Donna K. Fitch

Renaissance Soul, Octopus Outlook

India

S is for Sahasra #AtoZChallenge

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One of my first professional game-writing jobs was for Dog Soul Publishing, in their Folkloric series. I created the land of Sahasra, an analogue of the India of folklore. I wrote the setting book, Sahasra: Land of 1,000 Cities, following it with an adventure, Sahasra: The Spirit in the Spice Groves, and a book for incorporating religion into the campaign, The Books of Faith: … [Read more...] about S is for Sahasra #AtoZChallenge

On the tops of haystacks

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On July 25, 1850, at Rajkote, India, according to All the Year Round, 8-255, after one of the heaviest rainfalls on record, the ground was found “literally covered with fishes.” Apparently some of the fish were found on “the tops of haystacks.” –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 87 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about On the tops of haystacks

Not only in playhouses

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“It is not only in playhouses that there are theatrical performances,” Fort observes in connection with the events surrounding the June 12, 1897 earthquake in Assam. The Englishman (Calcutta), July 14 and 21, 1897, reported that six days before and one day before the quake, a green moon was observed in Assam. The day before, torrents of rain fell suddenly from the … [Read more...] about Not only in playhouses

The weather was semi-stormy

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A report in L'Astronomie, 1886-310, tells of a resident of Pondicherry, Madras, India, who, on June 13, 1885, was sitting in a closed room when a mist appeared near him. At the same time there was a violent explosion. The reporter explained it as “at the time the weather was semi-stormy, and…an hour later rain fell heavily.” –Charles Fort, Wild Talents, … [Read more...] about The weather was semi-stormy