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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 1d

This is your regularly scheduled reminder that "Worldspark" is #free through #audiomazes. It's an immersive audio branching narrative adventure story with 8 different endings.

Explore an ancient temple. Meet a god. Stop the apocalypse.

www.audiomazes.com/library/worl...

The cover of the book "Worldspark," with a stylized blue phoenix crackling with fire and lightning-esque energy.

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 20h

I was probably 12. I decided that the two characters I'd played through the "Neverwinter Nights" campaigns were brothers and wrote about them sparring.

Ellowyn and Elvewyn Ellodel, a half elf cleric and ranger respectively.

I was such a nerd XD thank goodness I still am.

Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 1d

I was thinking about early writing recently and I'm curious—short fiction writers: what is the earliest short story you remember finishing that wasn't for a school project or anything?

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 1d

This is your regularly scheduled reminder that "Worldspark" is #free through #audiomazes. It's an immersive audio branching narrative adventure story with 8 different endings.

Explore an ancient temple. Meet a god. Stop the apocalypse.

www.audiomazes.com/library/worl...

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a new short story set in my fantasy setting, "Tales of the Guildless." Please check it out and let me know what you think! I'm trying to get some momentum for the setting before I publish my first full novel next year.

#fantasy #shortstory #free

open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

The Bearer of the Scythe

An ancient being visits an isolated manor

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a new short story set in my fantasy setting, "Tales of the Guildless." Please check it out and let me know what you think! I'm trying to get some momentum for the setting before I publish my first full novel next year.

#fantasy #shortstory #free

open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

The Bearer of the Scythe

An ancient being visits an isolated manor

open.substack.com

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 7d

Rocking my daughter with my foot

Knowing that if I stop

She'll wake up

My eyes collapsing, mind escaping,

Sleep the nearest and furthest thing

As she rocks

A sleeping infant in a rocker, wearing a warm onesie with gloves and an orange hat.

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 8d

If you want to see a master of his craft take any idea at all and turn it into a compelling story, do yourself a favor and read Garth Nix. He's a big part of why I'm a writer!

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 8d

Reading "To Hold the Bridge" by @garthnix.bsky.social. This man is a genre chameleon. Even as a kid it amazed me how much Keys to the Kingdom differed from The Old Kingdom or from The Seventh Tower. And once again he jumps from one to another effortlessly. As a writer, it makes me jealous XD

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 9d

The final QTE had me cheering, just in time for the sobfest that was the ending.

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Martin Mottet @martinuche.bsky.social · 9d

"detail" of the front cover part

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emma @vasira96.bsky.social · 10d

was looking at that little Thimble i drew and i had a vision that i now offer it to you

four drawings of Thimble, from critical role. She's a tiny little pixie in green and brown clothes. In each pose she's spells a letter of the word "love"

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 9d

This is a lot of fun, great work!

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 11d

Love this dynamic XD

krintou 👓📗🦋 (7.35 spoilers) @babapapaffxiv.bsky.social · 11d

#wabffxiv #ffxiv #ff14 #lighttenet

🦇🎃 We are Baldesion - Fang & Claw edition 🎃🦇

# Week 2 🧛

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Panel 1: Baba and Naldtala meet a lalafellin vampire. Baba hands him a basket with a bottle inside.

Baba: Here's the portion sent from the bank. Remember to talk to the provider to sign you as a new recipient.

Lalafell man: My thanks! I'll let him know. And, if I may ask..

Baba: Yes?

Panel 2: After taking and lowering the basket to his side the lalafell man talks with an enthusiastic expression.

Lalafell man: I want to know if werewolf blood would taste any different. It doesn't have to be from the neck, of course! Just a drop from your finger for example.

Baba: Oh! Well if it's a drop I wouldn't mind much, I guess? Though...

Panel 3: Baba talks, scratching her cheek as a slight sheepish gesture. Meanwhile, Naldtala intensely stares at the lalafell man with a dark gaze.

Baba: You see, as a woodsfarer I tend to expose myself in all kinds of situations which sometimes lead me to bear curses or poison. Though I have immunity to most of them now for safety measures my blood would do no good for a newly converted. So-

Panel 4: The lalafell man sprints toward opposite side of the couple. Baba and Naldtala watch him as he leaves and runs away.

Lalafell man: N- No problem! Thank you for the delivery! I- I have to go! Thank you, farewell!

Baba: Huh? oh, okay! Take care.

Right side illustration:

Baba: Naldtala why did you scare him? For a moment I was afraid things would go ugly.

Naldtala: Just because this is new for him doesn't mean he all but forgets manners. How uncouth.

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Vampire fact: Converted vampires are immune to silver and even get just mild fatigue to great exposition of sun like any mortal. However, their lifespans are barely longer than an average viera's.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 12d

I heard someone on a podcast say that music is boring now and, look, I am saying this as kindly as I can…skill issue.

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 14d

Updated this to be a sort of general landing page for all of my Shipfall stories and articles. #shipfall #scifi #ttrpg open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

Shipfall

A setting description/landing page for my "medieval meets sci-fi" setting

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 14d

Updated this to be a sort of general landing page for all of my Shipfall stories and articles. #shipfall #scifi #ttrpg open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

Shipfall

A setting description/landing page for my "medieval meets sci-fi" setting

open.substack.com

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 15d

Wrote another Shipfall short story, vaguely in response to @imagine2create.bsky.social's Narrative Feast prompt. The setting is a blend of medieval and science fiction, with survivors attempting to MacGyver their way through the post-apocalypse.

#fiction #shipfall

open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

In Haven's Shadow

AKA: What happens when you throw a massive spaceship at a medieval city?

open.substack.com

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Squeaky @squeaky.bsky.social · 14d

Redesigning my axolotl

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 15d

Wrote another Shipfall short story, vaguely in response to @imagine2create.bsky.social's Narrative Feast prompt. The setting is a blend of medieval and science fiction, with survivors attempting to MacGyver their way through the post-apocalypse.

#fiction #shipfall

open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

In Haven's Shadow

AKA: What happens when you throw a massive spaceship at a medieval city?

open.substack.com