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Whoa Nellie! A Pinball Revolution at the Midwest Gaming Classic
When I attended my first Midwest Gaming Classic Convention in Milwaukee circa 2010, it consisted of a couple hotel conference rooms for pinball, vintage video games and merchandise. The panelist and viewing area was set up in a small lobby outside of the largest room, across from a diminutive dining area with sandwiches and snacks. It If I had to guess, there were perhaps about a hundred people…
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The Wasted Plains: A Magic Wednesday Story
This story is based on the cards Dragon Bell Monk and Map the Wastes from Magic: The Gathering Fate Reforged set (click here to view cards).
Author’s Note: This story began simply enough: a man is walking through the wasteland when he encounters a dragon. It ended up as a metaphor for my relationship with the creative process. When I am in it, it can feel like a battle. When I step back from it,…
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Magic Wednesday Card Draw: April 2nd
THIS IS THE CARD-BASED PROMPT FOR MAGIC WEDNESDAY STORIES THAT WILL APPEAR ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15th.
Set: Fate Reforged
Left: Dragon Bell Monk (Creature – Human Monk) Right: Map the Wastes (Sorcery)
A quiet day on the plains can lead to the most interesting stories, don’t you think?
If you would like to submit a story to appear as part of our next Magic Wednesday, please send your submissions to s…
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Grim Contest: A Magic Wednesday Story
This story is based on the cards Hungering Yeti and Grim Contest from Magic: The Gathering Fate Reforged set (click here to view cards).
Author’s Note: As you can tell from the title, I found the idea of a “grim contest” particularly compelling. For this story, I wanted to do something a little more whimsical with it, something a bit more contemporary. Of course, I think there are things that…
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Solid Humor Needs Grounding
One half-hour sitcom can’t be everything to everyone. Most of the time, the best it can hope for is to be entertaining and that the audience feels emotionally invested in the characters they are watching. This is what the Tina Fey and Robert Carlock attempted to do with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt(now streaming on Netflix). The show does not disappoint in terms of humor and wit, as one would expect…
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Battle Chosen: A Magic Wednesday Story
This story is based on the cards Ethereal Ambush and Whisperer of the Wilds from Magic: The Gathering Fate Reforged set (click here to view cards).
The luminous blue mist swept through the clearing and oozed between the wide trunks of the ancient trees, snaking around the places where the roots plunged into the ground. There it settled, expanding and retracting as if taking in breath, expectant.
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Retail Hell: Psychic Storm 12 - Options
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The rusty station wagon bounces down the quiet, fog-strewn country road. Lori is sitting in the tattered front seat that is made of cracked leather and held together with duck tape. The console is covered with receipts and paper napkins, the backseat is full of various odds and ends including, Lori sees, several pairs of shoes. She has always pictured Grace driving a Kia or a…
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100 Blog Posts and What Have We Learned?
This marks the 100th post on Paper. Pen. Pixel. Yay!
This is also a period of lower-than-usual daily views. Boo!
Some might say we are in a slump. While that might be true, I prefer to think of times like this as an opportunity to evaluate our progress. Between the dip in views and the 100 post milestone, it seems like a doubly good time to look at what we’ve learned so far and where we might go…
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Retail Hell: Psychic Storm 11 - Bleeding Out
Retail Hell: Psychic Storm 11
Cooper and the Doctor wrestle the General to the ground. His body flails in all directions as he snaps his jaws at their arms, shoulders, anything that comes within biting distance. They pin his arms down to the floor, leaning in with all their weight to subdue the super human strength of the thing inside of him.
Grace squats down next to the General’s right leg. She looks from his flushed,…
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Magic Wednesday Card Draw: March 5th
Magic Wednesday Card Draw: March 5th
THIS IS THE CARD-BASED PROMPT FOR MAGIC WEDNESDAY STORIES THAT WILL APPEAR ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25th.
Set: Fate Reforged
Left: Whisperer of the Wilds (Creature – Human Shaman) Right: Ethereal Ambush (Instant)
Deep in the Temur forests lies the heart of the tale.
If you would like to submit a story to appear as part of our next Magic Wednesday, please send your submissions to submissions@paperpenpix…
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The Siege of Ten Mar: A Magic Wednesday Story
This story is based on the cards Outpost Siege and Battle Brawler from Magic: The Gathering Fate Reforged set (click here to view cards).
There were no stars in the swamp. There was nothing besides the old dilapidated shack, nestled in the soggy banks under a tired willow tree. A single window offered the only pinpoint of illumination in the ghastly place.
The interior of the cabin was barely big…
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Retail Hell: Psychic Storm 10 - Casualties
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The massive iron door groans as Grace heaves it open. No one is sure what to expect: walls painted with blood, shadows of dark spirits hanging from the ceiling, the mangled corpse of the General burning on a pyre surrounded by disco-dancing demons…any of those things would be less surprising than what they actually see.
“Hey kids. How’s tricks?” Grace blinks at the shocking…
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Magic Wednesday: March 4th Preview
Magic Wednesday Preview
There’s still a week before our next Magic Wednesday reader submission deadline on March 3rd. Once again, here are your inspiration cards:
Left: Outpost Siege (Enchantment) Right: Battle Brawler (Creature – Orc Warrior)
So get those stories written and submitted to us by 11:59pm on March 3rd. Big or small, we’ll take them all!
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this sneak preview of my next Magic…
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Oscar Recap: Five Rules for Predicting Winners
Oscar Recap: The System Works and Here's How
Okay, it looks like I was a little off in my predictions for the 2015 Oscars. I only hit 3 of the Big 8 categories (Best Picture, Best Actor/Actress, Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Director, Best Original and Best Adapted Screenplays). A little embarrassing, but that’s fine. Nobody wins all the time.
In any case, I did learn a lot from the exercise. Even though I picked the wrong winners,…
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Retail Hell: Psychic Storm 9 - Thunder and Lightning
By the time Grace and Lori race up the long hallway and heave open the heavy door, the three figures of Cooper, Nathan and the Doctor are outside the General’s office, taking turns yanking at the door handle and pounding.
“What the hell happened?” The girls overhear Cooper yell as they approach.
“Your guess is as good as mine,” says the Doctor in a voice that is wheezy from exertion. “I…
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Stones: A Magic Wednesday Story
This week’s story is based on the cards Temur Runemark and Soulflayer from Magic: The Gathering Fate Reforged set (click here to view cards).
It was weeks before I came upon human life. Weeks of shambling through the snow-covered frontier, on horseback at first and then on foot after the horse died in its tracks of exposure or starvation or maybe both. Weeks before I arrived in the small hunter’s…
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Magic Wednesday Card Draw: February 19th
MAGIC WEDNESDAY IS CHANGING!
Magic Wednesday stories will now appear on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. We are making this change in the hopes that the extra time will allow more people to submit their stories!
THIS IS THE CARD-BASED PROMPT FOR MAGIC WEDNESDAY STORIES THAT WILL APPEAR ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4th.
Set: Fate Reforged
Left: Outpost Seige (Enchantment) Right: Battle…
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