The Keepers of Mysteries return to the Goodman Games Twitch channel with an all-new live show on Tuesday, December 20th at 9pm! Join Jen and Bob Brinkman as they take a deep dive into the progenitors and contemporaries of Appendix N. Burn, Witch, Burn! by Abraham Merritt isn't specifically listed on Appendix N, but certainly is an important work by this often overlooked author. As a writer, Merritt drew upon the works of earlier authors (such as Gertrude Barrows Bennett) to create dreamlike...

A predecessor to Howard’s Conan the barbarian, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking Puritan who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. Returning to Africa, Solomon Kane's old friend N'Longa (the witch doctor from "Red Shadows") gives the Puritan a magic wooden staff, the Staff of Solomon, which will protect him in his travels. Kane enters the jungle and finds a city of vampires.With his faith in god, the magic of N’Longa, and his wits, Kane must...

Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they take a look at The House on the Borderland, by William Hope Hodgson - a story praised by both H. P. Lovecraft and Sir Terry Pratchett, as well as being influential for Clark Ashton Smith. Be sure to check out the music of Electric Wizard and their song The House on the Borderland. Plus, tune in for our latest fantasy book give away! Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on November 15, 2022. Join us next month as we...

In a special Halloween episode, Keepers Jen and Bob dive in to the delightfully spooky seasonal tale, A Night in the Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny. Plus, tune in for our latest fantasy book give away! You could win a copy of Jack of Shadows (details in the show). Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on Oct 30, 2022.

Join the Keepers of Mystery for a special episode of the Sanctum Secorum, recorded live. Joining us to discuss his new book, as well as his lengthy career and more is Michael Moorcock. This special extended cut includes a small amount of material that didn't make it into the livestream due to technical issues. Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on October 8, 2022.

Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they take a look at the non-Lankhmar works of Fritz Leiber, specifically the short story collection Horrible Imaginings. Join them as they explore often overlooked stories by the man who coined the term "sword & sorcery". Plus, tune in for our latest fantasy book give away! Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on Sept 20, 2022.

Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they discuss one of the earliest (and longest) works of Clark Ashton Smith, The Black Diamonds. Written by a 14 year old Smith, this 1,001 Arabian Nights-inspired story is a wild ride indeed! Plus, tune in for our latest fantasy book give away! Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on Aug 23, 2022.

Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they discuss a story written in 1666 (yes, 1666). Tonight, as part of our series exploring the women progenitors of Appendix N, we examine The Blazing World by by Her Grace, Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Buckle up! Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on July 19, 2022.

The Keepers of Mysteries return to the Goodman Games Twitch channel with an all-new live show tonight! Join Jen and Bob Brinkman as they take a deep dive into the tomes of Appendix N. The Sanctum Secorum Reading Room plumbs the depths of Appendix N, introducing readers to inspirational materials. This month, they continue their series of episodes looking at the women of Appendix N (and those who inspired it), examining Zenna Henderson's "Pilgrimage: The Book of The People". Enter the Sanctum...

The Keepers of Mysteries return to the Goodman Games Twitch channel with an all-new live show tonight! Join Jen and Bob Brinkman as they take a deep dive into the tomes of Appendix N. The Sanctum Secorum Reading Room plumbs the depths of Appendix N, introducing readers to inspirational materials. This month, they continue their series of episodes looking at the women of Appendix N (and those who inspired it), examining Margaret St. Clair's novel The Dolphins of Altair. Enter the Sanctum...

The Keepers of Mysteries return to the Goodman Games Twitch channel with an all-new live show tonight! Join Jen and Bob Brinkman as they take a deep dive into the tomes of Appendix N. The Sanctum Secorum Reading Room plumbs the depths of Appendix N, introducing readers to inspirational materials. This month, they continue their series of episodes looking at the women of Appendix N (and those who inspired it), examining the classic work The Citadel of Fear by Gertrude Barrows Bennett (writing...

Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they discuss Leigh Brackett's The Sword of Rhiannon, in the third in our series exploring the women of Appendix N. Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on March 15, 2022.

Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they discuss Margaret St. Clair's The Shadow People, in the second in a series exploring the women of Appendix N. Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on February 15, 2022.

Join the two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they discuss Andre Norton's Quag Keep, in this first in a series exploring the women of Appendix N.

 A group of Confederate deserters, with the help of an escaped slave and an army nurse, stage a robbery at a bank holding a cache of rebel gold. Needing a place to rest for the night, the criminals set up camp in a mansion overlooking an abandoned plantation. En route through the fields, they find a strange scarecrow, which they believe is actually a crucified man, and shoot a strange deformed creature.  It soon becomes obvious that the old house is not as empty as they thought. The former...

Join the Keepers of Mystery for a special episode of the Sanctum Secorum, recorded live. Joining us for a discussion on the Dying EArth and the life of Jack Vance are our special guests, John Vance (son of Jack and Norma Vance) and Koen Vyverman of Spatterlight Press International. Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on July 11, 2021.

Join the Keepers of Mysteries, along with special guest Judge Julian Bernick of Spellburn, as they discuss Jack Vance's Dying Earth.

It is the year 1345 and, upon having his wedding day interrupted, Sir Roger, Baron de Tourneville, prepares to lead a military force to the Holy Land. Late that night, an enormous silver spacecraft lands outside the town. It is a scouting craft for the Wersgorix Empire, a brutal dominion light years from our solar system. The aliens destroy a tower, kill a watchmen, and flatten a pony. That dead pony is a step too far! The Wersgorix attempt to take over Earth by testing the feasibility of its...

For those who missed the live broadcast of the Sanctum Secorum (which, after about 8 minutes, was everyone) here is the entire episode for your enjoyment. The Keepers of Mystery reunite to discuss the Goodman Games releases for DCC Day.

The story is narrated by an ethnologist who visits the town of Binger, Oklahoma in 1928 to investigate certain stories related to a certain nearby mound, which is said to be haunted by a strange Indian man by day and a headless woman by night. The local people avoid the place, and there are strange stories of those who dared to venture there either disappearing, or returning insane and inexplicably altered. Being initially quite skeptical, the narrator brings some archaeological tools and...

The carnelian cube of the title is a small red "dream stone" confiscated by archaeologist Arthur Cleveland Finch from Tiridat Ariminian, one of the workers on the dig he is supervising in Cappadocia. It bears an inscription in Etruscan that appears to identify its original possessor as Apollonius of Tyana, a wandering ascetic/philosopher/wonderworker who lived from 15-100AD. Supposedly, the stone allows the bearer to attain the world of his dreams. Arthur Finch is a man who *thinks* that he...

    Amid escalating conflict between Earth and mysterious alien Outsiders, massive armadas from both sides are set to meet in what looks to be an evenly matched battle. Bob Carson, the pilot of a small one-man scout ship blacks out while engaging with an Outsider counterpart. When he awakens, he finds himself naked in a small enclosed, circular area about 250 yards (230 m) across. In the distance is an Outsider, which Carson labels a "Roller" because its form is that of a red sphere about 1...

The main character of “Gone with the Gods” would seem to be a thinly disguised Offutt, a writer who turns out a prodigious number of novels at the back and call of his editor, writing in whatever genre is hot at the moment to fulfill the needs of an insatiable audience. When his editor calls him to look into the possibility that a former fraternity brother of the editor’s has invented a time machine, and asks him to check out the possibility that the device is real so the editor can invest in...

Early in the 21st century, nearly twenty years after the invention of atomic power and ten years after the first lunar landing, the four-man crew of the Ares has landed on Mars in the Mare Cimmerium. A week after the landing, Dick Jarvis, the ship's American chemist, sets out south in an auxiliary rocket to photograph the landscape. Eight hundred miles out, the engine on Jarvis' rocket gives out, and he crash-lands into one of the Thyle regions. Rather than sit and wait for rescue, Jarvis...

It has been far too long since the Sanctum Secorum unleashed a special, holiday episode. So, just in time for Halloween, the Keepers of Mysteries present a trio of sinister stories pulled from the pages of Tales from the Magician's Skull. Each macabre story is paired with its own adventure, to help you cause even the boldest player to shudder. Issue #0, "The Way of Serpents" by Howard Andrew Jones.The story begins with the hero, Hanuvar, as a captive of a kingdom of islanders. A great raid is...