Thank You
From all of us here at Mollison Manor, here’s to wishing you and yours a restful and blessed Thanksgiving. One of the great blessings of my life over the last few years has been the ability to share my stories and thoughts with all of you. My readers have...
StoryHackery: Island Rescue
Spencer E. Hart hits the fourth issue of StoryHack with a nice little adventure that delivers exactly what it offers. I have been following Spencer’s work for a while, in both this and the pages of Cirsova Magazine, and with this story of a kidnapping gone wrong, it’s safe...
More Hackery of the Story Variety
The always reliable Misha Burnett tosses the reader into a two man fight to the death in an arena that makes modem day San Fransisco look like as clean as an operating theater. StoryHack Four continues to stroke my ego by placing my work alongside greats like Misha. He’s...
Pulp Modern: Tech Noir
New review of a surprisingly hopeful collection of grim and dark tales of future tech. I picked this title up on a lark – my own WIP is a retro-future adventure, and I wanted to immerse myself in a host of styles to help nail the mood. Expecting the...
Three Days In November
Good luck to everyone kicking off NaNoWriMo with that easy layup of a kickoff weekend. You are at the 3,000 word mark today, right? As usual, every month is a month dedicated to writing for your humble host. I’m cruising along and over the hump on my retro-future tech...
A Brief Commentary on the State of Modern Tabletop RPGs
Two thousand words worth, to be exact. This is what they gave us instead....
Bad Dreams and Broken Hearts
Happy Halloween, ya mopes. Now live over at Castalia House: You won’t want to miss this one. Misha Burnett is operating at the top of his game with a book that hits you with a series of slow and subtle gut punches that will leave you reeling. Bad Dreams...
Halloween Reminder: Saint Gregory III, Pray For Us
Tomorrow night marks the one celebration that traditionally brings neighbors together to celebrate as a community. Yes, we all grumble about early Christmas decorations and wish each other Happy New Year at parties, but Halloween is the one where you go out and meet your neighbors and share in...
Scorched Earth or Controlled Burn
Generally, I agree with Brian Neiemeier and the rest of the gang when they go strong on this message: Merely mentioning a Disney/Marvel property, even to negatively contrast it with a superior indie work, just gives the Devil Mouse brand social proof as the one to beat. But I’m...
On The Joker
If 1980 Gotham had a 4chan, it could have saved itself a whooooooole lot of trouble....