“The Medusa and the Hero” is, in the end, about the virtues of pragmatism. And the ability to think outside the box. And perhaps just the faintest hint of, ah, shenanigans. Useful word, that.
PATREON! PATREON! So good they named it PATREON!
Category: Patreon
Go check out my alternate history map quandary on Patreon!
Found here. I put it up there for two reasons: one, I needed the practice in embedding images to Patreon posts. The process is not entirely intuitive. Second, it’d be awesome if I made it through the next checkpoint, which would be the point where the monthly short stories hit 3K words. So, hey, tell your friends! Buck a month is all it takes, folks.
Do you like good writing? Join my Patreon.
A mere buck a month to my Patreon gives you regular fiction and gaming material, including a short story every month. Heck, if I reach my next checkpoint between now and the 30th I’m going to have to scramble most entertainingly to make that new deadline. Do you want to see me scramble? Of course you do! Watching other people dance is funny!
Patreon microfiction: ‘Speaker-to-Sheep.’
I am doing my level best to avoid making more puns while talking about “Speaker-to-Sheep.” Although ‘puns’ may not be the best term to use. Anyway, this is obviously not very serious and is definitely a case where I started with the punchline and worked my way backwards. Because, hey, 100 words.
Patreon microfiction: “Can’t Catch Me.”
The alternate title to “Can’t Catch Me” ought to be Parents: THINK Before You Tell Your Children Fairy Tales. Then again, that’s a pretty dang bad title. Or even a worse word than ‘dang.’
Patreon Microfiction: “Dream Job.”
I forget what the triggering mechanism was for “Dream Job.” I assume that there was one, though. Certainly the idea that being technical staff for a group of two-fisted dimensional troublemakers could be adventure enough for any sane man or woman makes personal sense to me. Especially when you consider that those guys are the first ones to get killed when the demon comes through the portal.
Short Story: Night Patrol.
Link here for the PDF, but I’d prefer it if you went to my Patreon account and read Night Patrol there. And then told all your friends. And have them sign up for my Patreon. Anyway, this story is absolutely free. Hope you enjoy.
Patreon Microfiction: “‘Ware Thorns.”
“‘Ware Thorns” reminds us that plants aren’t more naturally peaceful and accommodating; they’re merely very slow, from our point of view. And generally sessile anyway. But sometimes you mess with them at your peril.
The May monthly Patreon stuff is up.
Short Story: “A Most Successful Demon Summoning”
The Fermi Resolution, Part 7: Adventure Themes
Patron-only, so if you’re not, well: click the link below.
Patreon Microfiction: “Space Station 23’s Number One Official!”
There’s a bigger story in “Space Station 23’s Number One Official!” I’m trying to write it even now. But things seem… stalled.