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Huckleberry Hax writes metaverse fiction, including novels set in and around the virtual world of Second Life.® He is also an award-winning machinima creator and makes, um, 70s furniture... and stuff.

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PODCAST: The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries: THE SLOW DANCE

PODCAST: The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries: THE SLOW DANCE

HHAX 70s upright piano

HHAX 70s upright piano

Party at the Cave

Party at the Cave

PODCAST: The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries: THE CATHEDRAL PHOTOGRAPH

PODCAST: The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries: THE CATHEDRAL PHOTOGRAPH

Photos from WAARHEID: The Exhibition

Photos from WAARHEID: The Exhibition

Books by Huck

¹Virtual reality, ²Set in Second Life®, ³Science Fiction

Fiction: novels

AFK (2007)¹²

AFK, Again (2013)¹²

AFK, Indefinitely (2014)¹²

AFK, in Pursuit of Avengement (2015)¹²

AFK, Awaiting (2017)¹²

Be Right Back (2008)¹²

My avatars and I (2009)¹²

Your clothing is still downloading (2012)¹²

The Day is Full of Birds (2008)¹³

Thank You For Afterlifing With Us (2021)¹³

Virtual Thursday (2021)³

Fiction: novellas

SIM (2016)¹³

The Introspection of Imogen Card (2010)

Fiction: short story collections

Amazing Metaverse (2016)¹

The Avatar Ding Club Mysteries (2019)¹

Nonfiction

Second Life® is a Place we Visit (2015)

Poetry

Old friend, learn to look behind you in the coffee queue (2011)

Collaboration

Blue Angel Landing Volume 1 | Volume 2

Nordan Art: A Restrospective 2010 to 2011

Berg by Nordan Art 2015 | 2016

Reflections on Second Life

Compilation

AFK, All of it (2018)

My Tweets

Huck’s books

The afterlife, done metaverse style

All 5 books of the Second Life detective series in one volume

Twelve metaverse mysteries: can you solve them all?

How sure are you that your SL lover is who they say they are?

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Category: poetry

Season’s greetings 2022
Christmas, poetry, xmas card

Season’s greetings 2022

lights camera he looks into the lens pictures his waiting subjects a nation barely held together by customs just like this it’s … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2022

A Second Life challenge: create a video poem
machinima, poetry, video

A Second Life challenge: create a video poem

I’ve never issued a Second Life challenge before, largely because I suspect my status in the SL-sphere isn’t impactful enough … Continue reading A Second Life challenge: create a video poem

Look what you made me do
machinima, poetry, video

Look what you made me do

Look what you made me do.Now there’s blood on my cuffs and this shirt is new.Look what you made me … Continue reading Look what you made me do

Hope is a four letter word (video)
machinima, poetry, video

Hope is a four letter word (video)

I’ve been meaning for a while to put some of my poems up on YouTube, and finally got around to … Continue reading Hope is a four letter word (video)

Season’s greetings 2021
Christmas, poetry, xmas card

Season’s greetings 2021

Never mind the body count. The true crisisis the assault on our freedom to gather and consume.To shop, goddammit. To … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2021

Ode to gacha
poetry

Ode to gacha

They say you were a harmless thing, a little bit of fun.Yet the times that I enjoyed you can be … Continue reading Ode to gacha

Season’s greetings 2020
Christmas, poetry, xmas card

Season’s greetings 2020

Santa, My parents have assured me of your ongoing existenceso I’m asking that this year you try to keep a … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2020

Hope is a four letter word (2020 revision)
poetry

Hope is a four letter word (2020 revision)

Hope is a four letter word that we learned as children meant our dreams just might be heard. That the … Continue reading Hope is a four letter word (2020 revision)

stock picker
covid-19, poetry

stock picker

(for GJH) 12B arrives at midnight and marches from his ride; salutes the guard, hi-5s the drivers, and rubs his … Continue reading stock picker

Season’s greetings 2019
Christmas, poetry, xmas card

Season’s greetings 2019

He landed his sleigh in the car park of Big Data UK HQ and trudged with his sack across freshly … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2019

Where avatars die
poetry

Where avatars die

This is the place where avatars die. A white-edged limbo, lost in the sky, where the empties slump in suspended … Continue reading Where avatars die

Texture
poetry

Texture

I started to type something funny, but then I saw that she was typing something. So I stopped to wait … Continue reading Texture

Behind the counter
poetry

Behind the counter

hair clips hair brushes toothbrushes toothpicks lipstick bleach a tray of bottles of nail polish bottles of correction fluid plastic … Continue reading Behind the counter

Viral
poetry

Viral

Click. One thought breaks free, seeking minds, to be absorbed; a stray neutron, fat and heavy: it penetrates; it infuriates; … Continue reading Viral

flat
poetry

flat

the absence of time the absence of self the absence of feeling I know what to say I know how … Continue reading flat

Season’s greetings 2018
Christmas, poetry, xmas card

Season’s greetings 2018

another log on the fire another tin for the shed the newsreader drones on on Drones a sudden silence as … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2018

Beware of nostalgia: you weren’t the same person back then
poetry

Beware of nostalgia: you weren’t the same person back then

In an explosion of red and orange sparkles, I was visited last night by my fourteen-year-old self. He appeared right … Continue reading Beware of nostalgia: you weren’t the same person back then

Old friend, reformatted
poetry

Old friend, reformatted

One of the depressingly large number of items on my book management ‘to do’ list is to create a new … Continue reading Old friend, reformatted

Born-again bachelor
poetry

Born-again bachelor

Born-again bachelor, quite the surprise; his new boots and waistcoat a labelled disguise. He gives his account of a decade … Continue reading Born-again bachelor

Eggshell
poetry

Eggshell

The door bursts open and a new guy appears, ushers me into the workshop and hands me a sweat-coated phone, … Continue reading Eggshell

‘No North’ exhibition @ DiXmiX gallery
photography, poetry

‘No North’ exhibition @ DiXmiX gallery

In the final three minutes the sun still casts shadows, right up to the moment the button gets clicked. Close … Continue reading ‘No North’ exhibition @ DiXmiX gallery

I saw a girl get shot
poetry

I saw a girl get shot

I saw a girl get shot. I knew her for maybe six, seven years. She was in my class in … Continue reading I saw a girl get shot

concrete
poetry

concrete

I’m ok with people laughing at my fondness for straight lines and right-angled corners set in concrete designs. I acknowledge … Continue reading concrete

chasm
poetry

chasm

it will make not a bit of difference but one day you too will see this the boy staring at … Continue reading chasm

Real
poetry

Real

Fifty years into the future, she asked if I had a 39-20 she could upload herself into. I told her … Continue reading Real

Season’s greetings 2017
Christmas, poetry, xmas card

Season’s greetings 2017

A frost-covered igloo between parked cars. A blinkered personal space. And Christmas tidings falter as silenced shoppers pass. On their … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2017

Snow Day
poetry

Snow Day

Continuing my look back over ten years of blogging (and on a day when snow is falling over large parts … Continue reading Snow Day

Why I should always sleep on stuff
poetry

Why I should always sleep on stuff

Another poem from my 2011 poetry collection, “Old friend, learn to look behind you in the coffee queue.” Thanks to … Continue reading Why I should always sleep on stuff

Nancy Redgrave
Nancy Redgrave Building, poetry

Nancy Redgrave

December is also a month during which I remember one of my very first friends in SL, Nancy Redgrave. Nancy … Continue reading Nancy Redgrave

Old friend, learn to look behind you in the coffee queue
poetry

Old friend, learn to look behind you in the coffee queue

In my look back over ten years of blogging, I thought I’d publish a few of my favourites from the … Continue reading Old friend, learn to look behind you in the coffee queue

The crown shall
photography, poetry

The crown shall

My reign as Paper Crown King comes to an end on Sunday at 3pm SLT, when the crown will be … Continue reading The crown shall

Emergency response
poetry, Uncategorized

Emergency response

Get the ticker crawling, we need three connected headlines: The Thing that happened, a quote from the Prime Minister and … Continue reading Emergency response

the exchange
poetry

the exchange

A trudge across the dirt yard in the lit night, our warm breath billowing like wood smoke. I know there … Continue reading the exchange

lacrimioare
photography, poetry

lacrimioare

‘lacrimioare’ is my first ever exhibition of SL photography. It will be shown at Berg by Nordan Art, with the opening … Continue reading lacrimioare

Season’s greetings 2016
Christmas, poetry, xmas card

Season’s greetings 2016

Somehow it just isn’t the same as when you couldn’t sleep and you lay listening for bells and you dreamt … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2016

squat
poetry

squat

Here, in the vacuum she smiles brightly, she attends to his needs, she busies herself with his wellbeing: odd jobs … Continue reading squat

Poetry issues
poetry

Poetry issues

I’ve had a number of poems accepted by SL publications over the last few months, with ‘City Boy‘ the latest … Continue reading Poetry issues

bring back the seventies
poetry

bring back the seventies

bring back the seventies bring back smoke filled pubs and non-PC levities bring back sixty watt light bulbs and zinc … Continue reading bring back the seventies

Extra time
poetry

Extra time

We drove to the used car dealer, parked up just outside of a thirty second radius in the shared forecourt … Continue reading Extra time

The things that make you cry don’t make me cry
poetry

The things that make you cry don’t make me cry

The things that make you cry don’t make me cry. The things that make you cry don’t make me cry. … Continue reading The things that make you cry don’t make me cry

So turn towards the sun
poetry

So turn towards the sun

The most profound revelation is something you feared all along: that any promise of connection is at best only temporarily … Continue reading So turn towards the sun

cat and dog
poetry

cat and dog

she crouches he barks she sprints he chases she leaps he skids she hides he follows her scent she tears … Continue reading cat and dog

lily
poetry

lily

she wobbles at the edge of the drop crouched, reaching she takes a fistful of dirt from the box kisses … Continue reading lily

Didn’t you die yet?
poetry

Didn’t you die yet?

Didn’t you die yet? Didn’t you die yet? You said your goodbyes, we had tears in our eyes; everyone’s moved … Continue reading Didn’t you die yet?

Slow subtraction
poetry

Slow subtraction

You have hours left to live. You will never go home. Your intestine is ruptured. Say your goodbyes. Say your … Continue reading Slow subtraction

16
poetry, Uncategorized

16

A twilight gathering of four. Birthday salutations and years wished many more. Perhaps forced frivolity has become too much a … Continue reading 16

Birthday preparations
poetry

Birthday preparations

Happy 16th birthday, son. I’m sorry I can’t be there. This card is just to let you know I will … Continue reading Birthday preparations

Fifteen minutes
poetry

Fifteen minutes

Beautiful. Really beautiful. Heart touching. Perfect. Perfectly melancholy. Inspiring. Beautiful. Awesome. Cool. Fascinating and gorgeous. Beautiful and mind blowing. Wonderful. … Continue reading Fifteen minutes

That word
photography, poetry

That word

That word used to be a huge place, a soot-darkened, glass-paneled ceiling, a marble-floored arena of crossing paths, of newspaper … Continue reading That word

I will steal your pain
poetry

I will steal your pain

I will steal your pain. I will market it. I will brand it. I will stand on platforms and shout … Continue reading I will steal your pain

Stosh
poetry

Stosh

Farewell, my beautiful Sounds of Poems co-host. Big event. Lots of other poets. This poet enters. This poet chuckles. Other … Continue reading Stosh

Liquidator
poetry

Liquidator

A fine, sunny day. The leaves look good on the trees. I’ve waited through the winter to see just that. … Continue reading Liquidator

Hope is a four letter word
poetry

Hope is a four letter word

Hope is a four letter word that we learned as children meant our dreams could be heard. That the world … Continue reading Hope is a four letter word

Blue Angel Landing to return
Blue Angel Landing, poetry

Blue Angel Landing to return

It’s with enormous pleasure that I can reveal I’ve accepted an invitation to join the team of editors who will … Continue reading Blue Angel Landing to return

Sounds of Poems at Fantasy Faire
machinima, poetry, video

Sounds of Poems at Fantasy Faire

Last night I attended Sounds of Poems at the 2016 Fantasy Faire, a fantasy-themed event you’ve probably already heard about … Continue reading Sounds of Poems at Fantasy Faire

Why cutting costs costs
poetry

Why cutting costs costs

1. Make some people redundant. Because you still have to meet your statutory responsibilities and now have less people to … Continue reading Why cutting costs costs

The 25th tweet
poetry

The 25th tweet

Stephen Fry made a joke about someone on the telly. According to the BBC, lots of people complained on Twitter. … Continue reading The 25th tweet

Season’s greetings 2015
Christmas, poetry, xmas card

Season’s greetings 2015

You do whatever weird, convoluted shit that you’re legally entitled, I suppose, to do. Meantime, I’ll thank you to stop … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2015

Last Christmas
photography, poetry, Uncategorized

Last Christmas

If snow could only fall this year, take care of tidings spread, we wouldn’t have to work to make it … Continue reading Last Christmas

Fade
poetry

Fade

It’s hard, but it isn’t. All you have to do is stop remembering, close the logs, pack away the pictures; … Continue reading Fade

Forced tears
poetry

Forced tears

When you can’t cry, squeeze your eyes tight and cover them; wail; beat the table blindly. If it helps, think … Continue reading Forced tears

9/11/11
poetry

9/11/11

Water falls. Trees grow. The day is full of names. Cut.  Illuminated.  Read aloud. And touched with fingers and foreheads. … Continue reading 9/11/11

Have a great time
poetry

Have a great time

Me: I’m off! I’ll be back in a couple of weeks! Can’t wait to get away from it all! Boy, … Continue reading Have a great time

Billy
poetry

Billy

Billy sits on the floor to my right whilst I eat, looking up at me, longingly, putting his chin on … Continue reading Billy

City Boy
poetry

City Boy

City boy with his hardworking wife with his hands in his pockets never worked in his life watching others toil … Continue reading City Boy

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