March 2010
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By Jim on March 31, 2010
I admit it. Reclaimer has been taking a back seat to other creative pursuits recently. It’s not a permanent condition, of course, but I thought I’d take a moment to share what it is I’ve been up to lately. I’ve wanted to play Dungeons & Dragons for quite a while now, but I’ve had a [...]
Posted in General | Tagged Darkfall, Dungeons & Dragons |
By Jim on March 22, 2010
We miss you already, dear.
Posted in General | Tagged grief, pets, Sheba |
By Jim on March 19, 2010
No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (Re-reloaded) » Guilty. This is… unfortunate. For what it’s worth, I tend to side with Dr. Watts. I’ve always had a problem with the customs process for crossing between the US and Canada. It’s been my experience that the guards there tend to be somewhat over-reactive about relative [...]
Posted in General | Tagged authors, law, Peter Watts, politics, science fiction, speculative fiction
By Jim on March 16, 2010
GRANHOLM – Michigan Meatout Day. Michigan’s Governor Jennifer Granholm has just made a preposterous declaration – she has declared that this Saturday, March 20, 2010, is Michigan Meatout Day, in which she urges Michigan citizens to eat no meat. Her rationale? A vegan diet is healthier, cheaper, and safer. Here’s the problem: her declaration is [...]
Posted in Agriculture | Tagged diet, health, meat, Michigan, politics |
By Jim on March 10, 2010
The party upstairs was in full swing, the bump-bump-bump of the music audible even from outside. In the darkness on the back stairs, a shadow moved. The form had almost no shape; it moved like liquid. It climbed each step with meticulous care, coalescing itself before pushing its turgid form upward to grab the lip [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged dark fiction, monsters |
By Jim on March 9, 2010
China ups the ante on rail at Tobias Buckell Online. Toby tosses out a little mini-rant about mass transit, specifically how little countries like Bulgaria are investing in it while large countries like the US can’t seem to be bothered. I couldn’t agree with him more on this topic. Maybe I should write a letter [...]
Posted in Asides | Tagged mass transit, Tobias Buckell
By Jim on March 9, 2010
His hood is pulled up, casting his face in shadow. The bus rolls to a stop in front of him, and he steps on board. He ignored the driver’s terse greeting. It’s not like he means it. Years of driving kids to school has turned this ritual into little more than a Pavlovian call-and-response. He [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged mythology, tongue-in-cheek, urban fantasy
By Jim on March 5, 2010
Beth stood on the knoll and gazed at the broken city some seven miles distant. The voice on the city’s public broadcast system was audible, even from here, but distance diluted it such that it merely caused Beth a mild headache. Had she been within the city proper, that voice would have been enough to [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged dark fiction, urban fantasy
By Jim on March 3, 2010
She swirled her finger in the glass, then lifted it to his mouth. “Just a taste, my lover,” she crooned. He parted his lips, tongue sampling the drop as it fell from her fingertip. “Oh, my god,” he breathed. “Amazing.” He closed his eyes, fell back on the pillows, she on top of him. They [...]
Posted in Stories | Tagged dark fiction, monsters
By Jim on March 2, 2010
“They battled high upon the wall walk, pushing and pulling, slashing with their blades, and slinging spells, neither gaining a foothold over the other.” Read the rest at Blessed on Ficly – A better, shorter story.
Posted in Stories | Tagged dark fiction, fantasy, gods, magic
