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Creating the Music of Hypnotica
Hypnotica by Christopher Mahon is the story of two mages who create grand musical concerts in surreal shared dreams…and pay the price for living between two worlds. To help immerse the reader in the duo’s performances, the story is accompanied by a short soundtrack: Do It in the Sky, Thieves in the Night, and Do…
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An Overview of the Jonrun
This is part of a series exploring the worldbuilding of the dark fantasy setting of OROBORO. The Jonrun people are former humans whose bodies have undergone a transformation into a new, quasi-immortal form called the jona, marked by an elongated neck and limbs, six fingers, and an inability to reproduce. Most Jonrun view themselves as…
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Designing a Magic System: Graphomancy, Part 1
Carl Sagan once said “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” He was trying to express how even something as seemingly simple as a pie can only be created through the interplay of matter, energy, and the laws of nature, all of which arise from the…
