The lowly pitrats have been sent down to the the cursed and dangerous lands bellow the city to assist the military in collecting the body of the dead oligarch, the city's former ruler. The pitrats have experience and special talents for dealing with the fatal perils bellow the city ...

I've always loved Autumn - and we're in it now, in my part of the world. To be honest, it's just beginning to come in, so I'm anticipating the leaves turning into those beautiful oranges and yellows (and all the variations therin), before they begin piling up ...

One door closes and another one opens… if you're lucky. Lin Peckett Soooooo wants to become a fashion designer, she has the talent, the taste, and the skill, but it looks like she might not succeed. Unless she gets some help from a nice stranger. This is a short ...

Having a love of music, forming a band, struggling together, maybe rising to fame and fortune, then falling from those heights, and then figuring out what to do next…it's a version of the Hero's Journey that can be found in real life.

There've been plenty of ...

Poor young Sam is having a very rough time at his new school! He just doesn't fit in, no matter how hard he tries. He's a target for bullying and he's definitely not enjoying himself. That is until he makes an unlikely new friend and finally things ...

The sheer power of a good team is so defining that it's a trope. Some of the most iconic characters and beloved personalities have emerged from stories featuring teams of main characters.

Each of them are vital to the story, each of them contribute both in terms of the ...

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We're having a chat about characters that differ from the source material and turn out crap because of it. Characters where the people adapting them didn't care, understand, or even take time to read the ...

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Drawing fight scenes is damn hard! One of the best ways to deal with this is to use references, but that's hard too because it's a pain to find the ones you need! So today ...

The idea of “sin” is a prevalent one in horror stories. In terrifying tales, the monstrous against the human also explores good vs. evil.

There is often a “sin” perpetrated by horror Protagonists. The classic Psycho begins with Marion Crane stealing money from her job. Her intentions are understandable, maybe ...

Bryan, fresh out of college in Tara, is moving toward a path to become a full-fledged bard. The entire process to become a poet, minstrel, or chronicler takes a lengthy twelve years to complete. Bard lute in hand, Bryan journeys to a tiny shanty town in the North called Oi ...