The Magic of Our Day to Day Lives: Snowflake Vignettes
Nathan T. Dean
I. So many times I have sat down at my laptop (or typewriter) recently and found the words I wish would flow just do not emerge in a fashion I…
Nathan T. Dean
What the Stale Air Tastes Like: An Apocalyptic Overview
The stars are going out. The nuclear fallout bunkers were built in a rush. Your cat seems to be mutating into some sort of slug monster. We have reached end…
Minecraft: Mobs, Mods and Mines – How is this Fantasy?
Spoiler Alert! (I bet you didn’t even think this game had one.) When you finish Minecraft…What, you can’t finish Minecraft? Are you currently holding aloft your giant rubber pick-axes and…
Pokémon – What Kind of Journey Is This?
Twitch Plays Pokémon changed a lot of things for a lot of people. Mostly it changed the website imgur into a paradise of pseudo-religious iconography for a Bird Jesus and…
“House of Dreams” by Michael Swanwick
I would often sit with my friends and argue over which were the best or worst superpowers. The worst superpowers regarded were having the ability to see three seconds into…
The Initial Steps of Worldbuilding: Architect, Gardener, Tourist
Listening to the news in the real world – that horrid place where dragons are small and kept in vivaria and pixie is just a kind of haircut – it…