Tag Archives: destarion

The Fang o’ God (reboot)

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Hatboy

Because this is my blog and I can. Just in case you didn’t read the first version, here is the edited second version with the tertiary plotline replaced with a more standard shipwreck. And it let me add in a … Continue reading →

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Random aki’Pedia entries

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Hatboy

At a bit of a loss and having trouble getting The Last Days of Earth done, so instead here’s a little bonus post with some aki’Pedia entries. Today I tackled Arbus Rosedian by way of the Tenth Elders, and of course … Continue reading →

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Character study: The Majarthian

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Hatboy

She was a starship, but not according to most standard definitions. She was relative-capable, heavily armed and armoured, and possessed of a unique and darkly quirky personality, but none of these specifications corresponded to any Corporate or known Alien technology. … Continue reading →

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Clues (An Interlude in Flash-Forward Form)

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 110. 121 pages, 52,150 words.   She was talking to herself again. And what made it worse, she thought, was that she was treating it like a conversation between herself and someone else. And she, the ‘someone else’ in … Continue reading →

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Rosedian’s Daughters

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Hatboy

In celebration of my latest book release party, although not actually book release, I am throwing a sneaky draft chapter from Greyblade onto the blog. This is contextless and may or may not wind up included, since I’m not properly writing yet … Continue reading →

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Fade (a minor rewrite)

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Hatboy

The following excerpt was originally published here on the blog, but I’ve tweaked it a tiny bit in preparation for fitting it into the next book. Yes, shit’s finally going to get ‘splained, yo. Well, sort of. A bit. Maybe. … Continue reading →

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Herring Do

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 25. 161 pages, 58,131 words. I can’t take a lot of credit for this huge jump, I just edited and wedged Black Honey Wings into the anthology, and it was a decent size. No time to write anything today, … Continue reading →

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Character study: The Destarion

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Hatboy

The Destarion was a Category 9 Convoy Defence Platform, the family classically known as God-teeth. She was sixty-three miles tall, with two thousand one hundred and six decks, eight heavy freight galleries and old-style nuclear transpersion engines with shielding collars … Continue reading →

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