Originally, Will was supposed to wake up in Boarsblemish after the fight on the road. But I felt there needed to be a more immediate resolution to that encounter, and thus “The Aftermath” came to be. Let’s unpack. Will’s Fever Will doesn’t know it, but when he confronted the Lawyers he was running a fever…

The story up to this point has been fun, but hasn’t answered a rather important question. Why is Will so special? Now we begin to see. The Last Debacle The Mark VI was Nobody’s first attempt to power a motored transport with an “Applied Imagination Battery.” Theoretically this battery could have lasted for several months…

And now the nature of the war begins to unfold. Let’s unpack. The Abbreviated Narrator The Narrator cuts off his conversation with Will once Bug becomes aware of it. In my other Novel, Welcome to the Valleys, the lead character is able to speak with a spirit-type being in his head. Will cannot do this…

It’s amazing what can be revealed during one simple conversation. Let’s unpack. It’s Empty The name “The Empty Throne” isn’t an empty description 1. As Bug points out, it’s been empty for 500 years in Realm-time. Gnomish Narrativists who have a vibrant faith, such as Agent Sills, believe this all comes down to Narrative. There…

Given what’s going on in the United States these days, it felt eerily contemporary to write this passage. Still, it points out some of the problems with The Realm. Let’s unpack. The Harbor As I mentioned in “unpacking” last week, The Harbor is a section of No Entry in which non-gnomes are allowed to enter,…

A few fun incidents on the way to the train. Let’s unpack. Fantastic Folk “Fantastic folk” is the term used by citizens of The Realm to describe all the peoples of the world, both actualized and unactualized. Low Views The gnomes do have a rather negative opinion of the Fantasy genre. Aside from the clear…