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June 19, 2026
Character Profile
Theron Of The Investigators, A Character Profile Of The Mentor Who Was Made Not Born
A character profile of Theron, the elder Investigator in the dark fantasy saga Investigating the Wicked. The mentor who broke the order's rules to exist, and the rules he keeps breaking to stay alive.
Fantasy Mentor Characters
Investigating the Wicked
Dark Fantasy Character Profiles
Mentor Archetype Fantasy
Made Not Born Magic
Forbidden Magic Fantasy
June 15, 2026
Devlog
How I Built Orchard Deck, A Cozy Card Collectathon, In Godot
A devlog on Orchard Deck, a free cozy collectathon about a line of apple folk. Spin a slot machine for chibi cards, plant them for idle income, donate sets to a museum, breed new ones, and fight a three-act campaign. One currency, earned entirely in game.
Orchard Deck
Godot Game Devlog
Indie Game Development
Cozy Games
Collectathon
June 15, 2026
Devlog
How I Built World 11, A World Cup Draft Roguelike, In Godot
The full devlog behind World 11, a free browser game where you draft real football legends from every era and run them through a World Cup gauntlet. The draft loop, the seeded match engine, free-licensed player faces, and how I tuned it so winning actually means something.
World 11
Godot Game Devlog
Indie Game Development
Football Game
Roguelike
June 12, 2026
Comp Comparison
Books Like Dark Matter By Blake Crouch For Readers Who Want The Identity Question Without The Multiverse
Five thrillers for readers who finished Dark Matter and Recursion and want the same propulsive who-am-I question, without necessarily another multiverse.
Books Like Dark Matter
Books Like Blake Crouch
Identity Thriller Books
Recall
Thrillers Like Dark Matter
Memory Thriller Books
June 5, 2026
Themes/Genre Primer
A Reading Guide To Dark Fantasy Where The Hunter Is The Hunted
A reading guide to dark fantasy where the hidden enemy has been hunting the heroes for generations. Four series that nail the conspiracy-against-the-hunters shape.
Dark Fantasy Books With Conspiracies
Fantasy Books About Secret Societies
Fantasy Conspiracy Thriller Books
Investigating the Wicked
Dark Fantasy Hidden Enemy
Fantasy Hunter Hunted
May 29, 2026
Comp Comparison
Books Like Severance Apple TV If You Want The Quiet Corporate Body Horror
Five novels for Severance fans between seasons. The same consent-and-identity questions, the same banal corporate horror, the same body that does things its mind never agreed to.
Books Like Severance
Books Like Severance Apple TV
Corporate Body Horror Books
Sleep Mode
Novels Like Severance
Literary Horror
May 22, 2026
Worldbuilding Deep-Dive
The Locked Room Mystery In A Fantasy Inn, A Five Suspect Breakdown
Why the locked room mystery rarely shows up in fantasy, what the genre has to solve to make it work, and how the Antler & Hearth arc in Investigating the Wicked builds a sealed-room puzzle in a magic-having world.
Locked Room Mystery Fantasy
Fantasy Detective Novel
Fantasy Murder Mystery Books
Investigating the Wicked
Fantasy Whodunit
Mystery Craft
May 15, 2026
Comp Comparison
Books Like The Witcher Series If You Want A Veteran Monster Hunter Working Cases One At A Time
Five book series for Witcher fans who want a stoic monster hunter, episodic cases, and a morally grey medieval world that earns the dark in dark fantasy.
Books Like The Witcher
Dark Fantasy
Monster Hunter Fantasy
Investigating the Wicked
Witcher Alternative Books
Books Like Geralt
April 22, 2026
Series Spotlight
Investigating the Wicked: A Dark Fantasy Saga About the Last Monster Hunters of a Dying Order
Why I wrote Investigating the Wicked: the world of Strohr, the Investigators' dwindling order, the hidden conspiracy hunting them, and where to start reading for free.
Dark Fantasy
Investigating the Wicked
Monster Hunter Fantasy
Worldbuilding
Medieval Fantasy
Indie Fantasy
Dark Fantasy Series
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