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

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.