Category Archives: The Book of Pinian
Lazy marketing post
Panda Egg is live and kicking, and I was aw-shucksed to see a very kind set of posts about it on Twitter from my boys Thorn and Bloom (there’s an under-utilised comedy duo right there). From the long-forgotten prehistory of … Continue reading
The aki’Pedia Presents:
This morning, while waiting for Panda Egg to publish, I sat here and put a whole bunch of my different alien languages into the aki’Pedia’s Lexicon Page. This isn’t all of my words and phrases, and it’s definitely not all of … Continue reading
The Ballad of Big Shooey, Part 7
Magdus folded his upper arms, planted his lower fists on his hips, and gave an appreciative whistle. In spite of really, really not wanting to be, he found he was impressed. “Mighty pretty,” he congratulated Stansgaard. “Don’t quite get how … Continue reading
The Ballad of Big Shooey, Part 6
“Who else found out about you?” Magdus asked as they exited his apartment and headed out along the antiseptic white corridor. There were a few other locals coming and going, and he greeted each of them with brief nods and … Continue reading
The Ballad of Big Shooey, Part 5
“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard,” Magdus snapped. “The Vahooni are a Bonshoon myth. They invented them out of whole cloth to explain their sleeper ailments and give themselves some hope that they’ll one day be cured.” “The Vahooni … Continue reading
The Ballad of Big Shooey, Part 4
Magdus read through the scan results again, then sat back and scowled. There was something very wrong with what he was seeing. He’d run an analysis of Strangle’s residue, and it had been … normal. Perfectly normal. Stansgaard Strangle was … Continue reading
