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Pagan Publishing

2007-01-26T00:35:09Z

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'''Pagan Publishing''' are the creators of [[Delta Green]] and publishers of [[The Unspeakable Oath]].

As they describe themselves:

"Pagan Publishing was started in the fall of 1990 by [[John Tynes]], then a sophomore at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He was 19 years old and wanted to do something with his time besides go to class and goof off. So, he produced the first issue of a zine known as [[The Unspeakable Oath]]. TUO was pubished in support of a horror roleplaying game known as [[Call of Cthulhu]], published by [[Chaosium, Inc]]. and based on the writings of jazz-era author [[H.P. Lovecraft]].
The first issue was picked up by gaming distributors and distributed internationally. In short order, Pagan did more issues of the magazine, t-shirts, scenario books, and miscellanous other stuff.
Today, we have a staff of three people*, all of whom work part-time on a volunteer basis in the wonderful city of Seattle, Washington. We are:

[[Adam Scott Glancy]]: president, business manager, editor
[[John Crowe]]: editor
[[Brian Appleton]]: editor, proofreader

We produce books and a magazine under license for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. We also operate a Cthulhu Mythos mail-order catalog known as The Outsider. We also produce non-gaming fiction and non-fiction through our Armitage House imprint. We do other stuff, too, including t-shirts and posters, but you can read about all that elsewhere.

So: why are we iconoclastic? Our principal business is in the roleplaying game field. The way we produce stuff for our roleplaying game line is different from the way most people do it.
First and foremost, we take a lot of time. Some of our projects have been in development for more than three years. We go over our projects again and again, working on them and re-appraising them frequently to make them the best they can be. We believe that we shouldn't publish anything that a typical game master could whip up in a weekend or so; everything we do is of an order of magnitude more thorough, more researched, more original, and better-prepared than anyone else could just slap together in a short span of time. If you're going to shell out the bucks for a roleplaying product, it should provide you with a dramatic cost/benefit ratio: you receive the efforts of hundreds of hours of work for just a few dollars. Of course, this means that we don't make a lot of money--but we do this stuff because it's fun, and because it needs to be done.

Second, we break the rules. Our scenarios are not your typical roleplaying fare, ranging from globe-trotting thrills ([[Walker in the Wastes]]) to existential modern horror ([[Delta Green]]) to thoughtful occult intrigue ([[The Golden Dawn]]). Our sourcebooks are jam-packed with carefully-researched information--which is often the result of original scholarship that you won't find anyplace else.

Third, our creators own what they create. The majority of companies in the roleplaying games field practice work-for-hire: if you write or draw something for them, they own it and all rights to it. If your sourcebook is turned into a movie, you get nothing. If your artwork is reprinted in another book or in a portfolio, you get nothing. Your work is gone forever. We believe that creator ownership is an important principle: you should own what you make. We also believe that it makes good business sense: people work harder on things they have a real stake in. This is a cornerstone of our business practices.

Our goal is to forge relationships between creative people and those interested in what they have to say. We believe that there are a lot of talented folks out there with something to say, and a lot of people willing to support those forms of expression. We see our role as mediators, uniting artist with audience in a two-way flow of ideas. In the end, we believe that everyone benefits: artists receive recognition and income, the audience receives new ideas and value for their money, and we take in rewards both concrete and insubstantial. It's a good life to be living."

*Currently their staff consists solely of Adam Scott Glancy.

Former Pagan staff include [[John Tynes]], [[Dennis Detwiller]], and [[Blair Reynolds]] among others.

==External Links==

[http://www.tccorp.com/pagan/index.html Pagan Publishing's homepage]

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The Unspeakable Oath

2007-01-26T00:21:10Z

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Magazine irregularly publishd by [[Pagan Publishing]] from 1990 to 2001. There were 14 issues (including 3 "double" issues; 8/9, 14/15, and 16/17).

Issues 1 through 4 are available in annotated form [http://www.tccorp.com/pagan/pp_annotuo.html online].

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Artists

2007-01-26T00:11:00Z

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[[Paul Carrick]]

[[Dave Carson]]

[[Dennis Detwiller]]

[[Earl Geier]]

[[David Lee Ingersoll]]

[[Blair Reynolds]]

[[Tom Sullivan]]

[[Rebecca Kemp]]

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Adam Crossingham

2007-01-26T00:08:08Z

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Adam Crossingham is the editor and publisher of [[The Black Seal]] as well as the editor-in-chief of [[Worlds of Cthulhu]] magazine.

The Black Seal

2007-01-26T00:05:03Z

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The Black Seal is a horror gaming magazine supporting the Call of Cthulhu game in the modern era as well as the Delta Green setting. Published by Birchester University Press in the United Kingdom, the majority of the content is focused on Britian and Europe. The magazine is edited by [[Adam Crossingham]] and regular contributors include [[David Conyers]], [[Daniel Harms]] and [[Brian M. Sammons]].

'''The Black Seal Issue Three'''

Alien cultures. Strange things and even stranger places. The third issue of ''The Black Seal'' embarks on a whirlwind world tour of the weird and the not-so-wonderful; offering a terrifying glimpse into the darker corners of this strange, mad planet we all live on, and the bizarre things we share it with. Prepare yourself, quite literally, for a Holiday in Hell.

'''The Black Seal Issue Two'''

Who watches the Watchmen? The second issue of ''The Black Seal'' delves into the secret history of the deadliest branch of Britain's security apparatus, the Paranormal Intelligence Section for Counter-Intelligence, Espionage and Sabotage - better known as PISCES. We examine the Hidden Agenda of Britain's secret chiefs and the geography of the Captive State they have laboured to create.

'''The Black Seal Issue One'''

The theme of ''The Black Seal's'' first issue is Strange Britain. Inside, we expose the bizarre and mysterious landscape of these haunted isles; - the ancient and forbidden knowledge of antiquity; the secrets of the modern-day conspiracy; the forgotten, dangerous places of power and mystery. ''The Black Seal'' is your guide to the Secret Country behind the mundane facade of everyday life in Britain.

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David Conyers

2007-01-26T00:04:05Z

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[[Image:david-conyers.jpg|thumb|David Conyers, ''Call of Cthulhu'' author & artist.]]
'''David Conyers''', ''born Sydney, Australia, May 30th. Writer, illustrator and editor.''

An Australian author whose childhood was spent in Oxford in the United Kingdom and the Adelaide Hills. He moved to Melbourne in his late teenage years and attended the University of Melbourne where he completed a degree in Civil Engineering in 1993. Once qualified he worked across Australia on several remote outback construction projects including a foundations project for a casino in Melbourne, a pipeline in the Pilbara, and a mining processing plant in central Western Australia.

In 1995 David travelled to Africa with fellow writer [[David Witteveen]] visiting Zimbabwe, Zambia and Kenya. His exposure to African culture and thier vastly different standards of living had a profound influence on his writing ever since.

In the mid to late 1990s David transitioned from engineering to marketing communications. He married in 2003 and moved to Adelaide with his wife in 2005.

David’s first published [[Call of Cthulhu]] scenario was [[Devil%27s Children]], [[Pagan Publishing]]’s first professionally bound full colour-cover book, co-written with David Witteveen and David Godley, and released in 1993. It was during this period that he wrote and presented Call of Cthulhu supplements at Melbourne gaming conventions with fellow writers [[Richard Watts]], [[Mark Morrison]], [[Penelope Love]] and [[David Witteveen]].

David returned to writing in the early 2000s. He had his first gaming article published in [[The Black Seal]] in 2003 and his first Chaosium publication “Darkest Calling” in [[The Stars Are Right! Second Edition|The Stars Are Right!]] in 2004. His next project for Chaosium was to expand Keith Herber’s original [[Spawn of Azathoth Second Edition|Spawn of Azathoth]] campaign. He is the author of the scenario “Beyond the Edges” appearing in [[Secrets of San Francisco]]. David's next big project for Chaosium was the [[Secrets of Kenya]] sourcebook.

As an illustrator for the game David has produced maps and artwork for the supplements [[Secrets of Kenya]], [[The Stars Are Right! Second Edition|The Stars Are Right!]], [[Spawn of Azathoth Second Edition|Spawn of Azathoth]], [[Secrets of New York|Secrets of New York]], ''[[Miskatonic University (Supplement)|Miskatonic University]]'' and [[Secrets of San Francisco]].

Apart from ''The Black Seal'', Call of Cthulhu magazines that have featured his work include ''Book of Dark Wisdom'', ''The Whisperer'' and ''Worlds of Cthulhu''. He collaborated on several of these articles with the Mythos authors [[William Jones]] and [[Daniel Harms]], amongst others.

A speculative fiction author, David also writes tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. His first publication was “Screaming Crawler” in 2003 appearing in the first issue of ''Dreaming in R’lyeh'' and his first professional sale was “Vanishing Curves” appearing in the Book of Dark Wisdom in 2004. Other Mythos fiction has appeared in the anthologies ''Horrors Beyond'', ''Cthulhu Express'', ''Hardboiled Cthulhu'' and ''Arkham Tales''. Many of David’s fictional creations appear in his gaming supplements and vis versa. In 2004 David joined the staff of the ''Book of Dark Wisdom'' as the magazine’s first Associate Editor.

David’s contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos include the Arabian Nights style tome ''The Masked Messenger'', and the ongoing fiction character [[Major Harrison Peel]].

== External Links ==

[http://www.freewebs.com/david_conyers/ David Conyers official website]

[http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A273CHWTBHQX39 David Conyers Amazon.com journal]

[http://www.darkwisdom.com/darkwisdom.htm Book of Dark Wisdom]

[http://www.templeofdagon.com/writers/david-conyers/ Temple of Dagon (online Cthulhu Mythos fiction)]

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