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July 12, 2018
Terms and Conditions
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 13 “Stop, good citizen!” cried the complete stranger who had just burst through the door. “Sign not that paperwork!” “What?” yelped the landlord. “What are you doing here? Who are you anyway?” “Why, I am Apartment Man!” proclaimed the intruder, who wore a hat on his head shaped like a […]
Going Out With a Bang
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 12 Challenge #6: Write a story involving a wannabe character in which it is implied someone dies in a spectacular fashion. It was a beautiful evening, the tranquillity of the gentle pink sunset marred only slightly by the battle raging on between every superhero in the city and the skyscraper-sized […]
July 11, 2018
The Watcher in the Wasteland
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 11 There was once a city with wealth beyond measure. Its streets were gardens, with statues in every alcove and trees in every square. By day travellers marked the place by the mist that rose from its fountains, and by night the smoke that rose from the palace spire. The […]
July 10, 2018
Puss in Boots in Boots
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 10 Challenge #5: Write a story set in a mall including a fairy tale character and an element of anthropomorphism. “Does this sun cream protect against UVA and UVB?” asked Rumplestiltskin. “Dunno,” said the cat sitting at the counter, without looking up. “Well what about this one?” He picked up a […]
July 9, 2018
The Mages and the Demon’s Tower
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 9 In brighter times, the Ebon Tower had been a beacon of hope and justice, its garrisons watching over the Merchants’ Way from Grimble’s Vale in the East to Far Baragar in the West. But since the demon Kharael had come to claim it, that tower was a blight upon […]
July 8, 2018
Jurassic Pork
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 8 “Welcome…” announced that Attenborough guy. Not David Attenborough. The other one. “…to Jurassic Pork!” “Oink,” said the park’s only exhibit, contentedly. “What makes this Jurassic, exactly?” asked Sam Neill. “Didn’t you hear?” asked…I think it’s Rupert? Rupert Attenborough. “This pig—this specific pig lounging in its own filth right in […]
July 7, 2018
The Lion, The Mix and the Wardrobe
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 7 Challenge #4*: Write story that opens with the final sentence of a story written by another author this month, and that features a character undergoing a change as part of the plot. It must also include the names of ten or more cocktails and two things that do not […]
July 6, 2018
Miffed Mel: Frugal Road
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 6 “I ride my Death Lorry through the Plains of Ruin!” bellows Baron Hugendong to a scorched, indifferent sky. “I keep battle in my headlights! I leave carnage in my tracks! I am the harbinger of destruction! I am the terror of the wastes!” “Well, that’s great,” yells Miffed Mel, […]
Project Caerus Icons
Originally posted on BOAT OF BEES:
Icons for locations in Project Caerus. I wanted to hand-draw them in order to help communicate the atmosphere of the game through its interface. The styling is inspired by woodcut illustrations, though it is also simplified and cleaned up to aid recognition at a glance. The arrangement of black…
Icons for locations in Project Caerus. I wanted to hand-draw them in order to help communicate the atmosphere of the game through its interface. The styling is inspired by woodcut illustrations, though it is also simplified and cleaned up to aid recognition at a glance. The arrangement of black…
July 5, 2018
This Would Have Worked Better Yesterday
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 5 Challenge #3: Write story including a conveniently interrupted document and an anti-villain. One of these tropes must be lampshaded. “Mr. President!” Special Planetary UFO Defence agent Brock Stone burst through the doors, waving a slightly singed journal. “Hold the nuclear strike! We’ve recovered Professor Nerdlinger’s research notes on the […]
