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Dead Week (Remastered)

Tory — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:00:19 +0000

Back and now mobile-friendly for your Halloween enjoyment! Evil is at the door. DEAD WEEK (Remastered): the week before final exams, college roommates face a horror they may not survive. “Dead Week” is an interactive horror webtoon with audio, playable in English or Korean. Headphones and a modern browser on a desktop computer are recommended… Continue reading Dead Week (Remastered)

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Submit to sub-Q Magazine

Tory — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:00:36 +0000

Hey! So I founded sub-Q, a magazine for interactive fiction. It pays pro rates. It needs submissions. It needs them REAL BAD. Have you dabbled in Twine? Played with Inform? Messed around with hypertext fiction or CYOA? Then sub-Q needs you. What is sub-Q? This 90-second video demonstrates how we work: Our Mission We seek… Continue reading Submit to sub-Q Magazine

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A Barbarian at the Gate: Five Ways to Protect Twine’s Village from the Coming Invasion

Tory — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:00:31 +0000

This article originally appeared at Storycade on October 7, 2014 I’m not the most curious pup in the litter. When Michael Lutz’s “My Father’s Long, Long Legs” hit MetaFilter last November and scorched my brain stem, I assumed it was the thousand-hour effort of a lone HTML5 gunman. I even glanced at the source, thought,… Continue reading A Barbarian at the Gate: Five Ways to Protect Twine’s Village from the Coming Invasion

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Ziva’s Conjury Mart

Tory — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:00:29 +0000

Twine is a platform for making interactive fiction–stories integrated with choice, picture, and sound. It’s pretty great. I’ll explain more later, but first I made you a present: PLAY Ziva’s Conjury Mart (Tested on OSX in Chrome and Safari, and on Windows in Chrome and IE. However audio doesn’t appear to load in iOS. Sorry.… Continue reading Ziva’s Conjury Mart

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“Muscle Memory” available at Seizure Online, “Bleef” appears on June cover of Apex

Tory — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:00:02 +0000

“Muscle Memory” is available to read at Seizure Online. In it, a hard-working man’s body walks out on him, one piece at a time. David Henley provided the illustration, which is most excellent. Working with editor Portia Lindsay was a treat and an education. Many thanks to Seizure for inviting me aboard. Also my color… Continue reading “Muscle Memory” available at Seizure Online, “Bleef” appears on June cover of Apex

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“The Body in the Narrows” and “Alpha” accepted

Tory — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:00:40 +0000

“The Body in the Narrows” has been accepted by Three-lobed Burning Eye. In it, an abused child finds courage when she falls in love with a corpse. Also in the past week, Dragon’s Roost Press Anthology to Benefit Canine Rescue accepted “Alpha”: when aliens invade his neighborhood, a family dog must bridge the communication gap.… Continue reading “The Body in the Narrows” and “Alpha” accepted

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“Demeter Gyro Disaster” is out in Isotropic Fiction 10

Tory — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:30:41 +0000

Isotropic Fiction 10 is out, featuring my sci-fi short story “The Demeter Gyro Disaster”: The gyro caught fire. Not the whole station, strictly speaking, but the compartments with air and climate control and other things Dennis was partial to. At the kitchenette’s canopy window, he watched it burn. Smoke puffed out of the opposite inner… Continue reading “Demeter Gyro Disaster” is out in Isotropic Fiction 10

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“Lysistrata of Mars” accepted by Strange Horizons

Tory — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:00:57 +0000

“Lysistrata of Mars” will appear in a winter issue of Strange Horizons. I am pretty freaked out by this. This story would not have gone anywhere without the guidance of an Extremely Handsome Man and critiques from the Scribophile community, which continues to help me overcome bad habits and excessive word counts. If you are… Continue reading “Lysistrata of Mars” accepted by Strange Horizons

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Shaka Bars in Luna Station Quarterly #14

Tory — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:00:49 +0000

Jennifer Parson’s Luna Station Quarterly features speculative fiction from female writers. In Issue 14, my sci-fi short “Shaka Bars” joins LSQ: a shy fat woman discovers the food bar that can solve all her problems for a price. Read Shaka Bars. I hope that you will dig it.

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The Baby Mimic in Crowded Magazine #2

Tory — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:00:28 +0000

Australia-based, crowd-sourced digital and print-on-demand Crowded Magazine released its second issue of speculative fiction on Saturday. The issue includes my contemporary sci-fi story “The Baby Mimic”: a couple struggling to adopt are approached for a high-tech experiment. Be advised reading Crowded Magazine may cause feelings of euphoria, inspiration and desire to participate. I hope that… Continue reading The Baby Mimic in Crowded Magazine #2

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