Changeling: the Dreaming is a tabletop role-playing game where you play one of the Kithain, half-fae/half-human creatures who struggle to keep imagination alive in an increasingly banal, hostile world. I created Carver "Bunkin" Johnson for the game's recent Twentieth Anniversary Edition, and thought it might be fun to imagine him in his native Baltimore during … Continue reading Friday Fiction: Bookkeeping
Category: Sleepwalkers
(Fiction) Sergei & Bunkin #2: The Glade
The Essex Freehold was on a large lot of land mostly covered by wild forest broken up by small clearing -- some of which had buildings and some of which didn't. The freehold itself was right at the front of the property behind locked gates; you either had to key in a five-digit combination or … Continue reading (Fiction) Sergei & Bunkin #2: The Glade
(Fiction) Sergei & Bunkin #1: The Negotiation
"I do know ASL, so it's not necessary for you to be here." The man sitting on the other side of the booth, tall and lithe and poured into a suit it would have taken Bunkin two months to afford, stared with a raised eyebrow. He brought his hands together, sleeves pulling back to show … Continue reading (Fiction) Sergei & Bunkin #1: The Negotiation
(Gaming) Meet Bunkin Johnson, the Devoted Squire
Last Friday I wrote up one of my characters for the Changeling 20th Anniversary Edition -- Sergei Kolov, the Silent Knight. Now, meet his Devoted Squire Bunkin Johnson! I've had these two in my head for a very long time now; I had a vague idea for a Changeling-based TV show called "Sleepwalkers", where faeries … Continue reading (Gaming) Meet Bunkin Johnson, the Devoted Squire
(Gaming) Meet Sergei Kolov, the Silent Knight
A friend pointed me towards Changeling: the Dreaming in high school when he was trying to sell me on the Vampire: the Masquerade game he was building. If you've got basic knowledge about the World of Darkness, you'll have some idea about how fundamentally incompatible the two games are -- the Kindred are active agents … Continue reading (Gaming) Meet Sergei Kolov, the Silent Knight
(Friday Fiction) A Formal Introduction
This week I wanted to focus more on a graceful exit for my stories. A lot of them just stop, or I hastily construct a way for things to end when I feel the need to wrap things up. To be honest, it's kind of sloppy and I need to get better at it. Most … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) A Formal Introduction
(Friday Fiction) Changeling: The Talk
Our protagonist gets a name! I'm still feeling out how being a Changeling would feel in inner-city Baltimore. I think there's something distinctive about the idea and I'd love to try and capture it. Here, Mr. Foster takes our narrator to McDonald's for an explanation of what's going on. Or not. I don't know if … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) Changeling: The Talk
(Friday Fiction) Changeling: Emergent
It was my first day back in school after the mugging, and people were treating me surprisingly well. I guess word had spread about what happened, which was cool, but what was most interesting was how the story changed based on who told it. The teachers talked about how I nearly got away by telling … Continue reading (Friday Fiction) Changeling: Emergent
Friday Fiction: The Thin Man (Sleepwalkers)
(I wanted to get away from Abigail for a moment and explore the story of someone else. I think the setting needs a lot of work; the magic and tone have yet to feel really grounded, though the characters are slowly but surely taking shape. I like the idea of moving fairy-tale creatures into the … Continue reading Friday Fiction: The Thin Man (Sleepwalkers)
The Hero In Their Natural Environment
If you've been reading a few of the things that have been passing through my writing desk over the past year, you'll probably notice that I've taken a number of stabs at Sleepwalkers -- the current crop of stories will be the fourth set featuring Abigail and her friends. I know I'm running the risk … Continue reading The Hero In Their Natural Environment
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 