I read somewhere ‘Hwaet!’ was basically the Old (Middle?) English equivalent of ‘Yo!’ or ‘Dude!’ I thus saw no reason why not to incorporate that into ‘From The Saga Of Brad Just Brad.’ It fits the aesthetic.
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Patreon Microfiction: “…May Be Worth Something.”
Patreon Microfiction: ‘Musings of the King.’
I know full well that there’s a bigger story in ‘Musings of the King.’ I’m trying to write it. It’s just been a weird month.
Patreon Microfiction: Fighting Like Cats and Dogs.
Patreon Microfiction: Doing Good By Doing Bad.
The thing about Lawful Evil, as “Doing Good By Doing Bad” suggests, is that they don’t have to be invested in Evil for Evil’s sake. Or at least they can get their charge by watching Good squirm over having to sign. Or when they have to be polite, afterward, when the mutually-beneficial business is concluded to everyone’s specifications. It’s a rarified villainy, to be sure — but after a while, one’s evil palate grows more sophisticated.
Patreon Microfiction: Bric-a-Brac.
Transhumanist fiction always talks about Transcendence and Directed Hyper-Evolution. It never talks about what happens next. Which, in this case, apparently involves being bric-a-brac on some unevolved human being’s desk.
Patreon Microfiction: Beginning of “Cleaning Up Afterward.”
Alas, Beginning of “Cleaning Up Afterward” started well, but never went anywhere. Such is life. They can’t all be brilliant.
Patreon Microfiction: Lucky Guesser.
Dice might have no memory, but sometimes they have a sadistic sense of humor.
Moe Lane
Patreon Microfiction: Preying on the Wind.
Patreon Microfiction: From “The Coming of the Great Wyrm of Philadelphia.”
I didn’t even try to keep it at 100 words for From ““The Coming of the Great Wyrm of Philadelphia.” Sometimes you don’t constrain the Muse. Besides, the real trick was in not writing out the whole thing, because then I’d have to actually make it fit the old verse forms*.
Moe Lane
*Trust me: my wife can explain to you quite comprehensively how I have not.