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The Histories of the Spiked Sea

Where Gods go to Grieve

Farewell My Lovely: An Old Man Says Goodbye to the Vehicle that Defined a People

A mail order tank, interstellar war, the engines of galactic commerce and nostalgia.

A Dwarf on the Water

A story about a young Dwarf, the girl he met and the Goddess he insulted.

The Bank

Act now and receive a 0.9% APR for 6 months on any home or personal loan, and walk away with 1000 frequent flyer miles**Usage limited to those departing Lagos, Nigeria or Fairbanks, USA.

Beardspiders

Beard grooming is a life-long process divided between two schools of thought: harsh mineral treatments or more the natural approach. The popular naturalist approach requires beard-spiders that live …

Thirty Punchlines to Dwarven Dirty Jokes

Hi Ho, Hi Ho....not included

Four Forges: A simple board game played by Dwarves

All dwarves in the Ven mountains are familiar with this simple game. Though elaborate and colorful game board have been craft, the game is simple enough that you could out line a board in the dirt an…

Emotional Program Break or EPB

EPB: when a computer program goes off the reservation and starts having feelings. A 100-word piece of Sci-fi minutia

The supernatural awkward pubescent story: a sub-genre of speculative fiction

As gamers we have done the western with laser pistols, six shooters and steam tech. Shadow run alone has covered more noir ground than MGM did between 1945 and 1955. I hope we managed the horror g…

Mutatron

Mutatron: Decepticon Military Scientist ca 1987

Green Sleeves

“Space farming ain’t like jumping through hyperspace boy! You got have patience, lots of water and thousands of kilometers of tubing.” A 100-word piece of Sci-fi m…

Bucky Batteries

Bucky Batteries: when you need batteries to last a long long long time A 100 piece of sci-fi minutia

The Hemangini Flying Squirrel

100 word pest

Sivvers

'Sivver is the common name given to crystalline parasites, which interact with the nervous systems of carbon based Chordate life forms.' Definition of the word Sivver provided by the Galactic Sco…

Unit/Mission Network

A 100-word piece of sci-fi minutia

The Tyrant of the Mind

100-Word Villian

Romantic Love

Love and the pursuit of love makes up a huge part of a person’s life, but it is often absent from game-play. Love is also often seen as a player‘s choice, but in drama and mythology lov…

Magical Songs

An annotated play list for Bards, Musical Mages, Sirens, and Supernatural Musicians regardless of time frame or setting.

Four 5s (A Puzzle Dungeon)

A bare bones dungeon concept, you can add the monsters and the treasure al a cart, but the big bads in this crawl are the puzzles. A celebration of Strolen's 5555th post.

D.V. Agina: Modern Rage Mages

Anger is a great business, people will share it with you for free and if you're savvy enough, you can sell it back to them. The Rage Mages descended from Belligerus's early followers have found th…