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A Very Particular Set of Skills

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 3 Challenge #2: Write a story in which the protagonist cannot use an item that you yourself have interacted with today. It must be at least 300 words in length. “Behold—it is I! Touch-a-Cup-of-Coffee-and-Explode Man!” “I’m sorry, what?” The Quibbler turned from the bank teller to stare at the spandex-clad […]

Apocalypse Wow

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 2 “Sister Vengeance, what do you see?” The view through the binoculars was impossible to describe. This was the Last Judgement—the day the sisters had long awaited, swords honed and ready—and even a poet would struggle to put it into words. What hope had a warrior? Still, the situation demanded […]

A Stench of Ozone

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 1 Challenge #1: Write a story with a nonlinear narrative. Chunks will pass the canteen to Pits and Pits will not be there. There will be a moment. Short-stuff’s nose will suddenly be bleeding. The blood on his fatigues will already be dry. He will count: One. Two. Three. Four. […]

New Game: GUN WIZARD

The last week and a bit was GDevelop BIG Game Jam #7, and I used it to create GUN WIZARD, a game in which you are a WIZARD with GUNS. (The theme was “overpowered” and this combo seemed to provide the requisite level of overkill.) The game has unique animations created by Yaroslav Novikov and […]

Find Me on Mastodon

This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for ages. Since sometime around late 2022, going by the “Joined” date on my Mastodon profile. The thing is, at the point I got set up there I didn’t know for sure I’d stick around. I basically just wanted something that wasn’t Twitter – and I […]

New Game: Gold Brick Simulator

Brand new today, Gold Brick Simulator is my first independent commercial game! I’ve worked hard to make this one a complete, polished experience, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. Just look at that gold shine! I recently reinvested some of the income from my non-independent commercial games work into a copy of Kenney’s delightful Asset […]

New Book: The Infinity Haversack

My Flash Fiction Month anthology for 2024 is now available – in ebook and paperback! It’s so good that the moment laid eyes upon my own glorious glossy copy, I turned into a being of pure energy. Take a look: The Infinity Haversack might be my 13th anthology of flash fiction, but it’s just as […]

Come to My “Writing Science Fiction” Course – January 25th

Have you ever wanted to learn to write science fiction from the guy who wrote Ten Little Astronauts and (various other sci-fi things)? Well now you can! On the 25th of January (2025) I’ll be teaching a one-day short course at West Dean College in London. It’s £125 to attend, and the course runs from […]

Quest for the Banana of Minor Novelty Value

About six weeks ago I entered Quest for the Teacup of Minor Sentimental Value into the annual Interactive Fiction Competition. I wrote a blog post all about it. What I neglected to mention in that post was that I actually entered two other games this year. One was ROD MCSCHLONG GETS PUNCHED IN THE DONG, […]

New Game: Quest for the Teacup of Minor Sentimental Value

It’s that time of year once again! The Interactive Fiction Competition 2024 is up and running, and I’ve thrown my hat into the ring with yet another fantasy parody. This one is Quest for the Teacup of Minor Sentimental Value, set in the same world as 2020’s Quest for the Sword of Justice but with […]