These are some graphics/manips I've been working on for a while, inspired by the superb Buffy/BaldursGate II crossover 'Tabula Avatar'   written by
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Just to wish everyone all the best for the season.  :-)


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Only one bell in this case, but I didn't have room for two.  :-)

This is my entry for the 'Book in a box' Challenge that my branch of the embroiderer's guild set for this years Xmas event.  The challenge is here.


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I died in the Dungeon of Mythichistorian

I was killed in a crystalline tomb by Marycrawford the arch-demon, whilst carrying...

the Crown of Scratchingpost1, a Figurine of Caarianna, the Sceptre of Mythology and 0 gold pieces.

Score: 75
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One of the joys of going back to Academic study* is finding, in among the many dry texts and articles needed for background reading, sudden treasures that strike a deep and unexpected chord.  Tonight I found a passage that sang straight to my heart - and in the most of unlikely places too.   Lurking in an introduction to a book that discusses how ( Read more... )

I felt like posting a little poetry spam tonight - so I went and trawled various poetry sites (as one does), and was led - I suppose inevitably for me - to the works of Rudyard Kipling, who, despite some very suspect Imperialism (the product of his time), still manages to produce some stirring verse.  The sort you can declaim - which I guess makes ( Read more... )

If your name is
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I suspect someone's done this already, but I couldn't resist ...

Title: In the dim womb of some black pyramid …
Rating: FRT (for mild violence)
Drabble: 225 words
Summary: Not all the Goa'uld abandoned Earth.  Some were left behind to be found...

Somewhere in Egypt,  the middle of the twentieth century  …

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Hmm.  It's been announced that the new Indiana Jones movie is to be entitled 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.'

Aztecs?  Mayan pyramids?  Lost kingdoms and vanished races, perhaps?

It certainly sounds promising.  At the very least there ought to be a scene with snakes in it.

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I don't get to say this very often, but ... there's a new tale been uploaded at the Monkey Bar!

Had a day off today, and managed to get round to formatting and posting
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