Fiction and Fantasy

Tag: Speculative Fiction

  • Why I Love Mob Psycho 100 – And You Might, Too

    Mob Psycho 100, Bones 2016 “They came out at your request. These are my emotions.”1 He has powers beyond his control, powers no one else can understand. He’s one of the world’s few espers, able to bend reality using his psychic abilities. But he doesn’t care about that. All he wants is to earn the…

  • Brotherhood: The Mountain Ascent, Part 2 of 2 (TVB Universe)

    Here’s the conclusion of Brotherhood: The Mountain Ascent, a story set in The Victor’s Blade universe! If you missed part 1, click here. — [Frum Wimbleton and Pepin are on a dangerous trek through the mountains to reach the lands beyond. The boys may be traveling companions, but they have very little in common: Frum…

  • Brotherhood: The Mountain Ascent, Part 1 of 2 (TVB Universe)

    I originally wrote this two-part short story for my college Creative Writing class taught by author Janet Riehecky, chronicling one of the many misadventures of Frum Wimbleton, Cartographer of Amboron. This is a slightly tweaked version, edited for clarity. Like The Exodus, this is another tale in the TVB Universe, though many years before Jaranin‘s…

  • Fixing Titan A.E.

    We’re going back to Titan A.E. This may seem like a blast from the past to those who remember the review I wrote on this film back in June of 2017. To those of you who are new or need a refresher, Titan A.E. is an early 2000’s space opera in which the alien Drej…

  • Type Casting: Mikasa Akerman

    Some characters are so well-written that they seem life-like. But how would these “realistic” characters stand up to real-life personality typing? Welcome back to Type Casting. Type Casting: Personality Typing Your Favorite Characters The remainder of this post will contain some spoilers for Attack on Titan Season 1 You have been warned. Attack on Titan,…

  • Excerpt – Fallout Roleplay: “Landing Zone”

    Fallout is a series of games produced by Bethesda Softworks that presents a world that basically explains what would happen if a nuclear apocalypse occurred in 1950’s America. It’s grim, it’s gritty, it’s quirky, it’s colorful. Much like this third roleplay I had the pleasure of playing with my friend Chris. Without further ado, here’s…

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