Moe Lane

Oh, there’s absolutely a ‘real’ short story in ‘Four More Years.’ As soon as I can figure out how to apply the zinger properly. Or whether to just set the new story in the same world as this one.

You’ll laugh!

You’ll cry!

You don’t need to kiss more than one buck per month good-bye!

It’s my Patreon!

Moe Lane

PS: Oh, it has stories and gaming material and the occasional poem. It’s wonderful. Just ask my subscribers!

This would be the other one (from a few years back, suitably expanded) that I’m contemplating doing. Haven’t decided yet.

The Elmerite Order

Description: The Elmerite Order specializes in the finding of esoteric loopholes.  They’re looking for places in current math and physics where magic might be usefully inserted, or even grafted in; progress is slow, but potentially very rewarding. The tricky part is in creating magical grafts that won’t cause the occult equivalent of immune system tissue reaction.  The current Scientist paradigm (see below) is robust enough to withstand an egregious violation of the rules, but the mages who are actively trying to fiddle the metaphysical books at ground zero might not be so fortunate. And, unfortunately: ‘ground zero’ is not always a metaphor. A misstep by the Order won’t blow up a city, but it can certainly blow up a room.

You can always tell when I watch certain movies, hey? Although in this case I decided that the hero of “A Favor” might not be quite that noble, after all. The temptation not to be would be strong.

Although I freely admit that there are tons of ethics questions still being raised in ‘Inheritance.’ Possibly even harder ones than the ones involving black magic. But that’s not the mage’s problem, is it?

There is absolutely a longer story in “Conniving Good,” but I’m not exactly sure how it’d go. To be completely honest about it, it’d involve themes that I vaguely associate with tiresome people on the Internet. I’d rather not find out too late that that sort of thing is contagious.

So, yeah, I have a Patreon.

I enjoyed writing “The Power of Spite Compels You” without wanting to write more of it. I mean, the main character isn’t exactly a Righteous Dude, or anything like that. Just clearly somebody who’s oft ready to mar himself some evil.

Apparently this is the current aesthetic that I operate under. Three goram people in a row! It’s pretty hard out there for a Patreon creator:

A new month, and it’s going to be a month of heightened pushing of my Patreon. Fiction and gaming material: check out The Fermi Resolution for an example of the latter. A mere dollar a month gets it all for you! Join us. JOIN THE COLLECTIVE…

Ah. Sorry about that.