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July 4, 2018
Are You There Captain Redundancy? It’s Me, Captain Redundancy
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 4 “Haven’t we already done time travel before?” asked Captain Redundancy, inquisitively. “Only once,” answered Tautology Boy. “Three years go, in 2015.” “Good, good.” Captain Redundancy nodded. “Nice and redundant. So what year is it now?” “67,000,000 BC,” said Private Paradox, swinging his machete through the thick Cretaceous foliage. “We […]
July 3, 2018
Are You There Dracula? It’s Me, Van Helsing
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 3 Challenge #2: Write story including a scene in which a reconciliation occurs. It must also mention a year in which a historical peace treaty was signed and feature an unreliable narrator. Abraham Van Helsing moved silently through the crypt, the stench of death all around him. The sanctuary of his […]
July 2, 2018
Are You There God? It’s Me, Dracula
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 2 “Stay back!” stammered the woman, backing farther into the dark alley. “I’ve got a crucifix and I’m not afraid to use it!” “Ah! Ah! Ah!” laughed Count Goldschmidt. “Your little piece of wood means nothing to me. For I am a Jewish vampire, and— Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! […]
July 1, 2018
The Beggar’s Sovereign
Flash Fiction Month 2018, Day 1 Challenge #1: Write an adventure story using a character, setting and MacGuffin suggested by three different fellow participants. The character must be an autobiographical description of the person who suggested it. Character: An engineer who prefers to solve problems with a hammer – but in down time enjoys drawing […]
June 25, 2018
Lovely Pleasant Teatime Simulator
I have a brand new Twine game for you, and this one comes with Prizes! Lovely Pleasant Teatime Simulator is a relaxing narrative game about— Actually, you know what? I’m not gonna bother. You know this isn’t really a straightforward Afternoon Tea simulator, and I know you know, so there’s really no point in me […]
June 16, 2018
Flash Fiction Day 2018
Stories written for Flash Fiction Day 2018: I’ll be updating this post throughout the day if you want to keep up. If you’d like to get involved with this event yourself, you can sign up here! As long as it’s still June 16th in your time zone, it’s not too late! 23:59 1 “Hey, isn’t […]
June 15, 2018
The Official Flash Fiction Day 2018 Blog Post
Welcome fans of flash fiction! During the 24 hours of June 16th (in their respective time zones), the people listed here will be attempting to produce as many flash fiction pieces (between one and one thousand words inclusive in length) as possible. If you haven’t signed up already, it’s not too late! Just leave a […]
June 13, 2018
Twine for Beginners: Importing Stories
Have you ever noticed a really neat feature in a Twine game and thought: “Hey, I wonder how they did that?” Well, wonder no more because it’s (usually) super easy to find out. Twine 2 has many advantages over Twine 1: It’ll run in your browser so there’s no need to install. The default story […]
June 12, 2018
June 16th: Flash Fiction Day 2018
This year National Flash Fiction Day is June 16th, and so that’s the day I’ll be hosting my annual flash fiction extravaganza. The rules are simple, so I’m just going to go ahead and copy the same ones as last year: Before June 16th: Comment on this post letting me know you want to take […]
June 9, 2018
Places to Meet Me in June 2018
Last week I was at Feral Vector for a full three days during which I navigated the grim future of the Business Wasteland (during one of the events), became a superpowered horticultural student of Jeff Goldblum (during another of the events) and was forced to repeatedly fend off some uncharacteristically friendly moles (for real – […]
