I am conflicted. There are feelings within my breast that I have not felt in years. I am being torn apart and I know not what to do. I cannot lay my dilemma at any feet but my own. But I can record here the circumstances which have created it. For posterity, and perhaps to […]
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Flash Fiction Challenge #15
Swings and roundabouts, I guess. This week’s technical restriction is about as simple as they get, which is a refreshing change from the last one. As for the others, an interesting spread. Overall not as radical as the previous restrictions, I suspect this’ll be more of a conventional story. But we’ll see. Title: Tip of my […]
I swear I was not on anything when I wrote this. This story had been building in the back of my mind for a couple of days, but when I sat down to actually write it, it took a shape I hadn’t expected. It’s closer to poetry than prose, I think. I won’t deny that […]
What an exhausting couple of days. On our way back from Crowhaven my companions regaled me with further details of their journey thus far, and their encounters with both the Abyssal fissures and the followers of the Trinity. In particular, they explained that just before they met me they went down into the sewers of […]
Creating new characters is one of my favourite aspects of D&D. Usually, though, you don’t do it all too much. If you’re lucky, you’ll get to play a nice, long campaign where your character doesn’t die, so you won’t have to make a new one for some time. Sometimes, however, your character dies, and you […]
I have made some new friends. Upon leaving the Feywild on Queen Titania’s request, I followed the Lunar Lady’s directions and found myself in Ravenwhick, the capital city of the human area called Barrenfall. Making my way to the centre of the city, I reached the Kennels, home to the monster hunters called the Bloodhounds, […]
Today, I figured I’d talk about death in D&D, given the events of my last game. So, spoilers for that game, if that’s something you’re concerned about. To cut a long story short, in my last session, my character, Spoon, died. He tried to be clever, and paid for it in the worst possible way. […]
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Flash Fiction Challenge #14
Here’s the latest set of restrictions. As I’ve said a few times now, my deadline for the story is Monday, thirteen days from now, however, I’m going to try to get it done in a week instead. I’ll be totally honest, I’m not sure I’ll be able to do that technical restriction. Not without much […]
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Flash Fiction Challenge #13 – Dice Bag
I think the issue that I’ve had with these restrictions is that they lacked something. Some kind of personality, I think. They’re very generic, so they informed the story less than they could have done. Any one would have been all right, but the combination of all of them together caused the collective to fall […]
I wrote last week’s episode from the point of view of Spoon, and I think I preferred it over just telling the story of the game. Tragically, that won’t be possible this week. You’ll understand why before the end. Our game started simply enough. We journeyed to the Grand Cathedral of the Trinity, the main […]