Time for my next monthly story. This one is called Interface, and the prompt for it was of course, "interface." My goal this year is to write a short story a month, and so far I'm two for two. Though it was looking a bit dicey with this one. When I came up with this …
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Quick update, I have a new flash story out over at Dream Theory Media. It's called The Dybot of Sol, and it is a teeny tiny story about some really, really big robots. It's basically The Tower of Babel in space with mechs*, and yes the anime Gurren Lagann was a big inspiration. It's a …
Hello everyone, Happy New Year. Hope there were fireworks. I'm wrapping up a really busy 2025, so we have a lot to talk about there. Most of it I've already touched on during earlier posts this week, but I want everything in one post for those who have missed last week's announcements. I've got some …
I really like short stories. I love reading them, and I love writing them. Best of all, sometimes I write one so good other people want to share it with the world. I really want to push myself to write more short stories this year. So how shall I do that? Well, I noticed that …
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The moment you've all been waiting for is here, behold, my 2026 Book Bingo Card. This was generated with my randomized Book Bingo Generator, which every year I fire up so it's always a surprise what I'll have to do. I've already shown off the design, but now here it is with the challenges all …
Welcome to the wrap up of my 2025 Book Bingo Challenge. I will try to keep the preamble short, because I have a lot of books to review here. First, let's see what my card looks like now that the year is done. I did really well this year, with the only two tiles missing …
Welcome back to the World of Green and Black Bestiary. I wanted to do something special for this one, because it might be the last featured creature for a while. Next year I'm thinking of doing a different monthly thingy. hat doesn't mean there won't be anymore feature creatures, but they'll be saved for special …
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2025 is almost over, and I managed to get a lot done. Not as much as I would have liked, but there's been some downs this year, so that's to be expected. At the start of the year I set myself a few goals, so now it's time to see how I went. These were …
Got another book bingo. So time for another set of reviews. We've got a bunch of really good stories here... plus one I hated. But talking about books I didn't like is sort of fun. Anyway, can't waste too much time on an intro; I still have six squares to fill and I'm running out …
Name: Canopy CrawlerWorld: BlackMaterial: Mold/Flesh HybridThought Type: UntetheredSpecies Type: FareiHabitat: Tropical Drid Rainforests All creatures made of the mold/flesh hybrid material fascinate Human naturalists, since there is nothing like them in the Green World. Their body composition is as alien to Humankind as milk and live, fully formed births are to Dridkind. Of this massive …
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