HAUNTED HOUSE BRACKET - ROUND 3

HAUNTED HOUSE BRACKET - ROUND 3

Midnight Pals: Physical Fitness

[at the beach] Sonia Greene: oh howard this was such a lovely idea! Greene: a romantic seaside picnic and just the two of us! Greene: and we've got your favorite food right here - untoasted white bread! Greene: isn't this nice? HP Lovecraft: [sweats, stares at ocean] right sure

HP Lovecraft: Hey! Quit kicking sand in our faces! Sonia Greene: that man is the worst nuisance on the beach! Aleister Crowley: [grabbing Lovecraft] listen here, I'd smash your face, only you're so skinny you might dry up and blow away!

Crowley: [to greene, as he manhandles lovecraft] look babe, why don't you drop that zero and get with the hero Crowley: i'll show you how a real man kicks sand in people's faces! Crowley: THE GREAT BEAST!!! DO AS THOU WILLT!!!!

Lovecraft: The big bully! I'll get even some day! Greene: oh don't let it bother you, little boy Greene: i'll fix you up a nice big meal, put some meat on those bones Lovecraft: and that'll help me build muscle? Greene: [sweats] um muscle? um sure yeah muscle

Poe: howard, you need to stop letting aleister pick on you Lovecraft: but he's twice my size! he's all buff cuz of all the mountain climbing! Poe: you could start working out? Lovecraft: you mean physical labor? Lovecraft: sport?! Lovecraft: [sweats] like a common cornishman?!?

Poe: you should try it Poe: a good regimen of rowing and swimming helped me build mass Barker: oh come on edgar Poe: no really! Poe: [removes shirt, revealing he is super swole] Barker: Barker: oh right Barker: right i forgot about that

Mary Shelley: listen up nerd you don't need exercise Shelley: what you need is one of these [flips switchblade] Poe: oh come on mary, what if he gets attacked when he doesn't have knife on him? Shelley: dunno, that's never come up

Shelley: next time aleister gives you shit, you give him one of these [pantomimes shivving] Poe: mary, violence never solved anything Shelley: it does if you're good at it Poe: Barker: ah ha ha she's got you there edgar

Lovecraft: Darn it! I'm sick and tired of being a scarecrow! William Hope Hodgson says he can give me a real body. all right! i'll gamble a stamp and get his free book Lovecraft: i'll just not eat this week to afford the stamp

William Hope Hodgson: are you "fed up" with seeing the huskies walk off with the best of everything? Hodgson: sick and tired of being soft, frail, skinny or flabby? Hodgson: i know because i myself was once a puny 97 pound "runt" Hodgson: today, I am two separate gorillas

Hodgson: give me 5 weeks and my body building plan will turn YOU into the bronzed adonis you were meant to be Hodgson: through a dynamic combination of cardiovascular training, lifting big kegs, and standing in the desert while getting your balls tanned by an ultraviolet machine

Lovecraft: wow, how's you get so buff?? Hodgson: from constant brawling during my navy days Lovecraft: w-wait Lovecraft: you're a sailor?? Hodgson: yeah you should know from my popular lecture series about how much the navy fuckin sucks ass Lovecraft: [sweats]

Hodgson: ugh, i tell you Hodgson: it's just impossible to pay the bills with pseudoscience fitness programs catering to mens' insecurities Hodgson: i'm gonna pivot to weird fiction instead Hodgson: that's where the big money is

Hodgson: what if a bunch of pig men attacked a big house Smith: [on phone] hey clark ashton? it's me! your cousin! marvin smith! Smith: you know that new horror genre you're been looking for? Smith: well, listen to this! [aims phone at hodgson]

Casting for I Need A Miracle is by Fiona Thraille

Fiona Thraille - Voice Actor, Audio Adventurer

Fiona Thraille - Voice Actor, Audio Adventurer

Fiona Thraille is an actor, writer, audio drama creator and active member of the internet audio drama community. She also provides voiceover

Fiona Thraille has an impressive audio pedigree as a voice actor, audiobook narrator, writer, director, sound designer and producer.

@merelymatt says, I wanted to make Fiona our final crew reveal, so I can follow her up immediately with the incredible cast she assembled for I Need A Miracle. As soon as she started floating names, I knew I'd made the right choice to work with @wirelesstheatre instead of going it alone. Fiona's sense of who fits what role has been flawless from the start; director Rob commented more than once that she'd done more than half his work for him, just by finding people with the instinct for their role, so all he had to do was keep them on the track they were already on. When you all fall in love with these characters, you'll have Fiona to thank first of all.

Haven't seen much about it on Tumblr so I want to yell a bit about Hollows because I'm super excited for it and I think a lot of you nerds will be too.*

*assuming you like two or more of boss fights, TTRPGs, horror, hubris, fun and brutal digs at the british class system

In Hollows, you play hunters who trawl hollows, fucked up zones of surreal horror - falling and trying again and falling and trying again - until you finally manage to defeat the Lord: the source of all the hollow's pain, fear and general Messed Up Shit.

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HOLLOWS - TTRPG Boss Fights Done Right

Plunge into the nightmare realms of Hollows and slay other people's personal demons. Hollows' unique tactical combat system allows for dynam

Full disclosure, I am one of the possible stretch goal writers of a whole new Hollow, but that's not why I'm psyched about this game. After coming on board, I tried a playtest version of the game and had a massive grin on my face the entire way through. And I didn't even get to see my own character inevitably succumbing to the very inner darkness they use to fight, becoming a new Big Bad in the process!

It's from RRD, the same folks who did Spire, Heart, Die and Eat the Reich so you know it's gonna be good and annoyingly beautiful. Look, it's just a great game, OK? Maybe check it out on backerkit if you like good things.

"Can you grieve for something that hasn't had a chance to really exist yet?"

Kildress, the Artist – played by David Holt

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David Holt - Voice Artist | Actor

David has appeared in many TV, film, and international productions. His range of character voices and accents, along with narration, comedy,

In your benevolence, the Artist appeals for A dream come true.

@merelymatt says, if you've ever been stuck at the final hurdle of a fic, or a drawing, or any artwork – so near, and yet so far – this one's for you. David absolutely nails the frustration and the yearning, the wanting it to be finished but also wanting it to be perfect, just like you imagined.

CAST ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEGUN, follow @inyourbenevolence to get them.hot off the press instead of when they roll off my queue!

"Can you grieve for something that hasn't had a chance to really exist yet?"

Kildress, the Artist – played by David Holt

david-holt.co.uk

David Holt - Voice Artist | Actor

David has appeared in many TV, film, and international productions. His range of character voices and accents, along with narration, comedy,

In your benevolence, the Artist appeals for A dream come true.

@merelymatt says, if you've ever been stuck at the final hurdle of a fic, or a drawing, or any artwork – so near, and yet so far – this one's for you. David absolutely nails the frustration and the yearning, the wanting it to be finished but also wanting it to be perfect, just like you imagined.