Peter S
@paschaefer.bsky.social
he/him
relentlessly casual
irrepressibly barefoot
cats, short fiction, TTRPGs
tabletop RPG developer
Shoeless Pete Games
formerly of WotC
Exalted 2E, D&D 4E
https://www.shoelesspetegames.com/
relentlessly casual
irrepressibly barefoot
cats, short fiction, TTRPGs
tabletop RPG developer
Shoeless Pete Games
formerly of WotC
Exalted 2E, D&D 4E
https://www.shoelesspetegames.com/
The best time to confront your doctor about his affair with his assistant is not in the middle of your root canal.
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The best time to confront your doctor about his affair with his assistant is not in the middle of your root canal.
Where is fancy bread? In the heart or in the head?
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Where is fancy bread? In the heart or in the head?
Typo of the day: "Now the ship is just cooling gas and evaporating metal sexpanding slowly in the void."
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Typo of the day: "Now the ship is just cooling gas and evaporating metal sexpanding slowly in the void."
The only eulogy I need is, "He lived forever."
August 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The only eulogy I need is, "He lived forever."
I feel like someone should've told me that the Thunderbolts movie was about crippling depression.
August 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I feel like someone should've told me that the Thunderbolts movie was about crippling depression.
One-Line Film Review—Monkey Man (2024), starring Dev Patel: Monkey Man is a skillful and emotional Indian fantasy of revenge against the powerful who cruelly abuse the weak, including the poor and transgender.
April 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
One-Line Film Review—Monkey Man (2024), starring Dev Patel: Monkey Man is a skillful and emotional Indian fantasy of revenge against the powerful who cruelly abuse the weak, including the poor and transgender.
I found this interesting: kottke.org/25/03/eyes-o...
Eyes on the Street
I ran across this story from Vanessa Guerrero on Instagram recently. She originally posted it to Twitter a few years ago; hereR
kottke.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I found this interesting: kottke.org/25/03/eyes-o...
One-line Film Review: Aftermath (2025), starring Dylan Sprouse
You’d think that, almost 40 years after the release of Die Hard, people would stop trying to make the next one without understanding what made it great.
You’d think that, almost 40 years after the release of Die Hard, people would stop trying to make the next one without understanding what made it great.
February 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One-line Film Review: Aftermath (2025), starring Dylan Sprouse
You’d think that, almost 40 years after the release of Die Hard, people would stop trying to make the next one without understanding what made it great.
You’d think that, almost 40 years after the release of Die Hard, people would stop trying to make the next one without understanding what made it great.
Solitude is a joy best experienced alone.
December 27, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Solitude is a joy best experienced alone.
Have another 200-word story!
www.paschaefer.com/blog/2024/11...
www.paschaefer.com/blog/2024/11...
Losing the Weight — peter a schaefer
Diego looked at himself in the bathroom mirror after his shower. "I wish I'd lost twenty pounds." He squinted at his reflection as the mirror suddenly fogged up again, and the fog took on a purplish c...
www.paschaefer.com
November 4, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Have another 200-word story!
www.paschaefer.com/blog/2024/11...
www.paschaefer.com/blog/2024/11...
Another 200-word story, this time about the frustration of getting to reset: www.paschaefer.com/blog/2024/11...
He Said, She Said — peter a schaefer
From his perspective: The car screeched to a stop alongside him halfway down the block. "Get in!" she said, all brusque business. Bullets spanged off the far side of the sedan, he threw himself in scr...
www.paschaefer.com
November 3, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Another 200-word story, this time about the frustration of getting to reset: www.paschaefer.com/blog/2024/11...
A quick 200-word story about the surprise genie solving mysteries: www.paschaefer.com/blog/2024/11...
A Locked Door Genie Mystery — peter a schaefer
Lieutenant Gerhardt looked across the crime scene. Three bodies, two of them shot, one crushed by a couch that the other two were on, the door barred from the inside, and no gun. "Jesus, I wish I was ...
www.paschaefer.com
November 2, 2024 at 6:06 PM
A quick 200-word story about the surprise genie solving mysteries: www.paschaefer.com/blog/2024/11...
I'm currently thinking about how quota is used to indicate both the maximum amount permitted (import quotas) and the minimum amount required (factory quotas).
November 2, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I'm currently thinking about how quota is used to indicate both the maximum amount permitted (import quotas) and the minimum amount required (factory quotas).
Who wants a pay-what-you-want one-page RPG about high schoolers resisting oppression in the cyber-corporate future?
shoelesspetegames.itch.io/realcool
shoelesspetegames.itch.io/realcool
December 4, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Who wants a pay-what-you-want one-page RPG about high schoolers resisting oppression in the cyber-corporate future?
shoelesspetegames.itch.io/realcool
shoelesspetegames.itch.io/realcool
TFW you look over and see a cat on the counter but it's actually the wok you cleaned earlier in the drying rack.
Everyone knows this feeling, right?
Everyone knows this feeling, right?
December 4, 2023 at 8:47 PM
TFW you look over and see a cat on the counter but it's actually the wok you cleaned earlier in the drying rack.
Everyone knows this feeling, right?
Everyone knows this feeling, right?
One-line Review: Death Wish 3 (1985): This film takes the vigilante wish fulfillment to a new level with cops endorsing Bronson's vigilantism, locals cheering on daylight extrajudicial murder, and a 32-year-old blonde chasing 64-year-old Bronson just so she can be killed after they hook up.
December 4, 2023 at 7:20 PM
One-line Review: Death Wish 3 (1985): This film takes the vigilante wish fulfillment to a new level with cops endorsing Bronson's vigilantism, locals cheering on daylight extrajudicial murder, and a 32-year-old blonde chasing 64-year-old Bronson just so she can be killed after they hook up.
As Time settled solidly into its middle age, it had to acknowledge that, really, it was a fat circle.
November 24, 2023 at 8:41 PM
As Time settled solidly into its middle age, it had to acknowledge that, really, it was a fat circle.
The Coollective: From each according to their radness, to each according to their squareness
November 22, 2023 at 11:19 PM
The Coollective: From each according to their radness, to each according to their squareness
What would you give for the infallible ability to remember which friends you've told what?
November 22, 2023 at 1:00 AM
What would you give for the infallible ability to remember which friends you've told what?
Fistbumps are out. Fishbumps are in.
November 18, 2023 at 12:01 AM
Fistbumps are out. Fishbumps are in.
Autocomplete wisdom: Follow Your Poison
November 15, 2023 at 10:13 PM
Autocomplete wisdom: Follow Your Poison
If you don't make pew-pew noises while you're driving, I don't know what you're even doing.
November 13, 2023 at 1:59 AM
If you don't make pew-pew noises while you're driving, I don't know what you're even doing.