KL Forslund
- 5 days ago
- 11 min
No!
I liked chess as a kid because it gave me so many choices. The kids at school hated playing chess with me because I took away all their...
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KL Forslund
- Oct 4
- 2 min
Every Tomorrow Worse?
I did it! I sold a story. As this website and blog are evidence, it took awhile. Let's get to the cover and links before I tell the back...
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KL Forslund
- Sep 30
- 8 min
D&D: Deities of Tychaíos
The world began with an idea, which began with a being. At first, darkness covered the land and stayed that way for a long time. But then...
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KL Forslund
- Sep 16
- 11 min
D&D: Scenic Encounters
The party is on its way to the dungeon that sounded appealing. It’s hot. Mosquitos are biting. The trees are just standing there as the...
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KL Forslund
- Sep 1
- 3 min
D&D: House Rules
After a long hiatus, I am back in the Dungeons and Dragons saddle. I started with 2nd Edition back in 1990. Played tons of 3rd edition,...
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KL Forslund
- Aug 19
- 3 min
SP: Risvep
Captain Locke pulled the chain next to the door. A bell rattled on the other side. A moment later, a pale butler opened the door. The...
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KL Forslund
- Jul 18
- 5 min
The Stones
A long time ago, in a year called 2010, I had a pain in my back. Right around where the kidney was. A trip to the doctor, and an...
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KL Forslund
- Jun 3
- 2 min
How It Begins
Life is pain. That’s what the Dread Pirate said. At some point, you get used to it. The aching knees. Fingers that don’t bend so...
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KL Forslund
- May 14
- 3 min
An Eye for Cake
Lucky sat patiently while kids droned through the Happy Birthday song. They were at the Norns verse. He didn’t know why they came. His...
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KL Forslund
- Apr 19
- 3 min
AI Art isn't Steampunk
Steampunk is set in the era of machine replacing man, but that’ doesn’t mean the genre is in favor of that. Quite the opposite in fact....
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KL Forslund
- Mar 15
- 5 min
AI Novels
Am I the only person curious if something can be done, but not keen on seeing it? The internet is flooded with AI generated images and...
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KL Forslund
- Jan 27
- 4 min
Back to the Well
They say you shouldn’t start a story with dialogue. But sometimes that’s how a story starts. A question. An answer. A moment later the...
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KL Forslund
- Dec 25, 2022
- 1 min
A Christmas Carol
I'm sitting here this Christmas morning with my dog snuggled up next to me and the water shut off so the pipes don't freeze. It's a good...
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KL Forslund
- Nov 24, 2022
- 10 min
Coming Home
Landing in Houston should be the last leg in my odyssey. My neck hurt from staring out the window at the grey clouds with my good eye. It...
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KL Forslund
- Sep 5, 2022
- 7 min
Choices
I’ve only got one eye, but I saw too much. Rain dragged me out to the mall so she could get new clothes for work. She said I needed to...
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KL Forslund
- Jun 18, 2022
- 3 min
Soldier Cosplay
Comicpalooza announced guests from the Stargate series this week. Which gave me the idea to dress up as a SG team. I hope actors get a...
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KL Forslund
- Apr 28, 2022
- 3 min
In Space, Noone Can Hear You Poo
“Carson, did you see that streaker?” “What? Just now?” “Yes now. Do not clown on me.” “This is Tokei, Mokoaji,are you sure?” “I saw a...
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KL Forslund
- Mar 5, 2022
- 1 min
Ukraine
Don’t you love it when somebody who’s got no particular expertise or experience pontificates on a subject as if their opinion matters a...
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KL Forslund
- Feb 2, 2022
- 1 min
What Happened to January?
Holy crap, it's February. January got away from me. New job. Projects. Carpal Elb-ow attack. I'll be okay, so will you. Since it is...
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KL Forslund
- Dec 24, 2021
- 23 min
Two Minutes to Midnight
It turns out that if you stand vigil in your wife’s hospital room for three days, you get a dream sequence. I can’t feel my feet anymore,...
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KL Forslund
- Nov 25, 2021
- 9 min
White Wedding
I’d never been to a wedding, so I wasn’t sure if a goat attack was part of the ceremony. Back when Rain and I married, we drove to a...
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KL Forslund
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Trick or Tweet 2021
In honor of the Halloween season, I participated in #TrickOrTweet2021. The rules were simple, write a scary story including the hashtag...
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KL Forslund
- Sep 26, 2021
- 4 min
Metric of Writing
Now and then, folks need to account for their work. Also, I needed a topic for this month. So let’s talk about my book in progress....
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KL Forslund
- Aug 22, 2021
- 5 min
Skinwords
I’m old enough that my color crayon box had one called Fleshtone. I remember remarking that it didn’t really match me that well. I ended...
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KL Forslund
- Jul 27, 2021
- 5 min
Using Scene & Sequel
A few weeks back I wrote a program. I reckon that’s not unusual, given that I program for a living. But this one I wrote for myself. ...
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KL Forslund
- Jun 20, 2021
- 1 min
Juneteenth
Sometimes the news is a little slow. Like when NPR said Juneteenth was the day enslaved Americans found out they were free. Texas is a...
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KL Forslund
- May 8, 2021
- 5 min
Idea Farm
I can tell you where the Mississippi starts, but not where the water comes from. The same is true for ideas. Folks ask creatives like...
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KL Forslund
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Masked Reasoning
We’re a year later and folks are still arguing about masks. My drive has a couple drafts of unpublished articles on the subject. It...
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KL Forslund
- Mar 29, 2021
- 1 min
Got Shot Today
I got shot today. It was a setup. They knew I was coming. I drove to this place where I had to prove who I was. Then I waited. My turn...
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KL Forslund
- Feb 28, 2021
- 8 min
Axis of Diversity
One of the most impactful things Gene Roddenberry did for society was putting Nichelle Nichols on the bridge of the Enterprise. Countless...
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KL Forslund
- Feb 20, 2021
- 9 min
Frigid In Texas
Others had it worse, but the Freeze of 2021 wasn’t fun for us, either. I feel like it’s a touchy subject because I got lucky and I had...
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KL Forslund
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
The State of Black Science Fiction
We honor the dead on Memorial Day, but they’re here to remind us every day. We forgive on Forgiveness Day, but we should be doing that...
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KL Forslund
- Jan 31, 2021
- 6 min
Twitter for Newbs
The question of how to use Twitter as an author came up a few times this week, and I’ve got some answers. Here’s everything I’ve...
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KL Forslund
- Dec 21, 2020
- 6 min
Dino-Pirates Christmas Special
The Part Where Sulking Happens Captain Raptor glared at the mirror, his baleful eye unblinking in the dim light of his cabin. His head...
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KL Forslund
- Nov 26, 2020
- 6 min
What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor
Never split up the party, unless everybody wants to see different things at the Ren Fair. Like last year, the wizards gathered at my...
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KL Forslund
- Oct 31, 2020
- 29 min
Murder Most Fowl
Warning: Swearing, Violence, Fan-fiction The clues that Moreau Cay was a murder island were there from the day I woke up inside the...
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KL Forslund
- Sep 20, 2020
- 5 min
Cross Animals
Seeing K.K Slider play all morning in the rain, I tried to put a cup of hot cocoa down for him. Tom Nook’s voice blared over the PA,...
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KL Forslund
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
Done But Not Done
Last night, I wrote the ending to the novel I started writing back in 2018. A little over two years pecking at the project. Technically,...
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KL Forslund
- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
NI:22 Everthing's Not Back to Normal
#42 walked along the beach. It had been a long day, but the ninjas were home and repairs were being made to the villages of Ninja Island....
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KL Forslund
- Jul 17, 2020
- 1 min
Social Bubbling
It’s time to put a bubble in your ear. Everybody misses their friends. Seeing all of them would increase the risk of infection for...
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KL Forslund
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Crossing Animals With Dr. Moreau
I have found a new way to procrastinate. The wife got Animal Crossing a few weeks back. She let me try it last Monday. So far Moreau Cay...
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KL Forslund
- Jun 23, 2020
- 7 min
NI21: Band-aids Can't Fix This
Rhoda awakened early. She wasn’t sleeping well in the short time she’d been aboard Tyrant’s Revenge. Nobody trusted anybody on this...
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KL Forslund
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
Slouching toward Apoapsis
I launched a Kerbal into orbit last week. Which required learning a bit about launching rockets and physics. It got me thinking about...
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KL Forslund
- May 31, 2020
- 2 min
A Change Has Got to Come
There might have been a time you could do a push-up or a pull-up. That your arm muscles could lift your own weight. But that ain’t...
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KL Forslund
- May 19, 2020
- 6 min
NI20: Why You Shouldn't Say Naughty Words
Captain Raptor stood next to Angus as the Ankylosaurus helmsman guided the ship with rugged paws, his tail swishing back and forth. The...
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KL Forslund
- May 10, 2020
- 3 min
Where the Ashes Are
The cops found my mom in Duluth. They looked at her ID, saw she was eighteen and left. She’d run away from her abusive mom while a...
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KL Forslund
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
Late
I try to post these every weekend, sometimes falling to Monday. A home improvement project wore me out. A leak in the kitchen...
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KL Forslund
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
Normal In Coronatime
We’re a month or two into Coronatime. We’ve avoided getting sick. We have toilet paper. That’s our family status. Life Under Lockdown...
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KL Forslund
- Apr 19, 2020
- 3 min
NI19: Picking Up Friends
#27 adjusted their pirate captain hat while they looked in the mirror. It didn’t quite sit well on a metal head, almost covering the...
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KL Forslund
- Apr 12, 2020
- 9 min
Essential Magic
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....
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