On my writing desk, I keep an octopus pin that my wife gave me as a gift a few years back. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it my sigil, ala George R.R. Martin and his famous turtle pin, but I do love what the octopus calls to mind when I try toContinue reading “The Octopus in All of Us”
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The Shivering Harvest
The Shivering Harvest by Ben Spencer Two weeks before the Shivering Harvest, the citizens of Orgos–otherwise known as the city of the five moons–gather in the ruins of the Sea Keeper’s palace, to watch the candidates for moon priest campaign for the honor. The night marks the unofficial beginning of the festival season. BesidesContinue reading “The Shivering Harvest”
You Punched the Bursar?
Writing Update: Last of the Baronites: 30.5K (31-32K to finish) In the song “Aaron Burr, Sir,” from the smash Broadway hit Hamilton: An American Musical, Lin Manuel-Miranda takes creative license in imagining Hamilton punching the bursar at Princeton College. Ron Chernow, the author of the excellent Hamilton biography on which the musical is based, reportedlyContinue reading “You Punched the Bursar?”
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