Peter H. Fröhlich3h ago

"So, what do YOU do?"

"Oh, I'm a programmer."

"Ah. But ... what do you DO?"

"Well... I mostly sit around and think. Every now and then I add, remove, or change some code or documentation here or there to make things better."

"..."

"Sometimes I also help diagnose a problem a customer is having and develop the necessary fixes to make sure the problem doesn't happen again in the future for any of our customers."

"..."

"I cast computer spells!"

"Wow, really? Like Gandalf but with a keyboard? That's cool!"

"I also have a cyber port right here at the back of my neck..."

"Whoa! Is that like USB5 or something? Cool!"

#FridayFiction #FictionFriday #Fiction #Friday

Chris Buxey6d ago
An Imperial Governor with strange culinary tastes enlists a squad of veteran Astra Militarum guardsmen to hunt a most unusual quarry. But who is hunting who? 🥩
Read my Warhammer 40K short story ‘Rare Meat’ this #FictionFriday.
👉 https://40k.coldopenstories.com/rare-meat/
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Davida (Chocolate Lady) ChazanApr 9

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Very Irish Story - my #bookreview for "Shibby Magee" by Carrie Kabak, on my #bookblog here. Thanks Corbyn Books and Carrie for offering me the ARC of this truly lovely book. #histficreadingchallenge
#2026NewReleaseChallenge #FridayFiction #FictionFriday

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/10/a-very-irish-story/

A Very Irish Story.

Book Review for “Shibby Magee” by Carrie Kabak. Summary: “When their bold and brassy mother, Vera Coffey, disappears after declaring she was born into Ireland’s Traveller community, a traditi…

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Chris BuxeyApr 3
An Aeldari Exodite brother and sister enter the carnosaur’s layer to perform an ancient ritual and discover which of them will become a knight. 🦖
Read ‘You Will Never Be A Knight’ this #FictionFriday.
👉 https://40k.coldopenstories.com/you-will-never-be-a-knight/
#WarhammerCommunity
Chris BuxeyMar 27
Founding his own Ordo hasn’t matched Inquisitor Kant’s vision. The work is dull and his allies drift away. Can he prove the worth of the Ordo Digna, or is it doomed to fail? Find out in ‘A Matter of Time’ this #FictionFriday:
👉 https://40k.coldopenstories.com/a-matter-of-time/
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Chris BuxeyMar 20
Kaptain Gron and his Ork Kommandos infiltrate an Imperial base in search of the legendary “Dark Stabba”. But Gron has a bad feeling, and what the heck is the “Dark Stabba” anyway?
Find out this #FictionFriday.
👉 https://40k.coldopenstories.com/the-dark-stabba/
#WarhammerCommunity
Chris BuxeyMar 13
The Loyalists are coming, and artist Dmitri has mere hours to finish his mural. But one question remains…
Check out my Warhammer Horus Heresy short story ‘Is Rogal Dorn The One With Wings?’ this #FictionFriday.
👉 https://40k.coldopenstories.com/is-rogal-dorn-the-one-with-wings/
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#HorusHeresy
Chris BuxeyMar 6
Xenos invaders be damned! If Administrator 2nd-Class Hubert can’t convince his colleagues to file the correct paperwork, then maybe his laspistol can!
Find out if he succeeds in my short story ‘Chit Happens’ this #FictionFriday.
👉 https://40k.coldopenstories.com/chit-happens/
#WarhammerCommunity
Chris BuxeyFeb 27
Inquisitor Corvin Fane is lost, drowning in an ocean of bone. He has a single lifeline to cling to - his own name.
Read ‘The Billion Skulls of Inquisitor Corvin Fane’ this #FictionFriday.
👉 https://40k.coldopenstories.com/the-billion-skulls-of-inquisitor-corvin-fane/
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Davida (Chocolate Lady) ChazanFeb 26

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚#bookstodon TCL's First Lines Friday #11 for February 27, 2025! What if you decided to read a book based not on the author or title but on its opening lines? See if you can guess which book I picked, on my #bookblog here. #FridayFiction #FictionFriday #FirstLinesFriday

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/27/tcls-first-lines-friday-11-for-february-27-2025/

TCL’s First Lines Friday #11 for February 27, 2025!

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers that was originally hosted by Emma @ (the apparently, now defunct) Wandering Words (don’t click on the link, it isn’t there anymo…

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