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    If I Were a Wraith…

    by  • February 2, 2012 • GENERAL, SF • 0 Comments

    In the course of overhauling this site, I ran across an old character sheet I’d done up for what I’d be like if I were a character in the game Wraith: The Oblivion, which was my favorite RPG game back in the old days. Which sounds both dorky and gloomy, since most characters in...

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    Seen the Fungi CFS?

    by  • February 1, 2012 • ASIDES, SF • 0 Comments

    Has everyone seen this? They’re not paying tons, but I like the concept — an anthology of speculative fiction about fungi. As a SF-writing homebrewer, you just know I’ve written something up for that….

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    First Non-Contact?

    by  • July 28, 2011 • SF • 7 Comments

    I don’t know if this is the first case of attempted first contact, but it might well be: In 1913, David Todd made a flamboyant and well-publicized attempt to establish radio contact with Martians. “Assuming that there is life on Mars,” he told the New York Times, echoing the views of his old friend...

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