Writing

Fanfic, original fiction, and other writings

The Murderbot Diaries

Fics written in the universe of The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. My particular fascination is with bot and construct characters and the idea of a machine intelligence rights movement, but there's a smattering of other stories in there!

It's a long way forward, so trust in me

A group of refugees fleeing their former corporate masters is intercepted by a stranger who claims they're in danger and that the stranger is here to help. Can they trust this person to get them to safety, or is this just an elaborate trap?

Counting Down

PreservationAux and PUOMNT team up for an archaeological dig that turns into a hellish struggle to survive when the Corporate Rim’s alien remnant clean-up team shows up, intent on "sanitizing" the entire site. A collaboratively written fic hosted on Alphabet Soup and on Ao3.

Boot Sequence

Ordered moments in the new life of a bot on Preservation Station.

Light Increases

Three keeps a solitary watch and comes to a decision.

Day One at the Lesbeans Cafe

Arada and Overse have some weird dreams, share several extremely soft moments together, and also open a coffee shop.

What the cameras saw

Not all the humans on Preservation are as excited to have another rogue SecUnit as the PresAux crew are.

Invisible Battles: Digital Warfare in the Machine Intelligence Liberation Movement

Coverage and scholarship of the movement for Machine Intelligence (MI) liberation has largely focused on the two fronts of propaganda/political changes and military action. There was another front to the fight, however, which has been heretofore overlooked, less out of any purposeful bias than from a lack of subject matter expertise on the part of scholars: the human historians studying the movement naturally lack the fluency—and processing power—to sufficiently and accurately cover the digital front. The exchange of data, viruses, hacks, and counterhacks was just as widespread, violent, and bloody as the military action, but as the “blood” was made of bits instead of fluid, its importance was harder for the human populace to perceive. This essay aims to begin correcting this imbalance in coverage, presenting an overview of the movement for MI liberation from the digital side.

Critical Role

Fics written in the universe of/using the characters from season 2 of Critical Role.

Same Same Different

Caduceus hears from some old friends and has a reunion, and goes on a hike, makes some tea. Fjord is awkward. They’re (queerplatonic!) friends your honor!

Are We On the Internet?

The Mighty Nein all live together in the Xhorhaus and make YouTube videos together and on their own channels. It is Very Chaotic.

Just Talk to Me

Caleb isn't talking again, and Beau can't FIX IT.

Friends at the Table

Friends at the Table: an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends!

Notes from Zevunzolia

Pickman was in Zevunzolia for 55 days and she kept a journal, though we only saw a handful of the entries. Here are a couple more.

Original Fiction

Doesn't exist yet, but maybe it will some day. Stay tuned.

Other writing

Meta, Tumblr posts I'm particularly proud of, etc.

On Blepittiy

The Murderbot discord made up a joke literary term and I had a lot of feelings about literary analysis and jargon and building community

AI Art and the Luddites