Poem: "An Interest in the Affairs of Your Government"
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Poem: "Always Surprised by Consequences"
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Poem: "No Such Thing as Finished"
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"In the Heart of the Hidden Garden" is now complete!
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Poem: "The Pleasure of Escaping the Responsibility"
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New Crowdfunding Project: Land of Eem
Dungeoneer Adventures Beginners RPG—an easy, fun, family game—plus The Underlands Sandbox, a brand new setting for Land of Eem.
$150,187 pledged of $75,000 goal
1,234 backers
19 days to go
Land of Eem: Dungeoneer Adventures is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-play, and easy-to-run tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) box set for kids. Players take on the roles of students attending Dungeoneer Academy, a school where kids train to become full-fledged adventurers and explorers in the fantastical Land of Eem.
Bingo
G1 (support) -- "Fatherhood Is Support" (standalone)
G2 (aroace) -- "Preparing Every Nook and Cranny" (Polychrome Heroics: Finn Family and Mallory)
G3 (found family) -- "Born and Found and Made" (standalone)
G4 ("I'd rather eat cake") -- "The Bond with a Dog" (Polychrome Heroics)
G5 (belonging) -- "Worthy of Love and Belonging" (Polychrome Heroics: Kraken)
B3 (activism) -- "The Result of Your Own Bad Behavior" (Monster House)
B5 (unlabeled) -- "Emodox" (A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows)
I3 (rainbow) -- "Along These Sympathetic Fibers" (Peculiar Obligations)
I5 (community) -- "When Warmth and Gentleness Are Needed" (Clay of Life)
N1 (growth) -- "Tomato Seedlings in Tin Cans" (Daughters of the Apocalypse)
N5 (comfort) -- "All It Takes to Be Invulnerable" (Polychrome Heroics: Marionettes)
O5 (validation) -- "Choose to Be Gentle" (Arts and Crafts America)
Feathering the Nest
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New verses in "In the Heart of the Hidden Garden"
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Worldbuilding
Sketching out a map for a setting can be a lot of fun. Drawing a map gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world, a way to spatially organize plot arcs, and can be a great piece of artwork in its own right. But like most works of fiction, the creator should remember to keep it as believable as possible. This might be less important or less possible for unrecognizably alien worlds. Maps of Earth-like settings, however, can benefit from following some basic rules. Forests, tundras, deserts and plains don’t appear arbitrarily. These biomes are located where they are on Earth due to the way air and water circulate in the atmosphere – and any Earth-like world should follow the same basic rules for its atmosphere that Earth does.
But who wants to spend time researching atmospheric science just to know which parts of their map to color green, brown, or beige? Well, I do, so let me save you some trouble by relaying what I’ve learned.
Poetry Fishbowl Themes for Late 2025
For this poll, you can vote for as many themes as you find appealing. I recommend that you don't vote for all of them, since that makes it harder to whittle down the list. The themes are arranged in alphabetical order.
Here are your options ...
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19
Which of these themes do you want featured in future fishbowls?
Angels and Demons
5 (26.3%)
Apocalyptic Visions
3 (15.8%)
Books and Learning
11 (57.9%)
Building Mental Linkages
2 (10.5%)
Changing Personality One Habit at a Time
8 (42.1%)
Communication Styles
10 (52.6%)
Dealing with Frustration
7 (36.8%)
Emotional Regulation
9 (47.4%)
Empathy and Understanding
3 (15.8%)
Empowering Language
6 (31.6%)
Ergonomics
1 (5.3%)
Exercise and Stretching
2 (10.5%)
Faeries and Fey
9 (47.4%)
False Economy
4 (21.1%)
Fixing Loneliness or Overwhelm
8 (42.1%)
Fixit
6 (31.6%)
Goddesses and Divas
7 (36.8%)
Immigrants and Refugees
8 (42.1%)
"Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil."
8 (42.1%)
Knowledge Webs
3 (15.8%)
Language as Power and Power as a Language
7 (36.8%)
Leadership in Unusual Situations
6 (31.6%)
Managing Change and Disruption
2 (10.5%)
Non-Book Learning and Knowledge
8 (42.1%)
Ordinary Characters in Epic Stories
8 (42.1%)
Overlooked Key Moments
2 (10.5%)
Patterns and Patterning
9 (47.4%)
Personhood
5 (26.3%)
Pirates, Rascals, and Rogues
3 (15.8%)
Putting Traumatic Memories in Context
4 (21.1%)
Recognition and Recollection
3 (15.8%)
Sentient and Self-Aware Machines
9 (47.4%)
Strength in Numbers or Alone
4 (21.1%)
Time Travel Twists
9 (47.4%)
Unexpected Leadership
8 (42.1%)
Unlikely or Unwieldy Weapons
6 (31.6%)
Weaponized Incompetence and Malicious Compliance
11 (57.9%)
Westerns
2 (10.5%)
Work, Leisure, and Hobbies
6 (31.6%)
Poetry Fishbowl Update
Magpie Monday
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For each person who sends at least one prompt, I’ll write a story, send it via private message or (for too long fills) an email, then write a brief thumbnail summary and post that in reply to the comment, and move on.
The prompt call will be open until around midnight local time on late Tuesday/early Wednesday, which gives everyone time to join in.
Summer of the 69
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Welcome to Summer of the 69, an event focused on creative works about the sexual position, open to all fandoms and to original works. Participation is through two means: A comment meme and weekly themes, running from June 9th through September 6th.
Poke a bigot in the eye, make some sexy stuff!
Call for Themes
* Angels and Demons
* Apocalyptic Visions
* Emotional Regulation
* Faeries and Fey
* Fixit
* Pirates, Rascals, and Rogues
* Time Travel
* Westerns
What other themes would you like to see me write about? What would you like to buy? Suggest them in a comment below this post.