On Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Related Topics
My mission is to post Chaos.
Friday, October 30, 2026
Don't Forget the Hair
In many settings, it should be a littlehorsetail rather than a ponytail. As for pigtails, if your setting don't got pigs I ain't reading.
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Universal Human Aspirations
Have any of you managed to have your skeleton burst out of the body and do a musical number? It's harder than most of the documentaries on the subject make it seem.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Addendum
The same doesn't hold for character names because nobody's going to remember all those anyway. A spoiler forgotten is a spoiler avoided.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Important Location Naming Consideration
The locations in your story should progress in alphabetical order so that people can look stuff up on the wiki without getting spoiled. This is the digital age, you see.
Monday, October 26, 2026
An Alluring Wagon
A wanderer out on a moon-rich night saw a wanderer of a different sort and addressed him.
"Spirit, how is it that you met your end? Is there danger hereabouts which I am better off knowing?"
"Stranger, this region has the story of a wagon that has no driver nor team to drive it but moves about regardless. We aren't surprised to see it settle beside us on a night like this, where it waits a spell for the passenger to embark and be taken away. Should he not, there's nothing more to it."
"Why then should a man climb on, or why did you?"
"I will pray with what voice I have left to me that you never come to know. Good luck on your journey, traveller."
"And on yours, traveller." The man watched the other fade away.
Finis
"Spirit, how is it that you met your end? Is there danger hereabouts which I am better off knowing?"
"Stranger, this region has the story of a wagon that has no driver nor team to drive it but moves about regardless. We aren't surprised to see it settle beside us on a night like this, where it waits a spell for the passenger to embark and be taken away. Should he not, there's nothing more to it."
"Why then should a man climb on, or why did you?"
"I will pray with what voice I have left to me that you never come to know. Good luck on your journey, traveller."
"And on yours, traveller." The man watched the other fade away.
Finis
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Addender
Astrologers are going to have a dickens of a time once we start grinding up stars, won't they? They could lobby to avoid the relevant stars, but those are surely the best ones going by their mystical significance.
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Addendum
Though at that point, do you really want them in your space empire? The cost of recalibrating horoscopes from there alone is comparable to their tax contribution.
Friday, October 23, 2026
Astrological Warning Signs
In the future, the authorities will be well advised to monitor how seriously extraterrestrial colonists are about coming up with new astrological systems. Once they don't need Aquarius anymore, the rebellion starts.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Historical Precedent
Now that Bioware is shutting down, will Obsidian do the same thing but with more bugs? Industry analysts say almost certainly.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Halloween Trends
So what new stuff is everybody getting from the same outlets this year? I'm seeing a bunch of decorations that incorporate candy corn, which is passing odd.
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