Index

Looking for science fiction, fantasy, or essays? Here are some starting points!

Science Fiction

• Desynchronized

• The Girl and the Moon Worm

• Quoth the Nightingale

• Dragon of the Sweet Sea

• Seeking the Aphelion

• Dog Days

• Just Another Late Night at Idealist HQ

• A Welcome Tea

• This Body to Rest

Fantasy

• Requiem of the Moth (low-fantasy high-intrigue serial, 2 seasons completed as of August 2024)

  • Two Faces (prequel)

  • Questions Clever Girls Never Ask (Zhiva spin-off)

  • Ghost Connections (Liha spin-off)

• The Tale of the Moon Chinchilla

• With Fierce Tears I Pray

• At the End, the Sea

Essays

Philosophy & self-improvement

• The Romance of a Theory of Everything

• From Game Engines to Rockets to AI

• Please Behead Me

• Pretend to be a Japanese Student

• How to Stay Sane with a Full-Time Job and Personal Projects

• The Language Wars

Writing

• Letter to an Aspiring Writer

• Writing in Public is Messy

• Adopt a Mentor to Improve Your Writing

• The Thread That Glows in the Dark

• Resources for Science Fiction Writers

• 30-Day Writing Challenge

  • I will write and publish 30 pieces for 30 days

  • I wrote 30 stories in 30 days… now what?

• How I plan and write fiction in Obsidian

• 7 Lessons from Writing an Interactive Story for NaNoWriMo

Japan

• In Praise of Japanese Living

• Realism and Unreality in Japanese Storytelling

• You Must Offer Serenity

• To See A World In A Grain of Tea

Reviews, analyses, discussions

• From Penny Dreadfuls to Paperlike (on the history of serial fiction)

• Why Touhou Project Is The Most Beloved Indie Game Series

• In My Mind Are All The Tides (Piranesi)

• Letters from Arrakis (part 1 of a co-authored 4-letter megaseries on Dune)