I’m pretty busy this week so I thought I’d just try out this idea I have for a new series of articles that I’ve chosen to name Poetry Time, where I will be sharing a poem I’ve written and see if it is to anyone's ...

Poetry Time 1: The Outer Silence
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 26, 2022When the Hero Is the Villain
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 4, 2022
A mustache-twirling villain is awesome fun! Someone who basks in their villainy and enjoys every bit of popping the toddler's balloon and kicking the occasional puppy while hatching evil plans.
These villains are the flamboyant main antagonist that makes the story interesting and fun, because we love to see ...
MindTricks 1 - Memory
Banes at 12:00AM, May 26, 2022
I don't wanna be remembered; I wanna be forgotten
MEMORY and MEMORY LOSS in FICTION
Playing with memory and memory loss is a handy device for fiction writers, from soap opera-type melodrama to exciting-but-thought-provoking stories like The Matrix, and in all kinds of stories betwixt and beyond.
Like any ...
Fantastic Bestiary 5: Witches
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 24, 2022
As Easter has come by to melt away the final vestiges of a long, cold winter (at least up in these parts where I live) it feels like a good time to bring up the mythology of witches. Witches have a central role in the Easter that we celebrate here ...
The Problem With Magic Worlds
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 23, 2022
Our world seems drab, grey, mundane. But some escape it through a magic portal that transports them into a colorful, beautiful, adventurous magic world.
A world that is secret, known only to the select few as everyone else lives on unaware in the real world. And yet, the secret magic ...
A Matter of Perspective
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 16, 2022
Consider this typical fantasy story:
There was once a young handsome man who was good with the sword, excellent with everyone in the village he lived with, and loved and cherished by all. However, he was unhappy because the one girl he fell in love with did not love him ...
QUACKCAST 574 - Odd-ball, norm-ball, every ball!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 15, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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I consider Drunk Duck (or the Duck Webcomics) to be the Heavy Metal of webcomic hosting sites, because like that excellent anthology comic publication we celebrate the ...
Vintage Shirt Prints: Save the Manatee
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 14, 2022
The first time I learned about the gentle sea cows of Florida’ everglades was through a Sierra computer game called EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus. Sierra was actively doing its part to help better the world through creating a series of games that brought to light the dangerous effects of ...
Writing in an existing Fictional Universe
Banes at 12:00AM, March 3, 2022
I asked Genejoke if he would answer a few questions about his comic Albion, which
takes place in the Universe Star Trek.
You can read Albion here:
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Albion/
And you can read the interview right here!
So, why did you choose to do a comic set ...
QUACKCAST 571 - Myths of fiction
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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There are so many really silly cliché myths from fiction that we all just tend to accept. They're objectively stupid but they get repeated so often ...