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A little madness · A lot of imagination
Inside Evil Lab Studios
Somewhere between a writer's desk, a mad scientist's laboratory, and a radio station that shouldn't exist.
The Laboratory of Imagination
Evil Lab Studios is an independent creative endeavor devoted to original storytelling, worldbuilding, tabletop gaming, music, artwork, and the occasional experiment that probably should have stayed in the basement.
We don't want worlds that exist only as backgrounds. We want places with histories, characters with ambitions, monsters with personalities, and stories that continue when nobody is watching.
Tabletop & Interactive
The Grimmstone RPG is in playtesting, with a browser-based character creator available to explore.
Character Creator →Music & Radio
Original bands and songs from Grimmstone; future radio productions remain on the laboratory schedule.
Grimmstone on YouTube →Illustration & Oddities
Hungry Whimsy, Macabre Spice, characters, artwork, and collectible experiments.
Seven Deadly Sins
Our first official sticker collection is planned for spring 2027.
Dispatches
Follow the projects and learn what has escaped the workbench.
Evil Lab Dispatch →
Public project ledger
What Is Brewing?
Visit the Experiment Board to see the latest recorded status of the stories, games, music, and other curious creations in development.
Open the Experiment Board →Meet the creator: The Philosopher Castor
Meet the creator
Every Laboratory Needs a Madman
Every strange world begins with someone asking a question. What makes a monster? What separates a hero from a villain? What happens to the forgotten and the things that slip through the cracks of ordinary life?
The Philosopher Castor is an author, philosopher, worldbuilder, and game creator fascinated by gothic horror, supernatural noir, detective fiction, mythology, and the peculiar beauty found in life's darker corners.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, and raised for part of his life on an Arkansas farm, Castor earned a bachelor's degree in Game Programming and Development from Southern New Hampshire University.
Through Evil Lab Studios, he develops fiction, tabletop games, original music, art, and interactive experiences. His guiding belief: a world should feel lived in, and even the monsters deserve stories worth hearing.
When he isn't writing or inventing a new game system, he's probably finding a fresh reason to expand the laboratory. Unfortunately, nobody has figured out how to stop him.
A mark from the laboratory. An official author portrait may be added later.
From the original Laboratory Journal · October 20, 2026
Welcome, Curious Visitor
Evil Lab Studios is an independent creative laboratory. That sounds respectable until you realize the laboratory contains imaginary cities, suspicious radio transmissions, tabletop rules, unfinished manuscripts, and at least one experiment that keeps asking for a larger budget.
Why a Laboratory?
Because we do not make only one kind of thing. A story might become a game. A character might inspire a song. A city might grow its own history, neighborhoods, legends, and terrible little jokes. The laboratory gives all of those ideas a place to meet.
The Madman Behind It
The Philosopher Castor is the author, worldbuilder, and chief instigator. He has spent decades returning to the same strange questions: Who belongs? What makes someone monstrous? What happens to the people and places that the world forgets? Those questions are part of the foundation of Grimmstone.
What You'll Find Here
This journal will document progress rather than pretend everything is already finished. Expect writing updates, RPG playtesting notes, music announcements, glimpses of artwork, and occasional reflections on the creative process.
One Last Warning
The doors are open. The experiments are underway. Please avoid the third door on the left. It wasn't there yesterday.
— The Philosopher Castor, Evil Lab Studios