I grew up loving Star Trek more than is probably healthy for any individual. I REALLY want to run some games in that universe, but for the life of me I just CANNOT get this system. Add to that the fact that they seem to be making it more and more crunch, complex and difficult, I mourn for that loss.

Funny, but not funny at the same time. Maybe funny AND horrifying?

Okay, so now you REALLY don't have an excuse to watch you some Babylon 5, a favorite of mine. I never understood the constant glazing of JMS himself, but I do appreciate what he accomplished. www.youtube.com/@Babylon5

Babylon 5

You’ve arrived at Babylon 5, the last, best hope for peace. A neutral station standing at the crossroads of galactic powers, where ambassadors, soldiers, traders, and dreamers all have a stake in the ...

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Thinning out the TTRPG herd on my shelves. This one is a gem that's rarely talked about, but dang is it BEAUTIFUL. www.ebay.com/itm/33670592...

Archeterica The Invitation RPG Introductory Boxed Starter Set RARE HARD TO FIND! | eBay

Archeterica: The Invitation. Introductory Boxed Set. The Invitation - Introductory Rules. The Welcoming Party - Wooden Miniatures. Rare and hard to find Kickstarter version! The Eyewitness - Custom 2d6 Dice Set.

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In which the wonderful hosts of The Classic Horrors Club make an error in judgement and invite me to be on their show again to discuss 1976's "Alice Sweet Alice", which included a blink and you'll miss it appearance from a very young Brooke Shields. classichorrors.club/2026/07/20/t...

The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 117: Fright, Sweet Fright

A 1970s drive-in movie by any other name would be as good… You say Alice, Sweet Alice, I say, Communion, Richard says, Holy Terror, and no one, including this month’s special guest, Bil…

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The DNP period is over, so I can share with you my 2nd round entry for the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100 Word Microfiction Contest, "Peace At Any Price". It didn't make it into the final round, but I think that my fellow @chaosium.bsky.social Call of Cthulhu players might find this interesting.

“Peace At Any Price”

This was my second round entry in the NYC Midnight 100 Word Microfiction Challenge.  For more on the competition and my winning first round entry, check this post out. Unfortunately, this story did…

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The Do Not Publish period is over, so I can share with you my first place entry in the first round of the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100 Word Microfiction contest, "The Thin Line". Fingers crossed that my entry for the second round does just as well! Enjoy and let me know what you think!

“The Thin Line”

This was my entry in the first round of the NYC Midnight 100 Word Microfiction Challenge. It won First Place in my group! How the competition works is that everyone who signs up is assigned to a gr…

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Woke up to the news that my story, "The Thin Line" placed first in my group in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 2026 100 Word Microfiction Challenge! I move to the 2nd round, and, on Friday, I'll have a new prompt and 24 hours to write another one! www.nycmidnight.com/100

The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight

The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24 h...

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Think you've got what it takes to manage a popular beach hotel in the 1920's? HINT: YOU DON'T. Think you want to play a free browser game where you enter the universe of The Marx Brothers a la "Cocoanuts"? HINT: YOU DO. geoffreygolden.itch.io/cocoanut

Cocoanut Hotel by Geoffrey Golden, Gwen C. Katz

Run a madcap hotel in this Marx Bros management sim.

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It's #flashfictionfriday and here's my latest for you to enjoy! The rejection notices were piling up, so I figure I'd just publish it my dang self. Thanks for reading, thanks for sharing! #flashfiction

“Divine Intervention”

The world was coming to an end, and all he could do was scream about the lack of Peanut Butter Crunch cereal. His seven year old face was red and wet and contorted in feral mask of rage and his scr…

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“Private Lives” This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force.  As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St.…

“Private Lives”

This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force.  As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St. Petersburg Times. During the transit time between Reading UK and Florida, I thought "Huh.

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A new little flash fiction for you to start your Saturday with! This is something new I'm trying, to get back into the fiction writing groove. It's a quick read, but I hope a good one for you. #flashfiction #fiction #writing williammize.com/2026/04/10/w...

Four books on writing I'd recommend: - Working Days - Steinbeck - illuminates the joy & the struggle. - The Weekend Novelist - Ray - used copy of the first edition only. - Writing The Short Story - Bickham - learn the craft. - Writing Novels That Sell - Bickham - the OG way to learn Scene & Sequel

Four Novels That Changed My Writing Life: - The Grapes of Wrath: It taught me empathy as a novelist. - A Prayer For Owen Meany: It taught me how to structure a novel. - Fer De Lance: It rekindled my love of the mystery. - A Confederacy of Dunces: It got me a wife. #booksky

Music to my Sinatra loving, Trump hating ears.