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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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Paradox Prisoners
Since you can’t destroy or create matter or energy, what happens during a paradox or new timeline event? The energy “created” by the event and the affected people have to go somewhere. In less extreme cases, such as new memories, the affected people have their memories altered to fit the new timeline. In more extreme… — read more
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Monsters Defined
“Monster” is given to anyone or anything that is non-canon/fan-made. Monster hunters see them as anomalies since they believe they “have no soul” and seek to destroy them. — read more
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What Causes a Paradox?
What causes a paradox? One is a new timeline. The other is caused by fan-made events. Fan-made events both exist and don’t exist. The fan gives life to the event, but the event isn’t official/canon. The event becomes a paradox or anomaly. Monster hunters then seek to destroy it. — read more
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Intrigue and Multiverse Adventure | Alternate: A Jimmy Ray Journey Review
I was provided a free review copy of Alternate: A Jimmy Ray Journey by the author. There may be spoilers ahead! Jimmy Ray, a seemingly ordinary man with an ordinary life, finds himself on an extraordinary adventure in Alternate: A Jimmy Ray Journey by Christopher James Buxton (narrated by Mark Delgado). The story about an average man who… — read more
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Bonus Level | Power Play Book Sample
The following is a sample from a current work in process called Power Play. This segment comes from the chapter “Bonus Level.” This is a work in process and the final result might be different. Happy Fourth of July! “NOOO!!” shouted Mason. The machine spewed sparks and flames better than a Fourth of July beach… — read more