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Richard Pearman
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Science fiction writer working on a "Messianic space Narnia" series.
Collects cacti and succulents.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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You can suck it, Piggy! 🤣
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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#WIPSnips December 4 city
Aristocratic boy mum, Fenusara, is considering renting a house to be near her son, Printorac, who's starting University.
From "Tales of Midbar: Poisoned Well" - www.inkitt.com/stories/635659
Background: A potted succulent with rosettes of leaves on long stems (Aeonium). Me: Or the president's daughter? Gardac: She's a known harlot! Comedians would like to make jokes about how she's fornicated more people than most Temple Prostitutes but people feel sorry for her because she's pretty and got kidnapped by those Nuhara and XT terrorists which included her former school councilor and then spent a few hours in a geldeen with Sixteen's brother-in-law and she has some messed up history with Sixteen's husband! Me: I really don't like these paintings though but I'm sure we could easily paint over them. Realtor: No! These were done by the famous painter Urgafarl Braskol in the 9th century! Remember, this is a protected, historic building. You're not allowed to make any changes that are likely to be hard to undo. It also needs to be possible for people to come and look at the artwork and architecture. The plus side of this is that the department will do much of your maintenance at no extra cost. They'll even send gardeners to take care of the plants. Me: Do you have any of those things that protect against magic, psychics and teleporters? Realtor: There are no Aeoniums but there are Plectranthus and a couple of Pachypodiums. You won't be allowed to plant anything in the garden or conservatory but you can grow potted plants inside the house or on the veranda. Me: Would an idol of Derlgar help? Realtor: If it makes you feel better. I've lived in University City all my life and I've never had trouble with magi, psychics or teleporters.
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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It's probably past time to expect any mainstream media to call out this crazy ass shit.
We need to keep sharing it to make sure it's being seen.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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I started writing a book on lions.

It turned out to be quite tricky and, frankly, damn dangerous, so I went back to regular paper.

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December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#WIPSnips December 3 dominant
Police captain, Hildru and police mage, Screld have brought detective Lumdar to see evidence relating to a cold case: Niscreldin, the apparent son of the victim.
From "Tales of Midbar: Ghost Mage" - www.inkitt.com/stories/632029
Background: The face of a teenage boy of South Asian appearance. Behind him is a steep chasm with a city and lakes at the bottom. "You're lying!" shouted Lumdar. "The Genome Detective says he's her son!" I shouted at Lumdar, who looked pretty terrified. One hand was half raised with a ring on one finger, which I was pretty sure was an artifact weapon. "Are you going to argue with that?" It occurred to me that Niscreldin might be a construct but Lumdar didn't need to know they had constructs. "My father," Niscreldin said calmly, "well before he was my father, persuaded her not to stay in an abusive situation." A lot of people around seemed to be getting out magic detectors. "No!" shouted Lumdar, backing away and waving his ring finger. "Don't listen to anything he says!" Then he spun round and started running back towards the car park like a lunatic. "Should somebody stop him?" asked Printorac, who was standing nearby with his monocle in. Eleprin stood beside him with glasses on. Yeah, not a mage, really! "Has he committed a crime?" I asked. I turned to Niscreldin. "Any idea what that was about?" "No," said Niscreldin. "He was convinced your mother was murdered by her father, step-mother and brother but clearly she wasn't," I said. "She's still alive," said Nisceldin, putting his arms out to his sides. "Perhaps this has something to do with her inheritance." "You've got six fingers on this hand," said Screld, taking hold of Niscreldian's left hand. "My mother's a polydactyl faharni," said Niscreldin, "the polydactylism allele's dominant. I'd have thought a faharni would know that!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Facts
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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#WIPSnips December 2 percent
I hope you took notes of yesterday's as that terminology is used here!
Clindar is confronting the controversial mage, Yoldasia.
From "Tales of Midbar: Secret Priest" - www.inkitt.com/stories/200642
Background: A beautiful brown-skinned, fair-haired, young woman, laying on her back and sucking pink vapor from a transparent ball. "I know I was bred by you, Benai Nibeyim, so Haprihagfen can't help me or recruit me, but they did Egrindreth. I only came back because you were threatening Haprihagfen with something if I didn't. I'm not exactly happy with your organization, as I'm sure you realize." "You're in no position to judge us." "What are the odds of a nibey and hipsickah with two anav children being friends with a nibeyah who had a katcheyah fathered by a hipsick? You're trying to breed anavim aren't you?" "That would be like totally cool," said Miandri. Yoldasia just stared at me with hatred. "If I got Miandri pregnant, the child would stand a fifty percent chance of being an anav or anavah. Of course, if you really wanted to breed anavim, you should give me an anavah." That pushed Yoldasia over the edge and she shook her clenched fists, "You're not worthy of an anavah! You're nothing! You'll never have a job. You'll never make any money! You'll never be a good husband! You're in no position to judge me or Benai Nibeyim! What do you think you can do, get your father to take us to court?" Oooo! They had an anavah! What's more she was terrified of what would happen if I met this anavah but didn't want to explain the situation to me. This probably meant I wouldn't sympathize with her reasoning. Most likely, she didn't like the anavah but the anavah and me would like each other and collaborate to do something Yoldasia wouldn't like. "Is that prophecy or a threat?" I asked. "Predestination," Yoldasia snapped cynically.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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A hero makes a legendary attempt to rescue his love from an evil god!
New chapter of "Medusa's Head" - read it all! Vote, review, give feedback, discuss!
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A handsome, young man wearing a pink, frilly dress and jumping from a palace tower with a very small, beautiful woman on his back. AI picture from Night Cafe and is supposed to be - spoilers!
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Ben Jennings in the Guardian. Brilliant… and unfortunately also plausible, because the flag-shaggers absolutely are this stupid.
Cartoon by Ben Jennings. The Strand in London. Outside the Savoy Theatre, which is currently showing Paddington: The Musical, a crowd of angry, red-faced men waving Union Flags. Some are wearing England flags, one has a sign saying ‘Protect Our Kids’. He yells at a passing woman, “They’re housing a migrant in there, you know!”
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Scientists created a dolphin with legs.
Animal rights groups want the legs removed.
But that would defeet the porpoise
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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…and yes, I was part of the Epstein crowd.🔻
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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#WIPSnips December 1 belong
Eleprin and her parents have just assumed false identities as followers of the unpopular Winemaker religion. Now she's playing with Breeze, a strange, Winemaker girl.
From "Tales of Midbar: Religious Intolerance" - www.inkitt.com/stories/618270
Background: a small girl standing near an alter with some metal doors in a cliff behind it. I was somewhat apprehensive as my new friend, Breeze led me from the refractory to the playground. She was smiling and hopping. I was doing as Mum had told me repeatedly to try to fit in and act normal. It was still black night of course but Breeze had a mage light. What sort of kids have mage lights? Children aren't supposed to use artifacts. Perhaps I was wrong about the mage light being generated by an artifact but I had some vague memory of hearing that only magi could use magic without artifacts. Breeze wanted to play priestesses. The boys went off by themselves to do something. "Temples are korbarist," said Breeze, "so what korbar do you want to be?" "The korbarists will persecute me if I'm a korbar!" I was looking back to make sure my parents weren't sneaking off without me. They were sitting at a table drinking wine with some Haprihagfen who had mage lights hovering round them. "Everybody belongs to a korbar," said Breeze. I decided that it was better to display my ignorance to her than an adult who was more likely to figure out that I wasn't a real Winemaker so I asked, "What's a korbar?" "There are four korbarim, it's a Semic word so if you have more than one of them you put 'im' on the end. Most people are hipsickim, they're a bit stupid and aren't psychic but most people like them. Then there's nibeyim, they have some psychic powers, like mind reading and can foresee the future a bit. They're smart and good at working things out but most people don't like them. Then there's katcheyim, they're psychic and about as powerful as nibeyim but they tend to be crazy but most people like them more than nibeyim. Then, lastly, the rarest korbar is anav! They're like nibeyim and katcheyim mixed together and are very powerful and they're also smart and know Yoho better than most people. Most people really hate anavim!"
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#Resisters

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November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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#WIPSnips November 30 number
Eleprin and Printorac have joined a parents' group at the University.
From "Tales of Midbar: Poisoned Well" - www.inkitt.com/stories/635659
Background: A small and rather dilapidated building with some swings and slides for small children around it. It's in an area of arid hills and dilapidated, old buildings. "Now," said Nairi, I think jumping in before a religious argument could start, "you're probably going to be told this repeatedly but the University and University City have an unusually high proportion of psychics and magi and even a number of teleporters and a few off-planeters, interdimensionals and, I think, at least one temporal migrant. It's ..." "You should have some plants here!" said the woman who was breastfeeding her baby. She was a hipsickah with a round face, and she seemed to be part faharni and part quippa. Her husband looked younger than her and was a nibey. I'd noticed the lack of plants of any sort around the school. "We don't have any so as not to upset psychics, magi and teleporters," said Nairi. "You should get some," I said, "the psychics, magi and teleporters won't care!" The anavim nodded. "Mage Hall's full of plants of a wide variety of types," said Griantrag. "I had wondered about that," said her husband.
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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It seemed that this Londrac Alliance was good at taking over territory with a combination of underhanded diplomacy and military mite.
New chapter of "Tales of Midbar: Ghost Mage" - read it all! Vote, review, give feedback, discuss!
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A beautiful, young woman with long, blonde, wavy hair, tanned skin, pointed ears and brown eyes. AI picture from Bing Image Create and is supposed to be the strange and beautiful Vandari. AI has problems with unknown races and mixed-race people and she's a mixture of unknown races! The other AI's I tried made her skin too light. She should really show her faharni ancestry more!
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Even a blind squirrel…
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Stouffer’s Targets People Spending Thanksgiving Alone With New Single-Serve Frozen Family https://theonion.com/stouffer-s-targets-people-spending-thanksgiving-alone-w-1848105159/
Stouffer’s Targets People Spending Thanksgiving Alone With New Single-Serve Frozen Family
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Not sure what it says about the state of recent movies but when we saw Wicked For Good last night there were about a dozen trailers, including the new Avatar, and the one that interested me the most was... The new SpongeBob Movie. 🥴
I'm 62.
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948.

She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, stands with arms crossed and a calm, confident smile, wearing a black blazer over a red top, shoulder-length silver-gray hair, and wire-rimmed glasses. Behind her is a blurred, vibrant red-and-orange abstract backdrop. A pioneering woman in STEM who reshaped our understanding of aging and DNA.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM