Phil Brucato

Phil "Satyros" Brucato is an American writer, journalist, editor, and game designer based in Seattle, Washington. He is best known for his work on the TV series Strowlers and with White Wolf, Inc., including the role-playing games Mage: The Ascension, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade.

Career

Music In 1989, Phil Brucato became a founding member of Lonesome Crow, a heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Throughout the 1990s, he played bass for Dark Cross, Aqua Blue, Widdershins, and Path of Trees. He has also dabbled in dance, especially contact improvisation, and is part of several 5Rhythms groups around San Francisco, Asheville, and Seattle.

Writer Brucato is a writer, journalist, and editor, based in Seattle, Washington. He is best known for his work on the TV series Strowlers. Brucato, Bryan Syme, and Sandra Buskirk began publishing the webcomic Arpeggio in 2010. The story follows Meghan Susan Green, a young teenager, as she explores her magical musical talents. The comic was produced between 2008 and 2012, with final episodes released in 2015 and 2016.

He has written articles for BBI Media's newWitch and Witches & Pagans magazines. Brucato and Buskirk co-edited Ravens in the Library, a limited-edition fantasy anthology, in 2009 as part of a fundraiser for singer/songwriter S. J. Tucker. Additionally, Brucato founded Quiet Thunder Productions and is a member of the Wily Writers group.

Game designer Brucato worked on several role-playing games for White Wolf, Inc., including Mage: The Ascension, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade. He also wrote for Deliria: Faerie Tales for a New Millennium.

Awards ENnie Award for Everyday Heroes: Adventures for the Rest of Us – Best Written, 2005 Wizard Magazine Editor's Choice Award for Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade – Best RPG Supplement, 1998 Out of the Box Award for Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade – Readers’ Favorite, 1998 GAMA award for Mage: The Ascension, 2nd Edition – Best Roleplaying Game, 1996 RPGA award for Mage: The Ascension, 2nd Edition — Reader's Choice, 1996

Select publications

Books

Deliria: Faerie Tales for a New Millennium Goblin Markets: The Glitter Trade Everyday Heroes: Adventures for the Rest of Us Deliria: Faerie Tales for a New Millennium

White Wolf, Inc. World of Darkness: Changing Breeds The Swashbuckler's Handbook Infernalism: The Path of Screams Revelations of the Dark Mother Destiny's Price Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Edition Kindred of the East Guide to the Technocracy Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade Bastet: Nine Tribes of Twilight Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy Vampire: The Dark Ages Mage: The Ascension, 2nd Edition The Fragile Path: Testaments of the First Cabal Changeling: The Dreaming Black Furies

Onyx Path Publishing Mage 20th Anniversary Edition Mage 20th Anniversary Edition: Quickstart Mage 20th Anniversary Edition: How Do You DO That? Mage 20th Anniversary Edition: Book of Secrets Mage 20th Anniversary Edition: Book of the Fallen The Art of Mage: 20 Years and More Truth Beyond Paradox

Other role-playing works The Best Little Hellhouse in Texas Star Wars: Creatures of the Galaxy

Other works

Open Your Heart to the Magic of Love (editor) Ravens in the Library Love Wisdom: A Soul's Journey to Wellness (editor) Rites of Pleasure: Sexuality in Wicca and Neo-Paganism Tritone: Tales of Musical Weirdness

Short fiction

Wyldsight: Tales of Primal Fantasy Waves Gramma Wolf's Garden Elynne Dragonchild Drinking the Moon Chaser

Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe The Lord's Greatest Jest

Deep Cuts: 19 Tales of Mayhem, Menace & Misery Clown Balloons

Urban Green Man Johnny Serious

Night-Mantled I Feel Lucky

Maelstrom: Tales of Madness and Horror The Green Tunnel

Cabinet des Fées Drinking the Moon

Steampunk Tales Stormada

newWitch Magazine Vahlhalla with a Twist of Lethe

Bad-Ass Faeries Loopholes

Weird Tales Magazine Ravenous

Backstage Passes Special Guest

When Will You Rage? Shards

Drums Around the Fire Patchbelly and the Plague Wolf

Audio fiction

Wiley Writers Podcast Chaser