Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH
@zacharyolson.bsky.social
He/Him | Writer where words are read, cast at ftlcast.com, music at iambugbear.bandcamp.com. Listen to @sunlessreach.bsky.social
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Here's my debut, STEADY AND THE MOUNTAIN. 3500-ish words of mythic swords and sorcery. How do you turn back the end? t.co/xXmtxlOWTM
Here's my debut, STEADY AND THE MOUNTAIN. 3500-ish words of mythic swords and sorcery. How do you turn back the end? t.co/xXmtxlOWTM
No better answer. I would watch Ulrich von Lichtenstein(or a post-film Sir William) need to figure out a new way to beat the master jouster of the week for as many episodes as they'd give me
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
No better answer. I would watch Ulrich von Lichtenstein(or a post-film Sir William) need to figure out a new way to beat the master jouster of the week for as many episodes as they'd give me
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January 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Suppose I shouldn't be surprised that the designer of one of my favorite games in recent memories also likes the only wargame to ever draw me into the genre(Josh I gotta know which house you rep)
If you ever wanted to play @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social's Maleghast using your grandmother's nativity set...now you can!
Playing War Games with your Grandmother's Nativity Set
I worked on this over Christmas. It's a little late but perhaps you (like me) haven't quite cleaned up your tree yet. I have limited exposu...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Suppose I shouldn't be surprised that the designer of one of my favorite games in recent memories also likes the only wargame to ever draw me into the genre(Josh I gotta know which house you rep)
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Issues 5 thru 7 of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social are now available in the Bodega! ⚔️
If you're longing for the scifi/fantasy anthologies of yore, with a heavy emphasis on Queer perspectives: this is your magazine⚔️
If you're longing for the scifi/fantasy anthologies of yore, with a heavy emphasis on Queer perspectives: this is your magazine⚔️
January 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Issues 5 thru 7 of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social are now available in the Bodega! ⚔️
If you're longing for the scifi/fantasy anthologies of yore, with a heavy emphasis on Queer perspectives: this is your magazine⚔️
If you're longing for the scifi/fantasy anthologies of yore, with a heavy emphasis on Queer perspectives: this is your magazine⚔️
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My resolution is to write more this year after a 2025 spent consumed by extremely creatively-fulfilling but mindspace-dominating home game TTRPG prep. For better output, I need to up my input. What are your favorite fiction podcasts? Very good contemporary audiobooks I can get on Libby?
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
My resolution is to write more this year after a 2025 spent consumed by extremely creatively-fulfilling but mindspace-dominating home game TTRPG prep. For better output, I need to up my input. What are your favorite fiction podcasts? Very good contemporary audiobooks I can get on Libby?
My resolution is to write more this year after a 2025 spent consumed by extremely creatively-fulfilling but mindspace-dominating home game TTRPG prep. For better output, I need to up my input. What are your favorite fiction podcasts? Very good contemporary audiobooks I can get on Libby?
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
My resolution is to write more this year after a 2025 spent consumed by extremely creatively-fulfilling but mindspace-dominating home game TTRPG prep. For better output, I need to up my input. What are your favorite fiction podcasts? Very good contemporary audiobooks I can get on Libby?
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Scribbling designs for my Steeple Wracks Haruspex… I love her… #neonjawboneart #maleghast
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Scribbling designs for my Steeple Wracks Haruspex… I love her… #neonjawboneart #maleghast
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✨WEDNESDAY CON!!✨
@bycharlottefinn.bsky.social was kind enough to comm a big piece for our wednesday tabletop group. Characters across campaigns and one-shots, a cameo by our (often-but not always) GM @zacharyolson.bsky.social, and ofc shoutout @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social and @baal-pit.bsky.social 💜
@bycharlottefinn.bsky.social was kind enough to comm a big piece for our wednesday tabletop group. Characters across campaigns and one-shots, a cameo by our (often-but not always) GM @zacharyolson.bsky.social, and ofc shoutout @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social and @baal-pit.bsky.social 💜
December 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
✨WEDNESDAY CON!!✨
@bycharlottefinn.bsky.social was kind enough to comm a big piece for our wednesday tabletop group. Characters across campaigns and one-shots, a cameo by our (often-but not always) GM @zacharyolson.bsky.social, and ofc shoutout @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social and @baal-pit.bsky.social 💜
@bycharlottefinn.bsky.social was kind enough to comm a big piece for our wednesday tabletop group. Characters across campaigns and one-shots, a cameo by our (often-but not always) GM @zacharyolson.bsky.social, and ofc shoutout @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social and @baal-pit.bsky.social 💜
Truly some of the best work I've done as a GM with this group. This gang is always down to try something weird, experimental, or ambitious. Bask in the glow of Wednesdaycon, and know that you bask in the presence of greatness.
✨WEDNESDAY CON!!✨
@bycharlottefinn.bsky.social was kind enough to comm a big piece for our wednesday tabletop group. Characters across campaigns and one-shots, a cameo by our (often-but not always) GM @zacharyolson.bsky.social, and ofc shoutout @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social and @baal-pit.bsky.social 💜
@bycharlottefinn.bsky.social was kind enough to comm a big piece for our wednesday tabletop group. Characters across campaigns and one-shots, a cameo by our (often-but not always) GM @zacharyolson.bsky.social, and ofc shoutout @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social and @baal-pit.bsky.social 💜
December 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Truly some of the best work I've done as a GM with this group. This gang is always down to try something weird, experimental, or ambitious. Bask in the glow of Wednesdaycon, and know that you bask in the presence of greatness.
"The question is: do you believe your wife is stronger than Dracula?"
[OLD ART, most of which hasnt made it here] thinking about cal, my motx pc who spent the campaign fighting with and then making up with her ex-wife/former boss, who was dracula
December 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"The question is: do you believe your wife is stronger than Dracula?"
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[OLD ART, most of which hasnt made it here] thinking about cal, my motx pc who spent the campaign fighting with and then making up with her ex-wife/former boss, who was dracula
December 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
[OLD ART, most of which hasnt made it here] thinking about cal, my motx pc who spent the campaign fighting with and then making up with her ex-wife/former boss, who was dracula
I played a pickup game of MAGNAGOTHICA: MALEGHAST with a friend last night on Tabletop Simulator and I think I might be a wargaming guy now
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I played a pickup game of MAGNAGOTHICA: MALEGHAST with a friend last night on Tabletop Simulator and I think I might be a wargaming guy now
Happy "cold enough that you need to top up your tire air" day, Chicago.
December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Happy "cold enough that you need to top up your tire air" day, Chicago.
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"Well, I'm back" he said.
Over the last three months, I've keyed every hex in the bounds of the Shire, including rumors, nested random encounters, and five embedded mini-dungeons. I've collated them into a document, linked on the blog:
Over the last three months, I've keyed every hex in the bounds of the Shire, including rumors, nested random encounters, and five embedded mini-dungeons. I've collated them into a document, linked on the blog:
Middle-earth Hexcrawl Project: The Shire (Complete)
Back in September of this year , I began a daily writing prompt inspired by this year's reread of The Lord of the Rings and Idraluna Archiv...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Well, I'm back" he said.
Over the last three months, I've keyed every hex in the bounds of the Shire, including rumors, nested random encounters, and five embedded mini-dungeons. I've collated them into a document, linked on the blog:
Over the last three months, I've keyed every hex in the bounds of the Shire, including rumors, nested random encounters, and five embedded mini-dungeons. I've collated them into a document, linked on the blog:
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Background paintings by Sue Mondt for Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Background paintings by Sue Mondt for Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
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Let it never be said I'm not for the culture
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Let it never be said I'm not for the culture
Let it never be said I'm not for the culture
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Let it never be said I'm not for the culture
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You know what tells you a lot about a society? Our LAWS.
What do we punish? Do we enforce them fairly? Do we think our laws are just?
So of course I made world-building game about that…
arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...
What do we punish? Do we enforce them fairly? Do we think our laws are just?
So of course I made world-building game about that…
arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...
Rules of Law Is Ready to Play
Our justice says who we are as a people. What do we punish? Do we enforce our laws fairly for everyone? Do we think our system is just?
These are big questions about the foundations of society, so of...
arsludi.lamemage.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
You know what tells you a lot about a society? Our LAWS.
What do we punish? Do we enforce them fairly? Do we think our laws are just?
So of course I made world-building game about that…
arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...
What do we punish? Do we enforce them fairly? Do we think our laws are just?
So of course I made world-building game about that…
arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/48...
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Hi! I'm NJ, or Nora. I'm a comics artist, illustrator, and writer based in the southern United States.
You can contact me for potential work at neonjawbone@gmail.com. Most of my work here I would consider is for adult audiences, but like. PG-13.
Works linked below!
You can contact me for potential work at neonjawbone@gmail.com. Most of my work here I would consider is for adult audiences, but like. PG-13.
Works linked below!
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hi! I'm NJ, or Nora. I'm a comics artist, illustrator, and writer based in the southern United States.
You can contact me for potential work at neonjawbone@gmail.com. Most of my work here I would consider is for adult audiences, but like. PG-13.
Works linked below!
You can contact me for potential work at neonjawbone@gmail.com. Most of my work here I would consider is for adult audiences, but like. PG-13.
Works linked below!
Several months of adventuring in the Dolmenwood(using Fantasy AGE 2e as our rules system) has led to a battle for the town of Prigwort, using FAGE's Mass Battle system. Very excited to see how things go and if my players can manage to save it from destruction.
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Several months of adventuring in the Dolmenwood(using Fantasy AGE 2e as our rules system) has led to a battle for the town of Prigwort, using FAGE's Mass Battle system. Very excited to see how things go and if my players can manage to save it from destruction.
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"Chicago is transmitted Matrilineally" -@zacharyolson.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Chicago is transmitted Matrilineally" -@zacharyolson.bsky.social
used to pray for times like this
I have an announcement to announce at Pax. I am excited.
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
used to pray for times like this
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Shop small for the holidays, support independent publishing, and do some good!
From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.
Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.
Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Shop small for the holidays, support independent publishing, and do some good!
From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.
Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.
Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
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THIS WEEK ON: the ADVENTURES of DARING RED - a THRILLING FINALE! Heartfelt conversations, oaths being called in, and a future not yet set in stone. What will the next chapter hold for our DARLING DETECTIVE? We shall FIND OUT in SEASON 3! #pathfinder2e #actualplay
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
THIS WEEK ON: the ADVENTURES of DARING RED - a THRILLING FINALE! Heartfelt conversations, oaths being called in, and a future not yet set in stone. What will the next chapter hold for our DARLING DETECTIVE? We shall FIND OUT in SEASON 3! #pathfinder2e #actualplay
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Happy S2 finale to @sunlessreach.bsky.social I decided to commission my dear @wallabri.bsky.social for the Delta Crew wearing silly novelty sunglasses after a discussion @jadeoxfordrose.bsky.social and I had. They need to prep for when the sun comes back, after all!
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Happy S2 finale to @sunlessreach.bsky.social I decided to commission my dear @wallabri.bsky.social for the Delta Crew wearing silly novelty sunglasses after a discussion @jadeoxfordrose.bsky.social and I had. They need to prep for when the sun comes back, after all!