The Accidental Monster

Published in Monster Alley

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Why I Left The MPP…

Medium… You Suck. — You may have noticed that on 9/17/2022, my stories all went back up for free. ALL of them. What little money I had been making was thrown to the wind Saturday afternoon, on a whim. Well, sort of. There’s a reason to it, trust me. You may or may not…

Money

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Money

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Published in Monster Café

·16 hours ago

De-Café-nated?

The cycle begins anew — The fog lifted, and I was standing in the kitchen nook again. The laptop automatically started reading “Declutter Your Life” by Shane Berry, as expected. The NPC robot from before was standing between me and the cellar door again. Also as expected. I shrugged. “You know I can just kick…

Monster Cafe

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Monster Cafe

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Published in Monster Alley

·1 day ago

Episode 6: Dealing With Compliments

The Hidden Egg Podcast — Whoo boy, this one was looong! But first, I want to shoutout to some amazing commenters: Ben Ulansey, Molten leaves, You Good?, Miss Peach, Lorna Dolan, Sieran Lane, ItsAlwaysRightNow, Ekene Moses, and Jan Sebastian. Thank you so much for your contributions, and giving us so much to respond to! This…

Podcast

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Podcast

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Published in Monster Alley

·4 days ago

TAM Leaves The Café!

Be part of this new adventure! — The descent seemed steeper than before, my head still wobbly from the dragon dust. How long I walked was unclear; an eternity? Five minutes? There was no way to tell. After awhile, the same familiar mirror popped up to my left. No, my right. Blinking, it became apparent the rest…

Monster Alley

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Monster Alley

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6 days ago

Sunday Update: 3/26/23

Slow Growth In Spring — This last week felt faster than before. As the world warms, it always seems to do that. Heat makes me feel faster, the days feel a little shorter and that 24 hours doesn’t stretch as far as it did in winter. In some ways, that’s fantastic! In others… When I…

Updates

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Updates

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Published in Monster Café

·Mar 25

Breaking Out Of The Café

Getting a bit of help from the locals… — Ok, we’re trying a new thing. Holly Rose Thomas set a new rule for the café — that visitors can add songs to the café’s Spotify playlist. Only 1 problem… I didn’t have one. So, now I do! …

Monster Cafe

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Monster Cafe

6 min read

Published in Monster Alley

·Mar 24

Episode 5: Why BE Vulnerable?

The Hidden Egg Podcast — All this talk of vulnerability, let’s figure out why it’s even a thing! But first, the shout-outs: Jake FM, Denis Gorbunov, You Good?, Carrie, ItsAlwaysRightNow, Ekene Moses, Jenny Lane, Miss Peach, Sieran Lane, and Lorna Dolan. Thank you all so much for your comments, suggestions, and general well-wishing! We’re so…

Podcast

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Podcast

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Mar 19

Sunday Update: 3/19/23

Accept a break, not defeat — These weekly updates are as much for me as they are for you, dear reader. …

Updates

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Updates

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Published in Monster Café

·Mar 18

The Never-Ending Café Spiral

Trapped by an unseen captor — Salli, the reader voice jolted me awake. In the kitchen again…? My laptop sat unassuming on the same table, in the same corner of what I could only assume was the same Café I’d been managing for at least the last six months. …

Fiction

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Fiction

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Published in Monster Alley

·Mar 17

Episode 4: Exposing Vulnerability

The Hidden Egg Podcast — It’s that time again! Before we get into it, let me shout out to the people that commented since the last episode: Denis Gorbunov, Linda Cowgill, K. Joseph, Jenny Lane, Sieran Lane, Ekene Moses, and Lorna Dolan (and an honorary shout to You Good?, …

Podcast

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Podcast

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