Month: October 2025

• October 26, 2025

  Grandfather’s Radio

  A flash fiction horror story for the season. My grandfather on my mother’s side died about a year ago. They were close, and she was pretty broken up. It wasn’t a mysterious illness or anything. He hadn’t been taking care of himself for a long time, and eventually his body just gave up. When he…
• October 19, 2025

  November Without Nano

  National Novel Writing Month The NanoWrimo website and community shut down earlier this year after more than 20 years of supporting writers. They closed for a plethora of reasons, including both monetary and other more personal concerns. But its closer has left quite a whole in the writing community. I have been using NanoWrimo since…
• October 12, 2025

  The Legend of Maedra’s Son, Ch2

  Introduction The following tale — which continues from last week — is the first questline for one of my solo Ironsworn campaigns. It follows the Heart-based Ember Maedra’s son, told in the form of a series of journal entries. In last week’s Chapter, Ember traveled long distances to track down his mother’s murderers and rescued…
• October 5, 2025

  The Legend of Maedra’s Son, Ch1

  Introduction The following tale — which will continue next week — is the first questline for one of my solo Ironsworn campaigns. It follows the Heart-based Ember Maedra’s son, told in the form of a series of journal entries. I have included the places in the story where I rolled the dice for certain mechanics…