David J. Rodger's Blog

David has been gone over 5 years now, and on this first day of 2021 I can’t help thinking what he would have made of the time since his passing. We’ve had the omnishambles of Brexit, the rise of a functionally illiterate far-Right president in the United States, the founding of a space force, a […]

So, we did it. As of January 2018, our little tribute to David J Rodger can be found at Amazon and all good online vendors. It’s a strange feeling to be writing this, over two years since we lost David. I’m not going to say it provides closure, because it doesn’t. I doubt anything except time […]

On 22nd November, 2015, David J Rodger passed away. I’m writing this over a year after it happened, and it’s still very raw for everyone who loved him. It’s only today that I discovered that David had given me editing rights to his blog, and after talking to his girlfriend Jo, I felt it was important […]

There’s a grim fate in store for any of your engineered workers if they don’t consume their daily quota of Zone. Ensure loyalty and obedience. Get value from your investment. Contact your nearest FUJI-BROKELL representative for details. Words and image from the forthcoming release of Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur (3rd edition). An […]

I had a nice surprise the other day. Contact from the US screenwriter who has been working on the idea of a movie based on the world of Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur, which encompasses the role-playing game and the three novels (Dog Eat Dog, The Black Lake, The Social Club).  We’ve had […]

A little under 10 minutes this is a wonderfully atmospheric cyberpunk post-apocalyptic short that plugs straight into your adrenal gland. Definitely make sure you’ve got big sound, full screen and a do-not-disturb holo hovering above your skull. There’s a fantastic absence of dialogue, adding to the enigma of the story’s background: what is the character […]

Borja Pindado creates an epic scene of post-apocalyptic action adventure, steeped in the potent mystery and thrill of investigating H.P.Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos Borja is one of three artists who have been working on the Yellow Dawn project since I started writing the new 3rd edition in January (2015).  With a deal on the table from […]

I only discovered this last month. A friend put it on. Movie starts. Picture Robert Smith from The Cure as he was in the heyday. But now imagine him still dressed like that 30 years later, with the same big back-combed hair, white face makeup and garish red lipstick. Out of place and in the […]

New artwork from Borja Pindado who is wrapping up the last of the briefs I sent through for the new 3rd edition of Yellow Dawn, a post-apocalyptic RPG based on the world of my books.  This image features Nova Punks, tapping into the “Mad Max” flavour that is one of many you can experience within […]

Hush! Hush! Top secret.  Currently corresponding with editor of a new Cthulhu Mythos fanzine who is based in Japan. No formal launch date yet. More info when available.  Just finished final proof of MS containing short story I submitted to him, featuring a new Great Old One and weaves together some of the underlying concepts […]