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GLOGmas: 1d8 Vampire Types (based on animals)
Eight additional vampire types for Purplecthulhu’s Vampire Class Chassis, for an even 20 types. The second number follows from the original twelve, to make it easier to roll 1d20 if that’s a thing that you want to do. 1 / 13 Assassin Bug Start with: nice shoes with a hidden compartment (1/3 slot) in the right…
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WML: “Harry Potter and the Problem of Potions,” by wyste
wyste. (2017) “Harry Potter and the Problem of Potions.” AO3. 184,000 words. ★★★★☆ Harry Potter is too interested in potions, and too used to the Dursleys, to realize that Snape hates him. Keep reading for additional notes.
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WML: “A Pail of Air,” by Fritz Leiber
Leiber, Fritz. (1951) “A Pail of Air.” 6,000 words. Project Gutenberg. 15,000 words. ★★★☆☆ Life after the Earth was caught in the gravitational pull of a rogue black hole and pulled away from the Sun. Wayback here. Keep reading for additional notes.
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WML: “Curse Words: Spellcasting for Fun and Prophet,” by Derin
Derin. (2020-23). Curse Words: Spellcasting for Fun and Prophet. Wordpress. 629,000 words. ★★★★☆ Curse-ridden teenager uncovers conspiracies while trying to survive his training as a mage. Wayback here. Find links for purchase here. Keep reading for additional notes.
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WML: “Love is the Plan the Plan is Death,” by James Tiptree, Jr.
Tiptree, Jr., James. (1973) “Love is the Plan the Plan is Death.” 6,700 words. Lightspeed Magazine. ★★★★★ Meandering monologue delivered by an alien to his lover. Wayback here. Keep reading for additional notes.
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WML: “The Seven Souls of Shadoom,” by Arnold K.
K., Arnold. (2017) “The Seven Souls of Shadoom.” 1,500 words. Blogspot. ★★★★★ An account of the sorcerer Shadoom, and what befell his souls upon his death. Wayback here. Keep reading for additional notes.
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WML: “Kindness to Kin,” by Eliezer Yudkowsky; and other thoughts.
Yudkowsky, Eliezer. (2021) “Kindness to Kin.” Neocities. 5,400 words. ★★★★☆ Fiercely tribal aliens encounter beings whose compassion — sufficiently advanced as it is — might as well be magic. Wayback here. Keep reading for additional notes.
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Five Recurring Themes in Orson S. Card’s Enderverse
Somewhen last year I binged three of Orson Scott Card’s books (all available on the Internet Archive, thank god), and I had some Thoughts afterward. I jotted them down at the time, but haven’t organized it all until recently: What often intrigues me more than “the explicit messages of a book” are “the implicit messages…
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WML: “The Brethren,” by John Grisham
Grisham, John. (2000) The Brethren. Internet Archive. ★★☆☆☆ 440 pages (pb). Three former judges run an extortion scheme from their prison and collide with a CIA-managed presidential campaign. Keep reading for additional notes.
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