The forty-second of fifty-two short stories completed!
Another science fiction piece this week clocking in at 3,489 words. This story touched on duty, mistakes, mentorship, and sacrifice. After finishing it, I was surprised at how much I ended up fitting into it given the relatively small word count. This will definitely be a story I revisit in the future for revision.
Onto the next story!
The forty-first of fifty-two short stories completed!
This week was another adventure in the Star Trek setting with a 3,102-word science fiction short story. This story touched on confidence, mentorship, and realizing your own worth. Much of it was based off my own feelings as a now senior-level software engineer.
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The fortieth of fifty-two short stories completed!
Very much still on the fan fiction train this week with a piece of Star Trek Lower Decks story that clocked in at 2,704 words. This was my second foray into the Star Trek universe, and it was a good time. I’ll probably be doing more of it.
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The thirty-ninth of fifty-two short stories completed!
This was another week I found myself spending the majority of my time playing Baldur’s Gate 3. However, it did provide the inspiration for this week’s story, which centers around one of the NPCs you meet in the game. It’s a minor NPC you only have a few interactions with, but those were enough to spark an idea that I developed it into a full 1,259-word short narrative.
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The thirty-eighth of fifty-two short stories completed!
While I’ve been greatly distracted this week by the release of Baldur’s Gate 3, I managed to pull myself away from the immersive CRPG and knock out a 1,247-word fantasy short story about a thief (rogue) attempting to steal a magical whatsit artifact from some wizards. It was a fun little tale to spin. Now, if you need me, I’ll be in Baldur’s Gate.
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The thirty-seventh of fifty-two short stories completed!
This week I wrote another small piece of fiction that expanded on the backstory of my Pathfinder 2e druid, Bree. Last Sunday we had the first session of the adventure, and I found myself thinking of the weeks and days leading up to when Bree met her two new companions and why she’d agree to go on the job presented to them. Those wayward thoughts eventually coalesced into a mostly coherently structured story, so I wrote it as a 1169-word flash fiction.
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The thirty-sixth of fifty-two short stories completed!
Inspired by the Fall of Molaesmyr world even of Exandria (Critical Role property), I wrote a 2,529-word short story about a dwarf witnessing the exodus of elves fleeing the Savalirwood. Wasn’t sure if my crotchety, elf racist dwarf protagonist would work, but it surprisingly didn’t turn out too bad, with him doing the right thing in the end. Overall, it was a pleasant story to write.
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The thirty-fifth of fifty-two short stories completed!
This week I wrote a 1,519-word flash fiction fantasy piece that dramatized a bit of backstory for my new tabletop RPG character, Breemiphi, a druid gnome. I enjoyed writing this piece as it helped get me in the head of this RPG character, figuring out what makes her her, at least at a base level.
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The thirty-third of fifty-two short stories completed!
Another piece of Starcraft fanfiction this week. This time it was an 861-word flash fiction written from the perspective of a Zerg larva, which was an interesting challenge and very fun to write.
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The thirty-third of fifty-two short stories completed!
Continuing to write fanfiction–hey, it’s what is providing the inspiration, and I ain’t fightin’ it. This week’s piece was set in the Starcraft setting, and it was a small-scale story of 3,828 words about a hunter and alien that turns into her hunting companion/dog. It was a fun write, and I’m marking it as a story to go back and review for revision in the future.
Onto the next story!
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