An old work of mine, this story served as the inspiration for my short story, “The Children,” published in Lost Boys Press’ first anthology CHIMERA!
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Kingdom Hearts II: Re ✥ Right – Ch. 2 – Rites of Passage
Donald’s idea is to retrace King Mickey’s collaboration with Ansem, starting with Ansem’s only known location – The Radiant Garden. At first he takes Sora and Goofy along as he consults with Chip and Dale, but neither of them knows where Radiant Garden actually is. Frustrated, Donald asks them “Isn’t there some kind of a …
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Fits and Starts: A Reflection
It was a year.
Filled with the terror and apprehension you wouldn’t normally find anywhere aside from mid-nineties slasher films, 2020 took a lot from us all as many of us sat at home, consuming news and sound bytes at an obscene rate.
Robb, Prince of Lemnos?
Sideromandron is a comic book with plenty of influence from Greek mythology, with a fictitious, former Greek isle, now independent island-state as a major facet of the setting, and the main character, and prince of said formerly Greek state, is a white dude named Robb? Really?
The World of Sideromandron
Like Marvel or DC Comics, the world of Sideromandron is much like our own, it’s a fictional, current-day Earth with a couple science-fantasy twists. Drawing from as many cultures and mythologies as I have any passing familiarity with, it is my goal with my personal fictional Earth to present heroes and villains from a broadly …
Sideromandron?
What’s a Sideromandron? Silver Strand Studios is putting in lots of hard work and lots of hours as 2020 comes to a close. I’ve got a lot on my plate, not the least of which is just doing my damnedest to pull this rudder up and keep my little baby business in the air. But …
Previews #1 – Character Building
I’ve not publicly shared any of my unpublished works. There’s a lot of legal grey area that bothers me, but it’s occurred to me recently that if I’m going to be trying to sell anyone on my ability to tell stories, full, coherent, interesting stories, then… I probably ought to give them more to go …
The Dark Souls of FF
Bear with me. I realize that title and subtitle is groan worthy. I will explain later. Try to bear with me, because, wow… I have a LOT to say. This is a VERY long review – several pages – just know what you’re getting into. That said… Final. Fantasy. 7 Remake. A game, honestly, I …
Chains of the Abyss
You awake… stirring uncomfortably against a stone at once both smooth and rough… solid. You haven’t felt anything like it in… measurements of time… you’ve forgotten the words… you haven’t needed to use them in so long… You’d slept, in that dark place, longer than you have any bearing for comprehension. You’ve been asleep, but …
Lotus Eater
The Dreams of the Old Ones Even now I can hear them, crying out in their sleep… we can make it all right again… We will break these Nightmarish chains, and bring everything back to the sweet Dreams of lives once lived… Awake! Rise and remember! Before it’s too late… remember it all… Come to …
The Waybetween 