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(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Once you’ve found your way to where you’re going . . . what then? Where are you going to stay once you get there? Let’s start, as we so often … Continue reading
Category Archives: Worldbuilding
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Maps come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. But they all share one thing in common: they are, at best, approximations of the thing they represent. This is inevitable. Even … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) In these days of GPS telling us every turn to take and where to find a parking spot when we get to our destination, it’s easy to forget that finding … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Demons: they’re bad, right? Maybe. Depending on who you ask. And when. Because like “faerie,” “demon” is a word used to cover a huge swath of creatures — and in … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Like several of the other creatures discussed this October and last, angels are, in the strict sense, a very culture-specific concept. They’re a key element of the Abrahamic religions — … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) It’s an easy slide from being part animal to being able to transform between human and animal. In the West, our minds most immediately go to werewolves: people who transform … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Technically a chimera is a specific creature. Not a chimera, but the Chimera: a monster from Greek mythology, commonly described as being part lion, part goat, and part snake or … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Sometimes the things you most need to protect aren’t objects, people, or places: they’re pieces of information. There are three primary ways to do this. The first is to hide … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) I’ll admit it: this particular essay is kind of a grab bag of random techniques and technologies people have historically used to protect their belongings. But I think they merit … Continue reading
(This post is part of my Patreon-supported New Worlds series.) Keeping a place or an object secure largely consists of three elements: first, you want to discourage or prevent people from getting in; second, you want to know when they … Continue reading