Author Archives: Herm

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Worlds Built Cheap

A boss from James Pond 3: Kentucky Fried Fiend

It's a hen, laying eggs that hatch into explosive chicks. Continue reading

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Change your name by deed poll for free

A site lets you change your name (by UK law) by printing out the necessary legal wording yourself. Continue reading

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SwarmCrow gift art

This took me a long time. It's a very cool character concept. Continue reading

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He is pleased to see you!

A quick tablet picture of bloody Piper. Continue reading

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Saunders-Roe Princess

The Saunders-Roe Princess was a British flying boat aircraft. Look, pictures and video. Continue reading

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Aren't I too old to do bad drawings in Paint?

Picture of Ayu-Asra. Continue reading

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(not counted) Haiku

It's about something vile. Continue reading

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Mews word cloud!

I put my book Mews into a word-cloud generator. Continue reading

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#14, Rescue

A poem about a rescue that needs rescuing itself. Continue reading

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#13, Flock

A silly poem about… well, you'll see. Continue reading

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#11, Railing

Railing A fence, my sweet!—why, what's a fence?— a mere eight feet of paling wood. It's nothing but—you smell so good— a minor inconvenience— I've bested worse. The other day I beat a pit bull and his four, no, seven … Continue reading

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Uplift books #1–#3

They're extremely good. Continue reading

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#9, Old Book and #10, Mountainbank

Catching up with my backlog on the poem-a-week project. Continue reading

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Dog storytelling

"The evolution of trickster stories among the dogs of North Park after the Change" by Kij Johnson Continue reading

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#8, Tactical Cat-tricks

And why my muse wants to kill me. Continue reading

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#7, "Something Lacking"

Silly wordiness in interlinked rubaiyat and amphibrachic tetrameter. Continue reading

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#6, The Jolly Pirate Ship

Yes, it's a fictitious song not a poem. Continue reading

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