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Bats and Primates: Speculative Psychology for Uplifted Animals

Bats and Primates: Speculative Psychology for Uplifted Animals


Are you looking to mine a few ideas for the batfolk in your upcoming adventure, The Diamond Mines of Camazotz? Writing some Planet of the Apes fanfiction and wondering what kind of sports gorillas might play?  If so, then look no further! Whether you're working on uplifted animals, animal folk, or just plain talking animals, this book can be used for it all.  Primates and...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $2.95

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Essential Ethnographies #1 - Island Builders & Others

Essential Ethnographies #1 - Island Builders & Others


One of the quickest ways to start building cultures for your setting is to take inspiration from actually-existing cultures. What do you do when you don't want to crib off the same culture cultures that everyone else has used a hundred times before?  Essential Ethnographies offers the convenience of building from preexisting cultures and the flexibility and novelty of working with cultures...   [click here for more]
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City Builder: A Guide to Designing Communities

City Builder: A Guide to Designing Communities


City Builder: A Guide to Designing Communities is a resource specifically designed to help storytellers create exciting and compelling urban areas and other sorts of communities and places within them. It is a universal sourcebook that can support the needs of any ancient, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, Renaissance, or fantasy fiction or role-playing game setting.  This comprehensive, fully-illustrated...   [click here for more]
Skirmisher Publishing  $24.99 $24.95

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Pantheon Building

Pantheon Building


Whether you are designing a new campaign setting for a roleplaying game or looking to create a world for your fantasy fiction, the creation of a pantheon will be an important part of the process. Pantheon Building provides a short primer on the issues to consider while developing your pantheon. This booklet discusses Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, the role of government in the development of...   [click here for more]
Bards and Sages  $2.99

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The Art and Craft of Poetry: Twenty Exercises Toward Mastery

The Art and Craft of Poetry: Twenty Exercises Toward Mastery


Polished over 20 years of use at the university level, this book combines Professor Collings's lucid instruction with practical exercises to introduce beginners to poetry, and to encourage more practiced poets to expand their horizons. Twenty poetic exercises that will strengthen and hone your craft! Note: This digital edition includes the PDF, ePub and Mobi (Kindle) version of the...   [click here for more]
Wildside Press  $6.99

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The Meaning of Names: Persons and Peoples

The Meaning of Names: Persons and Peoples


There are many good resources out there for creating new languages, but they tend to focus more on how words change over time than on the meanings of personal or group names. This booklet is intended to fill the gap. It not only includes lists of historical names (personal, family, and ethnic) but discusses the patterns and logic behind these names.  Don't forget to buy the companion to this booklet,...   [click here for more]
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Essential Ethnographies #3 - Cousins of the Bear & Others

Essential Ethnographies #3 - Cousins of the Bear & Others


One of the quickest ways to start building cultures for your setting is to take inspiration from actually-existing cultures. What do you do when you don't want to crib off the same culture cultures that everyone else has used a hundred times before?  Essential Ethnographies offers the convenience of building from preexisting cultures and the flexibility and novelty of working with cultures...   [click here for more]
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Corporatocracy: Company Rule in Fact & Fantasy (Political Fantasies #3)

Corporatocracy: Company Rule in Fact & Fantasy (Political Fantasies #3)


Political Fantasies is a series that takes names for governments and plays around with them to see how far they can be pulled. In the tradition of Strange Nations, the results of each exploration can be dropped into your setting with little-to-no adaptation required.  This volume explores corporatocracy, or "rule by corporations." The first chapter, Market Analysis,...   [click here for more]
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Essential Ethnographies #2 - Funerary Cannibals & Others

Essential Ethnographies #2 - Funerary Cannibals & Others


One of the quickest ways to start building cultures for your setting is to take inspiration from actually-existing cultures. What do you do when you don't want to crib off the same culture cultures that everyone else has used a hundred times before?  Essential Ethnographies offers the convenience of building from preexisting cultures and the flexibility and novelty of working with cultures...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $2.95

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Storytelling in Video Games: The Art of the Digital Narrative

Storytelling in Video Games: The Art of the Digital Narrative


Beginning with the structural features of design and play, this book explores video games as both compelling examples of story-telling and important cultural artifacts. The author analyzes fundamentals like immersion, world building and player agency and their role in crafting narratives in the Mass Effect series, BioShock, The Last of Us, Fallout 4 and many more. The text-focused "visual...   [click here for more]
McFarland  $17.99

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How-To: Swamp Folk

How-To: Swamp Folk


Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo bits tacked on" or you run hog wild and run the risk of overlooking something that, however innocuous, turns out to be vitally important for that type of culture.  There's another way...   [click here for more]
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How to Use MailChimp for Beginners: The Indie Author's Guide to Email Marketing

How to Use MailChimp for Beginners: The Indie Author's Guide to Email Marketing


As an indie author you may have heard a thing or two about starting an email list. But what if you're not sure where to start? Nowadays there are so many options available to you--AWeber, Constant Contact, iContact, Vertical Response and so many others--but one of the most popular is MailChimp. If you've ever wanted to try MailChimp but weren't sure where to start or possibly found it intimidating,...   [click here for more]
EnemyOne  $2.99

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The Canister X Transmission: Year Two - Collected Newsletters

The Canister X Transmission: Year Two - Collected Newsletters


Begin transmission . . . Running weekly from May 2015 to April 2016, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide. Every week, readers received updates from the desk of A.P. Fuchs that served as a behind-the-scenes gateway into his views on the publishing industry and past work. The newsletter covered four main topics: Writing/Creating/Publishing, in which...   [click here for more]
Coscom Entertainment  $2.99

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The Writers Tools - The Synopsis

The Writers Tools - The Synopsis


Every writer eager to supplement their indie publishing with traditional publishing must learn to write a clear, concise synopsis if they wish to sell their manuscript. A well realized synopsis is a sales tool, see how a pro does it. Multi-genre writer, Russ Crossley, offers his suggestions and provides examples of synposis' he has written that sold books. ...   [click here for more]
53rd Street Publishing  $3.99

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Once Upon a Time Writer's Handbook [digital]

Once Upon a Time Writer's Handbook [digital]


Writer's Handbook at a Glance Use the tools provided by the Once Upon a Time game to fuel your own fiction writing. Requires a copy of Once Upon a Time to use. Spin a Yarn: More about the Writer's Handbook In Once Upon a Time, players work together to tell a tale based on the information on the cards in their hand. Use this game to jumpstart your...   [click here for more]
Atlas Games  $2.95

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The Worldbuilder's Guide to Kaiju

The Worldbuilder's Guide to Kaiju


Are you lacking big, stompy monsters? Have you been to see the new Godzilla movie and want to find out where to start with including such things in your stories? Look no further, because this mini-guide is here to help. Thirteen pages to give you an idea about what kaiju are, how they're used in the movies and which movies are the best ones to watch for ideas. This is a Pay What You Want title,...   [click here for more]
Games 4 Geeks  $0.95

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Intercultural Communication in Action

Intercultural Communication in Action


The informative and wide-ranging essays in this second volume of Borgo Perspectives on Intercultural Communication, by authors from Britain, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Russia and Spain, look at intercultural communication in action--whether in television or the movies, in the press, on the internet, in student life, in school, in the work of translators and interpreters, or simply in the attempt to...   [click here for more]
Wildside Press  $7.99

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101 Wishes of Congratulations for Greeting Cards

101 Wishes of Congratulations for Greeting Cards


Do you freeze up every time a greeting card gets passed your way? Everybody else seems to know exactly what to write. Why does your mind goes blank? What do you do? Consult this book!  It contains 101 unique sentiments you can write in congratulatory cards for friends, family, or co-workers. Is someone in your life having a baby? Getting married? Buying a new house?...   [click here for more]
Rainbow Crush  $2.99

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108 Ancient Egyptian Beverages, Dishes, & Snacks

108 Ancient Egyptian Beverages, Dishes, & Snacks


This is exactly what it says on the tin: a list of 108 beverages, dishes, and snacks from Ancient Egypt. If your players want to know what they're eating and you don't have a PhD in Medieval  Classical Studies, then look no further.  This list includes 16 beverages (medicinal wine!), 16 bread-based dishes, 11 porridges & soups & stews, 9 casseroles, 10 other seafood dishes (dried fish roe...?),...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $1.00

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108 Bear-Themed Monsters (or Friends)

108 Bear-Themed Monsters (or Friends)


This is exactly what it says on the tin: a list of 108 bear-themed monsters (or friends, with a good Diplomacy roll!), perfect for that Night of 1,001 Bears session that I know you've been planning forever. Inside, you'll find bear-themed monsters like... The Bearricade, which is a horrific, living wall crafted from the fused bodies of many bears. Only someone with a magical key or totem...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $1.00

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Book Publishing Checklist

Book Publishing Checklist


So you want to write a novel, but don't know where to start? Well, have I got a surprise for you.  The following is a list of 30 items that guide you through the entire process from the germ of an idea to being fully published.  This is a step-by-step guide to what to do and when. I have used this list to publish three novels, two audiobooks, multiple Traveller gaming supplements, and dozens of RPG...   [click here for more]
Donovan D. Corzo  $4.99

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Bundle of 108 Things [all Lists of 108 Things] [BUNDLE]

Bundle of 108 Things [all Lists of 108 Things] [BUNDLE]


This special bundle product contains the following titles. 108 Ancient Egyptian Beverages, Dishes, & Snacks Regular price: €0,96 Bundle price: €0,72 Format: Watermarked PDF This is exactly what it says on the tin: a list of 108 beverages, dishes, and snacks from Ancient Egypt. If your players want to know what they're eating and you don't have a PhD...   [click here for more]
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Bundle of Food Lists [BUNDLE]

Bundle of Food Lists [BUNDLE]


This special bundle product contains the following titles. 108 Ancient Egyptian Beverages, Dishes, & Snacks Regular price: $1.00 Bundle price: $0.80 Format: Watermarked PDF This is exactly what it says on the tin: a list of 108 beverages, dishes, and snacks from Ancient Egypt. If your players want to know what they're eating and you don't have a PhD in Medieval ...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $5.00 $4.00

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Cooking for Hags & Zombies

Cooking for Hags & Zombies


Whether you're hosting a block party and need to figure out what to serve the bugbears that moved next door, or just running an RPG campaign and looking for ways to flesh out your world, Cooking for Monsters will tell you what you want to know.  In Cooking for Hags & Zombies, you'll learn about the biology (and necrology) of these anthrophages, how human flesh does (and does...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $1.95

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Cooking for Orcs & Goblins

Cooking for Orcs & Goblins


Whether you're hosting a block party and need to figure out what to serve the bugbears that moved next door, or just running an RPG campaign and looking for ways to flesh out your world, Cooking for Monsters will tell you what you want to know.  In Cooking for Hags & Zombies, you'll learn about the dietary needs (and tolerances) of orcs, goblins, and their cousins, fungal...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $1.95

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Cooking for Vampires

Cooking for Vampires


Whether you're hosting a block party and need to figure out what to serve the bugbears that moved next door, or just running an RPG campaign and looking for ways to flesh out your world, Cooking for Monsters will tell you what you want to know.  In Cooking for Vampires, you'll find out what kind of flavors vampires enjoy, the culinary aspects of blood, and how to estimate the...   [click here for more]
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Elite Design Elements: Word Count Calculator

Elite Design Elements: Word Count Calculator


The Elite Design Elements: Word Count Calculator helps you estimate the length of any piece of fiction, based on the number of characters, scenes, locations, and Orson Scott Card's MICE threads in your story. The tool is especially useful for planning and writing short fiction or flash fiction. This download contains one .xlsx spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel) that calculates...   [click here for more]
Rising Phoenix Games  $0.95

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Get that Sh@t off Your Cover!

Get that Sh@t off Your Cover!


Authors helping other Authors is my goal. We are not competition. We should be helping each other to make more money and gain more readers. Contained here is what information i give when other authors ask me for help. I'm not a numbers guy or a graph guy. You do not have to listen to me. But you should. Just so you know it's mega-short. Even for me. The information here has helped several dozen...   [click here for more]
Great God Pan Publishing, Inc  $2.49

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Narrative-Crafter's Guide to Government

Narrative-Crafter's Guide to Government


Making plausible and dynamic characters and social structures that meet both audience expectations and the needs of the narrative is a daunting challenge to authors and gamemasters of all experience levels.  This guide presents governments as dynamic systems that affect, and are affected by, unfolding world events.  The focus of this guide is on presenting options and discussing how various choices...   [click here for more]
Ether Games LLC  $18.56

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Open Source Tools for Independent Authors

Open Source Tools for Independent Authors


Open Source Tools for Independent Authors presents a collection of programs writers and authors can use to take their books from idea to published quickly and efficiently. From content organization to cover design, everything is here and it is free. The only cost is time to download the software and a little work. ...   [click here for more]
James Matt Cox   FREE 

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Species Shock #1: Agloanikoi - The Gameplayers

Species Shock #1: Agloanikoi - The Gameplayers


Worldbuilding can be hard, especially when it comes to aliens. All too often, fictional aliens feel like they're really just humans in costumes. Even when they are weird enough to feel truly nonhuman, they're usually still suffering from a serious case of monoculture-itis. Species Shock aims to supply you with truly alien extraterrestrials, covering everything from planet of origin to biology,...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  Pay What You Want

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The Canister X Transmission: The Long Year Five - Collected Newsletters

The Canister X Transmission: The Long Year Five - Collected Newsletters


Begin transmission . . . Running from May 2018 to June 2020, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide. Readers received updates straight from A.P. Fuchs that were meant to entertain, educate, and inform. The Long Year Five was a long time in the making with A.P. Fuchs battling an illness which prevented him from sending out newsletters every week. During this tumultous...   [click here for more]
Coscom Entertainment  $2.99

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The Canister X Transmission: Year Four - Collected Newsletters

The Canister X Transmission: Year Four - Collected Newsletters


Begin transmission . . . Running weekly from May 2017 to April 2018, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide. Instead of writing letters with a fixed set of topics, A.P. Fuchs simply wrote letters to his readers every week, covering topics like the Frozen Storm Kickstarter, self-publishing, work plans, opinions on publishing, depression, freezing winters, and more. The...   [click here for more]
Coscom Entertainment  $2.99

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The Canister X Transmission: Year One - Collected Newsletters

The Canister X Transmission: Year One - Collected Newsletters


Begin transmission . . . Running weekly from May 2014 to May 2015, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide. Serving as a source of inspiration for writers and artists everywhere, its impact was made known by the replies sent to A.P. Fuchs's inbox week-to-week. The newsletter covered four main topics: The Creative Thought of the Week, in which Fuchs...   [click here for more]
Coscom Entertainment  $2.99

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The Canister X Transmission: Year Three - Collected Newsletters

The Canister X Transmission: Year Three - Collected Newsletters


Begin transmission . . . Running weekly from May 2016 to April 2017, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide. Every week, readers received updates straight from A.P. Fuchs that were meant to entertain, educate, and inform. The newsletter covered four main topics: Weekly Creative Recap, in which Fuchs shared what he was working on and gave readers a...   [click here for more]
Coscom Entertainment  $2.99

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The Early Experiments: A Short Fiction Lab Primer

The Early Experiments: A Short Fiction Lab Primer


Fiction writers are taught to show, not tell. In each Short Fiction Lab chapbook, award winning short fiction writer Peter M. Ball takes one of his own stories and explores an aspect of the writing craft in the accompanying essay. In this introductory Primer to the Short Fiction Lab series, Ball presents four short tales for lovers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Upon Discovering...   [click here for more]
Brain Jar Press  $2.99

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Tomorrow's Language

Tomorrow's Language


From the World Fantasy Award-winning author Helen Marshall comes a collection of critical works focused on the evolution of writing, horror, and the weird tale. Within this volume you’ll find an interrogation of the radical poetics of M. John Harrison’s worldbuilding, deep dives into the works of Stephen King and Kelly Link, and a meditation on the need for new and evolving language to...   [click here for more]
Brain Jar Press  $4.99

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What Should I Write? 101 Holiday Wishes for Greeting Cards

What Should I Write? 101 Holiday Wishes for Greeting Cards


Do you freeze up every time a greeting card gets passed your way? Everybody else seems to know exactly what to write. Why does your mind goes blank? What do you do? Consult this book!  It contains 101 unique sentiments you can write in holiday cards for friends, family, or co-workers. Included are general seasonal greetings as well as wishes for a happy Christmas,...   [click here for more]
Rainbow Crush  $2.99 $0.99

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Winged, With Sharp Teeth

Winged, With Sharp Teeth


Fiction writers are taught to show, not tell. In each Short Fiction Lab, award-winning short fiction writer Peter M. Ball presents an original story and an accompanying essay showcasing a particular aspect of the craft or business of writing inspired by the creative work. The Story: Winged, With Sharp Teeth There have always been lands not mapped out in an atlas, and those lands...   [click here for more]
Brain Jar Press  $2.99

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Writer Chaps Season 1 Collection [BUNDLE]

Writer Chaps Season 1 Collection [BUNDLE]


This special bundle product contains the following titles. Capturing Ghosts On The Page: Writing Horror & Dark Fiction Regular price: $2.99 Bundle price: $2.33 Format: ePub (Nook, Sony, eReaders) “Don’t write merely to shock. People are used to shock-horror. You need to get beneath the skin. Use a flensing knife and keep it sharp. It’s good to shock, but...   [click here for more]
Brain Jar Press  $17.94 $13.99

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[Bundle] How-To Cultures Collection

[Bundle] How-To Cultures Collection


This special bundle product contains the following titles. How-To: Far North Peoples Regular price: $2.95 Bundle price: $2.36 Format: Watermarked PDF Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $11.80 $7.08

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