The obligatory year-in-review post (2022)
So that was 2022. Overall, I can’t say I especially enjoyed it all that much. There’s always things to be … Continue reading The obligatory year-in-review post (2022)
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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
When people talk of home computers in the 80s, the theme of such conversation is usually eight-bit computer games. For … Continue reading RIP Sir Clive Sinclair
Yet another New Year party invite
New Year parties? Never liked them all that much, if I’m honest. All that standing around waiting for an arbitrary … Continue reading Yet another New Year party invite
The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries (2019) by Huckleberry Hax
ALL 10 PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AVATAR DINING CLUB STORIES PLUS TWO NEW TALES EXCLUSIVE TO THIS COLLECTION. How was Raw Concrete … Continue reading The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries (2019) by Huckleberry Hax
The Gallery Opening
It’s no secret that my ‘Avatar Dining Club’ series is a tribute to Isaac Asmiov’s ‘Black Widowers’ short stories, a collection … Continue reading The Gallery Opening
The missed appointment
A new Avatar Dining Club mystery. — A light dusting of snow covered the path on my walk from the … Continue reading The missed appointment
Launch party snapshots
A huge thank you to everyone who attended my launch party last night for ‘AFK, All of it.’ The StoshChuckles … Continue reading Launch party snapshots
AFK, All of it (2018) by Huckleberry Hax
ALL 5 NOVELS OF THE AFK SERIES TOGETHER IN ONE VOLUME: AFK AFK, AGAIN AFK, INDEFINITELY AFK, INPURSUIT OF AVENGEMENT … Continue reading AFK, All of it (2018) by Huckleberry Hax
Praise for the AFK series
Warning: self-congratulatory post ahead (with yet more stuff about posting reviews). I’m currently putting together an all-in-one compilation of the … Continue reading Praise for the AFK series
The HHAX Lovers’ mixtape: your Valentine’s gift sorted
Here’s a special edition of my HHAX Blank tape: the Lovers’ mixtape, a mod/trans mesh cassette decorated for Valentines Day … Continue reading The HHAX Lovers’ mixtape: your Valentine’s gift sorted
New from HHAX: Blank tape
I don’t really regard myself in SL as a ‘content creator.’ My philosophy of building is simply to create from … Continue reading New from HHAX: Blank tape
A bona fide Second Life superpower
Hello! You’re back again! You want more? I’m impressed you’ve stuck with it this long; really, I am. Well, I … Continue reading A bona fide Second Life superpower
Leave Len. Live with me. We’ll rent a room in a motel someplace. Who needs a quarter region when you’ve a dirty mattress and a stained sink in shared urban accommodation?
It’s Monday and you’re missing the weekend already. Time for the next little bit of The man who had an affair … Continue reading Leave Len. Live with me. We’ll rent a room in a motel someplace. Who needs a quarter region when you’ve a dirty mattress and a stained sink in shared urban accommodation?
Paper Crown King
In a pool party last night steeped in ritual and tradition, I duly acceded to the title of Paper Crown … Continue reading Paper Crown King
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
Is a picture taken in SL a ‘photograph’?
Kate Bergdorf has opened up an interesting debate on her blog about the ‘validity’ of virtual photography. Recently snubbed by an … Continue reading Is a picture taken in SL a ‘photograph’?
Berg by Nordan Art 2016
I’ve helped edit (and written the afterword for) ‘Berg by Nordan Art 2016,’ Kate Bergdorf’s retrospective on the past year at … Continue reading Berg by Nordan Art 2016
A call to pose makers
The Pose Fair 2017 is here. With it will come a flood, no doubt, of Bento finger gestures, the latest must-have … Continue reading A call to pose makers
Paper plane
On the advice of Inara Pey, I went to check out NorderNey. Continue reading Paper plane
My top ten SL photos (by me) of 2016
We’re in that no-man’s land of a week between Christmas and New Year, where we come to the realisation that … Continue reading My top ten SL photos (by me) of 2016
Come as you are
I disagree with Caitlin Tobias’ view that she isn’t an SL artist; if spending time arranging light in order to … Continue reading Come as you are
Huck’s Cube of NaNo
Many thanks to everyone who turned out to my 2016 NaNoWriMo workshop at Milkwood yesterday. Below are the slides I used … Continue reading Huck’s Cube of NaNo
NaNoWriMo workshop 22 Oct @8am
In what’s become something of an annual tradition, I’ll be delivering a workshop on writing a successful NaNoWriMo novel at … Continue reading NaNoWriMo workshop 22 Oct @8am
Pokeprim, Civil War and Mr Copybot: Some novel ideas 2016
Can it really be that November and its annual writing contest – National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo, as those … Continue reading Pokeprim, Civil War and Mr Copybot: Some novel ideas 2016
Get ‘AFK, Awaiting’ for free
UPDATE DECEMBER 2017: AFK, Awaiting has now been published; the offer described below is no longer valid. You can read … Continue reading Get ‘AFK, Awaiting’ for free
Back to building
What I want to do right now is build. I’m nowhere near being any good at mesh yet; I just … Continue reading Back to building
Wiedersehen
16
A twilight gathering of four. Birthday salutations and years wished many more. Perhaps forced frivolity has become too much a … Continue reading 16
Eurovision, Brexit, the UK’s ridiculous euro-insecurity and the role of Sir Terry Wogan
I’m not ashamed to say that tonight is one of my favourite nights of the year: the 61st Eurovision Song … Continue reading Eurovision, Brexit, the UK’s ridiculous euro-insecurity and the role of Sir Terry Wogan
Everwinter: more from Pripyat
You know how it is, right? You start reading about something because there’s a item on the news because the … Continue reading Everwinter: more from Pripyat
Still
I’ve come to see Kate Bergdorf’s exhibition of SL photography, “I want for you to be still” at Dathuil. This … Continue reading Still
Death and the metaverse
A new Hard Luck story. A bullet with his name on it sends Luck on his last case ever, an investigation … Continue reading Death and the metaverse
New virtual world ‘Plundr’ promises shipwrecking instead of shopping
If, like me, you thought the best part of last year’s BBC rebooting of Cornish period drama Poldark was the … Continue reading New virtual world ‘Plundr’ promises shipwrecking instead of shopping
Amazing Metaverse (2016) by Huckleberry Hax
12 tales of mystery from the virtual world by ‘AFK’ author Huckleberry Hax. The first case I ever had that … Continue reading Amazing Metaverse (2016) by Huckleberry Hax
What will Sansar look like?
Believe it or not, it’s already over a year and a half since Linden announced it was building a successor … Continue reading What will Sansar look like?
The Second Life® Dictionary of Virtual Experience: Chat
It’s been a while since the last instalment in my dictionary of new words and terms for all those experiences … Continue reading The Second Life® Dictionary of Virtual Experience: Chat
New covers for the AFK series
It’s coming up for a year now since the release of AFK, in Pursuit of Avengement, the fourth book in … Continue reading New covers for the AFK series
Ziggy Cardboard
And so it begins. It begins with the sale of the Oculus Rift and the death of David Bowie. Frankly, … Continue reading Ziggy Cardboard
Fading Mask
The new exhibition at Berg by Nordan Art includes this fabulous, sim-sized installation by Haveit Neox. ‘Fading Mask’ consists of … Continue reading Fading Mask
Following the new Firestorm route into SL
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the product will make you happy
Feeling gorged on consumerism? Want something uplifting to watch to get you in the mood for all those this-year-it-will-be-different resolutions? … Continue reading the product will make you happy
NEW: Share your love of Second Life with new tools
My friend Canary Beck has been very hard at work lately working with the Firestorm team to create a new … Continue reading NEW: Share your love of Second Life with new tools
Still imagine
RIP John Lennon, 35 years ago today. Continue reading Still imagine
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
Avatars assemble
Paris, Second Life, 4:30am SLT. In the metaverse, we can stand together. Continue reading Avatars assemble
Heartburn
Heartburn is a hijacked word. Surely it should mean longing, craving, staring-into-nothingness yearning. That sort of thing. Who the hell … Continue reading Heartburn
Berg by Nordan Art 2015
I’ve helped put together (and written the afterword for) ‘Berg by Nordan Art 2015,’ Kate Bergdorf’s retrospective on the past … Continue reading Berg by Nordan Art 2015
‘AFK, in Pursuit of Avengement’ now available in ePub
The title pretty much says it all. I have a bit of fiddling to do still to get it into … Continue reading ‘AFK, in Pursuit of Avengement’ now available in ePub
The Facebook death of Huckleberry Hax will occur in six days…
When I read recently that the Facebook identity police were onto Bryn Oh, I knew my own time had to … Continue reading The Facebook death of Huckleberry Hax will occur in six days…
JE SUIS CHARLIE
Solidarité n’a rien à voir avec la colère et tout à voir avec le refus d’avoir peur. Continue reading JE SUIS CHARLIE
Season’s greetings 2014
Paraffin Winter
I recently finished reading ‘Paraffin Winter’, a novel written by Peter Chowney who I knew for over a year in … Continue reading Paraffin Winter
Season’s greetings 2013
Immersion matters
Here’s my August column for AVENUE magazine. Much ado is currently being made about the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality … Continue reading Immersion matters
The End Is Nigh
Here’s my December column for AVENUE magazine. Photography this month is by Natasja Schumann. December 2012 marks the last of … Continue reading The End Is Nigh
Woody in the UK
Working on an RL project that’s almost done. Meantime, here’s some classic Woody Allen. Continue reading Woody in the UK
On SL profiles and hate speech
Following some recent events in SL within the literary community, I would like to make clear my views on people putting … Continue reading On SL profiles and hate speech
Farewell Nancy
One of my oldest SL friends, Nancy R, whom I met in SL whilst I was still writing ‘AFK’ (and … Continue reading Farewell Nancy
First prize for Cafe Huck at AWE
My booth at the 2009 Autumn Writers’ Exhibition has won the ‘Best Display’ award. Based on a cafe used in … Continue reading First prize for Cafe Huck at AWE
What the Huck? 