You opened the box, we came.
Despite this being the Occult Triangle Lab, I haven’t spoken much about occult trigonometry. I’ve talked about using binary code as the basis for magic systems, as well as magic as poetry, but not much to do with triangles. Except for that origami pyramid wrapped up with Zen. Magic in fantasy, as I’ve said before, shouldn’t …
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Hey all, I’m back to being a freelance writer, and I’ve signed on to be a staff member for the upcoming fantasy website Fantasy Hive, along with Laura Hughes, A.Z. Anthony, Steven Kelliher, and a bunch more! I’m going to be writing a column on magic called “Magic and Mayhem,” which will explore building magic …
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This is Vol. 3 of the Occult Reading list, where I collect all the interesting stories and strange pieces of trivia I’ve picked up over the past week from books, articles, and webpages. Also included are the songs that have been on repeat for me this week. Guaranteed to make you more interesting at parties. Disclaimer: There’s …
Fleshing out my magic system takes me on a journey through binary, computer coding, and metaphysics.
In case you haven’t seen them, here’s a rundown on some of the new articles I’ve written for the Fantasy Hive over the past few weeks. Most are about magic systems (like the pieces on D&D and Warhammer), while the one with Wicker is a Tales From the Tabletop story about the time I threatened a …
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I love this book. I picked it up from Poetic Earth’s booth at New York Comic-Con this year, and it’s got a hand-tooled leather cover. Last night, I made the first entry in it on the title page (see above). The triangle-tesseract design is the same one that came to me in a dream several …
I have a bad habit of reading, listening, and watching too many things at once, and at the end of every week I end up with a new list of fascinating things to check out. I thought it would be fun to share some of the stuff I’ve read and listened to in the past week, including …
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The Occult Triangle reviews the cryptographical masterpiece by Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon.
Anyone who’s ever watched Serial Experiments: Lain remembers the scene when Lain goes to greet her friends at school, but instead a doppelganger detaches from her and goes in her place–it’s the perfect expression of alienation, and evokes the idea that someone else is living your life. It also brings up questions about reality and identity: can we trust …
Continue reading “Hidden Layers: Spell Maps, Illusions, and Neural Networks”
This is Vol. 2 of the Occult Reading list, where I collect all the interesting stories and strange pieces of trivia I’ve picked up over the past week from books, articles, and webpages. Also included are the songs that have been on repeat for me this week. Guaranteed to make you more interesting at parties. …
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