Legends tell of a timeless hero who, when Britain is in peril, will rise up to defend this sceptered isle! Alas, I am not that hero, however I have published at least two TTRPG modules in which a large section of England may be destroyed, so it balances out, right?
My name is Stu Sellens, an ENNIE award-winning writer of tabletop roleplaying games hailing from Yorkshire, England. I have a particular love of writing investigative, horror, and historical fiction, and have written for both the Call of Cthulhu and Rivers of London role-playing systems.
I am also the producer at the Miskatonic Playhouse, an actual play podcast that focuses on community written cosmic horror.
In my spare time, I work as an optometrist.
Games
Host and Hostility – ENNIE Award Winning collection of scenarios for Regency era Call of Cthulhu
Camera Obscura – Cthulhu by Gaslight convention scenario, written for Chaosium inc. (publication pending)
Between the Lines – case file for Rivers of London: the role playing game (RoL:trpg), written for Chaosium inc. (publication pending)
Policing in the British Isles – supplement for RoL:trpg, written for Chaosium inc. (publication pending)
A Drop of Nelson’s Blood - scenario for Regency era Call of Cthulhu, set in the heart of the Royal Navy
Lost and Found – travel scenario for Call of Cthulhu
The Dragon of Wantley – 1920s scenario for Call of Cthulhu
Topsyturveydom – rules-lite indie TTRPG based on the works of Gilbert and Sullivan (publication pending)
Fiction
Ex Libris – short story published in ‘From the Library of the Playhouse’
Theatre
Robin Hood, or the Merry Men and the Maid – an operetta in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan (written with Zoe Sellens), first performed 2023
Dick Whittington, or Rataplan’s Rat Plan – an operetta in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan (written with Zoe Sellens), first performed 2025
Awards
2023 Winner Silver ENNIE Award Best Electronic Book for Host and Hostility
