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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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The ballots of the three major SFF awards have been out for a while now, so it's time for one of my favourite yearly traditions: reading all the short stories that have been nominated for a Hugo, Nebula or Locus. Well, I say all, but I'm a bit cash strapped at the moment, so I …
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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 …
I almost missed the featured creature for this month. I'm going to keep this preamble quick because I am actually really sick and cannot think of anything to say. Enjoy your first entry about an ai-ey. Name: Tower of KnowledgeWorld: Green/SkyMaterial: Steel and ConcreteThought Type: UnconstrainedSpecies Type: Building Ai-eyHabitat: N/A. Only eighteen exist, and they …
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Just giving a quick update post to say that the anthology containing my short story Lucky Charm is out now. It's called Madam, Don't Forget Your Sword, by Dead Fish Books and you can find out more here: DEAD FISH BOOKS I have to admit, I don't have a lot of new things to say …
Welcome back to another World of Green and Black. The Drid feature seems to have been very popular, so hopefully you all like this new creature just as well. After dealing with the alien people of the Black World, I think now's a good time to introduce some of the wildlife. ____________________________________________________ Name: BladetailWorld: BlackMaterial: …
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Hi everyone, congratulations on making it to level 2025. Let's hope this one goes as well as it can, considering everything that was set up in the last chapter. I talked in my last post, way back last year, about some of the things I wanted to do this year. Here's a link to that …
2024 has been a really big year for me. On a personal note, I got married, which was amazing, as was the New Zealand honeymoon. I've also been studying communication and marketing online, which is good for future career goals, but has unfortunately caused some of my writing projects to be paused, mainly last year's …
