Well, this story is about my D&D Character, turned primary NPC of my campaign. This deals with his backstory and sheds a little light on his motivations.
So ... here it is.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
XS
The XS Company first debuted in "The Errors of Our Employers." It isn't required reading for this story, but it does shed some more light on the colorful setting.
I'd say here's a cautionary tale about Corporate America, but that's not what this is about at all.
Relax, it's a comedy.
Excess Stress.
I'd say here's a cautionary tale about Corporate America, but that's not what this is about at all.
Relax, it's a comedy.
Excess Stress.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Float On
My knowledge of police procedure comes mainly from watching old Dragnet reruns and playing Sierra's Police Quest games. By they way, don't try to find any significance in the date. I picked it at random.
July 12, 2006
July 12, 2006
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Come ride with me, through veins of history / And I'll show you how God falls asleep on the job
Better late than never, right? I have indeed finished a Saying Story for the first time in almost a year.
It's longer than I had thought, a little more vague than I thought, and quite a different beast than I'd originally intended. But what fun would it be to have ended up exactly where I had thought I would?
There are two images embedded in the story; the second provides hints to the remainder of my stories this year.
Without further ado, my February Saying Story:
"If You're Going to Preach, for God's Sake, Preach with Conviction"
It's longer than I had thought, a little more vague than I thought, and quite a different beast than I'd originally intended. But what fun would it be to have ended up exactly where I had thought I would?
There are two images embedded in the story; the second provides hints to the remainder of my stories this year.
Without further ado, my February Saying Story:
"If You're Going to Preach, for God's Sake, Preach with Conviction"
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Leon de Normandy
Aloha.
This one is a bit strange even by my standards and perhaps my most ambiguous (or ... is it?).
Leon de Normandy
This one is a bit strange even by my standards and perhaps my most ambiguous (or ... is it?).
Leon de Normandy
Fools can be Kings
A short one this time. I'm liable to do a lot of short ones this year, both because of the accelerated schedule and because I'm busy with school.
This story didn't turn out nearly as experimental as I thought it would at first. In fact, it ended up pretty straightforward. The connection to the lyrics may seem tenuous or nonexistent, but it was inspired by it.
A Notebook Found in the Street
This story didn't turn out nearly as experimental as I thought it would at first. In fact, it ended up pretty straightforward. The connection to the lyrics may seem tenuous or nonexistent, but it was inspired by it.
A Notebook Found in the Street
Saturday, January 31, 2009
2008 Archives
"A stitch in time saves nine."
"Stealing Signs" by J.
"A Metaphysics Lesson" by Robby
"Stitches" by René
"Beware the ides of March."
"Owl-Stretching Time" by J.
"Roland's Fortune" by Robby
"Kalends" by René
"Untitled" by Brandon
"Birds of a feather flock together."
"Background Noise" (short story version) by Robby
"Background Noise" (one-act play version) by Robby
"Robins" by René
"Out into the Cool of the Evening" by J.
"Curiosity killed the cat."
Mulligan
"He who laughs last, laughs best."
"Back in Town" by Robby
"Two wrongs don't make a right."
Mulligan
Friday, October 31, 2008
He who laughs last
Hey, it's that story I totally post every two months without fail. That one.
It's much darker than anything I've published on here before, but darkness is actually my usual output.
Back in Town
It's much darker than anything I've published on here before, but darkness is actually my usual output.
Back in Town
Jokers
After coming up with essentially 3 story seeds, I decided it was within my ability to actually finish this one. It's goofy fun, for everyone (everyone over the age of 17).
I give you, "Jokers."
I give you, "Jokers."
Monday, September 1, 2008
Why no story?
I didn't write a story this time. It's clearly getting harder for all of us to stay on top of our self-imposed deadlines. I think this is due to two reasons.
First, the novelty of the project has worn off. We're over halfway through, and we're trudging towards the end. It's no longer a fresh new idea, but an old one that we may be a bit tired of by now. It didn't make writing a habit for us, unfortunately; it remained a chore.
That brings me to my second point- we're not writers. By that, I mean we don't write on a regular basis. As much as I've wanted to, and as much as I've tried, I've never written on a set schedule. "Writer" is a profession- it's what they do. Plumbers fix pipes almost every day. Singers sing almost every day. And writers write almost every day. That doesn't mean that writing should be easy for the writer, even though words seem to flow like lava from an erupting volcano from the pens of such folks as Stephen King and the late Isaac Asimov. No, writing is a job, and like all jobs it's sometimes pleasant and sometimes unpleasant. If you only write when it's pleasant for you, then it's nothing more than a lark, not a job, and you'd be better off writing a diary than stories for other eyes. To be a writer you have to write, day or night, rain or shine, fun or not. And that's what I've not been doing. So I don't know about my fellow participants in this project, but I'm going to try to change my approach, go at this thing with renewed vigor, and finish strong.
But yeah, I missed this one.
First, the novelty of the project has worn off. We're over halfway through, and we're trudging towards the end. It's no longer a fresh new idea, but an old one that we may be a bit tired of by now. It didn't make writing a habit for us, unfortunately; it remained a chore.
That brings me to my second point- we're not writers. By that, I mean we don't write on a regular basis. As much as I've wanted to, and as much as I've tried, I've never written on a set schedule. "Writer" is a profession- it's what they do. Plumbers fix pipes almost every day. Singers sing almost every day. And writers write almost every day. That doesn't mean that writing should be easy for the writer, even though words seem to flow like lava from an erupting volcano from the pens of such folks as Stephen King and the late Isaac Asimov. No, writing is a job, and like all jobs it's sometimes pleasant and sometimes unpleasant. If you only write when it's pleasant for you, then it's nothing more than a lark, not a job, and you'd be better off writing a diary than stories for other eyes. To be a writer you have to write, day or night, rain or shine, fun or not. And that's what I've not been doing. So I don't know about my fellow participants in this project, but I'm going to try to change my approach, go at this thing with renewed vigor, and finish strong.
But yeah, I missed this one.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Fail
A thousand apologies.
Okay, so it's back to normal for me: I missed a deadline. I'd tell you I had a good reason (because I did), but there's no excuse.
I give you what I have. It isn't finished; I might finish during our free week. I may not. I don't like my story very much.
Do with it what you will.
"Out into the Cool of the Evening."
Better luck to the lot of us next time, huh?
Okay, so it's back to normal for me: I missed a deadline. I'd tell you I had a good reason (because I did), but there's no excuse.
I give you what I have. It isn't finished; I might finish during our free week. I may not. I don't like my story very much.
Do with it what you will.
"Out into the Cool of the Evening."
Better luck to the lot of us next time, huh?
Monday, June 30, 2008
Birds of a feather
In under the wire! I rushed this, but I'm going to revise during the one-week grace period. I promise. As I wrote it, I became more and more convinced that my first impulse to write it as a one-act play was the correct one, but I'm afraid we're stuck for now with the short story version. I'm not a playwright anyway, which is the reason I quashed that impusle. But I don't think it works as a story. It's not my best work, but enjoy anyway.
Background Noise (short story)
EDITS:
7/7/08- Minor stylistic changes and errors fixed. As a bonus feature, I reformatted it as a one-act play to see if that works better. The play version is linked below, the copyedited short story version remains linked above. Yes, both versions probably ought to be longer, more substantial. But I didn't get to that in a week, and now it's time to move on the the next saying... for which I do not have an idea yet.
Background Noise (play)
Background Noise (short story)
EDITS:
7/7/08- Minor stylistic changes and errors fixed. As a bonus feature, I reformatted it as a one-act play to see if that works better. The play version is linked below, the copyedited short story version remains linked above. Yes, both versions probably ought to be longer, more substantial. But I didn't get to that in a week, and now it's time to move on the the next saying... for which I do not have an idea yet.
Background Noise (play)
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Robby's Beware the ides of March story
Roland's Fortune
I'll be honest. I'm not personally satisfied with this one, and hopefully I'll make liberal use of our agreed-upon one-week grace period to make edits, which I will note here. In the meantime, enjoy. It still has a redeeming feature or two.
EDITS:
5/7/08- Now with an expanded midsection so that hopefully it feels less rushed and more finished (at the advice of J., René, and myself). The dialogue in the final scene has been toned down (at the advice of René).
I'll be honest. I'm not personally satisfied with this one, and hopefully I'll make liberal use of our agreed-upon one-week grace period to make edits, which I will note here. In the meantime, enjoy. It still has a redeeming feature or two.
EDITS:
5/7/08- Now with an expanded midsection so that hopefully it feels less rushed and more finished (at the advice of J., René, and myself). The dialogue in the final scene has been toned down (at the advice of René).
J.'s story: "Owl-Stretching Time"
UPDATE: I've fixed the link now. So sorry.
And here we are again. That's two in a row. We post one again next time, that's called a winning streak.
For those of you familiar with my work, you might be a little put off -- it's unusual. There's nothing supernatural here. No ghosts, no vampires, no monsters, no telekinesis, no dragons, no clairvoyance. Just a little vignette about regular people having an awful day.
You may take the dedication at the end as you like. I offer gratitude to those who inspire me. In both good ways and bad.
Your geeky bonus points this time: if you understand the title.
"Owl-Stretching Time"
And here we are again. That's two in a row. We post one again next time, that's called a winning streak.
For those of you familiar with my work, you might be a little put off -- it's unusual. There's nothing supernatural here. No ghosts, no vampires, no monsters, no telekinesis, no dragons, no clairvoyance. Just a little vignette about regular people having an awful day.
You may take the dedication at the end as you like. I offer gratitude to those who inspire me. In both good ways and bad.
Your geeky bonus points this time: if you understand the title.
"Owl-Stretching Time"
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