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The Return of Portension
I once had a blog called Portension. Portension is the act of foreshowing, which seemed appropriate for a blog about future tech. It was long ago, when blogs were new and everyone subscribed using RSS readers, before social media and such. It started on Blogger, but soon I moved to Wordpress. It taught me a lot about building websites. Sadly, and I wish I could have seen this coming, most of the blog was lost in a tragic technology snafu, so I shelved it for another day.
So, now, nearly two decades later, as I make the move to bring my speculative fiction writing to the web, I’m going to revive the old blog name (I still own the url, and all the old branding).
Anyway, the subtitle of Portension.com was “Future, Frivolity and Folly”. I liked the alliteration. To some degree, those three words will still inform what sort of writing you will find here.
Future Stuff
Ok, it’s not always future stuff, but I’m writing what might often be called speculative fiction. Maybe you are too. Or maybe you just got lots of time to read stuff. Regardless, welcome.
Frivolity Stuff
Sometimes, I like to write down funny things. Maybe you like to laugh. Maybe that’s worth clicking subscribe.
Folly Stuff
Sometimes humanity does stupid things. I sometimes rant when we do. I sometimes try to wrap that into a story. If you too sometimes can’t believe the direction the world is going, we might have stuff in common.
Looking for Friends
If you too are writing speculative fiction, let me know. I’d love the chance to read, share and discuss each other’s work.🙭