The sound of something sludgy trickling down stone. The odor of copper and incense. A boat groans as it rubs against its mooring. Above, you can hear the clarion tones of the terrestrial spheres as they hang...
The Shufflepuck Cafe is in the furthest reaches of space, beneath the surface of a distant asteroid. Within its gloom, the denizens of unknown, desolate planets sit, and drink, and play – yes! – shufflepuck. You've wandered...
Pareil sits opposite the bridge from Eddis, I have heard travelers say. I have not seen it with my own eyes. Beneath the bridge is danger and tranquility.
The markets of Pareil are packed with wares, so...
Water simmers and the smell of salty bouillon fills the kitchen. The cook thumbs through a recipe book, hoping for inspiration. He has dozens of them, but how many times has he actually tried anything from one...
When we were kids, we drove all over the place. Mom and Dad had to drive a lot, because we lived in The Middle of Nowhere Rockbridge County Virginia. Mom drove a station wagon, which was small...
A campfire twinkles among the trees. Is that a shelter, or is it to conceal the firelight? A family huddles beside the fire, shivering as if it is much colder. Something terrible has happened....
A city drowns beneath billowing dunes, choking in the smoke of a vast wreck. The star-cruiser is shattered, her engines humming fitfully as they await someone who knows how to shut them off. The spirit drives are...
I dreamt of Ruin, sister of Death. Her brother is slow, he is patient, he is waiting.
Ruin does not wait, and her arrows find your back when you least expect it. And when you are riddled...
The party is badly out of hand. You are better off moving on without having any conversations....
In January 2020 I ordered an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil in what can only be retroactively described as the most virtuously-timed purchase of my life. I'd soon be without much else to do!...