#horror-stories — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #horror-stories, aggregated by home.social.
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"I need the full DevOps workflow to publish the site."
"It's a static site. Here are the SFTP credentials to upload the files you have, which were generated by the client's SSG."
"You don't understand. I need to upload the site; I need the DevOps procedure."
"No, you don't understand. It's generated by BSSG; all you have to do is upload the output via SFTP into the FreeBSD jail and the deploy is automatic."
Silence.
"But how does the deploy bot handle it?"
Silence.
The person who hired him (as an intern) gets on the line:
"Just humor him, the kid is sharp-he's really good with AI!"I tell him we're talking about two completely different things.
He fires back: "If you can't keep up with him, I think you need to update your skills. That's what we're paying you for."
And that was that. I've decided that for 80 Euros a year - while providing a dedicated FreeBSD jail, over 100GB of hosting, backups, monitoring, and custom BSSG tweaks - they can definitely find someone more "up to date" elsewhere.
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive16.mp3
How best to blend the Wyrm Writhings into your own version of the Abyss? Hear how Nikoli planned our version...
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss16Final.mp3
#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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Transworld Launches 3AM Books as PRH (Finally) Enters Dedicated Horror Publishing
Transworld launches 3AM Books, PRH’s first horror imprint, tapping booming demand, genre diversity and digital fan communities.
The post Transworld Launches 3AM Books as PRH (Finally) Enters Dedicated Horror Publishing appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/05/03/transworld-launches-3am-books-horror-imprint/#Genrepublishing #UK #horrornovels #horrorstories #PRHhorrorimprint
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/i/AbyssalArchive15.mp3
Heading into a drow city is always risky, how did Nikoli set this one up for our intrepid escapees? And how will these weird demonic gems react?
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/i/abyss14Final.mp3
Ever wondered what goes into writing a Penance RPG adaptation? For our next
#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #HorrorStories #TableTop
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive14.mp3
Heading into a drow city is always risky, how did Nikoli set this one up for our intrepid escapees? And how will these weird demonic gems react?
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss14Final.mp3
#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive13.mp3
A circular debate could drive our escapees to madness! Unfortunately, the giants take their debates very seriously. Why did Nikoli choose this? Listen and find out!
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss13Final.mp3
#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive12.mp3
Passing back through their escape point, our group of misfits were about to dicover something very surprising – what did Nikoli plan for them, and why is it linked to something …Ravenous…?
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss12Final.mp3
#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive11.mp3
As our party head back into the deeper Abyss, how did Nikoli plan how to blend the Inferno with the UnderDark settlement of Sloobludop?
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss11Final.mp3
Ever wondered what goes into writing a Penance RPG adaptation?
#TTPRG #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #HorrorStories #TableTop
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀" 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗟. 𝗠. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 -
Everyone is excited to talk about Green Gables Montgomery's "darker side," and these are definitely more adult, but from a far simple, even quaint, age of gentle spooky tales.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #shortstories #horrorstories #horror #lmmontgomery #amongtheshadows
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive10.mp3
A giant mushroom and a fetid feast – how did Nikoli plan to fit these into our adaptation of Out of the Abyss? Yggmorgus & Neverlight Grove await as these get adapted in our fan fav series!
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss10Final.mp3
#TTPRG #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #AudioDrama #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #IndieRPG #HorrorStories #TableTop
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive09.mp3
This time, our escapees are returning once again to the charred remains of Gracklstugh… What has Nikoli in store, and why? Will the gem manage to tempt any of them and to what end?
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss09Final/
#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive08.mp3
Nikoli and Amy discuss sending our escapees to descend once more in the UnderDark, where they will meet more of Sthul's family in trouble!
Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss08Final/
#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy#DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #HorrorStories
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This one beats them all and it’s going to make me laugh until tonight:
“I’ve been assigned to carry out a penetration test on a server you manage. The test will be performed from the outside, since the perimeter security needs to be assessed. In order to perform the test, I therefore ask you to disable any firewall, protection, blacklist. If any of these are in place, the server might not be reachable and could prevent the assessment.”
I had to read it three times just to make sure I’d understood it properly.
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/i/AbyssalArchive07.mp3
Nikoli gives an audience with a Dwarven King & the party are handed a scholar to take to Mantol-Derith….
Link to Abyss episode: https://penancerpg.com/shows/i/abyss07Final.mp3
#TTPRG #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive06.mp3
As the party leave Blingdenstone and travel the dangerous road to Gauntlgrim, our GM has some surprises in store for them...
Link to Abyss episode: https://penancerpg.com/shows/f/abyss06Final.mp3
#TTPRG #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive05.mp3
Another blending of written and new content as our escapees head to Blingdenstone...
Link to Abyss episode: https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/Abyss05Final.mp3
Ever wondered what goes into writing a Penance RPG adaptation?
#TTPRG #OCart #dragon #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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A few days ago, a client’s data center (well, actually a server room) "vanished" overnight. My monitoring showed that all devices were unreachable. Not even the ISP routers responded, so I assumed a sudden connectivity drop. The strange part? Not even via 4G.
I then suspected a power failure, but the UPS should have sent an alert.
The office was closed for the holidays, but I contacted the IT manager anyway. He was home sick with a serious family issue, but he got moving.
To make a long story short: the company deals in gold and precious metals. They have an underground bunker with two-meter thick walls. They were targeted by a professional gang. They used a tactic seen in similar hits: they identify the main power line, tamper with it at night, and send a massive voltage spike through it.
The goal is to fry all alarm and surveillance systems. Even if battery-backed, they rarely survive a surge like that. Thieves count on the fact that during holidays, owners are away and fried systems can't send alerts. Monitoring companies often have reduced staff and might not notice the "silence" immediately.
That is exactly what happened here. But there is a "but": they didn't account for my Uptime Kuma instance monitoring their MikroTik router, installed just weeks ago. Since it is an external check, it flagged the lack of response from all IPs without needing an internal alert to be triggered from the inside.
The team rushed to the site and found the mess. Luckily, they found an emergency electrical crew to bypass the damage and restore the cameras and alarms. They swapped the fried server UPS with a spare and everything came back up.
The police warned that the chances of the crew returning the next night to "finish" the job were high, though seeing the systems back online would likely make them move on. They also warned that thieves sometimes break in just to destroy servers to wipe any video evidence.
Nothing happened in the end. But in the meantime, I had to sync all their data off-site (thankfully they have dual 1Gbps FTTH), set up an emergency cluster, and ensure everything was redundant.
Never rely only on internal monitoring. Never.
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive04.mp3
The real beginning of our divergence from Out Of The Abyss, a misplaced maze and a myserious voice...
Link to Abyss episode: https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/Abyss04Final.mp3
#TTPRG #OCart #dragon #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #podcasting #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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As a reminder, even the very famous book about the clown with bad dance moves and terrible table manners had a happy(ish) ending, which involved two of the main characters riding off into the sunset on a motorbike. Yes, there were a few casualties along the way, but it was a happy ending.
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https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive03.mp3
This week, the background and plans for episode 3. The Fun'gi Festival! Netherlight Grotto is a mystical, fantastical place, and Stuhl is very helpful.
Ever wondered what goes into writing a Penance RPG adaptation? For our next D&D5e adaptation, we will again be releasing an archival companion series.
#TTPRG #dragon #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #HorrorStories
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This week, the background and plans for episode 2. Secrets & Servitude! Why did the party of escapees need to wash a young, foolish dragon?
https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive02.mp3
Listen to the series at https://www.penancerpg.com/abyss/
#TTPRG #OCart #dragon #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #podcasting #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop
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Ever wondered what goes into writing a Penance RPG adaptation? For our next D&D5e adaptation, we will again be releasing an archival companion series. Thus we are publicly releasing the Abyssal Archive that was previously available only to patrons.
https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/archive01finalv3.mp3
#TTPRG #OCart #OC #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #podcasting #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #humorous #HorrorStories #TableTop
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I spent some time today trimming and updating my store of downloaded podcasts in #Audiobookshelf, a favourite bit of self-hosted software.
One podcast I’ll never get rid of is Knifepoint Horror, by Soren Narnia. The series has been around for 15 years this month and Soren’s tales have gone from the intensely creepy to even more intensely strange and chilling. His writing and his narration are so good, and I’ve listened to some of these stories dozens of times. They are like old friends.
If you enjoy unusual, well-crafted and often shiver-inducing supernatural tales, I highly recommend his work. If I could only keep one podcast, it would be Knifepoint Horror.
#KnifepointHorror #Podcasts #SorenNarnia #HorrorStories #StrangeStories #SpeculativeFiction #SelfHosting
