David Waldron
@davidwaldron.bsky.social
I am a historian at FUA on Wadawurrung land, writer for the podcast Tales from Rat City, and ENNIE Winning Call of Cthulhu TTRPG writer.
A fantastic review of our new anthology "The Year of the Goat" by the amazing XPLovecat.
I was fortunate enough to have my adventure "The Witch's Bargain" accepted for publication in the collection.
youtu.be/kw2k6-EYdGw?...
I was fortunate enough to have my adventure "The Witch's Bargain" accepted for publication in the collection.
youtu.be/kw2k6-EYdGw?...
What's Inside The Year of the Goat? Call of Cthulhu RPG
YouTube video by XPLovecat | Tabletop RPGs
youtu.be
October 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM
A fantastic review of our new anthology "The Year of the Goat" by the amazing XPLovecat.
I was fortunate enough to have my adventure "The Witch's Bargain" accepted for publication in the collection.
youtu.be/kw2k6-EYdGw?...
I was fortunate enough to have my adventure "The Witch's Bargain" accepted for publication in the collection.
youtu.be/kw2k6-EYdGw?...
William Bailey's Haunted Mansion
Fun making one of those short 30 second videos promoing my first scenario, which was fortunate enough to win a Victorian Community History Award and a Silver ENNIE #ballaratheritagefestival
youtube.com/shorts/JjKyi...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Fun making one of those short 30 second videos promoing my first scenario, which was fortunate enough to win a Victorian Community History Award and a Silver ENNIE #ballaratheritagefestival
youtube.com/shorts/JjKyi...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Community Creations | William Bailey's Haunted Mansion | Call of Cthulhu
YouTube video by Chaosium
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October 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
William Bailey's Haunted Mansion
Fun making one of those short 30 second videos promoing my first scenario, which was fortunate enough to win a Victorian Community History Award and a Silver ENNIE #ballaratheritagefestival
youtube.com/shorts/JjKyi...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Fun making one of those short 30 second videos promoing my first scenario, which was fortunate enough to win a Victorian Community History Award and a Silver ENNIE #ballaratheritagefestival
youtube.com/shorts/JjKyi...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Fantastic night launching the Exhibition Feeling the Unlived focusing on reflection on photographs, music and artistic responses to images of Bombay from the 1940s at the Australian Indian Community Centre.
October 3, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Fantastic night launching the Exhibition Feeling the Unlived focusing on reflection on photographs, music and artistic responses to images of Bombay from the 1940s at the Australian Indian Community Centre.
So I had a go on following up on requests to make short short videos for one of my scenarios. Here is my first crack for my scenario "The Witch's Bargain" in the Year of the goat Anthology.
youtube.com/shorts/3Ka_F...
The scenario is based here.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
youtube.com/shorts/3Ka_F...
The scenario is based here.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Short Promo for The Year of the Goat
YouTube video by Tales from Rat City David Waldron
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September 30, 2026 at 9:32 PM
So I had a go on following up on requests to make short short videos for one of my scenarios. Here is my first crack for my scenario "The Witch's Bargain" in the Year of the goat Anthology.
youtube.com/shorts/3Ka_F...
The scenario is based here.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
youtube.com/shorts/3Ka_F...
The scenario is based here.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Latest Pub out.
Waldron, D., Larsen, A., & Magnuson, B. (2026). Student belonging during COVID-19 emergency remote learning: A case study from an Australian regional university. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 66(2).
ajal.net.au/latest-issue/
Waldron, D., Larsen, A., & Magnuson, B. (2026). Student belonging during COVID-19 emergency remote learning: A case study from an Australian regional university. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 66(2).
ajal.net.au/latest-issue/
September 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Latest Pub out.
Waldron, D., Larsen, A., & Magnuson, B. (2026). Student belonging during COVID-19 emergency remote learning: A case study from an Australian regional university. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 66(2).
ajal.net.au/latest-issue/
Waldron, D., Larsen, A., & Magnuson, B. (2026). Student belonging during COVID-19 emergency remote learning: A case study from an Australian regional university. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 66(2).
ajal.net.au/latest-issue/
Was very privileged to be asked to be interviewed for a Podcast on our LGBTQI + Federation University Australia and City of Ballarat Queer Goldfields history project with the Hidden Letters podcast, focusing on the story of Captain Moonlite.
open.spotify.com/episode/03ws...
open.spotify.com/episode/03ws...
C is for Captain Moonlite
Westsider Radio: Hidden Letters · Episode
open.spotify.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Was very privileged to be asked to be interviewed for a Podcast on our LGBTQI + Federation University Australia and City of Ballarat Queer Goldfields history project with the Hidden Letters podcast, focusing on the story of Captain Moonlite.
open.spotify.com/episode/03ws...
open.spotify.com/episode/03ws...
I am delighted to support this evocative exhibition, which brings rare photographs of 1940s Bombay into dialogue with painting, music and stories of migration, memory and belonging in Australia.
3–4 October, 11.00 am–5.00 pm
Australian Indian Community Centre, Rowville
3–4 October, 11.00 am–5.00 pm
Australian Indian Community Centre, Rowville
September 8, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I am delighted to support this evocative exhibition, which brings rare photographs of 1940s Bombay into dialogue with painting, music and stories of migration, memory and belonging in Australia.
3–4 October, 11.00 am–5.00 pm
Australian Indian Community Centre, Rowville
3–4 October, 11.00 am–5.00 pm
Australian Indian Community Centre, Rowville
My article on the Stevenite Cult, also known as the New Lighters, of Ballarat, Creswick and Moyston is now out in print at Traces Magazine Australia
Incidentally the villains I use in "William Bailey's Haunted Mansion" www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Incidentally the villains I use in "William Bailey's Haunted Mansion" www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
September 5, 2026 at 5:37 AM
My article on the Stevenite Cult, also known as the New Lighters, of Ballarat, Creswick and Moyston is now out in print at Traces Magazine Australia
Incidentally the villains I use in "William Bailey's Haunted Mansion" www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Incidentally the villains I use in "William Bailey's Haunted Mansion" www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
So good to see your work in print :)
August 31, 2026 at 1:19 AM
So good to see your work in print :)
Reposted by David Waldron
JAF: A Global Quarterly Vol. 139 No. 552 is full of book, exhibit, and sound reviews by @littlestkiwi.bsky.social, @davidwaldron.bsky.social, @lamontjackpearley.bsky.social, from @undpress.bsky.social, @upmississippi.bsky.social, and more.
Read on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56883
Read on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56883
August 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
JAF: A Global Quarterly Vol. 139 No. 552 is full of book, exhibit, and sound reviews by @littlestkiwi.bsky.social, @davidwaldron.bsky.social, @lamontjackpearley.bsky.social, from @undpress.bsky.social, @upmississippi.bsky.social, and more.
Read on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56883
Read on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56883
Culloden Moor was fascinating and had a really first rare visitor's centre, crucial for a story so close to the Scottish national narrative. It dealt with a difficult and complex history really well.
August 9, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Culloden Moor was fascinating and had a really first rare visitor's centre, crucial for a story so close to the Scottish national narrative. It dealt with a difficult and complex history really well.
Icebergs in Iceland.
August 8, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Icebergs in Iceland.
Just did an interview on ABC Sydney which segued from the folklore of giant worms in South Australia, as opposed to the known giant Gippsland ones, to Alien big cats and Yowies. Quite the spread.
July 15, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Just did an interview on ABC Sydney which segued from the folklore of giant worms in South Australia, as opposed to the known giant Gippsland ones, to Alien big cats and Yowies. Quite the spread.
Very chuffed to see my novel "One Last Quiet Morning" being long listed for the Hawkeye Manuscript development award. Hopefully one day this shall lead to publication. :-)
July 13, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Very chuffed to see my novel "One Last Quiet Morning" being long listed for the Hawkeye Manuscript development award. Hopefully one day this shall lead to publication. :-)
Nice to see out in hardcopy now.
Zeuschner, L., Leonard, Z., & Waldron, D. (2026). Fighting Back or Falling Short? The Limits of Self-Defence as Violence Prevention. Australian Feminist Studies, 41(128), 420–439. doi.org/10.1080/0816...
Zeuschner, L., Leonard, Z., & Waldron, D. (2026). Fighting Back or Falling Short? The Limits of Self-Defence as Violence Prevention. Australian Feminist Studies, 41(128), 420–439. doi.org/10.1080/0816...
July 10, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Nice to see out in hardcopy now.
Zeuschner, L., Leonard, Z., & Waldron, D. (2026). Fighting Back or Falling Short? The Limits of Self-Defence as Violence Prevention. Australian Feminist Studies, 41(128), 420–439. doi.org/10.1080/0816...
Zeuschner, L., Leonard, Z., & Waldron, D. (2026). Fighting Back or Falling Short? The Limits of Self-Defence as Violence Prevention. Australian Feminist Studies, 41(128), 420–439. doi.org/10.1080/0816...
On the radio today 3BA round 11:45 talking about the great flood of Ballarat in 1869.
July 5, 2026 at 10:50 PM
On the radio today 3BA round 11:45 talking about the great flood of Ballarat in 1869.
With the 2026 ENNIE nominees now out, I’ve been revisiting one of my proudest Call of Cthulhu moments: the ENNIE-recognised liveplay of William Bailey’s Haunted Mansion.
Watch the liveplay here:
youtu.be/EqJ1qPkrYuI?...
Get the scenario here:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Watch the liveplay here:
youtu.be/EqJ1qPkrYuI?...
Get the scenario here:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
William Baileys Haunted Mansion: A Call of Cthulhu Adventure
YouTube video by Tales from Rat City David Waldron
youtu.be
July 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
With the 2026 ENNIE nominees now out, I’ve been revisiting one of my proudest Call of Cthulhu moments: the ENNIE-recognised liveplay of William Bailey’s Haunted Mansion.
Watch the liveplay here:
youtu.be/EqJ1qPkrYuI?...
Get the scenario here:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Watch the liveplay here:
youtu.be/EqJ1qPkrYuI?...
Get the scenario here:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Really thoughtful podcast ep of Modern Mythos of our recent anthology "The Year of the Goat".
modernmythos.libsyn.com/mm-ep60
modernmythos.libsyn.com/mm-ep60
Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth: MM ep.60
In this episode Seth and Jon take a closer look at The Year of the Goat, a massive anthology of twelve Call of Cthulhu scenarios in a variety of time periods. Today we’re talking to Antonio Marchena, ...
modernmythos.libsyn.com
July 1, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Really thoughtful podcast ep of Modern Mythos of our recent anthology "The Year of the Goat".
modernmythos.libsyn.com/mm-ep60
modernmythos.libsyn.com/mm-ep60
Seeing the great set up at the Soldier's Hill Artist Collection this arvo for the Solstice exhibition launch. I contributed a short 12 line poem to accompany one of the artworks. In my case accompanying Kayden's artwork "Sven".
First time for everything...
First time for everything...
June 19, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Seeing the great set up at the Soldier's Hill Artist Collection this arvo for the Solstice exhibition launch. I contributed a short 12 line poem to accompany one of the artworks. In my case accompanying Kayden's artwork "Sven".
First time for everything...
First time for everything...
With Zeb Leonard researching the impact of pseudo science on historical arson cases at Public Record Office Victoria
June 11, 2026 at 8:24 AM
With Zeb Leonard researching the impact of pseudo science on historical arson cases at Public Record Office Victoria
If you’ve found my work recently (via the best selling Year of the Goat and our Ballarat heritage Festival Liveplays) and want the best place to start, these are the two I’d point you to:
Bailey: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Lamps: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Bailey: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Lamps: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
William Bailey's Haunted Mansion: A Call of Cthulhu Adventure - Chaosium | Miskatonic Repository | DriveThruRPG
2024 ENNIE WINNER - Silver Medal for Best Streaming ContentHistory Interpretation Award commendation winner - 2023 Royal Historical Society of Victoria - Victorian Community History Awards.A one shot ...
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May 28, 2026 at 9:59 AM
If you’ve found my work recently (via the best selling Year of the Goat and our Ballarat heritage Festival Liveplays) and want the best place to start, these are the two I’d point you to:
Bailey: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Lamps: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Bailey: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Lamps: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...