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August 4, 2024
New Game: Right-Turn Rally
Despite having a whole bunch of other things to be getting on with, I decided to use my weekend to tackle GDevelop Weekend Game Jam 3. The theme was “Only Two Buttons” and there was a side-competition for “highest rated online multiplayer game” and I immediately had an idea that would combine those two things […]
July 31, 2024
The Priestess and the God of Shadows
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 31 In days when the stars were yet unnamed, a dark god dwelt out in the desert. In days older still, ancient spears had driven it into a deep cavern, and ancient hands lit there an eternal flame that this being of shadow could not pass. Even this, however, could […]
July 30, 2024
The Final Piece
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 30 Challenge #13: Write a 369er in a cyberpunk-derivative genre. Optionally, it must include the final piece of something. The iron soldier would see an end to chaos. An end to crime. An end to disorder. With great care, the artificer cracked open the clay mould to free the final […]
July 29, 2024
Rauglung the Formidable’s Million Hues
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 29 Rauglung the Formidable lay coiled upon his treasure. The dragon was as old as the ages, with scales as hard as time. In his countless aeons of life, he had encountered many rivals: sometimes he would be forced to abandon his hoard in the face of their ire, and […]
July 28, 2024
400
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 28 At long last, King Leonidas pulled himself over the edge of the cliff and up onto the summit of the mountain. “There are stairs on the other side, you know,” said the cloaked ephor waiting to greet him, torch in hand. “This…” wheezed Leonidas “…was much more cinematic.” The […]
July 27, 2024
Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for Five Freakin’ Minutes
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 27 Challenge #12: Write a work of interactive fiction in which at least half the choices are provided by the “2600 Things Mr. Welch Can No Longer Do During An RPG” Generator. My Things Mr. Welch Can No Longer Do were: 2559. Can’t wish for the genie to get me the […]
July 26, 2024
The Tower in the Marsh
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 26 The figures trudged across the marshy land—unseeing, unblinking—perhaps straying from the path in places where the mud had become a mire from the passage of too many feet, but otherwise moving in a perfect line. When Eithne had first seen them in the distance, she thought she had stumbled […]
July 25, 2024
All Things Must Pass
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 25 Challenge #10: Write a story that opens with a line from a randomly selected David Bowie song. It must either use only neopronouns or (as an additional challenge) no pronouns whatsoever. My randomly selected David Bowie song was Heathen. “Is there no reason?” “None at all.” The oracle clutched the […]
July 24, 2024
The Infinity Haversack
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 24 “All the other enchanters are too focused on combat,” said Panwrick, smugly. “Sure, a helm of invisibility or a flaming sword might help you out a lot in the short term, but what really makes a difference in the long run?” He whipped the fabric from the tabletop with […]
July 23, 2024
★☆☆☆☆ FULL DISCLOSURE: I RUN A COMPETING BUSINESS JUST DOWN THE ROAD
Flash Fiction Month 2024, Day 23 Challenge #10: Write a story in the style of an online review. Even so, I think there’s something objectively wrong here. First things first, they wanted me to pay to get in. It’s like they don’t understand how a dungeon is supposed to work. You’re supposed to hire hordes of […]
