It is only one more week until Everfree Northwest!
I've never actually been to a con before, but Xepher and Thornwing were kind enough to invite me as a community guest. I'm going to be on several panels, including:
I don't know what it is about listening to fabricated Emergency Alert System messages that has drawn me. I tell myself that it's a humbling experience: shocking myself into hearing what could happen in the worst-case scenario. In particular, the cold, unerring terror of hearing a message play that tells me about an incoming attack. Some others deal with severe weather, and one that I found was built around the 9/11 attack, but the most haunting in my search so far involved a
My True Paranormal Experiences: The Cloaked Woman and The Guy in the Top Hat
These are two true paranormal events that happened to me a few years ago. I just thought I would share them for anyone who might be interested.
Here are the stories.
On the 11th day of christmas, my true love gave to me, 11 downward spirals
What is says on the tin. Signups for the Ciderfest Bookstore end on the 8th. If you missed the last post: here's an explainer.
To everyone who has already signed on; thank you so much! I can't wait for everyone to see all the hard work we've been doing, and I am so thankful for everyone who was a part of this project!
My brain: Let's fart out a story idea based on those old fics about Lauren Faust becoming an alicorn in Equestria.
Story pitch coming up next because oof ouch brain rot go brrrrr.
Urban Legends: Part One
I've always been fascinated by urban legends because many have origins in true stories that got distorted over time. Like one big game of telephone throughout the ages. Here are a few urban legends that have always fascinated me. Hopefully, you will find them interesting too.
Paranormal Creatures: The Adjule
You may recognize the name of this cryptid from the popular game, Resident Evil 5. But did you know that an Adjule is a real cryptid that many people have reported seeing since the 1920s in Northern Africa?
Today I will share some information about the Adjule so you can learn more about the mysterious creature that supposedly lives in the Northern African region.
10 Additional True Tales of Interdimensional Travel
Today I am going to share some interesting true stories I found about interdimensional travel. You can read the first journal entry I posted on this subject here. You can read the second journal entry I posted on this subject here.
Hey everybody. Irma's good and dead now and I'm still alive. Although I've got to say... I've had some of the worst six days of my life. You'll forgive me if I rant for a little bit about what happened.
Mel Waters lived in a town which was home to a strange, bottomless pit. The local people would throw their garbage in it (and had been doing so for more than fifty years), but no one ever heard the garbage hitting the bottom of it. Mel eventually came in possession of the land where the hole was located. He did a bunch of tests on it to see if he could find out how deep the hole was. But no matter how many tests he ran, he could never figure out how deep the hole was. The story gets strange
My True Paranormal Experiences: Thunderbird Sightings
Over the past couple of years I have sighted a few giant birds which are at least the size of an economy sized airplane. I have spotted a grey bird, a white bird, and a black bird, all of similar sizes and weights.
Y'all said you liked short stories in between updates, and well, whaddya know: I happened to have a writing impulse that led to a story that just... kinda flowed out. I'm still working on other things: chiefly that Enemy of Mine update and a few other short pieces, some for my regular anthology and others for a new one. I want to build up something of a writing buffer with the shorter stuff, that way I can have more of those sweet, sweet frequent (or semi-frequent) updates y'all seem to
I was looking through one of my older stories. The Heart That Forgot How to Feel. I want to tell you all about this story, about why I wrote it.