Volume 7, Issue 9 -- Tuesday, August 8th, 2023
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I've been gainfully employed for the past two weeks and it has been quite an adjustment. I had sort of anticipated this, but having a day job -- even one working from home -- has obliterated my routine in a way I didn't th...
2023-08-09 05:38:22 +0000 UTC View Post"A Crash Course in Alien Diplomacy"
Deimo becomes intimately acquainted with the Prince's Steward, Taranis. Crusher helps with a lesson in interacting with sentients of varying sizes.
2023-07-25 19:48:45 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 7, Issue 8 -- Thursday, July 20th, 2023
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Episode 3 of Swiftie's Intergalactic will be posted next Tuesday, July 25th. Thank you so much for your patience and encouragement during this delay. I'm really excited to be writing again, and I sincerely hope the measure...
2023-07-20 18:47:16 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 7, Issue 7 -- Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
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Yesterday, a positive COVID test ended my 1,260-day streak of dodging the pandemic. Husband came down with it for a second time last Thursday and though we quarantined once we knew, my immune system couldn't keep it back. I ...
2023-07-04 20:11:40 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 7, Issue 6 -- Thursday, June 29th, 2023
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So…that was interesting.
It's hard for me to talk about my experiences as a neurodivergent rabbit because it's tough to tease out which behaviors are part of my alternate brain chemistry and which are just personal ...
2023-06-29 18:40:59 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 7, Issue 5 - Thursday, June 22nd, 2023
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You may have noticed there wasn't an episode this week. So, what happened?
I'll be honest: a combination of anxiety and poor choices. I've had writer's block for a few years now and I've only recently managed to push p...
2023-06-22 19:12:50 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 7, Issue 4 -- Friday, June 16th, 2023
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This week has been a little rough for me, to be honest. I haven't had great sleep for a week or so and that's led to a small breakdown in discipline for a few days. So the newsletter is a day late and as you might suspect th...
2023-06-16 16:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post"First Contact"
Crusher takes Deimo to meet the mysterious patron who purchased his drink. Deimo finds himself, once again, in overwhelming company.
2023-06-14 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 7, Issue 3 -- Thursday, June 8th, 2023
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The "Swiftie's Bar" in my head is probably not the same story as it was. Maybe its strengths and flaws were different. What I'm left with is the impression it left on me, and how to use that for writing this version of it.<...
2023-06-08 23:53:05 +0000 UTC View Post"An Unhappy Celebration"
Deimo, an independent galactic courier, celebrates paying off his personal interstellar transport vehicle by taking a vacation at the legendary bar, Swiftie's Intergalactic. As he sulks over a drink about his frustratingly disappointing time so far, he finds himself...
2023-06-06 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 7, Issue 2 - Thursday, June 1st, 2023
When I was a young jackalope darting through the Internet of 20 years ago, I found a story on a macrophile forum that I fell in love with. It was about a cosmic bounty hunter who hooks up with a giant in a bar, so the plot is as basic as it gets....
2023-06-01 18:28:21 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 7, Issue 1
Thursday, May 25th, 2023
I'm relaunching the Jackalope Serial Company in June 2023, and I hope that's good news for all of you. I know that I haven't been consistent with posts…well, ever, and I can't promise without a doubt that I'll be more consistent in this lat...
2023-05-25 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 6, Issue 1 - Tuesday, January 5th, 2021
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I'll be honest; 2020 was not my best year. I struggled mightily with writing anything through the pandemic, and everything I've tried to get myself back in gear just didn't work. It really didn't help that some new horribl...
2021-01-07 19:43:45 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 19 -- Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
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Our dear rabbit Puckles took a sudden turn last Thursday, and I spent that evening trying to find an emergency vet office that would even look at "exotic" animals. It was a rough time. Puckles is over 10 years old, wh...
2020-10-07 22:02:11 +0000 UTC View PostGoaded by Laquan, Cody finally works up the courage to change in front of him. The shock of this new reality will need to be adjusted to, of course.
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Volume 5, Issue 18 -- Thursday, October 1st, 2020
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It feels like last week was the start of September. If you ask what I've been doing with my time, I'm not sure I could tell you. You live. You do things. I get up, work, cook dinner, play or run a Dungeons and Dragons g...
2020-10-01 18:58:28 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 17 - Tuesday, September 8th, 2020
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It's frustratingly easy to lose momentum when you're writing, especially this year. I had the big mood crash in the third week of August and couldn't recover, though I have been working on part 3 of "A Bearable Partner"...
2020-09-09 01:03:36 +0000 UTC View PostWe're jumping ahead a little bit here to get to the good stuff, I promise. Laquan comes over to spend the night at Cody's cabin for the first time!
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The cabin was as clean as it was going to get. The new furniture in the main room, hastily-purchased and carefully constructed, wen...
2020-08-13 23:33:34 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 16 - Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
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In case you didn't know, last Thursday was my 40th birthday! I spent much of the day just enjoying the feeling of being off work, but I also got in some writing and reading too. Best of all, part 1 of "A Bearable Partner"...
2020-08-12 02:11:37 +0000 UTC View PostSo to get back into the swing of things I think I'm going to stick to shorter serials for the rest of the year. This is a straight-up gay paranormal romance; hope you guys like it. :)
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Laquan set up the date on Growlr; they had both swiped right, and agreed to meet at Bouq...
2020-08-07 00:33:01 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 15 - Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020
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If it felt weird before devoting a significant chunk of time towards serialized porn, this week had made it feel almost like it's out of the question. George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police on May 25th and protests ha...
2020-06-03 02:14:42 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 14 - Monday, May 11th, 2020
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It turns out I did not have time to write two episodes of Crushing The Competition last week -- I barely had time to work on a Friday night Pathfinder game I'm running online with a few friends. Since our regular games are on...
2020-05-12 01:55:40 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 13 - Monday, May 4th, 2020
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I sincerely hope you're all riding out this pandemic reasonably well. It's stressful enough being under a shelter-in-place order; dealing with a dysfunctional family situation, or an abusive job environment, or serious physica...
2020-05-05 01:04:47 +0000 UTC View PostRalph gets a new app, and a once-in-a-lifetime offer. Of course, he thinks about turning it down.
2020-04-28 02:34:46 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 12 - Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Third time's the charm: episode 8 of "Crushing The Competition" will be posted here this Friday, April 24th. Your extraordinary patience is wholeheartedly appreciated! I'm already working on episode 9; the block that preve...
2020-04-22 00:34:41 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 11 - Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
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It turns out, unsurprisingly, that I may have misjudged my emotional resilience against this kind of change. As an introvert I thought it would be relatively easy to adopt a shelter-in-place policy for a month or two. I c...
2020-04-02 00:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 10 - Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
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We're living in strange times. Here at the Burrow, we're in a 'shelter-in-place' order until April 7th or so, and my day job has mandated a work-from-home policy until April 30th. That's a lot of time to sit in my snug l...
2020-03-19 01:38:00 +0000 UTC View PostRalph processes the shock of his recent meeting with his CEO. Just when he's ready to move to the next phase of his life, another shock is waiting for him.
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Volume 5, Issue 9 - Monday, March 9th, 2020
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I apologize for missing chapter 7 last Friday; the day job ran into some unexpected turbulence last week due to coronavirus protocol. I'm working from home for the next two weeks -- as are a lot of colleagues in the tech sect...
2020-03-10 02:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 5, Issue 8 - Monday, March 2nd, 2020
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Tomorrow is Super Tuesday, and I live in one of the many states that will be enduring a primary. Please send your best and most calming vibes my way if you have a moment.
Politics has been contentious as always, e...
2020-03-03 02:24:52 +0000 UTC View Post