With Dreamation wrapped, 2024 is one con down! It was lovely to be in the same room with humans for these games. I taught "Under the Autumn Strangely" three times, played once. All very different, in terms of energy, tone, and content. I continue to be delighted by the freeform weirdness players can bring. I got to be a talking crow who almost ate a tiny termite dressed as a catholic priest. 

Soon it'll be GAMA and then BreakOut Con, where I'm a special guest! I'll be on some panels, too. Looking forward to talk about horror storytelling. I may have some thoughts.

Come over to https://www.twitch.tv/symphonyentertainment at 7PM EST on Wednesday 2/28 for an "Under the Autumn Strangely" Actual Play! Come check me out at Bluesky if you haven't yet. https://bsky.app/profile/thismaybegraham.bsky.social

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O hushed October morning mild,

Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;

Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild,

Should waste them all.

The crows above the forest call;

Tomorrow they may form and go.

O hushed October morning mild,

Begin the hours of this day slow.

Make the day seem to us less brief.

Hearts not averse to being beguiled,

Beguile us in the way you know.

Release one leaf at break of day;

At noon release another leaf;

One from our trees, one far away.

Retard the sun with gentle mist;

Enchant the land with amethyst.

Slow, slow!

For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,

Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,

Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—

For the grapes’ sake along the wall.

-Robert Frost