What happens if you take 5 authors of varying genres, give them not-copyrighted versions of some fun characters, drop them in the middle of the woods and release untold gothic horrors on them?

I don’t know…but I really wanted to find out.

Join maniacal, schadenfreude enthusiast (also known as the Dungeon Master), ‘Shady’ David Shadoin and watch as Kacey Ezell, Jon R. Osborne, William Myrl, Stephen Landry, and T.J. Lombardi get sucker punched over and over again when everything takes a turn for the worse in Author’s Trapped.

Trigger warning: this module leans heavily into some very distinct tropes of the Gothic Horror genre…if you can’t play games like Resident Evil, Amnesia, or The Forest, please do yourself a favor and don’t listen to this. Thanks!

Credits (go give them a like or better yet, subscribe!):

Shady - davidshadoin.com

Kacey Ezell - kaceyezell.net

Jon R. Osborne - jonrosborne.com

Willaim Myrl - williammyrl.com

Stephen Landry - https://linktr.ee/stephenlandry

T.J. Lombardi - www.patreon.com/WarriorPublishing (his site https://warriorpub.wordpress.com/ won’t let me in…)

Map Images are made by DM Andy and who you can support here! https://www.patreon.com/c/DM_Andy/home

The guide I use to inform my campaign was written by Wyatt Trull who you should check out here: https://www.dmsguild.com/en/browse?authorName=%22Wyatt%20Trull%22

The usual intro and outro song for Who the **** Are We?, Lofi Chill, was created by Fass Sounds who I licensed through Pixabay.

And the awesome background music (several songs) I’m using to underlay the gameplay is by Timothy Roven over at Tabletop Audio…go check out his catalog here: https://tabletopaudio.com/

Sorry guys...I know you all were excited for a new episode of Worlds Asunder, but I'll explain, very vaguely, why you need to be a little more patient...thanks for stopping by!

Our guest Julia Vee was a trial lawyer in Silicon Valley. She attended UC Berkeley and majored in Asian Studies. She often writes with co-author Ken Bebelle. Their novel Ebony Gate, an Asian-inspired contemporary fantasy, was published by TOR and named a 2023 Golden Poppy Finalist for the Octavia E. Butler award. The trilogy conclusion, Pearl City, released in July of 2025.

We got to share an exhibitor booth with Julia at Dragonsteel last December. We had a blast hanging out with her that weekend, and we’re just lucky she still likes us enough after all that proximity to come on as a guest!

In Part Two, We Discuss:

• Shorthand Communication of Desired Genre Tropes

• Omnibusses and Sexy Hardcovers

• Comps and Inspiration

• Full Tangent into Latest Movies and Shows We Loved

Resources and Guest Links:

• https://juliavee.com/

• IG: @juliaveewrites

• Pearl City Paperback Release!

Join us in thanking Julia! She’s a talented author, fantastic booth-mate, and we’re so grateful she was willing to give us some of her time.

Host Links:

• H.Y. Gregor: https://hygregor.com/

• David Shadoin: https://www.davidshadoin.com/

Credits: (all assets licensed through the sites listed)

• Intro: Music- Cinematic Epic Trailer by PaulYudin on Pixabay

• Animation and Image- From Vecteezy user- kazim hussian; from pixabay users-davidfoxx, DavidGallie, olenchic, stefaniejockschat, AiVreaSaStii, RuneSnow, duyen-nguyen, EnchantedStudios,

• Outro: Music- Good Night by FASSounds on Pixabay

• Animation and Image- From Vecteezy user-onlydesignz; from pixabay users-olenchic, Placidplace, Evgeniy_Z, Dantegrafico, Shayea_Kim