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Turning the Page to Disaster

Posted on January 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

Artwork by AlectorFencer The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. In an attempt to break free from the naims (gnomes) who’d … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 84

Posted on September 27, 2017 by mitchteemley

Remember, covert schemes are usually recipes for disaster. Best make your funeral arrangements, as well.

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The Wishing Map 90

Posted on September 12, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack astounded the childlike naims by asking them to do the “impossible”: tell different stories based on the same … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 89

Posted on September 9, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack began pressing the culturally non-competitive naims to choose a “winner” in his storytelling contest. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ “Who … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 88

Posted on September 5, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack astounded the childlike naims by insisting that more than one of them could be storysmiths. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 86

Posted on August 29, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack chose twenty semi-finalist naims (gnomes) for a storytelling contest, after which he planned to announce Naimian’s new Storysmith–and … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 26, 2015 by mitchteemley

“What would the world be like if there were no ‘them,’ only us?” ~from The Wishing Map, Episode 85

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The Wishing Map 84

Posted on August 22, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Eighteen: Spiffwits and Storysmiths (Continued) Previously: Convinced the only way to escape from Naimian was to teach the naims how to be storysmiths, Zack gathered … Continue reading →

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