You can taste a hurricane in the wind; salt and iodine as you draw breath past your lips. No hint of seawrack, this is the pure ocean from miles offshore, Continue reading
Month: August 2021
A Long Road Chapter 8 Ficbit – Drama
Alberich kept his face perfectly straight, as the others started and yelped over each other. Let the young man have his moment of drama. Continue reading
Quick Monarch Update
Of the 9 caterpillars, we currently stand at:
Three successfully hatched out today! Continue reading
Worldbuilding: Fiddling With Folklore
One common tack in urban fantasy is to assume All Myths Are True; or at least that all folkloric critters are real and may attack the locals, show up in your occult investigator’s office, or prank-order pizzas to bury his driveway. Continue reading
Quick Note on Ida and Evacuations
If you need to get out of the storm path, and you’re calling hotels, they’re going to ask if anyone’s tested positive for COVID. If you tell them someone has, they will not let you get a room. No, not even if it’s an emergency.
Plan accordingly.
Current Events: Hollywood, Politics, and the Lost Art of War
I don’t want to dwell on this, since there’s nothing I can personally do – I don’t have the skills and resources needed to pull innocent people out of the ongoing massacre. Continue reading
A Long Road Chapter 7 Up On AO3
Chapter 7 of A Long Road, “For the Dead Travel Fast”, is now up on Archive of Our Own. Continue reading
A Long Road Chapter 7 Ficbit – Tea and Courtesy
“I think it’s important because Ancar’s starting to push again,” Kerowyn answered. Continue reading
Biophilia For a Restless Mind
I really like how I got the leaf texture on this pic.
Earring Tales: Party Princess
Behold the power of fuchsia!