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  • Just finished the First Law series by Joe Abercrombie and it’s an instant classic.

    I had no expectations. No personal recommendations (actually, this is debatable. A dear friend of mine may have also recommended this without knowing that I had already spotted it while researching my next read–we may never know!–but that is beside the point). Almost at pure chance, I picked up “The Blade Itself”. Right out of…

  • Christmas Beef Wellington, a Culinary Tale

    So, I made a Christmas Beef Wellington (I’m something of a hobby chef). To see a moderately entertaining graphic comic of the preparation and results, click through! 

  • 300 Seconds – The Birth of a New Chapter

    I needed both hands on the wheel, even though I wanted to hold her hand. Her cries of pain and ritual concentration were too close together for comfort, especially when I know that we’re 19 minutes away from the birthing center–at best. “Don’t worry, hun,” I say to my wife, with a squeeze to her…

  • Reading: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara (I know, I know …)

    Fugit here. Did I miss the entire month of April? Perhaps I was too busy enjoying the spring growth, the Florida sky, or the spellbinding beginning to Season (3) of Game of Thrones on HBO. Either way, it’s gone, and here I am, faced squarely with the beginning of May. So I just finished the…

  • Submission Update: Vanishing from Delta Finituum

    Fugit walked back to his truck with the spring air crisp on his cheeks, an odd sensation for Spring in Florida. The fate of “Vanishing from Delta Finituum” is out of his control, at least for now. It’s been prepared, packaged, and shipped. He balked when first learning that the submission process for this particular…

  • Reading: A cool short, called “Soft” by Cat Rambo

    Hey, guys. Fugit here with a quick shout out. I just finished reading a short and sweet little piece sent to me by Daily Science Fiction, called “Soft.” “Soft” cautions us on the potential ramifications of animal testing and what that could mean for us, as a race, if one day we find ourselves a…

  • Discovering a lost world — High (ish) Resolution Maps

    A discovery was made this morning, a discovery borne from a memory. A discovery made possible by, believe it or not, Cheetos and OP-Tank-Paladins (thanks, Jonny. Fugit says, “Sorry for the ridiculous nerd-reference.”). Fugit has been working on his Fantasy / Sci-Fi world setting for many years (and he is still debating on what to…

  • Piece Update: Pura’s Intention

    UPDATE: Fugit has completed the second version of a piece called “Pura’s Intention.” This version is about twice as long, but still under the 1,000 word maximum he set for himself. After mulling over the original for some time, and considering different publications, he came to the conclusion that he had started the story in…

  • Reading: Just finished Copper and Steel

    What is Fugit reading? Perhaps you’d like to read the same thing? Of course you would! This is the first post in a new content category. Cool, right? Fugit just finished a nice short piece from Lynette Mejia, titled, Copper and Steel. Sometimes he’s able to read the pieces sent to him from Daily Science…

  • The Addendum — Race Profile: Kecce

    The Kecce are another race of people in Fugit’s unique world setting. The previous Race Profile was for the Vell. And while the Vell are somewhat similar to humans in their appearance and basic characteristics, the Kecce are much different, more bestial, more terrifying.

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