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You Can Do Anything In A Game (But You Can’t Do That)

Posted on August 25, 2020 by

Last night, on Roll20, I was part of another one-shot playtest of Venger Satanis‘ Crimson Dragon Slayer system. This one got… weird. Now that, in itself, was not unexpected, but the way in which it got weird was interesting. There … Continue reading →

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Strange Days Waiting: The stories of Endless Summer

Posted on August 20, 2020 by

The Kickstarter for my latest short fiction collection,  Endless Summer,  is now live. Now, I’ve gone on record in this blog as saying that I am not a Science Fiction writer. So what does it mean that this collection is … Continue reading →

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This is how you run an RPG, people.

Posted on August 15, 2020 by

Last night, on Roll20, I was part of a one-shot playtest of Venger Satanis‘ Crimson Dragon Slayer system. CDS is a “rules light OSR game ruleset”–but that description doesn’t do it justice. Think back to playing with toys as a … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Double Feature

Posted on July 24, 2020 by

At last it can be told..! Cirsova made the official announcement today, so I can finally talk freely about my latest project. This is a collection of my Science Fiction short stories. It includes work I’ve published over the last … Continue reading →

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Pulp On Pulp, moving forward.

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

A reminder that the collection of essays that Cheah Kit Sun and I are putting together is open for submissions. I don’t know that Pulp On Pulp will be its title when it comes time to publish it–I just needed … Continue reading →

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Followup and clarifications: Pulp On Pulp

Posted on April 7, 2020 by

A day after I posted the Call For Essays: Pulp On Pulp I have already received one essay and queries on three others. All of them fit the theme of the collection–maybe I’m getting better at writing submission guidelines. One … Continue reading →

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“Exiled In The Desert”: A review

Posted on April 7, 2020 by

Recently I picked up that anthology because I know a number of the people who wrote stories in it and the price was right. One of the stories happens to be written by the guy who runs my Sunday night … Continue reading →

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A Call For Essays: Pulp On Pulp

Posted on April 5, 2020 by

I would like to try to put together a collection of practical essays from writers of Action/Adventure Fiction. Cheah Kit Sun, writer and self-publisher, has agreed to act as publisher. This would be a non-paying project, to be available for … Continue reading →

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2020 so far

Posted on March 1, 2020 by

  I can only claim to be on track for my writing  goal for 2020 so far if I count the work I produced in December of 2019. So I’m going to do that and list four stories:   “Lab … Continue reading →

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In The Year 2020

Posted on January 2, 2020 by

Okay, so writing 2020  as the date is probably going to freak me out all year. But let’s leave that aside and talk about my intentions for the new year. Last year I set my goal too ambitiously and I … Continue reading →

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