There were many ways this story could have gone. You know one already.
Continue reading “Galil and the Gudabadam”The Age of Giants
The Earthen Firmament was born from the passionate union of the Sky and the Waters of the Underworld. Their love cries we remember now as the Language of Names.
Continue reading “The Age of Giants”Limzu, Rib of Galzu
The Age of Giants ended long ago, but its remains can yet be found. Limzu, the Rib of Galzu, is as storied and ancient as that age, itself.
Continue reading “Limzu, Rib of Galzu”Adam, a Klezmer from Dream Apart
This is Adam. It’s Rosh Chodesh, the festival of the new moon, and they’ve just wandered into the town synagogue of Shibenoye, a little town near the Crimean Peninsula. They’ve got a balalaika on their back, a song on their tongue, kavanah in their heart.
Continue reading “Adam, a Klezmer from Dream Apart”An Akum from Far Away
The “akum” are the “huge birds, toothy of maw” that live far to the north of the center of the world, ridden by nomadic warrior tribes. This one is distinct, though: it has a beak like the toothless birds, but has fingers like the akum. She’s wild, and about the size of a modern horse. The akum-rider tribes might see these as unnameable, but I bet there are a people who considers them prize mounts.
Continue reading “An Akum from Far Away”Captain Azouli
It took a long time for Captain Azouli to confirm that this ship was here. Now she maybe wishes she wasn’t.
Continue reading “Captain Azouli”Eshud-Numash, Bearer of the Last Tusk of Grandmother Thunder
Eshud-Numash is carrying the Last Tusk of Grandmother Thunder, the ancestor of his people’s herd of Lumu, (which we know as stegatetrabelodon). The tusk will be: Old (Grandmother Thunder lived to 180 years. There have been two generations of the Lumu herd since then); Mighty (It’s a tusk. It’s also wielded as a weapon); Known to All (It has been carried by the scion of Eshud for centuries, as their badge of office); and Generous (From the open end of the tusk issues water, if it would save a life).
Continue reading “Eshud-Numash, Bearer of the Last Tusk of Grandmother Thunder”The Refugee Angel
The Refugee Angel is a tramp freighter, slipping through the Andonar/Trusk hyperlane, dodging Imperial interests. Its crew is a family, for better or worse, who you’ll be able to play in µShock:2:Refugee Angel, coming to my xenophiliacs at Patreon!
µShock:1:Alternator:
Alternator is an RPG inspired by the parts of Altered Carbon that are about economic inequality and queerness (that is, the last three episodes of the Netflix series).
Oversimulated Toddler Says Its First Words, but Can’t Really Talk Yet
I’ve been working on building music synthesizers lately. The first, The Brigand, is now fully functional, and you’ll be able to hear it sometime in the third week of May on WRIR, in Richmond, VA!
The second, Oversimulated Toddler, is still throwing tantrums and being incoherent. I can’t even understand what it wants.
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