Working away on my #IF Short Story/ Visual Novel Hearthorne using the software, Gamebook Authoring Tool for structuring both.
62 Branches in on 200 Projected with 4 separate storylines and 3 distinct endings plus 1 ‘true’ ending.

Working away on my #IF Short Story/ Visual Novel Hearthorne using the software, Gamebook Authoring Tool for structuring both.
62 Branches in on 200 Projected with 4 separate storylines and 3 distinct endings plus 1 ‘true’ ending.


I’ve doubled down on which way to work with ‘Hearthorne’ opting for a different OS to dramatize my work. As much as I liked the look of the CoG …
Expanding Narrative Options
He wasn’t happy.
His bean cans were 4 cents more
Abandoning them
I should have paid for his food
Instead of letting him leave.
In the grocery store today, I watched an old man frustrated at the prices of his food. Three cans of beans and a box of Saltine crackers. The bill was only $2.49 and he fought with the cashier about the pricing. She checked, he was wrong and I missed the chance to help.
Old Man running hard
Shirt off, feet slapping the dirt
Breath locamotive
Panting in lockstep rigor
He races to stave off death
Every morning at 7:30 am, a senior jogger runs topless down my street eyes focused on a finish line only he can see.
Torn yellow newspaper
Coats her bedroom window panes
Rusted AC leaks
As Rhonda, my neighbor waits
For the Sheriff’s to evict her
there’s a little red spot on my hand today
after doing my weekly shopping at the ‘mart
i’m washing it, rubbing it, willing it away
hoping that this isn’t a symptom, a beginning, a start
so i wait and wonder and hope and pray
that i will live another day
life under Covid-19 has me questioning every cough, touch and interaction