"This book speaks to anyone with a neurodivergent brain, that may feel like an alien here on earth. I swear Browning made me laugh and cry and question reality...sometimes all in the same sentence." -JD Todd, author The universe is a very strange place. I...
Short stories! The first, The Old Man, is a flash-length short from a prompt ("No one should be alone in their old age, she thought"). Most written for the Senior's Writing Contest hosted by @UWSClub. :D Others added for the hell of it!
Round One: Four friends on a picnic in 1830s France decide to pass the time with a wishing game not unlike Truth or Dare. The wishes they make weave tales of love, addiction, sensuality, hope, fear and rebellion laced with just a bit too much Truth... Round Two: When the bones of the recently-deceased Frederick Barbar...
Mabinogi is a short story collection. All of these works have been written for The Pub's Fantasy Smackdown, a contest in which contestants have two weeks to write fantasy stories meeting the specifications laid out by the smackdown's hosts - in this case, @jewel1307 and @xxButterflyKissesxx. Check the Media widget in...
An essay about the works, quirks, and joys of reading & collecting Alexandre Dumas pere. Mostly archived here so that I don't lose track of it, but also to augment Dumas' new Wattpad page. I wrote this essay about my collection for the 2009 Canadian National Book Collecting Competition. I won first prize.
It begins with a plant. It begins with Baz. In the old days of the Empire, only talented Casters could eat the Baz grains and tap the power that lay in the seed. Bazza'Casters were powerful, legendary figures with abilities that were limited only by their talent, skill and imagination. These days, Casting is for every...
