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by Sarah Karwisch
A Victorian mourning mask. A sailor’s astrolabe. A bone flute carved from a long-dead animal. Walk into any museum, and you’ll find a story waiting in a glass case. These aren’t just relics. They’re potential story engines, packed with history, emotion...

Jean Rabe (19 June 1957–19 January 2026) was a prolific multi-genre prose and game writer, editor, anthologist, mentor, and journalist across a wide variety of media and interests. Rabe was the head of the Role Playing Game Association for many years...

Rebecca Ann Heineman (30 October 1963–17 November 2025), lovingly known as “Burger Becky,” was a prolific and foundational game designer and programmer credited on at least six dozen games. An inductee to the International Video Game Hall of Fame, she...

John Varley (09 August 1947–10 December 2025) was a popular and influential novelist and short story writer with four decades of work across science fiction genres and mediums.
Born in Texas, Varley studied physics and then English in Michigan, then left for San Francisco, where he spent the Summer of ’67. After moving to New York, he decided in 1971 to become a science-fiction writer. He went on to live and work in various...