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The Mystery of Roanoke
The colony of Roanoke disappeared after finding and fiddling with a reality gate. The gate transported the people to another reality (CROATOAN, left by one of the “survivors,” is the coordinates of the world—unfortunately, they failed to write it correctly, so we don’t know if it’s CRO-AT-OAN, CR-OATO-AN, or one of a billion other combinations).… — read more
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A Brief History of Atlantis
It wasn’t completely the fault of the citizens of Atlantis that their flying city sunk. Monster hunters one day arrived and began sowing dissension among the people. Riots led to the destruction of the techno-magic engine that allowed the city to fly. The city crashed then sank into the sea. The phantasmic energy leak from… — read more
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A Brief History of the Sky Cities
The sky cities, such as Atlantis, El Dorado, Shangri-La, and many others, were floating cities powered by techno-magic engines powered by phantasmic energy. The phantasmic energy was fueled by the people’s community spirit. As long as the people were kind & supportive to each other, the city would continue to fly & prosper. — read more
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The Slime (A Halloween Poem)
It just wouldn’t be Halloween without a “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe inspired/parodied poem. Once upon a midday bleak and boring, While I exercised, only thoughts in that hour, There came a knocking at my spaceship door. “How is that possible?” I wondered. “Was an asteroid and nothing more.” Oh, asteroid, I cursed my… — read more
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Meet the Cast: La-Zar
Little is known about La-Zar because they don’t speak and don’t remove their uniform/costume. Being a masked alien, we don’t know if they are male, female, or something else, and they seem uninterested in telling. We do know that La-Zar was trained by the ninja monks of Planet Bob. The monks took a vow of… — read more
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Meet the Cast: Brood
Brood is a reformed/repentant vampire. Being a reformed vampire means he can go out in the daytime and cast a reflection. He still has problems with garlic and stakes. He is also weak to dark-light and unholy water. Though he looks to be 17 years old, he is much older. No one knows for sure,… — read more
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Meet the Cast: Glop
Glop was discovered by gator researchers in the Florida swamps and named Randy. The researchers went on to raise the abandoned/orphaned swamp monster as their own. They provided him with basic skills, language, and a pair of red swim trunks that he still wears today. Not the same pair, obviously; they bought him multiple pairs… — read more
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Witchy Hut
Beatrice finally found a parking spot at the BLT supermarket. She sighed in relief. A moment later, a man parked his monster truck right next to her door. It was so close she had to crawl across to the passenger side to escape. “You’re not supposed to park there,” she said to the driver. He… — read more
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Halloween Tip: Beware the Asset Hunters
Though the abduction, mind-wipe, and will-manipulation of people, places, and things has largely been outlawed throughout the Omniverse, there are still those, Asset Hunters, who capture and sell beings on the Black Market. These “assets” are then used in video games as characters, props, or settings. With the decrease in asset hunting, a vacuum was… — read more
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An Unhappy Ending
An unhappy ending doesn’t mean a sad ending. It means an ending that wasn’t supposed to happen; an ending where justice, compassion, or mercy aren’t served. If a protagonist is an unrepentant slimeball and they get away with continuing to be a slimeball, the story has an unhappy ending. However, if the slimeball realizes they… — read more
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