KL Forslund

The quest started off with my wife’s floating head. Her jet black hair hung loose about her shoulders instead of in her traditional braid. I think she’d bee...

When the guy with one eye hands you a ladle filled with a questionable liquid that’d been sitting in a kettle with a giant head floating around, you drink. T...

Captain Raptor woke with a start. There was sand up his nostrils and he’d had a bad dream about losing his ship and crew. And hat. He sat up and saw 42 fl...

I stand at the trail head, looking out from the forest edge across the fence gate and the field beyond. Vauthier's place I imagine. Funny how I've walked the...

I should have seen it coming when Yasunori said, “I thought there would be turkey.” The thin whispery voice from the translator carried to the kitchen where ...

Another month’s distance from the original idea, and I’ve added a chunk of story complication and action. Who Wants to be a Technomage? (v3) Two minutes afte...

A month ago, I shared a first draft short story. A prequel to how Alex Rune assembled a group of technomages. In real life, around 2003 or so, a group of pe...

I find it takes more work and revision writing fiction than non-fiction. Along with fixing mistakes, details and how I present things change in ways I don’t...

Dino-Pirates of The Wreckless Abandon in Ninja Island NOTE: This story is loosely inspired by the RPG Dino-Pirates of Ninja Island and is graciously approved...

Juan looked over his raiding party. They were as ready as he could whip them into a frenzy, albeit a mild frenzy. The crew climbed into the ship’s two rowb...

Dino-Pirates of The Wreckless Abandon in Ninja Island NOTE: This story is loosely inspired by the RPG Dino-Pirates of Ninja Island and is graciously approved...

A shadow in the shape of a lanky guanlong wearing an ill-fitting tricorn hat interrupted Cera’s morning warm up on the deck chair. “Are you going to lay ther...

Sora’s ninja team helped with a bucket brigade to put out fires, comfort small children, and recapture escaped livestock while Sora talked to Hinjo, the mayo...

Sand. Definitely sand. Hint of sand crab. But not enough to taste good. Captain Raptor blinked open an eye. His snout ran aground into the wet sandy beac...

Cera kept her eyes on the prize. Her cannon fired and struck a sail. The top half toppled and she expected to close the gap in moments. The deck lurched b...

Sora stood in the cave entrance with her ancient grandfather and retinue of robot ninja. Lightning lit up the walls and the wind blew rain in. The rain dren...

Captain Raptor was the model of what a pirate captain should look like. With one taloned foot resting on a crate to keep it from sliding in the storm, his p...