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…
Tag: Fiction
Fiction Tuesday – Departing Expectations
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “We’re taking a train?” Bug snorted. “What is it with people from your world, kid? You think fantastic folk are all technologically backwards.” “What? No we don’t!” Will protested. “Look, Kid, you keep forgetting I’ve been out to the shops.” “They…
Unpacking All Aboard
A bit of a transitional scene this week, but there’s some interesting things going on. Let’s unpack. “The War Effort” I wrote last week about the Penny Gnomes not being overly fond of the wider world. The truth is, many Gnomes are beginning to call for a Gnomexit 1 from The Realm. They see their…
Fiction Tuesday – All Aboard
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes The Mayor sniffed in derision. “This is highly irregular, Agent Masterful!” The IBI Agent boldly approached the raised chairs. This caused some murmuring among the seated councilors, who normally wouldn’t tolerate such brazen familiarity. Showing no signs of intimidation, Sills approached…
Potential Third Novel – “The Parallel”
 I believe I’ve mentioned one of my Christmas presents being an Apple Pencil. I’m actually surprised by how much I enjoy the device, and have been playing around with it to compose composite images in Pixelmator. My favorite of these has two separate images as a base. First is the silhouette of several friends…
Unpacking Privy Counsel
This week’s scene was a bit darker than what we’ve encountered previously in Penny Gnomes, but for some good reasons 1. Let’s unpack. Officer Gibbles Gibbles is one gnome with serious issues. As he said, he fought two tours of duty fighting off the Copyright Horde around Boarsblemish. During his second tour he was wounded…
