“Peterson’s eccentric cast of characters fit into this offbeat plot driven novel perfectly….This is a fast, fun read.”

Manhattan Book Review

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“This is not your usual detective story and not your typical detective. In Better Living Through Alchemy, we are gifted with an exceptional story filled with remarkable characters. Peterson can provoke the kind of chilling unease that reverberates like an echo in the middle of the night."

Ann VanderMeer

editor of The Weird and The Big Book of Science Fiction

Take Bardo.

Take Bardo.

See God. Be God.

See God. Be God.

We Have Entered the Posthuman Age

The Posthumans have emerged. Gifted with vast, inexplicable powers, they hold one another in check as baseline humanity strives to go on in the presence of living gods. Are you one of them, perhaps?

POSTHUMAN: Guardians vs PSION empowers you to create an original superhero (or villain), choose from over 20+ superhuman abilities, and go on adventures to the moon and beyond to save the world from evil–whatever that means to you.

Art by RabidBlackDog, aka Krzysztof Bieniawski

Join. Evolve.

Join. Evolve.

Your Host Organism

Evan J. Peterson is an author. A game writer. A creator of stories and experiences.

In addition to Better Living Through Alchemy, Evan’s works include POSTHUMAN: Guardians vs PSION and Drag Star! (each from Choice of Games), as well as METAFLESH: Poems in the Voice(s) of the Monster and The Road to Innsmouth: Arkham Horror. Other writing has appeared in Weird Tales, PseudoPod, Queers Destroy Horror, Nightmare Magazine, and Best Gay Stories.

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Embrace A Better Future

Make Contact.

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Evan J. Peterson

c/o Temple Laboratories

7511 Greenwood Avenue N. #333

Seattle, WA 98103