Yay, got another bingo on my card, so here's some reviews. This is a really varied group of books, so this should be an interesting post. For more information on my 2026 Book Bingo Card, Click HERE. _________________________________________________ Challenge: Military Science Fiction Book: Moonstorm – Yoon Ha Lee Rating: 3.5/5 I love Yoon Ha Lee's work. …
I'm back with another long story. Or at least, a story that would have felt long before I wrote 'Dragonslumber.' This story is called Compassion. My husband wanted me to write something nice this month and I mostly succeeded. Just ignore all the horror elements that have crept in. This is an old school space …
Continue reading Monthly Writing Prompt Challenge #11 – Compassion
Okay, things got a little out of control with Dragonslumber spanning two (okay, almost three) months, but we are now back to one short story a month. My October prompt word is 'Sword'. My husband gave me the word so I'd be doing my own version of Swordtember, a challenge where people draw themed swords. …
Continue reading Monthly Writing Prompt Challenge #10 – Sword
Well, September has almost ended, so now we need to wake up Empress Maake. No, I didn't delay this post so long just to make a Green Day reference. Dragonslumber just kept getting bigger. 'Slumber' was the prompt for the August story, and when my husband and prompt-giver saw I had come up with a …
Continue reading Monthly Writing Prompt Challenge #9 – Awaken
So, my Monthly Writing Prompt Challenge Story for September is now 12 days late. The reason for that is because it has ended up being over 20,000 words on it's own, and since its the conclusion of last month's story, this is actually a full on novel I am working with here. It's taking a …
Even though I am once again very out of the loop regarding the Hugo Awards, I'm still happy I caught the livestream of the announcement. There have been a number of reasons why I haven't been involved, including that it has been an absolute clusterfuck in recent years. The 2023 Awards in China are the …
Continue reading My Very Brief Thoughts on the 2026 Hugo Awards
Okay, things are different this month. The prompt was 'Slumber', but as I got into this story I realised that 'Dragonslumber' was a much better title, so for the first time in this challenge, I changed the title. Except the Slumber title did come back in a way. It came back because by the end …
Continue reading Monthly Writing Prompt Challenge #8 – Slumber
Got my first bingo on my 2026 Book Bingo Card.(Click here if you have no idea what I'm talking about) As always, I'm going to take some time to share my thoughts on these five stories. There are a few highs here, but also some mehs. Overall though, there is nothing I hated to read, …
I cannot believe I have written seven stories in seven months. I'm happy with that achievement, even though I'm still working out how I feel about story #7,Judgement. I also want to apologise for the story being late. I know there are quite a few people who do check up on the site at the …
Continue reading Monthly Writing Prompt Challenge #7 – Judgement
This year, I set myself the goal of writing twelve short stories in twelve months. Similar to what the band Toehider occasionally do with their XII in XII, making twelve EPs in a year (check out their music here). I did this because I wanted more short stories to live on this site, and I've …
