Hello Dr. Zann,     I hope that this missive reaches you in good health in these trying times. It has come to my attention that you still fully intend to commit to your planned procedure regarding certain properties of physical translocationality, despite our spirited conversation held previously in happier times.      I implore to once again: reconsider .     As was covered in that conversation, and repeated again here for emphasis, what you plan to do will react poorly with at least several other goings-on, which will in turn affect certain aspects of material resonance of our vaunted Stone Hall. As such, we cannot know or even pretend to know what would come of your sundering of the local environs, no matter how "mitigated " or " contained ".  To put in even more stark terms; should you do this, we would have no idea where you would even go, and there would be no rescue. Just as well, this is to say nothing of the suspected social repercussions of our nei

      Port Astor State University is the premier higher education facility in the State of Jefferson, and every year, tens of thousands flock to the City of Secrets to "begin their futures". Most prestigious of all is the post-graduate program, the Doctorate of Applied Metaphysics & Philosophy, which is by invitation only. While many openly desire to enter the program, few could even begin to explain what the exact criteria of admittance are, let alone what is actually taught within.     The program itself traces its lineage back to the university founders, who ran a small college out of the original university building, The Old Stone Hall. It began as an almost chapel-like structure of rustic cobble, but over its life grew into a bizarre and sprawling web of eclectic neo-gothic stonework, contemporary wood and cement, and other, harder to describe styles not seen before by any of its students.     This was the heart of Port Astor Academia, until the December of 1931. Dur

 Hello there! We are once again at the most wonderful time of year, and so we return to Port Astor during one of its most troubling and tumultuous times times, The Plague of '30 ! This year, we explore some irregularities around Port Astor State University, and the staff... Like last year, starting next Saturday there will be a new piece of the story released until the finale on 10/26. Below is the schedule! • Part 1: The First Port Astor State University / Releases 10/12 • Part 2: An Unsent Letter found in PASU Archives / Releases 10/19 • Part 3: Sending Scouts / Releases 10/26 In addition to this, I will be at the Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR this weekend (yes, right now), as well as at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo!  And, last but not least, my first collection of short stories hits digital shelves Monday (10/7). If you've been keeping up here, many of the stories will be familiar to you, but there is a piece in collection that will never be released anyw