Catégorie : histoires
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The importance of being alone
Lucas Yeat (R.I.P.) considered this collection of poems his greatest achievement. What is it that we remember when we think of the poet, years after his passing? Mostly, his unabashed addiction to certain substances, including cheese of random quality. I know in the right time I will meet Lucas again. We will all meet him…
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Demimonde: interview with Justin Achilli
Demimonde is an urban fantasy novel by Justin Achilli, a game designer best known for his contributions to the Vampire roleplaying games by White Wolf. I read some time ago the Clan Novel Saga, a series of intertwined stories by a collective of authors using the setting of Vampire: The Masquerade. I did like Justin…
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New Orleans
Monday 12 Paris-Charlotte: despite the noise, I enjoy the plane’s multimedia system. The Adjustment Bureau, Cheaters, Flight of the Conchords… Charlotte-New Orleans: I am sitting next to a strong, silent type dude watching 24. I arrive at the Ursuline Guest House in the French Quarter around 6PM, which happens to be wine o’clock in this…
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We should have skipped the part with the cannibal tribe
One pitch a day: in August of 2011, I dedicate twenty minutes each day to writing an « elevator pitch » for a story or a game. Writers are hired to write the background for an ambitious game. Unfortunately, the project is canceled. Twenty years later, they are kidnapped and brought into the live version of the…
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The child who fell sick
One pitch a day: in August of 2011, I dedicate twenty minutes each day to writing an « elevator pitch » for a story or a game. When the management of the greedy company decided not to compensate the backwater inhabitants of a forest despoiled by factories, a child fell sick because of the industrial waste, but…