Category Archives: Worldbuilding

The Fleet [Scene of the Crime]

Posted on May 10, 2017 by fredhesser

I turned the body a bit and got a better look at the boy. It was a boy. Not old enough to call it a man. Hair was shaved, and the scalp was tattooed like the kids down the Spine … Continue reading →

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Alirio’s War (part 2)

Posted on May 2, 2017 by fredhesser

The pain made everything a blur. Alirio could tell he was being dragged somewhere, then hefted onto something, but it was all a vague, broad strokes sort of awareness. All the details eluded him, as even with the implant off, … Continue reading →

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Alirio’s War

Posted on March 21, 2017 by fredhesser

Alirio heaved the skid forward, throwing all his weight into the ore laden package along with three other slaves. He didn’t know their names. More than thirty slaves had died in Alirio’s barracks in the last month. Ebola. The Taskmasters … Continue reading →

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Sketch Practice

Posted on October 11, 2016 by fredhesser

Every now and again, I try my hand at sketching. I’m not very good at it. But for the last month, I’ve been trying to sketch every day I can, in an effort to get better. So here are some … Continue reading →

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A Game of Thorns

Posted on September 13, 2016 by fredhesser

Thorns, not thrones. I know, I know but stick with me here. Way back in early 2013, my game group started playing Pathfinder in a home-brew setting I had made in my free time. I was pretty underemployed at the … Continue reading →

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Vanna’s War (conclusion)

Posted on May 2, 2016 by fredhesser

The missile hissed as it hurtled through the air towards the drone, colliding with the shield and exploding just like the first one had. For a split second, the drone did seem confused, its tracking beams moving wildly in all … Continue reading →

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Vanna’s War

Posted on April 18, 2016 by fredhesser

Vanna peered out from between the leaves of the tree, over the jungle to the South. Dark clouds. A storm was coming up from the plains. It would come in hard tonight, one of the big, heavy storms that kept … Continue reading →

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Some Sketches

Posted on June 3, 2015 by fredhesser

So since I didn’t have a story for you this week, I thought it might be fun to post some sketches I’ve been doodling of the Axle Setting. I’m not a fantastic artist, which is why I got a friend … Continue reading →

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Sand

Posted on May 26, 2015 by fredhesser

[Few pages of an idea I’ve been toying with. I’ve got a map, a pile of notes, and these pages of story. Maybe I’ll go further with it eventually. Though the list of projects I’ll “get to one day” is … Continue reading →

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The Axle, Notes on the Sundermen

Posted on February 2, 2015 by fredhesser

[So first a bit of news. The name of this blog was not chosen at random, it is actually the title of a novel I’ve been working on for awhile now. At this time, the rest of February and possibly longer, … Continue reading →

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