Dennis and Barry didn’t speak much for the rest of the weekend, after their night out at Depot. It was clear that something between them was withering in a way that was rather unexpected, but neither of them could articulate. Barr...
2021-02-16 03:54:34 +0000 UTC View Post“Why the fuck can’t I move, what the fuck did you do to me?”
“Billy, what’s fucking happening man?”
The two young men, Billy and Les, were standing ramrod straight in the haberdashery they’d entered a while earlier. The shop had looked ridiculous to the two college kids ...
2021-02-14 18:23:45 +0000 UTC View PostWhether it was morning or night now, Marlon didn’t know. One moment, he’d been on the sidewalk with Jimmy, talking about the streetlights or the shadows or something, and the next, he’d stepped into the dark and everything had disappeared around him--and now he was here. It wasn’t that he...
2021-02-10 21:05:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Tax time is right around the corner, which always means a sizable bill for me, thanks to this writing work of mine. I have a sizable buffer of Pigtown Chronicles written at this point which I'll be able to maintain pretty well I think, and so for now, until I'm not sure when, ...
2021-02-09 01:48:22 +0000 UTC View PostAs Samuel crossed the club floor, he found himself blinking a bit too much, his eyes still watering and stinging after that odd moment in the VIP lounge upstairs, where his eyes had met Rod’s. The club was dark, but each time a spotlight swung around him he would freeze, like it might reveal so...
2021-02-09 01:07:41 +0000 UTC View PostFeeling like he’d dodged a bit of a bullet, Kyle took off down the driveway and onto the sidewalk, only slowing up when he’d gotten a few houses away from Dennis and Barrys’ home. “Fucking hell, I’d thought they’d be cooler,” he muttered to himself. The gay couple on the street had ...
2021-02-05 23:46:07 +0000 UTC View PostBoth Marlon and Jimmy had been reluctant when Kyle had suggested going out to a club that night. It wasn’t that they were bothered by the idea of going out, or drinking underage, it was that in their opinion, gay clubs were passé. Who went out to a club anymore? It seemed like such an anachron...
2021-02-03 21:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe ride home was quiet. Dennis was driving, Barry was sitting in the passenger seat, and Kyle was in the back, slumped against the window, not quite sure whether he should be angry or terrified. Barry wasn’t quite sure what Dennis had in mind with this whole thing--was he really going to out t...
2021-02-01 23:32:49 +0000 UTC View PostFor Samuel, the coke had kicked in, the floor, the air, the bodies around him were all thrumming with energy and rhythm, and he was swept elsewhere for a time. It didn’t bother him that he’d lost track of Barry--his ex was such a square. It was clear that Barry missed him and the scene and he...
2021-01-29 22:38:06 +0000 UTC View PostBarry was panting and sweating through his shirt, trying to decide if he was having a good time or not. The beat of the music only seemed to be quickening, the crush of the bodies around him growing thicker with each moment. It had probably only been a few minutes ago when Samuel had been pulled ...
2021-01-27 19:57:30 +0000 UTC View PostDennis was left behind, as he’d expected he would be. If you’d pinned him down on it, he would have even admitted that he wanted to be abandoned, that it would confirm for him that this was somewhere he didn’t belong, and where he didn’t want to be. He sighed--Barry had promised him one d...
2021-01-25 22:36:19 +0000 UTC View PostParker watched Samuel pull that prudish looking little twerp away towards the dance floor, and if he hadn’t been coasting on the high from the weed he and Samuel had smoked before the gallery show, he might have been able to muster some resentment, or perhaps, jealousy. Instead, he pulled Hugh ...
2021-01-23 00:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostHere's chapter 2!
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Cities change. They breathe, and they grow, and sometimes they die, only for a new city to be built on top of it, crushing everything old underneath. This is what Barry was thinking about, as they walked over to Depot, trying to recall the last time he’d gone o...
2021-01-20 20:26:00 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the first chapter of Pigtown Chronicles! As promised, every patron will get access to these for a few weeks, and then I'll go back to restricting access to patrons at the $5 tier and up. For now I'll be posting new chapters three days a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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2021-01-18 21:33:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
Alright, it's been a few months since my last update, and I just wanted to say again, thank you all for your patience and your support as I worked through a few various side projects and miscellaneous ideas, as I tried to figure out what in the hell I wanted to do next. Things are ...
2021-01-16 18:36:52 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the final entry! I hope you enjoyed them all. Here's to putting 2020 behind all of us, and moving onto 2021 with a little bit of hope.
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It was Mark’s junior year of college, and everything was going exactly as it should, as he’d hoped. He was in the starting lineup o...
2020-12-31 00:05:14 +0000 UTC View PostFor the last three, we have an updated take on the three ghosts of Christmas, using their powers to help turn wayward men onto better paths...or at least sexier ones.
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It was all coming apart.
Nate was in his office on Christmas Eve, staring at his computer, looking at the numb...
2020-12-29 01:58:58 +0000 UTC View PostThere's an old, unfinished Christmas story I worked on many years ago, that some guys still ask about on occasion, called Gifts From the Magi--obviously a twist on the O. Henry short story. I don't know if that original one will ever get a rework, but this is at least a kind of finished version. ...
2020-12-17 16:24:49 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone. I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been going on, since it's been pretty quiet around here for the last month, after the flurry of captions I posted for October. This is an update I've been needing to write for a while now, but haven't quite found the right words to ...
2020-12-01 15:02:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s Monday, which means it’s time for your individual session with Mike over at his home. You’re still feeling a bit uneasy in some ways after that introductory session on Saturday, but you figure it’s just beginner’s jitters. You arrive at his home on time and he ushers you inside. To...
2020-11-26 03:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostBecause I pretty much always need to be doing a few things at once, and because the RPG system I'm working on isn't going to show much in the way of results for a while yet, I wanted to get a jump on something that's been nagging at me, and start working on a few new twine projects I've had rolli...
2020-11-19 02:02:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the relative silence over the last week or so, doing all of those captions last month kind of sapped my energy, on top of the election and a bunch of other stuff going on as well. In any case, progress on the RPG system has continued, and I feel like I can show you all something a bit m...
2020-11-11 17:04:20 +0000 UTC View PostSorry I missed one of these last week without notice, approximately three piles of shit have collided with four fans, and I'm just getting some of it all mopped back up into a semblance of order. In any case, this week's topic is turning from the basics of character, and instead discussing some o...
2020-10-23 01:47:12 +0000 UTC View PostAs good a place to start as any, when talking about an RPG, is to start where the characters start. I want the engine to be able to support a variety of different starting points, where you can play a character who is setting foot inside Pigtown for the very first time, or you can create a vetera...
2020-10-08 02:47:16 +0000 UTC View PostStarting things off, I want to give a general overview of how a player can build their character in this engine. The thought that drove a lot of my choices here was, "How do I build an engine that can best mirror the slow build of corruption that gives Pigtown its tension?" Who your character is ...
2020-09-30 15:25:16 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, now that commission season is behind me, I've had some time to think on what sort of larger project I'd like to work on next, alongside the usual stories and things like that. A lot of my interest these days has been on more collaborative and interactive forms of storytelling--things lik...
2020-09-23 16:47:59 +0000 UTC View PostHey all, sorry last month's stories were late, but here's a new box for your suggestions, along with a couple of prompts. As always, leave your idea in a comment below, or you can send me a direct message here, on twitter, on discord, or over email, if that works better for you.
1. Septembe...
2020-09-03 00:14:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! First of all, sorry for going a little quiet over the last month. Between the heat, work, and general malaise I've had a hard time working up the energy to well, do much more than exist. But I'm still existing! I hope all of you have remained existing as well.
- Commission season i...
2020-08-05 20:09:55 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! It's a new month, which means its time for a new round of suggestions for short, flash fiction stories. You can submit your ideas as a comment below, or you can message me here, on discord, or on twitter if you'd like your idea to remain private. No idea is too weird or strang...
2020-08-04 00:39:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Use the link above to access the bonus survey for Patrons! If you missed the part of the story this survey references, you can find it here.
2020-07-13 01:50:42 +0000 UTC View Post