Backpacking Burro

I’ve told a few tales on this blog over the years – in truth it’s what I started it for, writing tales based on my adventures in SL, but what with one thing and another they have tended meandered off here and there and it can be hard for people to follow them. So here, ladies and gents, I’m going to summarise them all (along with my non-story posts) and provide a category link so you can trace each one back and start from the beginning. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did writing them

Please note that comments are always welcomed and replied to – and if you want to discuss a collaborative effort, just ask

Stories

Backpacking Burro (Finished: July 07 to July 09)
Details how I came to be half-gazelle at the ‘hands’ of the mysterious Elemental inhabiting my backpack and was then sent off on a quest to stop an inter-dimensional war from erupting. Along the way the Elemental destroys the connection between Avatar and Typist rendering HBA, no longer ‘I’, a virtual orphan. At the end of the tale, as HBA contemplates his fate away from the Elemental, he finds a small leather-bound journal on his beach that leads to his next adventure, The Lost Journal.
Read the posts under the category “Backpacking Burro“

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The Lost Journal (Finished: May to June 09)
An archaeological dig is slaughtered in 1930. Seventy years later, HBA finds a journal detailing events and posts it as a curio to Dr Darien Mason of Mason Labs in Steelhead. Within days HBA and Darien’s father, Jeremiah Mason, are battling through the jungle to stop an ancient evil from escaping into the world. Can they stop The Leviathan before nuclear fire opens a portal to a dimension of Hell?
Read the posts under the category “The Lost Journal“

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HBA Island: The End (Finished: July 09)
A short tale set after after the terrible events of The Lost Journal, in which Sally the crab returns only to see HBA Island destroyed forever…
Read the posts under the category “HBA Island: The End“

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Steelhead: Lost & Found (Finished: July 09 to Sept 09)
After the terrible events of The Lost Journal, HBA found himself injured, poisoned and dying in Jeremiah Mason’s rented room in Steelhead. Nursed back to health, he finds he is suffering from amnesia and believes himself to be Jeremiah. Once back on his feet he sets off to find out what happened to him to turn him into a half-gazelle. Along the way he discovers he may not be who he thinks he is and gradually loses grip of his sanity… with explosive results!
Read the posts under the category “Steelhead: Lost and Found“

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Steelhead: Far From Home (Ongoing: October 09!)
Even though HBA’s burnt and ruined body hovers between life and death in a Caledon Hospital following the end of “Lost & Found“, his mind and soul wander far from home. But will they find their way back?
Read the posts under the category “Steelhead: Far From Home“

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Steelhead: The Mysterious Note (Finished: October 09 to November 09)
On a rare trip into Steelhead City, Dr Ryne Beck finds a mysterious note on the floor of the town hall. Fearing illegal activities of Shanghai’s slum’s tong he decides to investigate… a move that puts him in very real danger deep beneath the streets of New Babbage! “Steelhead: The Mysterious Note“

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Steelhead: Goodunnit? Murder in Steelhead! (Ongoing: November 09)
The day after Dr Beck returns from New Babbage after his near-death brush with zombies in , “The Mysterious Note”, he is called upon by Sheriff Ortega to examine a body found in Dr Alter’s curious ’squiddy thing’ pet. Who killed the man and why? And will ‘Squiddy’ ever wobble again or will it be ramrod-stiff forever? Read on and find out goodunnit!
Read the posts under the category “Steelhead: Goodunnit?“

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Steelhead: Troubled Waters (Coming Soon in Dec 09!)
Whilst HBA hovers between life and death in a Caledon Hospital following the end of “Lost & Found“, Dr Ryne Beck tends to the poor of Steelhead Shanghai’s slums. At one end of the slums people are falling ill in increasing numbers, whilst at the other end someone is selling a seemingly genuine ‘miracle cure’. Can Dr Beck uncover the truth before it’s too late?
Read the posts under the category “Steelhead: Troubled Waters“

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The Search for Magellan Linden (ongoing)
A group of explorers documenting their search for their spiritual (by spirits I mean booze. this is Magellan we are talking about after all!). Join the hunt!
Read my dedicated page here.

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The Collected Works of Lady Heady Antfarm (ongoing)
My filthy old Aunty writes these smutty books for Grignano Press in Nova Albion and somehow publishes extracts here :-/
Read the posts under the category “Lady Heady Antfarm“

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The Island (Finished: Aug 07 to July 09)
A man is shipwrecked on a mysterious island – follow his plight as he writes letters to his wife in his journal. This tale was never finished as it stalled in mid-2008 and I went on to use the plot in the most faster paced The Lost Journal.
Read the posts under the category “The Island“

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Non Stories

My Adventures in The Show Must Go On
These are all my posts about the brilliance that is the travelling vaudeville show The Show Must Go On!
Read the posts under the category “TSMGO“

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My Road Trip (ongoing, Feb 08 to current)
A looooooong running series where I journey through Sansara, the first continent, and detail each sim I wander into – lots of history mixed with nice photos and my usual silliness This will run for ever at the speed I complete posts, but who cares – road trips are about the journey, not the destination
Read the posts under the category “BB Road Trip“

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HBA Island (Sept 07 to Sept 09)
A collection of my posts about the development and use of HBA Island from mid-2007 to it’s firey demise in July 2009. Ahhh, how I loved that place
Read the posts under the category “HBA Island“

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My Adventures in Steelhead City
In July 2009 I moved into Steelhead City, a gaslamp fantasy set of sims. These posts cover both IC and OOC aspects of my time there.
Read the posts under the category “Steelhead“

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My Thoughts on Roleplaying in SL
A collection of my thoughts, musing and reflections of want it means to roleplay in SL – make sure you follow the debate in the comments where many people wiser than I add their thoughts on the subject.
Read the posts under the category “Roleplaying“

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My Adventures in Machinima Films
A small (hopefully getting bigger one day) series about my film making attempts in SL and the lessons I learn/pass on.
Read the posts under the category “SL Machinima“

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