Story Strumpets

What are The Wagadu Chronicles you might ask? Oh so many things! They're an afrofantasy setting for Dungeons and Dragons, a multi-player online game focused on role playing, but most importantly, a beatifully created world based mostly on African mythology.     
In this episode we talk to Allan Cudiccio about creating mythical characters, settings, magical objects and an entire world by writing stories and studying history.

For more information about the Wagadu Chronicles visit:
https://thewagaduchronicles.com/  
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Staring at the ceiling is not Amy's favorite pastime, but it's better than actually listening to José talk about his failing relationship. It is while he's going on and on about his misery that she notices the moths.  And it is when José comes over after his breakup that her relationship with those moths takes a peculiar turn. 
In this episode we relish in bizarre horror and a little smut with a killer story and very special guest Ishi Robinson. 

The heat is extremely palpable in this place, and so are the fascinating details of the house as the woman leads her through it. In this episode the Story Strumpets and special guest Sarah Van Bonn (Berlin Writing Prize 2019 Finalist),  talk about writing literary fiction, writing beautiful descriptions and balancing it all out with the crucial narrative details of a story. 
 

It looks like it's gonna be a perfectly normal day for Samantha at the kindergarten, until Juniper announces that Samantha is a man's name. And in this mini genderless world, that poses a problem for Samantha. Or does it? 
Join the Story Strumpets and very special guest Tom or Judy Moore in discussing how to create a believable world in a story, and all the important questions that come up when writing about gender. 
A big thank you to Lisa for reaching out to us and asking us to 'pick the story apart'. It was so great to talk about!

He planned ahead. He's got his playlist, he's got his coffee and he's got the perfect plan to tackle public transport in this new city now that his car broke down... That is, until the bus shows up.
Join the Story Strumpets and special guest Dan Ayres (Story Strumpets Alumni) to talk about how to make a story more multi sensory and how to build a little more world around it.

Dan Ayres is a British game writer, script writer and slag about town who was inexplicably born in Uganda, reared in England’s Westcountry and now merrily based in Berlin. A lover of all things surreal and fantastical, you’ll find him experimenting with glitter, writing stories about cats or continuing his lifelong search for the perfect stick. His work has been published in The Wild Word Magazine and The Forge among others. You can check out some more of his words here: https://medium.com/@danielayres

The Kid had always found solace in the gorse. But this time he finds something more. In this episode we talk about heartache, sprites, kingdoms and how to amp the element of fantasy in an already fantastical story. 

And...just a little addendum, turns out gorse flowers DO have a distinctive coconut scent. Yep. Who knew!