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New TC story: “White Hat”

Happy Saturday! I have a new Transhuman Congress story, "White Hat" posted, in which a hopefully-suspiciously-familiar character is introduced. It directly follows "Spiral's End" in Lina's arc. "Who are you, Jayden?" we asked. He giggled, then stopped suddenly and said in a hoarse whisper, "I'm not who I should be. ...

New TC story: Spiral’s End

Finally! A new story! Even my wrist won't hold me down. Less than a week left in the cast! Before I give the link to the story, though, here's a big, tacky warning: this story is explicit. It's dark and includes drugs and sex. Okay, that's done. "Spiral's End" ...

New Transhuman Congress story: “Cultivating Progress”

I finished up the Transhuman Congress arc of Ted with the story "Cultivating Progress": "I guess it's my turn now," drawled Baud Scoli of the mid-Atlantic region. I paid more attention. A stocky, bare-headed woman of middle years, Scoli was notoriously blunt but generally fair, in my opinion. "I ...

“Ensuring Safety” posted

It's been a couple of weeks since I posted a story. No good excuse other than "what in the hell happened to my life?". "Ensuring Safety" follows the Transhuman Congress story "Expanding Borders". It's probably a good idea to (re)read the first part before jumping into the ...

“Expanding Borders” posted

Got a new Transhuman Congress story posted, this one finally introducing -- sort of -- the leader of the majority party, Chelsea Sears. "Expanding Borders": The doctors told me that I was stuck in my own head. I wasn't. I was in the nets all the time, doing ten things at ...

Search-building: custom or Google

Until earlier this week, I had a lousy site search in place. It was one of Google's Custom Search Engines, barely configured and only on its own page, due to it's hefty (and blocking!) JavaScript. I'd long since disabled Wordpress's search since my stories aren't being run in ...

Weekend linkage

Just a few, since I'm so far behind on my reading (down to 425 unread items!) and I just posted a set on Friday. Enjoy. How to Help Your Kids Build $25,000 Stock Portfolios - This is a tempting idea even with regards to something like weddings. "Help us ...

Chapter 10 of Witches posted!

Chapter 10, "Opening Salvo" is posted: "What brings you to my world, little bug?" the colorful woman asked Hardi and Robert. Her glance flitted between both of them before settling on Hardi. "Well?" she cooed, head tilting. Her accent was much lighter than Lucia's. Hardi straightened in her seat. "We're looking for ...