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New to the ongoing blog series called STQK "Would you like to know more?" Hello there, I have rolled on the STQK list and have landed on Dragon Quest SPI 2nd Edition. I created 1 more PC, who will be joining Ysah and the Android, after...
Galen C. Colin has four fiction credits at isfdb, three of them for stories that appeared in Weird Tales in the year 1924. At the Tellers of Weird Tales website, you can find a biographical article on Colin by Terence E. Hanley; Colin...
I got to be a Rebel Storyteller. ✊🏿✍🏿 I want you, the reader, to be an active participant in creating your own stories rather than a passive recipient of mine. Spend more time, focus and reflection on your own creative storytelling...
A yellow walnut leaf spins as it falls, just ahead of the rain—another passing shower. Blades of grass tremble as they’re struck. The Carolina wren keeps singing up by the garage.
Dave and I skipped breakfast and walked about 40 minutes to the Kiyomizu-dera temple. As we explored the area, we found ourselves surrounded by nature and following a path to the top of the mountain. Dave discovered the head portion of a...
The best way to prevent a rogue AGI from processing the Earth into maximum paperclips is to unleash a second AGI that will work to stop it. The problem of ensuring that an AGI doesn’t mulch everything into paperclips by mistake is called...
The phrase “big tent” is a new red flag phrase for me. Hearing CEO types bandy it around more and more under the guise of “we welcome everyone!” But what they’re really saying is “we are totally ok bending whatever principles we used to...
Comics Flash Comics No. 1Cover Date: January 1940Release Date: November 20, 1939Script: Gardner FoxArtist: Dennis NevilleLetters: Not listedEditing: M. C. Gaines; Sheldon MayerCover: Sheldon MoldoffNote: The on-sale date of November 20,...
Robert Bloch. August Derleth. Henry Kuttner. Ray Bradbury. David H. Keller. Hannes Bok. Edmond Hamilton. These are the names we associate with the McIlwraith era of Weird Tales, and these are names that dominate the 1943 issues of WT I...
An end of week fortnight recap “There are always more stories. They never end.” – Tove Jansson (Fair Play, 1989) Thank you for your patience while I had a few days away. It has been something of a scramble trying to catch up with...
Yer man Ganzeer, setting out his advice to young artists about the realities of the job: Just know that it’ll involve something like 70% admin, 20% actual creative work, and 10% putting out fires and/or wanting to die. G A N Z E E R . T...
Is it just me or does Koro Sensei from Assassination Classroom look like the album art of Watermelon Man’s Head Hunters album?
Welcome to Lost Art Press Open Wire, where until 5 p.m. Eastern, you can ask any and all woodworking questions and questions about Lost Art Press, our cats, Shakespeare (me), Late 19th/early 20th-century Russian literature (Chris), and...
Well it's saturday and I am finally writing my weeknotes LOL. It's been a busy summer!! What did I even do last week... Generally I use photos in my phone to refresh my memory but most of the stuff from last week is pretty mundane. I got...