Mysteries of Montreal

Inspirational Artefacts artefact / ˈɑːtɪˌfækt / noun: something   made   or   given   shape   by   man,   such   as   a   tool   or   a   work   of art,   esp   an   object   of   archaeological   interest. On my daily trolling of the internet, A Tumblr site has been brought to my attention that has some wonderful artefacts, that just scream out to be used in scenarios. With this in mind, I am starting what will be a new semi-regular feature on the blog, Inspirational Artefacts. Artefacts in your game. There are a number of ways these artefacts can be dropped into a game. It maybe that the item has been brought to a local museum on a tour, or maybe the investigators are the actual archaeologists who discover them. It could be that the item is found in the lair of the cultists the investigators raid, or even up for sale in the local occult store/jumble sale/auction. The gr...

Not Montreal related, but mythos related. The Charles Stross Laundry series is a wonderful reinvention of the mythos, and as such, these short stories deserve a link here. They are both rather old, coming from 2008 and 2009, but I just came across them. Down on the farm Overtime The second of these being from a series of shorts entitled December belongs to Cthulhu  which ran on the TOR publishing website back in 2009.. Edit 22-06-2015 to add Equoid . The placement of these short stories in terms of the novels can be seen here .