Oneiropolis Compendium: Aleister Turtley

To say that Aleister Turtley is slow is to misunderstand the workings of his mind; it is merely that he likes to take his time, to consider, to analyze, to scrutinize, to sunbathe, and to prepare exquisite meals of shrimp and vegetables. So while his spells may at times take …

Oneiropolis Compendium: Kelpies

“Kelpies,” wrote Pliny the Elder in an unpublished fragment, “also known as water-horses, are spirits of the water that take the shape of beautiful horses. They like apples, hay, and drowning their riders.” As with so many things written by Pliny the Elder in his pre-Oneiropolis phase, truth is mixed …

Oneiropolis Compendium: Kohlrabian Dialecticus

Kohlrabian Dialecticus is generally considered to be one of the most important academics of the Lands of Dream. Though he chooses to live in his beloved Southern Belzoond, his contributions to the academic output of Oneiropolis University should never be underestimated, neither in terms of his own work nor in …

Oneiropolis Compendium: The World Mushroom

Mushrooms have ever been fascinating: neither plant nor animal, they seem to be quite unlike anything else that grows and lives. Furthermore, many have properties as strange as their colours: some are food, others poison; some bring visions, others death; some are delicious, others taste entirely too much like underdone …

Lands of Dream Donation Drive

Every day caravans leave from the Edge of the World that take travellers to the Lands of Dream. The caravans are free, but there are other costs the traveller must consider; not least of all the cost of spending so much time away from the obligations of our world. We …

More Tales of Corporate Incompetence

You know that internet-on-a-stick thing we ordered? The one that we kept waiting for, that never arrived? Well, it was never sent. Because the order wasn’t processed. You see, we ordered after nine in the evening on the last day of a special offer, and while this was perfectly legal, …

arghgnarghblargh

Still no internet. Might be getting internet-on-a-stick soon. Ordered it several days ago, but it’s late. Gnargh. Random fact of the day: when we were in the supermarket today, they were playing a song about bondage. I have nothing against bondage or any other form of sexual activity, but the …

Disconnected

We have no internet at home. … Still nothing. … Sigh. … I’m working like a maniac, the new game is in great shape and currently being polished to be prettier and smoother, my bank account looks like a dried fig, and the children’s book is getting prettier by the …