Recent content by Brandon S. Pilcher

A young Egyptian lady is taking her crocodilian companion out for a swim in the Nile River. We know the ancient Egyptians venerated crocodiles in association with their god Sobek, but what if some Egyptians had also kept crocodiles as pets? The big predatory reptiles might come in handy for...

I admit to being very picky about books and therefore have a harder time finding ideal reading material than some other readers, but I do believe you need some exposure to quality prose in order to write it. A lot of the writing I've encountered online is so poor that it makes me question...

If they're cannibals of the night, maybe "night cannibals" would be enough? It's not very fancy, but it gets the point across.

I wouldn't bother with LLMs at all. I don't think it has anything to offer that would be more useful than anything a human being could offer. Not to mention that they're almost all trained on a vast vault of stolen data and waste a lot of energy.

Anyway, as far as your story is concerned... I looked up how the Aztecs would bury their kings, and I found this article: Royal Aztec crypt wows archaeologists The article mentions them cremating their kings and then burying them with "rich offerings" like vases and ornaments. It doesn't...

You mean mystical elements in Indiana Jones? Well, for one example, the Ark of the Covenant proves to be pretty mystical when the Nazis open it up at the ending. There's also ghosts, potions that make you evil, and time travel throughout the series.

I would have the traps be supernatural, personally. That's probably how they work in the Indiana Jones movies, since they're already chock full of mystical elements.

Now if only I had something important happening at the moment to post...

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This is the thread where you post visual artwork you made. It can be of characters or illustrations from your stories, or not related to your writing at all. Also, no AI generations. Anyway, I'll start with some artwork I made in Clip Studio Paint that's related to my short story "The Nkisi of...

I have a lot of stories about strong action heroines, since I'm fond of attractive women kicking butt as a trope. I also have a lot of prehistoric monsters since dinosaurs were my first love.

My username here is just my real name. Not much more to it than that. My avatar, on the other hand, is a personal logo I made which depicts an ancient Kushite archer lady riding a Utahraptor. Here it is at a larger resolution:

I was Tyrannohotep on the old forum. I don't think I was ever a frequent poster on there, but it's nonetheless nice to have a space where I can post my writing and get it critiqued.