Tag: writing

• October 30, 2026

  Penumbra Days 2026 – Day 17

  Back to science fiction with this one, and it’s all about fungus. Fungus and its relationship to humanity, space travel, and other things. Apparently this was part of the new Star Treks, but I didn’t watch those! 17 – Two Kingdoms: The story is told through ship logs that jump throughout 3300 years of space…
• October 27, 2026

  Penumbra Days 2026 – Day 13

  It’s happeninnng. But also, today we dive into my gothic little heart with a side of the grotesque. 13 – DeadWorld: The world has cured death, rendering all those who take the Life Treatment effectively immortal. But it didn’t stop there. Those that took the cure outlawed any signs of death, any funerary rites or…
• October 24, 2026

  Penumbra Days 2026 – Day 10

  Halfway! Let’s tap into some newer stories, more recently written. The next few take us farther across time than the ones before. 10 – A Song From The Sahel, Or A Bard’s Tale: It is the middle of the 14th century in Mali, Africa. One of the richest civilizations in history. A young djeli (or…
• October 21, 2026

  Penumbra Days 2026 – Day 6

  I cannot wait for next weekend, though there are plenty of spooky things happening this weekend as well. Today, the first full continuation of The Penumbra, the mainline story. Sort of like the occasional X-File running storyline episode, but more coherent. 6 – Manor of Gloaming (The Penumbra Part 2): Charles Gloaming has been miraculously…
• October 15, 2026

  Penumbra Days 2026 – Day 2

  Most of these posts will focus on the stories in The Penumbra so far, but day 2 is a one-two combination! * 1 – The Penumbra: Alexei and Ginger are two older strangers who find themselves trapped as a soldier in World War 1 and as a 1930s style private detective, respectively. However, they remember…
• October 14, 2026

  18 Days Of Penumbra

  Hello. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? We keep quiet here unless there is something to say. And oh my, now there are certainly some things creeping in from the lands out there. So to celebrate  the approach to the Best Holiday Of The Year, we’re going to do a post a day for the…