Once upon a time, the last star faded cooly into the dark universal night. It took hundreds of billions of years to die, but no one remained to count the eons. Eventually even the electrons died. This is not my story. Once upon a time, a sentient race was born under a sky full of [...]

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[Apologies for posting this again, but I'm trying to work out some quirks on iTunes. Thanks to Mark for lighting a fire under me with his suggestion!] At long last, the second half of Ties that Bind! Because it’s been so long, here’s a link to the text and podcast posts of the first half. [...]

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At long last, the second half of Ties that Bind! Because it’s been so long, here’s a link to the text and podcast posts of the first half. I wrote this for a writer’s group I set up a couple of years ago, and special thanks to Isaac and David for critiquing the earliest version [...]

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Today’s episode comes with a warning: I will be reading a story full of sex and religious innuendo, or rather, religion mixed with sexual innuendo. And guilt and sweaty palms. If you find any of these things offensive, you may want to stop now. Or you may want to continue listening. Feel guilty now and [...]

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Here’s #004 in the wild (explanation in post): A few months ago, after getting a feel for Twitter, I wanted to see what I could do with it as a writer. I began tweeting a story. I am still in the middle of what I’ve tentatively named, “The Bean, the Brew and the Buzz.” Here [...]

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It’s got it all: atheism, spirituality, god, scifi, and good music!! Hulu’s got the first four eps up right now (and it doesn’t keep them forever), so go catch up. It’s too smart and too well written to stay on the air for long. It’s the story of Kings David and Saul transposed into a [...]

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One of the more popular genre of games right about now is a cross between full RPG and general story game. The most highly anticipated was Fable, where you start out as a young boy and grow into a hero…or a villain. And this was the major selling point: a slightly more sophisticated Choose Your [...]

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I’ve held off for as long as I could bear to, but it is now time to release this upon the MoF community. From the guy who brought us the classic office zombie song, Re: Your Brains and the classy May Day song, First of May, comes the geek classic Still Alive, the end-credits song [...]

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Here. A little heavy on the Star Trek and Star Wars, but still awesome. And honestly, what else is Q for but…Q?

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That would be “Bitchy Literary Criticism”. John & I were having a conversation about good books and the concept of “strong female characters”, as a reason I might want to explore the Sabriel series. My response was that I had been recommended Miyazaki’s manga/movies for the same reason, that the author writes “strong female characters”, [...]

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