I wasn't too happy with how my monthly story for March, Vault, turned out. I went into that month planning to do a flash piece based on a list of what was in an ancient vault. I was writing this in February, already a short month, and I knew I wouldn't be able to work …
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Monthly Writing Prompts Challenge #4 – Liberate
After dropping the ball last month, I'm back with a story I'm happy with for Monthly Story #4. This is Liberate, my latest shot at a dystopia. Lately, I've been feeling quite helpless, especially in the face of everything going wrong in the world. I've also found myself quite frustrated with people. People in general …
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Monthly Writing Prompts Challenge #3 – Vault
I'm back from my holiday in Sri Lanka (more on that later) and have decided to post the March story, Vault, even though it does still feel like a draft. Why? Well partly I just want to get it over with and move on to the next challenge, but also I think it is a …
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Monthly Writing Prompts Challenge #2 – Interface
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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The Dybot of Sol
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 …
Welcome to 2026
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 …
Monthly Writing Prompt Challenge #1 Anomalous
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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My 2025 Wrap-Up
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 …
World of Green and Black Featured Creature – Canopy Crawler
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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The Strongest in the Forest Digital Downloads
Exciting news everyone; my World of Green and Black novella The Strongest in the Forest is now available to download in PDF, EPUB and MOBI formats. These files won't have the illustrations of the online version of the story, but they can be read a lot more easily. They also won't be split in three …
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