The Time Mike’s Woody Was Full of Hookers
Parody: “Sometimes Mike Pence’s trademark friendliness and humility would land us in some strange situations…”
Category: Fiction
Stakes and Satiability: Part 4
“What better place to hide, my dear daughter, but within the cloak of British respectability,” Nathaniel said.
Original Fiction: Highest Noon By Michael Siegel
Original Fiction from Michael Siegel: “Kate made one last check, nodded to Samson and then slowly undid the seals on her helmet…”
Stakes and Satiability – Part 3
Looking for the beginning of my Jane Austen-Bram Stoker mashup? Part 1 Part 2 After having spent a fitful night asleep at his desk tormented by dreams which ranged from blackest nightmare to flights...
Stakes and Satiability- Part 2
“Sisters are prone to jealousy, Mr. Blackabee. Some cannot bear to know that one of them wants something that they cannot all have.”
Stakes and Satiability – Part 1
Here you go, a vampire story in the style of Jane Austen, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
The Happiest Sadist: Phèdre and Kushiel’s Dart
Fifty Shades of Grey was a terrible & dangerous book that normalized toxic attitudes about sex. Kushiel’s Dart was an interesting book on a similar topic that I liked.
I Want to be Kissed by a Scoundrel
Heads up, dudes, YOU’RE the ones that can’t control yourselves, some of you. Why don’t you let me decide what I like and want for myself?
Confessions of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
How much more satisfying might a romance be if you could see yourself there, not just a faceless, shapeless, personality-less blob like Bella Swan?
Starcraft’s American Frontier in the Cosmos
A popular computer game asks a troubling question: Is space our salvation – or a cruel mirage?
Short Story: Back to School
School had been out for a long time; longer than Jack could remember. He wasn’t sure why they’d had to stay away. But he was excited to be going back.
The Heroic Knight in the Wife of Bath’s Tale
The Wife of Bath’s Tale shows how desperate readers are for a hero and what we are willing to forgive or ignore to get one
Fagin, Bigotry, and “Cancel Culture”
Put simply, Fagin is one of the most loathsome and unredeemable creatures I have ever come across in fiction.
The Ordinary Bookclub makes its Triumphant Return with Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Yes, it’s fanfic. No, you won’t mind.
