It’s release day for Secrets in Scarlet, a new anthology celebrating the upcoming Arkham Horror: Scarlet Keys expansion. Bonus? Yours truly contributed a little story called “In Art, Truth.”

Ece Şahin. Art historian. Curator for the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. Member of the Red Coterie, an organization dedicated to finding and safeguarding dangerous artifacts of otherworldly powers. One of which may be hidden in Istanbul. Yet as Ece and her assistant Haluk seek the past, a rival cult emerges to challenge her cabal. Unwilling to play the game on their level, Ece will discover just how alone she is… unless she changes her approach.

Suffice to say, my gaming friends where gobsmacked by the news. We even celebrated by playing a round of Arkham Horror: The Card Game.

“How did James do it?” you may ask. Believe it or not, my writing magic involves no blood sacrifices. Just sleep sacrifice and a whole lot of reading. Here’s a few of my author’s notes for “In Art, Truth.”

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