Thread by @sethanikeem

Everything on here is terrible, so let’s get lost in a haunted house 👻

As a #Halloween2022 🎃 treat, allow me to introduce you to #LonelyHouse - a new game of collaborative fiction

Which path will you choose? #TTRPG #HorrorGame #NaNoWriMo #RPG

itch.io/s/80315/lonely…

This is available only as a digital release for now

Because #LonelyHouse is an indie release, I could really use your help in getting word out

Any reposts or retweets would be most appreciated - doubly so if you are a writer, game designer/publisher - but every boost helps

Tomorrow on Halloween as a special treat, I will read a few chapters aloud on a Facebook live starting around 9 pm EST

If you haven’t found my verified Facebook page yet, it’s under the same handle as this Twitter account: sethanikeem

facebook.com/sethanikeem

As an extra bonus, I also bundled all of my horror games over on @itchio together in a little Halloween sale. 40% off if you buy them individually or $4.99 for three titles, including the sexy vampire dating game, Midnight’s Kiss: itch.io/s/80310/happy-…

#LonelyHouse is my best piece of fiction writing to date

It is a strange & experimental piece that exists somewhere in the wild liminal space between novel, role-playing game, journaling prompt & fever dream

It is the story of a place that has haunted my imagination for years

I wrote a version of this novel shortly after completing CONSPIRACY OF ANGELS

But the story resisted a standard novel format

The house - a character unto itself - was too wild, too labyrinthine, too conscious to be tamed in that first iteration of the story

There is a reason why #LonelyHouse is a piece of collaborative fiction: the house itself hungered for more than one story

Deserved more

A myriad of possibilities & endless pathways between its walls

Which path will you choose?

You’ll find several names in the acknowledgments of #LonelyHouse

These are folks who tell stories, shape experiences & innovate in profound & inspiring ways

If you’re curious about their work: @casskhaw @ChuckWendig @kiraserpentine @jeeyonshim @sawdustbear & @matthewmercer

One last thing:

I put the request out here once before, but if you write for or run a publication, podcast or stream related to gaming, horror, haunted houses, etc., & you’d like a copy of #LonelyHouse for review, hit me up, please

Seeing posts from so many cool people in the gaming industry who got to attend #BigBadCon makes me wish travel & conventions in a Covid world were less risky for someone who’s been through as many heart surgeries as me

Would’ve been great to promote #LonelyHouse there

At least I can still shout here on Twitter - until the platform implodes 😬

I also want to take a moment to give @Liabra a huge shout out. Without her graphic design skills #LonelyHouse would look very different

The last time I was comfortable doing lay-out & design for my stuff, cut and paste was still literal (Shadowdance no. 16, Winter 1995)

And because they are awesome, you should also check out @jeeyonshim’s crowdfunding campaign for the creepiest tavern role-play ever #TheLongestRest

indiegogo.com/projects/the-l…