PROJECTS

Most of my creative energy is currently dedicated to indie publications for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha by Chaosium. I was one of the Jonstown Compendium’s launch authors in 2019, and I’ve been active ever since. You can check out what I’ve published here!

Overall, I’ve found that the creative portions of my mind work best when allowed to wander a little bit. Consider the lists on this page as “places Austin’s brain is visiting” rather than “projects which will be completed in this order.” I make no promise that any of these will ever escape my scribble journals.

Want a more up-to-date peek into what I’m working on? I write a monthly “Behind the Scenes” article over on my Patreon. This discusses both what I’m considering working on, and also describes the creative process. It’s usually pretty candid—I try to make it interesting and honest as a way to say “Thanks!!” to those lovely folks who are able to go above and beyond in their support. Never feel obligated to back if you’re unable, but if you are able I really do appreciate it.

RuneQuest

  1. Howl of the Wild Hunt & Other Stories: An anthology of my digital works in Print On Demand format, including a new titular adventure. I’m currently editing this, and thinking about graphic design.
  2. Aeolian Sorcery: I have pretty extensive notes for a sorcery supplement detailing a variant on the Orlanthi religion, and describing a new Homeland culture, the Esvulari. My brain keeps returning to this in my scribble journals, so I figure it’s worth noting here.
  3. Standalone Adventures: Numerous independent adventure ideas are bouncing around in my head. Most of them focus on presenting a Rune Master, an adventure site, and schemes linking them together. My design process is heavily inspired by Swedish publisher Free League’s design philosophy in Forbidden Lands, The One Ring 2E, and Dragonbane.
  4. Sylthi: This is an old project I don’t want to discard entirely, but which I haven’t figured out how to resurrect. You can learn more here.
  5. Melikaphkaz: Another old project, this time a cult for RuneQuest about the “O-God of Traps.” Basically an excuse to write a ton of traps. I really like the cult writeup, but I need to get around to writing several dozen more traps for this to really be publishable.

Fiction

  1. Akhelas Worldbuilding: Lately I’ve been using my weekly article more frequently to explore the cosmology, metaphysics, and history of my setting. I’m enjoying how this has been getting fleshed out, and I anticipate continuing to do so. No clue when this will turn into something more concrete.
  2. Stillness: This is a novel set within Akhelas. It’s about a bitter swordsman who wants to be left alone, and the irritating chanter who demands that he become a hero. Eventually this will be released as an online serial. “Episode one” is complete, but needs another revision to align it better with my worldbuilding.

Updated April, 2024.