KL Forslund

Back in mid-summer, an opportunity came up. Blaze Ward put out a call for new contributors to his zine Boundary Shock Quarterly. I answered, and since he'd published something from me a few years back, he trusted me to jump on board without much rigamarole. So, with a month and half left in the quarter, while my old dog Athena had health issues and passed, I managed to crank out a tale with hacking, and slashing and brilliantly lit ships because that' how they go faster. The

At the start of the year, it was obvious companies were enshittifying software with AI. So I wrote an article with ways to shut that off (See references section at the end for link). Now, at the end of the year, it’s time to take further steps. Here goes. Why Stay on Windows Depending on what you need to run, I assume you need to keep running Windows, and just want to shut off as much crap as you can. Maybe I’ll explore a linux conversion someday, but for now, I need a Window

After years of wizardly planning, everything’s coming together, but first, I needed to reach the toilet paper. I leaned over, careful not to tip over the five-gallon bucket I sat on to reach the roll that fell off the other, upside down one I’d set nearby. Once I’d gotten ahold of it, I checked for scorpions; just dirt and those sticker things. That’s when I heard the vehicle roll up, and car doors open. “Alex! Where are you?” Skit. Crappy timing. I rushed to finish up before

The further we go into the citadel, the less I recognize myself. After spending the night in the tower, we opted to rappel down a rope via the central shaft. A mere eighty feet into the darkness. I lost my grip, fell a ways and managed to catch the rope again. There was no time to catch my breath at the bottom, skeletons, twig blights, and a bug bear greeted us with violence. My contribution to the battle consisted of sending errant blasts of eldritch force that at best kept

This week, I ran across a bit of DMing advice to just tell the players the hallway has a trap. Which makes one wonder when searching for...

What a difference a day makes. We woke up in the kobold village and went to bed in the goblin village. Sometime during all that, a lot of...

You step into the Lost Hand Cantina looking for something. While mostly empty, a group of players sit around a table rolling chance...

Ever find combat to be a slog? Catch your players drifting off when it’s their turn?  Maybe you need faster combats! But seriously,...

Thennek, 2nd level human Warlock Forces unseen, like gravity, move us toward something. Is it the Eye? Maybe. Did it all start with my...

How much background or backstory do you really need to play your first D&D session with a new character? I bet it could be none for some...

Thennek, warlock of Ilian Observatory The Salt Marsh city council summoned us at the end of our week in town and demanded a name....

Thennek, warlock of Ilian Observatory The sound I heard while we rested in the undead alchemist’s lair may have been a portent. She...

Thennek, warlock of Ilian Observatory After the fighting ended, the pain from the acid hit me. My hands shook as I fumbled in my pack for...

They said if we allowed, the revolution would be bloodless. But they were ready for the alternative. Eager, in fact. Carving up the body...

Every librarian hopes to provide a safe place for learning and community, but my guide wolf might have other ideas while there’s Nazis...

You’re in that movie where the villain is holding your spouse hostage.  Nobody will listen or do anything. So, you grab a weapon and work...

AI is the devil, and we need to turn if off everywhere we can. Let’s get to it. I’m a Windows user so some of this is not going to apply...

It’s Turkey Week, nobody’s happy about the election of Remington Quill for president, my position is up for a vote, and today we’re...

I played a lot of Coruscant Shift Sabacc this weekend and decided the rules need a bit of cleaning up. Less about changing the game, more...

I've been under the weather, so the wife fired up an old BBC series we hadn't seen that had portals and dinosaurs in it. I'm a sucker for...