OK, I *promise* the next thing I write will be short and sweet.
So I wrote another frickin' novella. For those of you wondering, "why isn't Ice Bear posting anything when he's stuck in quarantine," the answer is because he decided he'd start four different projects simultaneously and then fixate on the longest one of them until completion....
2020-04-04 18:11:19 +0000 UTC View Post
So hey, I wrote another book. :D It's up now on Amazon, and for those of you who've espoused a dislike of funneling money to Jeff Bezos, I've gone ahead and put it on Smashwords too. (...
2020-03-19 14:29:36 +0000 UTC View PostAt long last, here we have The Gamemaster's Screen, the first book in the Character Creation series. For those of you who were reading the chapters as it went along, there has been some significant revision, so there may be some fresh potential in there for a "re-read" as well. It's definitely better than it was, though I'll leave it to you to d...
2020-03-17 20:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostEvery now and then I go through old my old stories to refresh myself on what all I've produced, what I liked, what worked, etc. One commission from a couple years back that I rediscovered recently was Alice's Smartpartment. I walked away feeling like there ...
2020-03-15 18:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go, folks! The fifth and final portion of Rachel's Love Potion 2: Rachel's Love Potion's Love Potion.
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OK. So I *will* be continuing this, but it may be a bit. Since we've hit sort of a major twist, this seemed like a good place to ...
2020-02-26 22:58:12 +0000 UTC View Post
As you know, I usually don't splurge on customized cover art, to results ranging from "eh, that's not bad" to "wtf were you even thinking letting people see that". But I thought for this, what the hell, I'd splurge and hire a For Real artist to make something cool for me, and so far she is knocking it out of the park! Absolutely loving it.
Hey everybody! Here's a little story called The Position. It's set back in the 50's, and features a high school principal and his attempt to teach a very unruly young woman. It's exclusively for $5+ patrons, one of my thanks-for-giving-me-some-time-off-paid-commission thank you stories. So thank you! Between fiddling with The Gamemaster's Screen...
2020-02-13 23:26:13 +0000 UTC View Post
For a lot of you, this isn't much of an announcement, so if you already downloaded and read Losers, there's not much new to this other than the cover image. (Though I have added the version with cover art inserted in the $20+ pledge page with all my other Amazon stuff...
2020-02-05 14:06:37 +0000 UTC View PostHoly freaking crap, folks. Like I said in my last post, I got an idea, and I was grateful to have the permission of the January commission winner to go crazy with it. When I thought "go crazy with it," I definitely did not think this would balloon like it did. Here, after weeks of tinkering (and a few days for the nice fellow who first inspired ...
2020-01-28 05:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostShame on me. Folks, I took Tolerance and The Tolerant down a long time ago from the EMCSA, and at the time, I told myself I'd fix all the many many problems I have with it, then put it up for sale. As you probably know, that never happened, because to absolutely nobody's surprise, spending a month editing something you already wrote is waaaay le...
2020-01-17 21:15:20 +0000 UTC View PostWhew! I hope everybody had delightful holidays. I for sure did. Of course, it's January 9th, so I'm kinda behind the curve of those sorts of well-wishes, but oh well. I had family over for a week and then friends in town for another, so all that put me behind some of my goals, but January put me back into it with a vengeance. I got caught up wit...
2020-01-09 23:59:57 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy hey! It's December's commission drawing winner, this month with Indentured Bimbotude. It's a concept I'd thought about before, volunteering oneself as a sexual indentured servant in exchange for future pay-offs. (Frankly, if the tech for it existed, we'd almost certainly be doing it.) Anyway, here ya go! At this point, my hope is to have a...
2019-12-18 06:02:11 +0000 UTC View PostWanted more? Here's more! Keeping it short and sweet this time, like Rachel herself.
2019-12-06 09:37:35 +0000 UTC View PostJust go read it. Then the rambling below will make more sense. I recommend the pdf format, because the font shifts will show up more readily, which help with the flow.
***SPOILERS BELOW***
So, back in September, the drawing winner gave me a prompt with a whole lot of freedom. Basically, the idea was that somebody had a script that sh...
2019-11-22 17:43:49 +0000 UTC View PostSo here it is, the second part, in which we learn a bit about how Rachel's amateur warlockery affected her friend. It's probably not quite as much fun at the previous part, but is a necessary bridge from part 1 to part 3. Hopefully still some fun. There will definitely be a part 3 and perhaps a part 4 (5, possibly; 6 isn't totally out...), so if...
2019-11-08 07:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: The original Rachel's Love Potion story is available here. Sorry I didn't include that originally!
Man, it's rough when you realize you named a story wrong. Because here I am, writing the sequel, when I realize the sequel should definitely hav...
2019-11-02 05:39:14 +0000 UTC View PostAnd here we have this month's commission drawing winner, who wanted a little story about a bionic implant run amok. I don't know if it was at all inspired by the weaker implants I've employed as a device for RWP, but either way, my head was already there. I'm going to be traveling near the end of the month, but I'll be aiming to get at least ano...
2019-10-16 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo here's the second part of Living the Dream. Now, I realized the other day as I was halfway through this installment that Alan Smithee was writing a *very* similar story over at the EMCSA. I got through most of the second piece of his story before realizing the similarity and was like... well, fuck a duck. So I stopped reading there, so I didn...
2019-10-04 07:25:26 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy everybody! I'll start with announcement stuff, then set up the new story. The $50 tier benefit has for some time been, in addition to all the stuff from other tiers, getting access to story chapters as I work on them. There used to be more to it, but since I've gotten away from for-hire commissions, I felt bad, because I couldn't really ju...
2019-09-21 03:45:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Man. Between Jordan, Conner and Amanda, I can't believe not a single one of those thought to use TIOS to grant a dog full student status with a gimmick like this.
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2019-09-11 02:36:49 +0000 UTC View PostHere it is, your first look at the next Big Thing coming your way from Ice Bear, Inc.! It's very tentatively entitled "The Roles We Play" (hereafter RWP unless I someday confirm this as the final title - kinda not loving it, but lemme know what y'all think).
Minor spoilers below (If you're averse to reading the back cover of the book...
2019-09-07 18:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostOK, so here's something new, and it's really something kind of New. Finally someone has sought a commission that wasn't more alternaTIOS, and not only is it something original, but it's maybe a first foray into an adjacent genre. This story, per request, is less erotica and more romance, so bear that in mind as you head in. It's not sexless or a...
2019-08-23 19:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostFirst off, another quick plug for all the interesting discussing happening on my community page. Some posts are up regarding topics like which of my leading ladies you found the loveliest (yech, I am so alliterative lately, I swear), what D&D characters the TIO...
2019-08-13 18:03:18 +0000 UTC View PostI've been rewatching/finishing Orange Is The New Black the past few weeks with my mom as she recovers from back surgery, and it made me feel like I was lagging on my current projects. There's something about immersing myself in really amazing writing that makes what I do feel really inadequate. Perversely demoralizing? I don't know. (Also, how h...
2019-08-12 03:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy everyone! A new story for you today that I'll be posting elsewhere later, but you wonderful people are first to the show. The title stems not at all from my own sentiments, but rather those of our protagonist, a mind controller overwhelmed with ennui who gives himself a challenge to spice things up. Remember, my early releases are first dr...
2019-07-29 17:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostSo of all the stuff I've written, this series is by far the one I've gotten the most feedback on. (For the millionth time, sorry about Emily!) I took it off the web a long time back, planning on revising it to a point where I thought it would be as good as I wanted it to be. There are a lot of problems I have with it, from some inconsistencies i...
2019-07-17 21:31:27 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy, folks! Another TIOS-inspired tale for y'all, continuing the work begun with Sub Notes and Lesson Plans. I won't say much to foreshadow, but hopefully it scratches that "man, but here's what somebody *should* do with TIOS" itch. :)
I think I'm going to work on a few short works here for a bit, catch up on some old ideas, but I'm begi...
2019-07-17 21:22:40 +0000 UTC View PostTo ease the convenience of accessing your rewards, I've gone ahead and attached a copy of every story available to $20 patrons in one post. Stories are included as of 4/20 as both pdf and epub. Going forward, I'll keep this page current as I add new material.
Since it's a recurring question, here's my recommended reading order for th...
2019-07-12 15:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy, everybody! Thanks so much for all of your feedback since this past weekend's publication of This Was Our Time, the TIOS version of End Game. (Lower cultural impact, sure, but consider the budget for each.) Anyways, I've gotten a couple suggestions that I should do a recap, for folks who don't want to re-read the first two books but have d...
2019-07-11 14:35:19 +0000 UTC View PostAnd here it is, everybody! I hope you enjoy it, as well as the rest of your weekend!
2019-07-07 16:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post