Author: Cordelia Atwood

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Moving pictures with sound

Ghostfire - Vaudevillian Steampunk Video

So, I’ve managed again to slip into the Miskatonic Archive unnoticed. I slipped a box of cream-filled shortcakes into the humidor, in order to distract the spirit of professor Zloty for a few, and the Dunwich horror is out dumpster diving again. I’ve found a few new areas have been added since my last visit, most notably a visual archive to the right and below, which seems to have been updated on a daily basis. I also found that the shop has been dis-assembled, its relics currently available only at the homes of the artisans who created them. A new device stands in the center of the archive; It appears to be some sort of remote-viewing tool, providing not only vivid moving images, more lifelike than any shadow theater, but moving images with sound. I have yet to determine the metaphysical importance of the messages within, but have decided to share some of the more interesting from the bunch here, while I browse the rest of the collection: The Extraordinary Contraptions: Cold Comforts – A […]

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Hexed

Last night I entered the Miskatonic Archives, and through slight of hand and nimble footing I made it into the professor’s office and lab. I found no sign of the Necronomicon, nor could I find any of those books that were acquired by the University through the Dunwich incident. I did however manage to pilfer an impression of Professor Kemy’s scribblings from from a desktop notepad, though nothing as of yet makes much sense at all… But none of what I found has much to do with my current situation, which I will relay to you now, in case these moments are to be my very last… Though I had been quite sly and meticulously nimble in my excursion, I neglected to return with my bag… a bag containing a change of clothing, so that I could arrive at the Women’s Cello Society recital well-dressed and in good time for some celebratory drinking. When I realized this, I was halfway between the University and my intended destination – and, my apartment on Rue d’Auseil being closer, I decided to grab a change of […]