“I do apologise, I’m quite sure I misheard you.” “You did not mishear me, sir.” “Then perhaps you misspoke,” Councilor Proom frowned. “The city cannot be landed. Such a thing is not possible. Were it possible, it would not be safe. Even were it to be possible and safe, I can conceive of no reason […]
She was a librarian. Which is to say, she worked in a library. Which is to say, she worked in the library. She wasn’t the type of librarian with her hair up in a tight bun, wearing horn-rimmed glasses and dispensing stern glances and shushes. Which is to say, she was only like that very […]
Apologies to any IE users who visited the site before today. I had completely forgotten to test the compatibility of the site with your browser, and nobody had told me how horrible it looked. I’m going to pretend that it was due to a combination of being distracted by my PhD and wishfully thinking that […]
Shuffles Barnaby had a gift. Some people saw it like that, anyway. Shuffles Barnaby could pull quarters out of noses. It looked like the most dated kind of sleight-of-hand, but it wasn’t a trick. It wasn’t something he liked to spread around, but when people found out, as they inevitably did, they were envious. He […]
“You know what I am here for,” said Aiko. The dragon blinked. “I do not suppose you would understand the why,” Aiko continued. “In truth it does not matter, for it does not make this any less a betrayal. Still, I made a pledge long ago to wait here for someone and without your heart […]
The wind was howling down off the mountain, throwing up eddies on the surface of the lake and scattering the moon’s reflection. It pressed against the large glass door of the cabin, seeking but not finding a way in. The cold could not be kept so easily at bay. I felt it at my back […]
In the eleven years that she had been in charge of the city’s engines, Miss Rebbecca Pannicot had not once set foot in the council chambers. She could hardly be faulted on it, of course, for neither had a councilor set foot in the engine room. Once they had determined that she was the only […]
He was a scientist, She was a journalist, He got turned into a mug. He could no longer take courses, So they both joined forces, And went out to catch them some thugs. It’s Jenny and Mug! So if the movie goes well, there’s talk of talk of syndicating it to a television series. They […]
He was a brilliant research scientist. She was a plucky journalism student. One night an experiment went wrong from too much science, and he was turned into a novelty mug. For some inadequately explained reason, she was the only one who could still understand him. They did the only thing they could: teamed up to […]
This morning I threw together a quick site that, in mashing up well known sayings, really succeeds in mashing up my geekery with my love of non-sequitur. Thanks go to Tony for the inspiration. Sorry the html itself is a bit of a quick hack, once I got it not-ugly I figured it did well […]