March 2024 short story poll
Added 2024-03-13 16:49:04 +0000 UTCHere we go again! Y'all know the drill.
- Old Comic Stuff (Non-Aetheriad): Includes the Basilisk Street script and the pitch (including art!) for Shattered Earth, an ecoterrorism comic. Basilisk Street was a graphic novel I wrote around 2011-2012. Pretty standard "secret government agency" story in the first few issues, specifically an agency dedicated to monitoring, controlling, and shutting down exotic weaponry- linguistic weaponry, death symphonies, grey goo, that sort of thing. After the first few issues, though, it gets weird fast. Whenever readers vote for this one, it will start a run of all five issues over the next five months- but that won't interfere with regular short stories. So the first Basilisk Street month, you just get Basilisk Street 1, but the next five months, you'll get Basilisk Street issues and Shattered Earth alongside the regular monthly short story. Bonus value! (You'll probably notice some early versions of ideas that later found their way into Mage Errant- it's why I avoided publishing Basilisk Street until I finished Mage Errant.)
- Alarm Clock: (Non-Aetheriad) Weird little second person horror story that sprung into my head almost fully formed while struggling with a (thankfully rare) bout of insomnia.
- Urban Planning Case Study: The Haeverian Fountain Incident: (Anastis) Urban planning and infrastructure maintenance can be a dangerous business on Anastis. In the Free Cities of Gelid? Even more than usual.
