Moe Lane's Blog, page 135
October 30, 2024
10/30/2024 Snippet, NEVER RETURN.
I’m going to try to finish this tomorrow. Fortunately, I already did my short story for the month on Patreon, so there’s that.
Patreon!The ghost screamed again, this time a howl of protest that made the air visibly shiver and smashed glass. But even as it screamed, it also receded, pulling itself into itself until it was a globe of black that imploded as I watched.
At least, I assumed it imploded. I did not see directly, as I was diving behind the sofa at the time. Judging from the sudden psychic wind that pulsed above my head, that was wise of me. The stink of curdled magic is wretchedly difficult to get out of one’s hair or clothes.
Curwin popped his head up at the same time I did (he had flipped the shoddy table in the even shoddier kitchen). “So,” he managed after a moment. “What was that, then?”
Reminder: new RPG supplements / chapbook sale!
DARK HISTORY is now available on DriveThruRPG. Spooky stuff for your Halloween games!
Annnnd my chapbooks are still on 99 cent sale sale this week! Five four-story chapbooks, each with illustrations. Perfect for Halloween! Pick them up today!
Not a very productive day.
The youngest isn’t feeling so hot, and the eldest needed costume stuff done. That latter was a bit tricky, to the point where I had to channel my mom there for a while. Still, we were able to work out a costume for him that didn’t require me and my eldest to brave a Spirit Halloween for overpriced flimsy crap made by Chinese slave labor, so: win.
Ah, well. At least I got the poem done.
My Halloween poem is up on Patreon!
#NotAWriMo starts in two days!
That’s the best I can come up with – anyway, November is when I finally finish BANSHEE BEACH. Regular writing should get all the bits filled in, and once that’s done I can start thinking about, well, everything else involved in getting that book out of the door. And after that?
The next one, obviously. This train keeps running for as long as I do.
October 29, 2024
‘Artax’s Death.’
‘Artax’s Death,’ The NeverEnding Story Soundtrack
#commissionearned
It is NOT true that men only think about the Roman Empire…
…sometimes we switch it out to think of MASTER & COMMANDER.
Finally watched that new Deadpool movie. I do not care about most of the references but I'm fixated on this ship in the Fox graveyard being the HMS Surprise from MASTER AND COMMANDER. pic.twitter.com/HYAzvH25Lg
— Russ Fischer (@russfischer) October 25, 2024
Via GeekTyrant.
10/29/2024 Snippet, NEVER RETURN.
It’s getting close to being done.
Patreon!The first warning I had — a faint crinkling as windows and mirrors cracked — had my fingers up in a defensive ward before I quite realized what had happened. That kept the sudden biting cold from gnawing on my brain, which would do until I could lock and reinforce the ward.
Curwin blinked, then shivered as he instinctively moved to my side. I found myself quite glad of his proximity; defensive charm or not, the windowpanes were growing hoarfrost at an alarming rate.
“How long before it happens?” Curwin’s voice was surprisingly loud in the room, and I noticed that his tonfa was glowing, again. I oddly wondered how often the Boston police replaced them.
“If it had been a spell, it’d have happened and been done by now.” I shook my head, grunting in the most ladylike manner possible as I locked the ward in place. “But this is a manifestation, so it depends on how powerful the spirit is.”
“Right, not a ghost.” Curwin sounded in good humor, thankfully, and I presumed through an enviable ignorance. “They can’t generate this kind of cold for long.”
“Well, technically it is just sucking heat out of the area — ah, perhaps later.” An entity was unfolding itself in the air above the pile of books I had turned into an impromptu focus. I frowned at the energies, which felt different somehow, and yet familiar…
Reminder: Doxacon this weekend.
Friday and Saturday, at the Catholic University of America. There are still tickets available for Doxacon, so check it out. I’ll be definitely there on Saturday, and I believe on Friday as well.
As always: if you can’t make it, you can always buy my books here.
#commissionearned
