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 …
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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, …
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 …
We've made it to the midpoint of my 12 in 12 Monthly Writing Prompt Challenge, with Story #6, Collective. I have a lot of thoughts on how the project is going so far and what comes next, but that can be an entire post on its own. I will point out though that a common …
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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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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 …
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 …
I got another bingo on my Book Bingo Card, so now it's time for some reviews. I'm making a lot of progress on this card. Not sure if I'll be able to finish it, but for now I have five good books to talk about. This was a very horror focused line, which is not …
After taking eight months to get my first Book Bingo, the 2nd one is ready right away. Hopefully the rest of the card fills up quickly. For now though, let's get to the best part of the Book Bingo challenge; talking about the books I've read. If you want to know all the details of …
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