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Neverwinter: Parallel Isabel (IV)
So, I sauntered my Pale ass on down to the depths of the basement that I alluded to last time. Surprise! There were workers down there. They gave me the once over, were vaguely sure I was flesh and...
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Neverwinter: Parallel Isabel (V)
Note: Jim Darkmagic is a character in the game-world of Neverwinter. Enough said. Jim Darkmagic chuckled at my retelling of how I cleaned the basement of wraiths. He poured both of us two fingers of...
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Neverwinter: Parallel Isabel (VI)
And so, I hop into Jim Darkmagic’s little balloon basket, and away we go, buffeted by the wind immediately. The land grew small, and we traveled to lava-land, the land where a misstep could cook a...
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Wayne’s Echo: Book 1 Journal
This is going to be the beginning of my Echo journal. Echo is a series written by Kent Wayne. However, I am going to set some ground rules for myself in order not to kill myself in keeping this...
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Neverwinter: Elsabetta the Wood Elf (1)
They call me Elsabetta in Neverwinter because my wood-elf name is not something I wish to reveal to the mix of humans and whatnot. To we from the wood, names are spiritual, and to reveal thus to...
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Neverwinter: Elsabetta the Wood Elf (2)
Author’s Reminder: Neverwinter is a fantastic video game that I play–it’s not my invention. Also, my adventures in Neverwinter are the skeletons I flesh out here, so I’m not writing a walkthrough of...
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Wayne’s Echo: My Chapter II Reading Journal
Saberhagen, Heinlein, Hemingway, Camus. What do these guys have in common? Thrift. Razor-edged structures. A style so liminal and minimal that it speaks volumes about the book’s world as-is. Wayne’s...
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Neverwinter: Elsabetta the Wood Elf (3)
Note: This will be the last in my character sketch series for Elsabetta. Next up we will peep in at a female half-orc barbarian who dwells in Protector’s Enclave. The image above is a render,...
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Neverwinter: Grensel (I)
Note: The next three Neverwinter (a video game) character flows will be the last of the Neverwinter sketches for a bit. I’ll move on to Baldur’s Gate III next. I have a kick-ass sorceress growing up...
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Wayne’s Echo: My Chapter III Reading Journal
This will close the door on my public writing/journaling on Echo (but I would like to reserve the right to journal Echo‘s sequel). I think I have given away far too much about plot and may have done...
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Neverwinter: Grensel (II)
There is no poetry behind splitting a skull open from crest to chin. There is only cast-iron stillness, the axe, the victim, the breath you expire as you do the cut. Blood splattering, brains staining...
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Neverwinter: Grensel (III)
Note: This is the last Grensel episode. Incoming! Probably by Wednesday, I will begin my Baldur’s Gate III dark paladin serial. Enjoy, and thanks for reading. — The wind from the dragon’s wings...
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Baldur’s Gate III: Aunrae the Fallen Paladin
Note: Welcome to my drow character, Aunrae the Fallen, Child of Lolth; I currently play her on Baldur’s Gate III. Such a fun character to play. Enjoy and thanks for reading. — Did the humans really...
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Baldur’s Gate III: Aunrae the Fallen Paladin (cont.)
(Note: Baldur’s Gate III is a radically cool video game I am currently playing. I make myself write about my impressions as a ticket to play later). — We set up camp near a stream with our backs to...
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Baldur’s Gate III: Aunrae the Fallen Paladin–Finale.
Note: Baldur’s Gate III is an awesome video game that I use for inspiration. I write short jaunts to practice characterization and descriptions. This is NOT a walkthrough of the game, instead, it’s...
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Kuttner’s “The Secret of Kralitz”: Book of Iod Reading Journal
Note: Taking a break from writing dark fantasy for a few days; instead, I want to study opening paragraphs from many of the short stories in The Book Iod. Many of you are Lovecraft fans, and that goes...
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Kuttner’s “The Eater of Souls”: Book of Iod Reading Journal (II)
(In this study, I utilize the old-style paragraph sequencing that I love so much in novelists like Henry James, which are far different than my usual paragraphs I employ in this story blog. Practice,...
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Kuttner’s “The Salem Horror”: The Book of Iod Reading Journal (III).
(This is the finale of my current study, for I usually write in threes. Three episodes, three journal entries, three chapters. I don’t know. I guess I’m a nut. Next week I will release three parts of...
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The Fey Queen of Loveland Cave
I. When last I stood in Loveland cave, Brittle leaves covered great Yinthig’s ward. Its ruby eyes yet twinkled bright, Lancing into the murk, red stars ablaze, Revealing the runes of Great Zhaal. II....
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Late-Night Portal to Hellion
Forward: I am about to republish my Isabel: Portals of Hellion book on Amazon (soon), so in order to drum up the old courage, I decided to write some free-verse poetry to psyche me up. Don’t expect...
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