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Beginning to Migrate (some) Content to the NEW Doug Alone

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  Beginning to Migrate (some) Content to the NEW Doug Alone I have had the idea since early on in this blog to possibly move it from this sort of hosted/third-party set-up to something more owned by me. This past week, I started to make this a reality: https://www.dougalone.com There are a lot of reasons behind this but let us start with caveat. I have exactly one real complaint about Blogger/Blogger and otherwise most of the decisions are about my creative process itself.  The One Real Complaint The newer Blogger themes tend to be plenty responsive as they are but there is still some degree of back-end handling that tries to serve up a "mobile-friendly" version of the page [note, this is based on looking into the errors and messages sent, I could be wrong]. This is the exact same page but Google, itself, treats this as a website trying to share multiple copies of the same content and basically passes this off as a reason to not index the site.  After over a year of havin...
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Upon The River: Carlston Dale, August Maybe Not [English Eerie] [One-Shot]

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Art by Doug Bolden but see Credits for more explanation. Previously... Ivy has thrown herself into the river as a sacrifice. Jules has a fit and slips further away. The piping gets ever closer as Carlston's grasp on sanity weakens by the hour. Either the sun has ceased to rise or time is stretching out. The stars and the moon are different than what should be over the English countryside. About Upon the River August 1921: Carlston Dale takes his dying fiance on a trip down a idyllic river so they can have the honeymoon they will never get to experience. Things go wrong when they wash up upon a riverbank where the rules have changed and things move in the constant fog that always blocks the horizon. Content Warnings: Mild tobacco use, mild drinking, death, some cosmic dread... Upon the River is played using English Eerie scenario "The Lost River" (with obvious nods to Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows," as will be obvious). No addition...
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Upon The River: Carlston Dale, August Maybe [English Eerie] [One-Shot]

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Art by Doug Bolden but see Credits for more explanation. Previously... Geoff has died due to a strange illness. Jules has ceased responding. Ivy is now refusing to leave the river's side. Strange piping can heard. The constant damp has decayed the food. Carlston and Ivy turn to each for companionship, but after Carlston has learned the stars are wrong, his grasp of reality is shattering. About Upon the River August 1921: Carlston Dale takes his dying fiance on a trip down a idyllic river so they can have the honeymoon they will never get to experience. Things go wrong when they wash up upon a riverbank where the rules have changed and things move in the constant fog that always blocks the horizon. Content Warnings: Mild tobacco use, mild drinking, death, some cosmic dread... Upon the River is played using English Eerie scenario "The Lost River" (with obvious nods to Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows," as will be obvious). No additiona...
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Upon The River: Carlston Dale, August 21, 1921 [English Eerie] [One-Shot]

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Art by Doug Bolden but see Credits for more explanation. Previously... Strange birds attacked Carlston Dale when he stumbled upon the decay corpse of an unidentifiable creature. Then, the group found odd sigils drawn in the sand by their tents. The sigils caused the group to grow distant from one another and interacting with them has resulted in sickness and nausea. About Upon the River August 1921: Carlston Dale takes his dying fiance on a trip down a idyllic river so they can have the honeymoon they will never get to experience. Things go wrong when they wash up upon a riverbank where the rules have changed and things move in the constant fog that always blocks the horizon. Content Warnings: Mild tobacco use, mild drinking, death, some cosmic dread... Upon the River is played using English Eerie scenario "The Lost River" (with obvious nods to Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows," as will be obvious). No additional oracles or tools are use...
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Upon The River: August 19, 1921 [English Eerie] [One-Shot] [In-Line]

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Art by Doug Bolden but see Credits for more explanation. Previously... Jules has grown ill under the increased stress while Geoff was barely thwarted for striking out on his own. About Upon the River August 1921: Carlston Dale takes his dying fiance on a trip down a idyllic river so they can have the honeymoon they will never get to experience. Things go wrong when they wash up upon a riverbank where the rules have changed and things move in the constant fog that always blocks the horizon. Content Warnings: Mild tobacco use, mild drinking, some cosmic dread... Upon the River is played using English Eerie scenario "The Lost River" (with obvious nods to Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows," as will be obvious). No additional oracles or tools are used. It will be played in one-day-per-day style format. Any errors in geography, history, or language are all mine. I do my best. This "one-shot" will be played In-Line style. ...
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Upon the River: August 18, 1921 [English Eerie] [One-Shot] [In-Line]

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"Morning Mist Clearing off the Hills" by James Docharty   Previously... Carlston Dale has taken a dying Jules Harcourt on a trip to celebrate a life they can no longer have together. On the fifth day, mist drives the group to camp early. In the morning, their canoes are smashed and the weather traps them on the shore. About Upon the River August 1921: Carlston Dale takes his dying fiance on a trip down a idyllic river so they can have the honeymoon they never had. Only things go wrong when they wash up upon a riverbank where the rules have changed and things move in the fog that always blocks the horizon. Content Warnings: Mild tobacco use, mild drinking, some cosmic dread... Upon the River is played using English Eerie scenario "The Lost River" (heavily inspired by Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows," as will be obvious). No additional oracles or tools are used. It will be played in one-day-per-day style format. Any errors i...
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Upon the River: August 17, 1921 [English Eerie] [One-Shot] [In-Line]

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"Morning Mist Clearing off the Hills" by James Docharty   About Upon the River August 1921: Carlston Dale takes his dying fiance on a trip down a idyllic river so they can have the honeymoon they never had. Only things go wrong when they wash up upon a riverbank where the rules have changed and things move in the fog that always blocks the horizon. Content Warnings: Mild tobacco use, mild drinking, some cosmic dread... Upon the River is played using English Eerie scenario "The Lost River" (heavily inspired by Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows," as will be obvious). No additional oracles or tools are used. It will be played in one-day-per-day style format. Any errors in geography, history, or language are all mine. I do my best. This "one-shot" will be played In-Line style. CARLSTON DALE 6 Spirit :: 4 Resolve The son of shop owners in Bicester, moved to London after a war injury involving a landmine o...
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