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Crow sits in his nest, high above the park’s green fields and lush trees.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · 24d

Another week, another short story!

A Crow who pranks people learns from an Owl.

Author's notes for the previous, Five-Star Girl, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.

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The Crow and the Wand

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Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · 27d

Author's Note for Aperture Above is live! These are my reflections on my own work, post-publication.

Another note for Five-Star Girl next Friday, and another story coming Monday.

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Author's Notes: It's been a few weeks since I've looked at this story, new eyes allow me to see much more of the good than I had when I finished it. My first cyberpunk-like story, and thus, special t...

The round-ears have only become dumber since the fall of their empire.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · 27d

Another short story!

An elven capitalist meets his human workers.

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Mairyn’s Candle & Wick

The round-ears have only become dumber since the fall of their empire.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Oct 3

Leuchturm 1917s. About the same price as Moleskine. I've not found any other notebooks that a) lie flat and b) don't feather with wet FPs.

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Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Sep 23

Another week, another short story!

An elven capitalist meets his human workers.

Author's notes for the previous, Aperture Above, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.

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Mairyn’s Candle & Wick

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Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Sep 10

We're in the "at each others throats" part of the turmoil train. The people who spend 8k on Bob Igor theme parks hate the people who spend 8k on a Speedmaster. Pretending one isn't consumerist and the other is.

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Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Sep 10

Yes, and although the romance isn't in the book, the monster is, by far, the most sympathetic character.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 30

Writers Blood, and Sherwood Green (both Diamine). No idea about blue

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 29

Author's Note for Flaxseed & Garamond is live! Author's Note is my reflection on my own work, post-publication.

Another note for Aperture Above next Friday!

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Author's Notes: I don't have much criticism of this piece to be honest. There are some spelling mistakes, some odd changes in tense (where I didn't really know if past or present was appropriate). Bu...

The cherry red, segment clock read 6:15, Thomas crumpled up a McDonald’s hamburger wrapper and threw it onto the dashboard of his beat-to-hell Pontiac.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 27

Five-Star Girl, a short story (~20 minute read) about a father who doesn't know the value of the real people in his life.

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Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.

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Five-Star Girl

The cherry red, segment clock read 6:15, Thomas crumpled up a McDonald’s hamburger wrapper and threw it onto the dashboard of his beat-to-hell Pontiac.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 27

Everything Lamy makes is overpriced. A brand tax, like Apple or Gucci(spelling?). That said, the bottles are quite nice and they come with blotting paper built into the bottom.

Diamine and Hongdian are the kings of affordable, great inks. (Diamine's 30ml bottles are awful though)

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Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 26

You can get a converter like Chris said, Jinhao and a ton of other Chinese brands make pens you suck ink up into—"piston" pens. Or you can keep using cartridges and use an eye dropper to put new ink in them.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 25

Another week, another short story!

A father who doesn't understand the value of the real people in his life.

Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.

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Five-Star Girl

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 14

"I should profit by passing bad things off to someone and make them pay for it." Thanks for telling on yourself.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 14

I'll buy an M nib for the E95s and meltdown the current fine. The 74, I smashed, nib down, into the table and destroyed it. No reasons to allow bad tools to exist.

The best dirt always came after dark, in a city flooded in neon, people still believed in the cover of darkness.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 14

Japanese fine nibs have to be the worst nibs in the fountain pen world. Dry, scratchy, unreliable. Glad I thought I was a fine nib person when I bought an e95s and a 74. Total waste of $400.

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Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 13

Aperture Above, a short story (15 minutes read) about a person afraid to leave their home, who needs to learn a lesson in consent.

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Author's notes on the previous short coming on Friday.

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Aperture Above

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 12

I don't understand what these AI companies' moat is. Eventually all this stuff will be able to be done on-device. And then these hundred billion dollar AI companies will just turn into model trainers. Can't imagine selling an artifact is worth that much.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 11

Get one of those ultra-sonic cleaners for glasses. Usually ~$25 on Ali or Amazon. The long ones, not the circular ones for dental stuffs. They work really well with a bit of dish soap (like one or two drops) and regular tap water. I've cleaned acrylic, stainless, and titanium thoroughly with them.

The best dirt always came after dark, in a city flooded in neon, people still believed in the cover of darkness.

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 11

Another week, another short story!

A person who never leaves their apartment makes everyone else's life worse.

Author's notes for the previous, Flaxseed & Garamond, is coming Friday. I'll post a link then.

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Aperture Above

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Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 8

Author's Note for Disciple of Tescreal is live! Author's Note is my reflection on my own work, post-publication.

Another note for Flaxseed & Garamond next Friday, another story coming Monday (hopefully).

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**Author's Notes** DoT is the longest short story I've completed to date, long enough that I don't think I'll be writing a "short" at 9,000 words again. However, I don't think the length detracts fro...

Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 8

Just finished the first draft of a short story (scheduled to publish on the 18th), and I think it's my strongest yet. Clear character development, "big" moments, lots of change. Who knows what edits and sequential drafts will give, but it's damn good now.

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Aaron M (Some Person) @aaronmarkey.com · Aug 6

Thank you for reading!