Delta Green coffee mug beans Crime Novels book on patio table outside on beautiful day.

Delta Green coffee mug beans Crime Novels book open to the Postman Always Rings Twice on patio table outside on beautiful day.

Doggie with ball in her mouth to be thrown

Just trying to get an hour of #BooksAndBrews reading to get into the right headspace for #DeadCityBlues writing tonight after the day job… but the doggie clearly has other plans for me. 🐶📚

And honestly, look at that face. How am I supposed to say no?

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Spent some time just writing this morning: quiet, focused, and honestly kind of relaxing. ✍️I knocked out a short story for #DeadCityBlues ! Did you know I have a Patreon, #HarlemUnbounding?

I share historical bios, game mechanics, scenarios, short fiction, and more. Come check it out!

High West Campfire in front of a Tarids cookie jar near a heavy pour in a glass.

High West Campfire label

Done for the day, so it’s time for a three-finger pour of High West Campfire and a couple of hours of writing for my Patreon, #HarlemUnbounding. 🥃✍️

Now the real question: #HauntedWest or #DeadCityBlues? This whiskey works perfectly for either vibe… 😄

What would you all pick?

2026 Writing: Day 81 ✍️
Daily word count: 10,589
Total word count: 80,158

Nice writing (and family + work) weekend. Managed to put up solid words across multiple projects, and I’m feeling really good about #DeadCityBlues.

That working draft is starting to look real...it’s beautiful. 😄📝#GameDev

This morning’s #FilmNoir double feature kicks off with City That Never Sleeps. 🎥It jumped to the top of my list while reading Dark City & getting into #DeadCityBlues writing headspace for later today.

Has anyone else seen it? What did you think & what’s your go-to noir? 🕶️📚

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2026 Writing: Day 60 ✍️
Daily word count: 4,919
Total word count: 46,208

Dove back into #DeadCityBlues today for a Patreon drop later this month. It’s going well, I’m experimenting with some new tweaks to the #OuroborosSystem & really liking where it’s heading.

What are you all writing right now?

The Big Book of the Continental OP by Dashiell Hammett on a Haunted West mouse pad with a Delta Green giant coffee cup in the background filled with coffee.

This morning’s #BooksAndBrews is me slipping back into the right headspace for #DeadCityBlues. ☕🕵️‍♂️ I’m rereading The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett and letting that hardboiled rhythm do its work.

Trying a few new things with the game, and I’m really liking how it’s shaping up. #HarlemUnbounding

The city’s back, and it’s meaner this time. #DeadCityBlues, second drop is live, and I brought in a fellow shamus to help shape it. If you like noir, TTRPG design, and building a game from the ground up, come take a look.
#TTRPG #Noir #IndieTTRPG #GameDesign #Worldbuilding

Watching the Olympics and writing on the #DeadCityBlues drop for this month, coming along nicely. 🏅✍️ Probably helped that I spent a good chunk of yesterday reading Chester Himes, Jim Thompson, and Raymond Chandler. Turns out noir homework counts as real work. 😄📚

Writing day before the Super Bowl, even if my Eagles aren’t in it, we’ll still watch. ☕🏈 Got coffee, word count goal, and some noir vibes queued: Shadow of a Doubt and Gun Crazy, while I work on the next #DeadCityBlues drop for #HarlemUnbounding. Let’s go. ✍️🖤

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Man in Blue Suit by Kurt Komoda

Something new is coming.
I’m starting a series where we build a noir game together and it starts with Dead City ​Blues.
If you like noir, mystery, and helping shape a TTRPG from the ground up, come take a look.
Patreon link below. #HarlemUnbounding #DeadCityBlues