Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes. “Grampa,” said Billy. “I can’t find my action figure. Can you help me look for it?” Grampa looked down at Billy and smiled gently, “Sure thing, now which action figure are we looking for?” Billy shuffled his feet and sighed, “The…
Author: Wes Allen
Wes got back in to Role Playing Games during the pandemic and it’s blown up into a wonderful mid-life crisis. He runs the DM Tales YouTube channel and website, GMs two campaigns, and plays online in another with some old friends. His “day job” is a Baptist Pastor in Philadelphia’s Jersey suburbs.
A Walk to Reset
September is always an incredibly stressful time for me. Labor Day comes and goes, and suddenly everything seems to wind up to full speed. For me there is one “wind up” which tend to cause me the greatest personal stress. The immanent arrival of ABCNJ’s Annual Session. I run the technology for this every year…
Horizon
I didn’t take many photos during my time at ABCNJ’s Annual Session this year. It bummed me out somewhat, but the press of the day wasn’t conducive to getting into a photography mind set. The one exception came during the break as the room was reset for lunch. I ascended to a balcony overlooking the…
Moment of Peace
This weekend I’m in Long Branch at ABCNJ’s Annual Session, where I’ll be running the media. It’s busy weekend, with a lot of people 1, and it comes at the end of a very busy week. Friday afternoon was filled with an excellent inter-faith discussion on the nature of faith, evangelism, and charitable interactions. It…
It’s Finished
Throughout my life I’ve written stories in my mind. My imagination turned ball point pens into space ships, and my toys into actors on a stage. I daydreamed my tales as I suffered through grade school, and endured the taunts of people who found my “gaze into nowhere” odd. In my mind life was always…
Fiction Tuesday (on Thursday) – Overlook
Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link It took twenty minutes for the companions to cross the bridge, and Jeremy urged them on the entire way. “Come on, it’s safe. I know it’s safe!” The others didn’t…
