Seems to me that’s not quite right. My best friend lives with his wife halfway around the world. I’m not responsible for feeding him or providing for his welfare. I don’t cradle his head when […]
Month: August 2019
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” —A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
Goodbye, Grover Bear.
(Fiction) Attack of the Venom Wasps
“Fuck, Vernal, you smell like dish soap.” Vernal turned to the big man next to him. Then he looked at the well-endowed brunette. Then he turned back to his drink. “And you smell like a […]
(Art) The Cinematic Escapes of JaeCheol Park
JaeCheol Park, AKA Paperblue, is a South Korean digital painter and concept artist with a genuine talent for environments. His detailed works, which rarely feature people except at a distance, easily transport the viewer into […]
(Update) Women With Swords III
I don’t have a problem with scantily-clad shield maidens. Conan runs around in a loincloth, baring his bulging muscles. Hardly sensible armor. The problem is — or has been — the lack of any alternative […]
(Fiction) The Phantom Shore
When he finished gathering the bones, he settled back onto the stool, which suggested we were not yet ready to leave. “Now what?” I asked. “We wait,” he said flatly. I hadn’t expected that. It […]
Toshi Yoshida
(Art) The Sc-fi Illustration of Atomcyber
The climactic finale of THE MINUS FACTION features, among other things, a miniature nuclear explosion, a superhuman battle royale, a kaiju brawl, a tidal wave, and an army of zombie-cyborgs (wherein two members of the […]
(Fiction) The Empire is Full of Dicks
[Grand Moff Tarkin, Darth Vader, and an unnamed Admiral wait outside the Death Star meeting room.] You tell him. wheez I’m not going to tell him. Don’t look at me. If I tell him, it’s […]
art by jason kowalski
