Thanks to all our patrons, listeners, and other supporters. You keep us recording. Welcome to the 12 Days of Podcasting for this year. Nutty & Tek test kitchen recipes from Listeners and Loved ones, getting a chance to share food … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Dog Days of Advent. I made a list of prompts, and wrote a bite-sized story for each one. They don’t live in the same universe, but they’re all a little off-kilter from what you might expect from holiday fare. And if you pay attention, you’ll notice that the last line of each story becomes the first line of the next. Today’s prompt is Midnight. 

Jean—called Grandma Love by strangers more often than family—felt that familiar tilt in the air. The almost-midnight tilt. Midnight wasn’t a time so much as a mood, a soft doorway between one thing and the next. She’d always been good with doorways.

Melissa A. Bartell

Wrapping up the trivia for the year, in brightly colored paper with snowmen on it. Get the last answers for 2025, then go celebrate in whatever manner you enjoy! Best wishes for the holidays and a Happy New Year!

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Tek and Nutty wrap up this year’s 12 days of podcasting with what they are looking forward to. Welcome to the 12 Days of Podcasting for this year. Nutty & Tek test kitchen recipes from Listeners and Loved ones, getting … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Dog Days of Advent. I made a list of prompts, and wrote a bite-sized story for each one. They don’t live in the same universe, but they’re all a little off-kilter from what you might expect from holiday fare. And if you pay attention, you’ll notice that the last line of each story becomes the first line of the next. Today’s prompt is Sled. 

She set the sled down.  Ran her glove over the wooden slats.  Felt her heartbeat double-tap behind her ribs.

Then she climbed on.

The world tipped. Not dangerously.  Not wrong.  Just… sideways enough.

Melissa A. Bartell

Today's NPC Prompts were: Western Setting, Dwarf, Bard, Performer, Alluring Face, Miserly, True Neutral, Raised by Ghosts.
Too short to perform in the big city ballet company, Yvette was never deterred from what her ghostly ancestors have instilled in her. That through dance, she can tell stories and evoke emotions. The performing troupe Cirque de Sulli likes to say they found Yvette performing acts of impossible dance moves. But really, she is just very flexible. Yvette has no desire to impress anyone with gifts. "When you grow up with nothing but the ground beneath your feet, it's hard to give up the little luxuries that are given now."
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