Survivors
OK, I *promise* the next thing I write will be short and sweet.
So I wrote another frickin' novella. For those of you wondering, "why isn't Ice Bear posting anything when he's stuck in quaran...
2020-04-04 18:11:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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The Gamemaster's Screen now available on Amazon & Smashwords!
So hey, I wrote another book. :D It's up now on Amazon, and for those of you who've espoused a dislike of funneling mone...
2020-03-19 14:29:36 +0000 UTC View Post$20+ reward, The Gamemaster's Screen
At long last, here we have The Gamemaster's Screen, the first book in the Character Creation series. For those of you who were reading the chapters as it went along, there has been some significant...
2020-03-17 20:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostEducational Programming
Every now and then I go through old my old stories to refresh myself on what all I've produced, what I liked, what worked, etc. One commission from a couple years back that I rediscovered recently ...
2020-03-15 18:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostRachel's Love Potion 2: Part 5
Here we go, folks! The fifth and final portion of Rachel's Love Potion 2: Rachel's Love Potion's Love Potion.
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Work in progress: Gamemaster's Screen cover art
As you know, I usually don't splurge on customized cover art, to results ranging from "eh, that's not bad" to "wtf were you even thinking letting people see that". But I thought for this, what the ...
2020-02-15 23:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post"The Position"
Hey everybody! Here's a little story called The Position. It's set back in the 50's, and features a high school principal and his attempt to teach a very unruly young woman. It's exclusively for $5...
2020-02-13 23:26:13 +0000 UTC View Post"Losers" up on Amazon
For a lot of you, this isn't much of an announcement, so if you already downloaded and read Losers, there's not much new to this other than the cover image. (Though I have added the version with co...
2020-02-05 14:06:37 +0000 UTC View PostLosers
Holy freaking crap, folks. Like I said in my last post, I got an idea, and I was grateful to have the permission of the January commission winner to go crazy with it. When I thought "go crazy with ...
2020-01-28 05:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostTolerance, and the Tolerant
Shame on me. Folks, I took Tolerance and The Tolerant down a long time ago from the EMCSA, and at the time, I told myself I'd fix all the many many problems I have with it, then put it up for sale....
2020-01-17 21:15:20 +0000 UTC View PostRachel's Love Potion 2: Part 4
Whew! I hope everybody had delightful holidays. I for sure did. Of course, it's January 9th, so I'm kinda behind the curve of those sorts of well-wishes, but oh well. I had family over for a week a...
2020-01-09 23:59:57 +0000 UTC View PostIndentured Bimbotude
Howdy hey! It's December's commission drawing winner, this month with Indentured Bimbotude. It's a concept I'd thought about before, volunteering oneself as a sexual indentured servant in exchange ...
2019-12-18 06:02:11 +0000 UTC View PostRachel's Love Potion, Part 3
Wanted more? Here's more! Keeping it short and sweet this time, like Rachel herself.
2019-12-06 09:37:35 +0000 UTC View PostCommission: JBB Presents
Just go read it. Then the rambling below will make more sense. I recommend the pdf format, because the font shifts will show up more readily, which help with the flow.
***SPOILERS BELOW*** 2019-11-22 17:43:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Rachel's Love Potion's Love Potion, Part 2
So here it is, the second part, in which we learn a bit about how Rachel's amateur warlockery affected her friend. It's probably not quite as much fun at the previous part, but is a necessary bridg...
2019-11-08 07:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostRachel's Love Potion 2, Part 1
UPDATE: The original Rachel's Love Potion story is available here. Sorry I didn't include that originally!
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Commission: Scratch Where It Glitches
And here we have this month's commission drawing winner, who wanted a little story about a bionic implant run amok. I don't know if it was at all inspired by the weaker implants I've employed as a ...
2019-10-16 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLiving the Dream, Part 2
So here's the second part of Living the Dream. Now, I realized the other day as I was halfway through this installment that Alan Smithee was writing a *very* similar story over at the EMCSA. I got ...
2019-10-04 07:25:26 +0000 UTC View PostLiving the Dream, Part 1 & ANNOUNCEMENT
Howdy everybody! I'll start with announcement stuff, then set up the new story. The $50 tier benefit has for some time been, in addition to all the stuff from other tiers, getting access to story c...
2019-09-21 03:45:17 +0000 UTC View PostWasted TIOS opportunities (random amusement)
Man. Between Jordan, Conner and Amanda, I can't believe not a single one of those thought to use TIOS to grant a dog full student status with a gimmick like this.
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2019-09-11 02:36:49 +0000 UTC View PostIntroducing: The Roles We Play
Here it is, your first look at the next Big Thing coming your way from Ice Bear, Inc.! It's very tentatively entitled "The Roles We Play" (hereafter RWP unless I someday confirm this as the final t...
2019-09-07 18:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostCommission: The 10-54 on Hemlock Street
OK, so here's something new, and it's really something kind of New. Finally someone has sought a commission that wasn't more alternaTIOS, and not only is it something original, but it's maybe a fir...
2019-08-23 19:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostCommission: Extra Credit (a TIOS story)
First off, another quick plug for all the interesting discussing happening on my community page. Some posts are up ...
2019-08-13 18:03:18 +0000 UTC View PostComing Soon
I've been rewatching/finishing Orange Is The New Black the past few weeks with my mom as she recovers from back surgery, and it made me feel like I was lagging on my current projects. There's somet...
2019-08-12 03:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostEarly release: "I Am So Bored"
Howdy everyone! A new story for you today that I'll be posting elsewhere later, but you wonderful people are first to the show. The title stems not at all from my own sentiments, but rather those o...
2019-07-29 17:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostTolerance, and the Tolerant
So of all the stuff I've written, this series is by far the one I've gotten the most feedback on. (For the millionth time, sorry about Emily!) I took it off the web a long time back, planning on re...
2019-07-17 21:31:27 +0000 UTC View PostFaculty Meeting
Howdy, folks! Another TIOS-inspired tale for y'all, continuing the work begun with Sub Notes and Lesson Plans. I won't say much to foreshadow, but hopefully it scratches that "man, but here's what ...
2019-07-17 21:22:40 +0000 UTC View Post$20 downloads
To ease the convenience of accessing your rewards, I've gone ahead and attached a copy of every story available to $20 patrons in one post. Stories are included as of 4/20 as both pdf and epub. Goi...
2019-07-12 15:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostTIOS Recap
Howdy, everybody! Thanks so much for all of your feedback since this past weekend's publication of This Was Our Time, the TIOS version of End Game. (Lower cultural impact, sure, but consider the bu...
2019-07-11 14:35:19 +0000 UTC View PostThis Was Our Time now live on Amazon!
And here it is, everybody! I hope you enjoy it, as well as the rest of your weekend!
2019-07-07 16:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post