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THE COSMIC SKULL
Monthly dispatches from places unraveled.
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from Worlds of Pulp™
OLD BAILIWICK, Md.
You weren’t supposed to find this.
Somewhere between the official press release and the morning headline, the truth gets trimmed. A U-Boat surfaces at Dock 13 and vanishes by sunrise. A man with a sword cane settles turf wars no one admits exist. A city in Virginia quietly asks about the National Guard before Halloween. Then the statistics come out, and everyone agrees nothing happened.
Something happened. The Cosmic Skull was there to see it.
Who We Are
The Cosmic Skull is a monthly newsletter published by Scaldcrow Games and the Skull himself. We print out of Old Bailiwick, Maryland. Don’t bother looking for an office, though. We work from back rooms, borrowed basements, and rooftops that don’t appear on city maps. We work from places unraveled.
Old Bailiwick is home base. It’s where the docks run late, the card rooms never close, and the commissioner reads crime numbers like scripture. But the Skull doesn’t stay put. If the truth is hiding in Twi-Light Metro, Puerta Solara, or some quiet town with iron bells on every porch, that’s where we go next.
Always moving. Never silenced. Always calling it out.
What You’ll Find Inside
Every month, we bring you what the official channels won’t print:
- Exposés on syndicates, crime cults, and the officials who look the other way
- Signal Fires, short urgent bulletins from the street, sent while the trail is still warm
- Parting Shots, sharp warnings about the things that should keep you up at night
- Ads and notices from the businesses brave enough to keep their lights on
Running a game? Every story is a ready-made hook. Drop a whispered name, a missing submarine, or a strange city ordinance into your next session. Let your players pull the thread and see what unravels.
Why It Matters
Mainstream papers tell you crime is down. We tell you who’s keeping it quiet. They print the press briefing. We print what happened after the cameras left. You can trust the official version, or you can trust your own eyes.
You’re holding this newsletter, so we think you already know which side you’re on.
Stay With Us
Read every issue. Share it with people you trust, and only people you trust. Keep your eyes on the water, your ears in the back booths, and your notebook close.
If you see something, write it down. Fold it twice. Leave it in the usual place.
We’ll find it.
— The Cosmic Skull