Wizardness

Fantasy and Speculative Short Stories

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  • Book Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    I decided to pick up Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky because I’ve been on something of a kick reading his books. I first read the Children of Time series. Then I moved onto the Final Architecture. I stumbled upon his Philosophy and Tyrants series. In total I have loved every single one of his books.…

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  • Book Review: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

    This book, The Message, is something of a personal journey for Coates. Like Between the World and Me is written as a letter. This time to a writing class rather than his son. However, it does make the reader feel more intimately connected to what Coates is discussing than if he hadn’t used that style.…

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  • We Never Learn

    Entry 1, 5 years after Dinosaurs,I’m not really sure what else to call this entry. I don’t really think “year of our lord”, AD, or Common Era makes sense any longer. PD? Post Dinosaurs, post fuck up? I’m not sure. New Dino Era? NDE, sure, fine. I think that will work.Maybe the same months and…

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  • The Long Cold Night

    My fingers were cold on the keyboard. The air was only getting cooler with the coming of night. It was going to only get colder. Morning was nearly twenty four hours off. I had a long night ahead of me.The arctic research station was nearly empty. Staff members were switching out, so we just had…

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  • A Study of Grief

    “FUCK!” He cried. “FUUUUUCK! What do you want from me?” He collapsed to his knees. He let out a heart wrenching sob. Snot dripped from his nose. “What do you want? Please, just tell me.”The other man stared at him impassively. His face rocky and hard. He swallowed. He looked as if he was about…

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