SquireQuest 0-5

SquireQuest is a "quest," a style of story wherein updates end with a choice presented to the reader(s), as in choose-your-own-adventure-style books. Each update is written to incorporate the results of the readers' previous decisions, which dictate the direction of the narrative within the author's established parameters. This is a landing page for the first …

TEASEARCHER EPISODE IV

For formatting: PDF version. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ INT. COLLEGE DORM ROOM — DAY HENRY sits on the side of Chuck's desk, leaning in to see his laptop screen. CHUCK, in his office chair, begins to type and talk. ASHLEY, on Chuck's bed, listens attentively. CHUCK Okay. Uh, about ninety minutes. HENRY Get typing, monkey. CHUCK Fine, have …

TEASEARCHER Episode III

For formatting: PDF version. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ INT. COLLEGE DORM ROOM — DAY CHUCK sits at a coffee-cup covered desk, making programming notes on a cluttered yellow legal pad. CHUCK (to himself) Cathartic, Parkland, honest concept of remonstrance and gossip, HENRY knocks at the door. CHUCK With a paucity of parchment, starched with stark kits of fire …

TEASEARCHER Episode II

Hello; here's a second webseries script. The updated first (in pdf form) can be found here, and this one (in pdf, since that preserves formatting) is here. Good luck. —————————————————————————————————————————— INT. COLLEGE DORM ROOM — DAY HENRY That funny? CHUCK Not a comedian. A magician. HENRY Then how is he relevant? CHUCK (snaps fingers, points) …

TEASEARCHER Episode 1

[Here's a link to a PDF, if you care about my best approximation of proper format.] INT. COLLEGE CAFETERIA — DAY HENRY PARTRIDGE is a tall, English 18-year-old with a practiced way of movement and speech. He is neat, without affectation, but his careful presentation suggests a cool demeanour. ASHLEY HEIDECKER, also 18, is Henry's …

Kane in a Good Land

LOOK UP WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED… SECTION.I – MULTIPLE CHOICE – NUMBERS Potters 1 Harry Potter was never quite your avatar; maybe it was your mother's – she pushed you to read the series, and you did, and you liked it. Still he was never quite yours, a little too storybook at turns, a little too product-of-its …

Short Story 2

[EDIT (28—8—2020:) Somehow I posted this twice, accidentally; may take it down, but leaving for now while I do a little cleanup. Original post follows.] [Note: This is not The Box. This is a draft of a short story I wrote some time ago.] There were vast infinities and invisible points and distorted clumps and …

I’m Sorry I Lied To You

Hello– I started this meaning to keep it updated twice a week. I failed at that, and I'm apologizing for it now. It's an unfortunate thing; my tendency to leave tasks halfway finished. From this moment forward, I'd like to establish that this project won't be one of them. I will scale it back to …

Two-Week Hiatus

Hello all,   I'm taking two weeks (starting last Tuesday) to outline things and work on a few other projects. I'll be back on November first with daily (hopefully) National Novel Writing Month posts.   lukelightman

Week Hiatus

Hello readers, (?) I wanted to inform you all that I will not post Friday, September 1st or Tuesday, September 8th. In an effort to avoid cluttering this space, I'll avoid elaborating on the reasoning here: if it's important to you, lukelightman.wordpress.com will have an update about this in the next few days.   Have a …