Who Am I & What Is This For

Hello! My name is Spirits, or Reid. I’m a 24-year-old artist and writer from Appalachia. I’m Potowatomi Native and transmasc genderqueer, and I use he/they pronouns.

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This will be my blog—a cozy corner where I share project updates, stream news, and bits of my life that feel a little too personal (or unhinged) for regular social media. Think of this as your surprise cool guys club, where I ramble about things I love, things I’m working on, and whatever else decides to crawl out of my brain at 2 a.m.

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A little bit about me: I live in a small cabin in the woods with my partner, Celene, and our cat, Maevis—an unholy creature of mischief who I love more than life itself. She’s a menace who enjoys attention, eating dead leaves, and giving me minor heart attacks by tapping on the downstairs window at five in the morning while I’m trying to write this post.

I love cooking. I’m obsessed with something called food philosophy—the study of how culture shapes our cooking, what someone’s food preferences say about them, and how culinary creation can become a personal practice. I don’t have a culinary degree; I’m just incredibly passionate about the ways food and storytelling overlap. One day, I want to start a TikTok series where I play a little dwarven tavern owner serving cozy cottagecore meals… someday. Maybe after I start testosterone.

I’m a huge fan of Baldur’s Gate 3, Dragon Age, Don’t Starve, Magic: The Gathering, Stardew Valley, Fairy Tail, Dungeons & Dragons, The Magnus Archives, Breath of the Wild, Critical Role, Dungeon Meshi, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Minecraft. My friends refer to me as “toxic minecraft yaoi,” a nickname I earned (and proudly maintain) since Parkour Civilization Part II dropped and I made that my steam handle.

Musically, I exist entirely on a diet of folk and strange internet-core music. My favorites include The Crane Wives, Fish in a Birdcage, Spark Bird, The Oh Hellos, RABBITOLOGY, The Arcadian Wild, Mitski, Laufey, and many more. I’m currently counting down the days until Emmerson Woolf’s new EP drops—Thia Kane is such a hauntingly good song, and honestly, it fits the current political climate a little too well.

I do way too many things at once. I read, draw, write, make games, play instruments, paint, sew, sing, and dive into survival games—and that’s just scratching the surface. I have too many hobbies, and all of them are tired.

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CURRENT PROJECTS

Right now, my main project is an unnamed farming simulator I’ve been secretly developing for the past few months. If you like Stardew Valley’s mining and its quiet commentary on the horrors of war and how it fractures communities, this game might be right up your alley. Eventually, I’ll get to make my dream project—Tuna Quest, a candy-colored, cartoon-animal JRPG inspired by Paper Mario TTYD. One day. A guy can dream.

I’m also writing a few audio dramas—one inspired by my cozy yet thoroughly haunted hometown (fun fact: the next town over actually has a documentary about being the most haunted city in america), and another that’s a death game inspired by Danganronpa and Saw. They’re messy, absolutely terrible series, but I love them dearly and will defend them with my life because they got me into horror.

And then there’s my book project, Acts of the Martyrs—a coming-of-age fantasy with a dark twist. If you liked Gale’s “God of Ambition” ending in Baldur’s Gate 3… first of all, what is wrong with you? Second of all, you’ll probably love this story. The main character, Niamh, has a father who’s just like that. You’ll see what I mean.

On top of that, I’m developing two different TTRPGs. The first is a ghost-hunting game that uses tarot cards as the resolution system, and the second is an exploration fantasy about uncovering hidden ruins and crafting materials from monsters you defeat. The ghost-hunting TTRPG should be ready for beta testing in early 2026—the base rulebook’s done, I just need people brave enough to break it for me.

And because I can’t stop there, I’m also building a D&D supplement book. I’ve been designing new races and subclasses since 2021, and I’m drafting a sourcebook called The Harrowick Chronicles—a dark magical school setting that is, frankly, deeply disturbing.

I’ve got a lot going on, don’t I?

Thank you for reading my introduction. I’m excited (and slightly terrified) to start sharing all this with you. Here’s to new beginnings & weird ideas.

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