on the bright side

Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 11:59 pm
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Went back and set up the opening more.

Fortunately, I realized that the next stage of action can kick off immediately now. The drama was pent up.

vignette

Sunday, August 17th, 2025 11:14 am
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This week's prompt is:
abusive 🤕

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.

inventing saints

Saturday, August 16th, 2025 11:37 pm
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I exclude saints, I invent saints, I include saints. . . and I give existing ones new patronages, too.

High fantasy Christian milieux have me having an interesting time with saints.  Obviously I don't include Renaissance or later if the milieu is medieval-ish, and I tend to avoid ones within the era most closely equivalent.

But the other world would, no doubt, have other saints.

I think I should avoid putting the same imaginary saint into two different world, to avoid their being confused.  Such is the logic of world-building. 

Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius #21

Saturday, August 16th, 2025 07:57 pm
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Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius #21: An Entertainment in Londinium by Kaja Foglio and Phil Foglio

Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes

Read more... )

Kill the Villainess, Vol. 3

Thursday, August 14th, 2025 11:27 pm
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Kill the Villainess, Vol. 3 by Haegi

Spoilers for the first two volumes ahead.

Read more... )

A Long Climb Over Shortcomings

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 12:09 am
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Click through for this one.
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The Proving Trail

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 11:18 pm
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The Proving Trail by Louis L'Amour

The young narrator of this tale leaves his job herding cattle to find his father, and learns that his father was murdered after a night of successful gambling.
Read more... )

It's a birthday!

Monday, August 11th, 2025 06:43 am
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Happy Birthday, [personal profile] gamgeefest! I hope you're having a peaceful summer.

cut to the snake

Monday, August 11th, 2025 12:16 am
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I think I may have to muck about with how many heads the snakes have. One by one is too slow. The snakes are menaces, not things to tick off as they advance

Perhaps only odd numbers of heads?

Sanders' Union Fourth Reader

Monday, August 11th, 2025 12:13 am
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Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Charles Walton Sanders

Despite the titles, this is more recent than his New Fourth Reader. It repeats three or four readings from the earlier works, not all of them from the fourth reader.

Interesting nowadays chiefly for the views of edifying works and science of the time.

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