I’m absolutely gutted—They’re the reason I started writing poetry. I heard them perform ‘Eli’ when I was in high school and it was a massive sea change in how I understood the art form. What a loss for the world, but especially for their loved ones. 😭

Oh hell yes they are. This is gonna be analogous to a late Victorian, early Edwardian tech level. Steam Cars fired by salamanders, and zeppelins that harness air elementals to move at tremendous speeds (for zeppelins that is) kind of thing. It’s also the height of the kinda Old West period as well.

I’m not entirely sure what that is, but it sounds like arcane firearms, which are definitely a thing.

It has been fun thus far. I’m obsessing over the canal system that sustains the desert city by partially diverting three rivers way up north. A lot of the adventure is gonna center around water, and the annual monsoons not coming.

Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran?

Oh my fragging god I have never been more excited about a project than I am about this!

Happy birthday! Hope it’s a good one.

Plus he finances it with crypto schemes that are shady at best and outright scams at worst. He trades on his fame to pump and dump tokens and nfts.

I was stoned as all get out when I wrote the disco hell line and I thought I was cooking. Then I sobered up and I still liked it, so it stayed in. I’m glad you got a kick outta it too!

I’m glad you liked it! I had a blast writing it. I might revisit Ifram’s story later. Anyone willing to take on a Timby in a downed Adder has the makings of a warrior.

I just pulled up the other one…Stand by for ‘Triple Ace’.

I just reposted ‘Salvage Rights’ if you wanna read it ☺️

Pt. 2 of Salvage Rights. Plain text in the Alt Text. #flashfiction #battletech #scifi