{"id":14,"date":"2026-09-29T13:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-10-15T20:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:40:12","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s What I&#8217;m Working On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the pretty-much-raw first draft of the things I&#8217;m writing, or was writing, or am attempting to write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spelling and grammar will be dubious, pacing questionable, and there&#8217;s a chance that some bits will be hacked out entirely at some point. But if you&#8217;d like to read it, and you feel like commenting, I&#8217;d like to know what you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the individual <em>things<\/em> I&#8217;m &#8216;working on&#8217;, though I feel that I should point out that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/easi-wesi-rail\/\">Easi-Wesi Rail<\/a> is the only one that&#8217;s currently being updated.<br>This is because I&#8217;m trying a new-to-me writing system of actually finishing something, even if I already know it&#8217;ll need a bunch of editing. Everything else is either on hiatus, or in one case is already complete.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"small-card-block latest-stories shortcode-id-1\" > <ul class=\"grid-columns\"> <li class=\"post-132 card _small _story _publish _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/squid\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">sQuid<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _cq-3-4\"> <span>A collection of linked science fiction stories about the folks living and working in space. It&#8217;s intended to be vaguely realistic, aside from the one element that really really isn&#8217;t. But you&#8217;ll discover that as you read it. This was a NaNoWriMo thing from a long while ago. Still pretty happy with it, especially as I wrote the whole thing in a month (that&#8217;s\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 23<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 50.3\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-publish-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-clock\" title=\"Published\"><\/i> Oct 5, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _completed\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-check\"><\/i> Completed<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-130 card _small _story _publish _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/the-transdimensional-laundry\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">The Transdimensional Laundry<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _cq-3-4\"> <span>Yeah, the title needs work. The original version was &#8230; How do I put this? &#8230; Worse. This one came from a comedy post on an online auction site. Someone was trying to sell a washing machine, claimed that it still ran but vibrated a lot, and said that one time he looked at the window while it was on maximum spin, saw dinosaurs,\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 8<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 9.0\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-publish-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-clock\" title=\"Published\"><\/i> Oct 5, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _hiatus\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-pause\"><\/i> Hiatus<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-115 card _small _story _publish _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-rail-pirate\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">There Is No Such Thing As A Rail Pirate<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _cq-3-4\"> <span>Years ago this line, delivered in a clich\u00e9d pirate manner, came to mind; \u201cHere we be, becalmed upon this desolate siding\u201d. I have no memory of what spawned it, or why cartoonish pirates would be sailing on a rail network, though it may have had something to do with rail bikes, maybe? Anyway, the idea got kicked around a bit, and morphed into something\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 5<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 3.6\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-publish-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-clock\" title=\"Published\"><\/i> Oct 2, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _hiatus\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-pause\"><\/i> Hiatus<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-36 card _small _story _publish _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <a href='https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/easi-wesi-rail\/' class='card__image cell-img' title='Easi-Wesi Rail' ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-200x200.jpg\" class=\"no-auto-lightbox wp-post-image\" alt=\"Easi-Wesi Rail Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/easi-wesi-rail\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">Easi-Wesi Rail<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _cq-3-4\"> <span>In a sleepy little valley, three children are aided in their quest to avoid busywork by two somewhat responsible adults, who send them off on the simple but time-consuming task of cleaning all the solar panels feeding power to their village.<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 22<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 27.4\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-publish-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-clock\" title=\"Published\"><\/i> Sep 29, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _ongoing\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle\"><\/i> Ongoing<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-16 card _small _story _publish _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <a href='https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/halloween-isekai\/' class='card__image cell-img' title='Halloween Isekai' ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-374x200.jpg\" class=\"no-auto-lightbox wp-post-image\" alt=\"Halloween Isekai Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-374x200.jpg 374w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-1536x821.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-2048x1094.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-400x214.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/halloween-isekai\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">Halloween Isekai<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _cq-3-4\"> <span>I had a weird dream that had enough narrative to it that I wrote it down. A group of people were running through a disjointed landscape to accomplish some important task, passing through sections of buildings &amp; parts of ships &amp; ending up at a huge temple in the rain. They\u2019re coworkers, and aren\u2019t in the the best shape for a lot of running,\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 19<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 19.5\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-publish-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-clock\" title=\"Published\"><\/i> Sep 29, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _hiatus\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-pause\"><\/i> Hiatus<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-9 card _small _story _publish _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <a href='https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/shelter-in-a-sleeping-cave\/' class='card__image cell-img' title='Shelter In A Sleeping Cave' ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-267x200.jpg\" class=\"no-auto-lightbox wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shelter In A Sleeping Cave Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/shelter-in-a-sleeping-cave\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">Shelter In A Sleeping Cave<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _cq-3-4\"> <span>Invaders Detected! But they&#8217;re not actually invading. It&#8217;s not clear to anyone what they&#8217;re doing. It&#8217;s not even clear that they know what they&#8217;re doing. This is here because my friend Tom challenged\/asked me to write five chapters of something before Gen Con. I didn\u2019t want to do this by adding five chapters to one of the existing things, for reasons that continue to\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 8<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 7.1\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-publish-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-clock\" title=\"Published\"><\/i> Sep 29, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _hiatus\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-pause\"><\/i> Hiatus<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <\/ul> <\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the most recent updates, which realistically means &#8216;chapters&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"small-card-block latest-updates shortcode-id-2\" > <ul class=\"grid-columns\"> <li class=\"post-36 card _small _story-update _publish _future _no-tax _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <a href='https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/easi-wesi-rail\/' class='card__image cell-img' title='Easi-Wesi Rail' ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-200x200.jpg\" class=\"no-auto-lightbox wp-post-image\" alt=\"Easi-Wesi Rail Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-20260914-WA0002-e1790693673128.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/easi-wesi-rail\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">Easi-Wesi Rail<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _1-1\"> <span>In a sleepy little valley, three children are aided in their quest to avoid busywork by two somewhat responsible adults, who send them off on the simple but time-consuming task of cleaning all the solar panels feeding power to their village.<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <ol class=\"card__link-list _small cell-list\"> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/an-uncooperative-tunnel\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">An Uncooperative Tunnel<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-1048\">1.0\u200aK<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 19<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/best-campsite-ever\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Best Campsite Ever<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-763\">763<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 17<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <\/ol> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 22<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 27.4\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-modified-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-regular fa-clock\" title=\"Last Updated\"><\/i> Oct 19, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _ongoing\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle\"><\/i> Ongoing<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-132 card _small _story-update _publish _future _no-tax _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/squid\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">sQuid<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _1-1\"> <span>A collection of linked science fiction stories about the folks living and working in space. It&#8217;s intended to be vaguely realistic, aside from the one element that really really isn&#8217;t. But you&#8217;ll discover that as you read it. This was a NaNoWriMo thing from a long while ago. Still pretty happy with it, especially as I wrote the whole thing in a month (that&#8217;s\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <ol class=\"card__link-list _small cell-list\"> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/making-a-trip-of-our-own-5\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Making A Trip Of Our Own-5<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-2496\">2.5\u200aK<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 9<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/making-a-trip-of-our-own-4\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Making A Trip Of Our Own-4<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-2553\">2.6\u200aK<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 9<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <\/ol> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 23<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 50.3\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-modified-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-regular fa-clock\" title=\"Last Updated\"><\/i> Oct 9, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _completed\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-check\"><\/i> Completed<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-130 card _small _story-update _publish _future _no-tax _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/the-transdimensional-laundry\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">The Transdimensional Laundry<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _1-1\"> <span>Yeah, the title needs work. The original version was &#8230; How do I put this? &#8230; Worse. This one came from a comedy post on an online auction site. Someone was trying to sell a washing machine, claimed that it still ran but vibrated a lot, and said that one time he looked at the window while it was on maximum spin, saw dinosaurs,\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <ol class=\"card__link-list _small cell-list\"> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/when-did-we-get-a-new-coffee-machine\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">When Did We Get A New Coffee Machine?<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-832\">832<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 7<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/lake-we-had-a-deal\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Lake, We Had A Deal<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-655\">655<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 7<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <\/ol> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 8<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 9.0\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-modified-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-regular fa-clock\" title=\"Last Updated\"><\/i> Oct 8, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _hiatus\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-pause\"><\/i> Hiatus<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-115 card _small _story-update _publish _future _no-tax _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-rail-pirate\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">There Is No Such Thing As A Rail Pirate<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _1-1\"> <span>Years ago this line, delivered in a clich\u00e9d pirate manner, came to mind; \u201cHere we be, becalmed upon this desolate siding\u201d. I have no memory of what spawned it, or why cartoonish pirates would be sailing on a rail network, though it may have had something to do with rail bikes, maybe? Anyway, the idea got kicked around a bit, and morphed into something\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <ol class=\"card__link-list _small cell-list\"> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/four\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Four<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-1188\">1.2\u200aK<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 2<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/three\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Three<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-484\">484<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 2<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <\/ol> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 5<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 3.6\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-modified-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-regular fa-clock\" title=\"Last Updated\"><\/i> Oct 8, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _hiatus\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-pause\"><\/i> Hiatus<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-16 card _small _story-update _publish _future _no-tax _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <a href='https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/halloween-isekai\/' class='card__image cell-img' title='Halloween Isekai' ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-374x200.jpg\" class=\"no-auto-lightbox wp-post-image\" alt=\"Halloween Isekai Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-374x200.jpg 374w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-1536x821.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-2048x1094.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Halloween-Isekai-400x214.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/halloween-isekai\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">Halloween Isekai<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _1-1\"> <span>I had a weird dream that had enough narrative to it that I wrote it down. A group of people were running through a disjointed landscape to accomplish some important task, passing through sections of buildings &amp; parts of ships &amp; ending up at a huge temple in the rain. They\u2019re coworkers, and aren\u2019t in the the best shape for a lot of running,\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <ol class=\"card__link-list _small cell-list\"> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/chapter-nineteen\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Chapter Nineteen<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-1078\">1.1\u200aK<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 2<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/chapter-eighteen\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Chapter Eighteen<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-730\">730<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Oct 2<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <\/ol> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 19<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 19.5\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-modified-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-regular fa-clock\" title=\"Last Updated\"><\/i> Oct 8, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _hiatus\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-pause\"><\/i> Hiatus<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"post-9 card _small _story-update _publish _future _no-tax _no-footer-comments\" > <div class=\"card__body polygon\"> <div class=\"card__main _grid _small\"> <a href='https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/shelter-in-a-sleeping-cave\/' class='card__image cell-img' title='Shelter In A Sleeping Cave' ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-267x200.jpg\" class=\"no-auto-lightbox wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shelter In A Sleeping Cave Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20241231_210033-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a> <h3 class=\"card__title _small cell-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/story\/shelter-in-a-sleeping-cave\/\" class=\"truncate _1-1\">Shelter In A Sleeping Cave<\/a><\/h3> <div class=\"card__content _small cell-desc\"> <div class=\"truncate _1-1\"> <span>Invaders Detected! But they&#8217;re not actually invading. It&#8217;s not clear to anyone what they&#8217;re doing. It&#8217;s not even clear that they know what they&#8217;re doing. This is here because my friend Tom challenged\/asked me to write five chapters of something before Gen Con. I didn\u2019t want to do this by adding five chapters to one of the existing things, for reasons that continue to\u2026<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <ol class=\"card__link-list _small cell-list\"> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/chapter-eight\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Chapter Eight<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-1403\">1.4\u200aK<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Sep 29<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <li class=\"card__link-list-item \"> <div class=\"card__left text-overflow-ellipsis\"> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoarde.net\/scribblings\/chapter\/chapter-seven\/\" class=\"card__link-list-link\">Chapter Seven<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"card__right\"> <span class=\"words _words-467\">467<\/span><span class=\"separator-dot\">&#8196;&bull;&#8196;<\/span><span class=\"date\">Sep 29<\/span> <\/div> <\/li> <\/ol> <div class=\"card__footer cell-footer _small\"> <div class=\"card__footer-box _left text-overflow-ellipsis\"><span class=\"card__footer-chapters\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-list\" title=\"Chapters\"><\/i> 8<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-words\"><i title=\"Total Words\"class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-font\"><\/i> 7.1\u200aK<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-modified-date\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-regular fa-clock\" title=\"Last Updated\"><\/i> Oct 8, '26<\/span> <span class=\"card__footer-status _hiatus\"><i class=\"card-footer-icon fa-solid fa-circle-pause\"><\/i> Hiatus<\/span><\/div> <div class=\"card__footer-box _right rating-letter-label tooltipped _everyone\" data-tooltip=\"Everyone\"> E <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/li> <\/ul> <\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the pretty-much-raw first draft of the things I&#8217;m writing, or was writing, or am attempting to write. Spelling and grammar will be dubious, pacing questionable, and there&#8217;s a chance that some bits will be hacked out entirely at some point. But if you&#8217;d like to read it, and you feel like commenting, I&#8217;d like to know what you think. 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