A little something that's been crawling around my brain for a few months now. Feels good to finally have it dislodged. No relation to the game The Deer God.
New Hampshire Gothic: The Deer God
The Song of the Storm King: Night Watch
A short story I started a few hours before going to work and finished later. More SotSK stuff because why not? The first mention of the Storm King is here and the second mention of the Storm King is here. A poem featuring Garrett the Fox can be found here. Characters are as follows: Lyrica Lyra/Lyrica … Continue reading The Song of the Storm King: Night Watch
Vignette: Fanny Pack of Power
This is a little vignette I wrote a while back for a larger work I had since shelved. Part of my writing process includes writing a series of vignettes and later tiling them together as part of world building and character development. It features two characters I thought up: Roark Cainhurst, Proctor First Class (think … Continue reading Vignette: Fanny Pack of Power
Waxing Poetic
I wax poetically without any direction on occasion. This latest slew of words can be read as written or in reverse order by line. You can also mix and match the lines to wax poetic yourself.
The Song of the Storm King
A little pet project of mine that I had no intention of sharing with anybody, aside from friends and family. It's a low fantasy story meant to be an epic, a sprawling continuation of events surrounding Garrett the Fox as he struggles to accept the mantle of the Storm King, coming to terms with his depression … Continue reading The Song of the Storm King
Poem: The Fox and The Red Death
Another poem that struck me. The Fox and the Red Death Carrion for the crows, a battle done darkly Boys longing to be men were cut down sharply The Fox with his red pelt, thunder in hand, is a wandering curse, a Pyrrhic victory roaming the land The Great Wolf bays at crows who prey … Continue reading Poem: The Fox and The Red Death
Writing Prompt: Bronze Age Fantasy
I'm trying my hand at this whole writing prompt thing. As in, I'm writing a prompt for other writers. The idea behind this prompt comes from a similar prompt I read when I was in elementary school: a large chunk of the story is given, you must write the ending. While this chunk is rather … Continue reading Writing Prompt: Bronze Age Fantasy
Adult Content?
WARNING: I swear a lot in this one. Not safe for children or people of Victorian ideology (I'm looking at you, FCC)
The End Times
It seems like almost every variation of the End Times, End of Days, End of All Things, etc. always ends up being some bleak and gloomy post apocalyptic wasteland and/or the extinction of humans/everything/common decency. I can name exactly two scenarios where this doesn't happen off the top of my head: Ragnarok, the prophesied end of … Continue reading The End Times
Word Feel
Like food, sentences have mouthfeel. It has less to do with the content of a sentence and more to do with the flow of words strung together. JRR Tolkien was a big advocate for mouthfeel, designing his elvish languages to have crisp feels while the Black Speech is a very back-of-the-mouth language (this was intentional, … Continue reading Word Feel
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