
Invitation: discord.gg/82y7XAvF
Invitation: discord.gg/82y7XAvF
Todes and Daniels (1975) on Shadows
YouTube video by Jason Bowers
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
One of this week's lectures on the metaphysics of negative entities; this ones on holes, specifically Lewis and Lewis (1970), "Holes."
youtu.be/YC8U3L55FcI
youtu.be/YC8U3L55FcI
Lewis & Lewis (1970), "Holes"
YouTube video by Jason Bowers
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One of this week's lectures on the metaphysics of negative entities; this ones on holes, specifically Lewis and Lewis (1970), "Holes."
youtu.be/YC8U3L55FcI
youtu.be/YC8U3L55FcI
Do you ever see a book cover that makes you wonder how cover illustrations even get decided
September 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Do you ever see a book cover that makes you wonder how cover illustrations even get decided