Jonathan Wood
@jonathanwood.bsky.social
Gamer, geek, and author (the Hero series as Jonathan Wood, the Dragon Lords series as Jon Hollins, and City of Iron and Dust as JP Oakes).
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Morning. It's Friday, so there's fresh fiction up. This time a riff on spies and double crosses, with a mild side serving of total absurdity. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/straight-u...
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Morning. It's Friday, so there's fresh fiction up. This time a riff on spies and double crosses, with a mild side serving of total absurdity. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/straight-u...
Morning. Today, a brief post about one of my favorite things: action scenes. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/lights-cam...
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Morning. Today, a brief post about one of my favorite things: action scenes. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/lights-cam...
Morning. Monday means another audio edition of Something's a Little Off. This week: tumorous buildings. Because... erm... reasons. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-virus-of...
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Morning. Monday means another audio edition of Something's a Little Off. This week: tumorous buildings. Because... erm... reasons. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-virus-of...
Morning. Today's micro-fictional offering: a history of an event that never happened. Enjoy!
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-virus-of...
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-virus-of...
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Morning. Today's micro-fictional offering: a history of an event that never happened. Enjoy!
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-virus-of...
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/a-virus-of...
Today's post about writing is a Venn diagram of D&D nerdery, LOTR nerdery, and psych major nerdery. You know who you people are. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/being-choi...
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today's post about writing is a Venn diagram of D&D nerdery, LOTR nerdery, and psych major nerdery. You know who you people are. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/being-choi...
Morning. Today's audio venture: a history of the universe in sentences of 5 words or less. Because... why not? Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/min-max-au...
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Morning. Today's audio venture: a history of the universe in sentences of 5 words or less. Because... why not? Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/min-max-au...
Morning. Much of the point of these weekly stories is to set creative challenges for myself. Today, I tried to tell the history of the universe in sentences of 5 words max. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to pull it off, but I sort of love what it did to my prose jonathanwood.substack.com/p/min-max
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Morning. Much of the point of these weekly stories is to set creative challenges for myself. Today, I tried to tell the history of the universe in sentences of 5 words max. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to pull it off, but I sort of love what it did to my prose jonathanwood.substack.com/p/min-max
Morning! Today: some thoughts on maintaining your mojo the day after success. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/alternativ...
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Morning! Today: some thoughts on maintaining your mojo the day after success. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/alternativ...
Morning. It's Monday and last week there was a Friday, and last Thursday it was Thanksgiving here in the US, which all means that I have a trash horror-comedy story up in both text and audio formats. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Morning. It's Monday and last week there was a Friday, and last Thursday it was Thanksgiving here in the US, which all means that I have a trash horror-comedy story up in both text and audio formats. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com
Morning! Some quick thoughts about the mental balancing act that the act of creation requires. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/i-am-the-s...
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Morning! Some quick thoughts about the mental balancing act that the act of creation requires. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/i-am-the-s...
Another Monday, another opportunity for me to witter nonsense in your ear. This week: denials, dismemberment, and disbelief. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/we-strongl...
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Another Monday, another opportunity for me to witter nonsense in your ear. This week: denials, dismemberment, and disbelief. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/we-strongl...
Morning! It's Friday so I wrote another mini story. I will say, I'm happier with this title than I normally am... jonathanwood.substack.com/p/we-strongl...
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Morning! It's Friday so I wrote another mini story. I will say, I'm happier with this title than I normally am... jonathanwood.substack.com/p/we-strongl...
Morning. This is a question I've been asked a few times, and because the answer is a little more complicated than you might think, I wrote it all down.
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/why-do-aut...
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/why-do-aut...
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Morning. This is a question I've been asked a few times, and because the answer is a little more complicated than you might think, I wrote it all down.
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/why-do-aut...
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/why-do-aut...
Morning! Why not kick off your week with the audio one man performing a deeply meta play that clearly requires two people? Unrelated, but how does marketing my own writing work again? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/somethings...
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Morning! Why not kick off your week with the audio one man performing a deeply meta play that clearly requires two people? Unrelated, but how does marketing my own writing work again? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/somethings...
Morning! I've got more free Friday fiction up. This week a deeply meta one-scene play. Because... why not? Enjoy???
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/somethings...
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/somethings...
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Morning! I've got more free Friday fiction up. This week a deeply meta one-scene play. Because... why not? Enjoy???
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/somethings...
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/somethings...
Morning. What's that? You were just thinking that you could really do with a bunch of paragraphs about paragraphs? Well that's a weird coincidence... jonathanwood.substack.com/p/when-do-i-...
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Morning. What's that? You were just thinking that you could really do with a bunch of paragraphs about paragraphs? Well that's a weird coincidence... jonathanwood.substack.com/p/when-do-i-...
I've got a little Monday-funny up today. Six minutes of me making an idiot of myself with a microphone in the form of a fantasy story about dragons. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/overplunde...
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've got a little Monday-funny up today. Six minutes of me making an idiot of myself with a microphone in the form of a fantasy story about dragons. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/overplunde...
Morning! It's Friday again, and so I have committed fiction again. This week: dragons and greed-fueled disaster (incidentally based on the original concept for my Dragon Lords triology). Enjoy!
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/overplunder
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/overplunder
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Morning! It's Friday again, and so I have committed fiction again. This week: dragons and greed-fueled disaster (incidentally based on the original concept for my Dragon Lords triology). Enjoy!
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/overplunder
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/overplunder
Morning! "Something's a Little Off" has officially turned two! That means I've posted 1 story a week for 2 years now. So that's 104 stories available for free. Links to a few of my favorites from the past year can be found at the far end of the link below.
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-terrib...
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-terrib...
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Morning! "Something's a Little Off" has officially turned two! That means I've posted 1 story a week for 2 years now. So that's 104 stories available for free. Links to a few of my favorites from the past year can be found at the far end of the link below.
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-terrib...
jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-terrib...
Morning! Missing Halloween already? Let the spooky season linger with today's story. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/trick-or-t...
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Morning! Missing Halloween already? Let the spooky season linger with today's story. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/trick-or-t...
Oh look, Halloween falls on Friday. Probably a good day to post a themed story then, isn't it? Well, I thought so. Today: a haunted house, some fun phobias, and candy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/trick-or-t...
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Oh look, Halloween falls on Friday. Probably a good day to post a themed story then, isn't it? Well, I thought so. Today: a haunted house, some fun phobias, and candy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/trick-or-t...
Morning. Today: a couple of thoughts about fantastic fiction, the awe it inspires, and the role of wonder in our lives. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/sensawunda
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Morning. Today: a couple of thoughts about fantastic fiction, the awe it inspires, and the role of wonder in our lives. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/sensawunda
Another Monday, another bit of audio. Got 6 minutes and need some existential pondering about maps, and wonder, and the benefits of unknown spaces in the world? Well, that's a remarkable coincidence, because I have a story about exactly those things. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/destinatio...
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Another Monday, another bit of audio. Got 6 minutes and need some existential pondering about maps, and wonder, and the benefits of unknown spaces in the world? Well, that's a remarkable coincidence, because I have a story about exactly those things. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/destinatio...
Morning. It's Friday and I have more free fiction for you. This week: map-making, tall tales, and a hatred of facts. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/destinatio...
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Morning. It's Friday and I have more free fiction for you. This week: map-making, tall tales, and a hatred of facts. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/destinatio...
Morning! Today, I've got a post up with a few thoughts about that old chestnut: art vs craft. One I left out: it's a popular topic because it almost rhymes! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/gollum-mode
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Morning! Today, I've got a post up with a few thoughts about that old chestnut: art vs craft. One I left out: it's a popular topic because it almost rhymes! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/gollum-mode