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The ten thousand things; the one true only.

An urban fantasy epic set in Portland—46 novelettes (so far): paperbacks, ebooks, zines, and on the web.
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46 novelettes, 695,000 words (so far)—the acclaimed urban fantasy epic, now in its third season. Paper 'zines and paperback and ebook collections available for purchase.
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Mourmansk (Мурманск, russe) ville unique au monde : grande métropole au-dessus du cercle polaire, port libre de glace, centre militaire et industriel stratégique, et lieu où la nature arctique et les phénomènes polaires (nuit polaire, aurores boréales) façonnent la vie quotidienne.
#Mourmansk
December 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Day 7, first line of the work in progress: this one is tricky. The epic as a whole is, technically speaking, a single work, and it is still in progress, so I could just go with its very first line:

When the phone rings the rumpled blankets jerk and twist and spit out a hand.

#FantasyIndiesJanuary
Prolegomenon (Opening)
When the Phone rings – What is Needed
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January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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'Sometimes I miss the top of the food chain, but what a perfect afternoon...'
January 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The 27th novelette, " – tends to crumble – ", continues, with, of all things, a business meeting:

#WebSerials #IndieAuthors #FantasyLit #PaperCut
“ – tends to crumble – ” (Act I)
“The first order of Business” – at This table – antique Punk bullshit – the Basics of Security
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January 7, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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教会組
January 7, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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© Boo George
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Dugald Stewart Walker
December 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Keep moving forward
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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language is magic
magic is language
language is beuatiful. you can looka t a selection of lines adn it conveys deeper meaning based on a complex system of rules. its basically magic

anyway, cum
April 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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La Tarrasque.
Charles Lepec, 1874.
January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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An older painting from my project, The Bygone Passages of Fergenkrank
January 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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some of yall bitches don’t even know about the utena hand holding bed
January 5, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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King of Kensington, Toronto

Prints: https://jon.framer.art/s/image/221379?source=bluesky
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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pink rubber rain boot available the corner of se salmon and 37th, half on pavement and half on grass
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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Closing time.
January 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Happy New Year!

Wishing you all the energy and vibrance of this lovely Amaryllis throughout 2026.

𝐻𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚

#flowers #photography
January 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Salomé — Alastair (Baron Hans Henning Voigt), 1922
September 23, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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Finished this one up after some reworking. 👌 The watercolors got too dark and heavy, so I ran the painting under water and scrubbed a lot of it off, but ended up really liking the softer ghosted look that resulted. I went over the line art again with walnut ink and called it done.
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Day 6, tropes I'd like to see more often: Tropes were only to be read into, never to be written toward—you can, but unless you're very good or the reader's very obtuse it's going to clang. The trouble with what everybody knows is everybody knows it—but that's not the question.

#FantasyIndiesJanuary
January 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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L'espérance by Vincent Huot (2016)
January 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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Cheery bouquet because we all need it.
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Stanley Kubrick
September 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM