August 2011
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The Beginning Of The Middle
Part Two is approaching!! We are going to have Chapter 21 up NEXT SUNDAY. It’s very exciting.
We apologize again for taking such a long break. Allison was moving out of state and we have been adjusting to the strains of long-distance partnership. We’re finally getting back on track, though things may yet be a little rocky as we attempt to plow ahead. We’ll do our best to stay on...
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Etymology Adventures Part Two: Ken(nen)
In our last Etymology Adventure, we mentioned that unheimlich is usually translated as “uncanny.” While it’s true that there’s something lost in translation, there is also something gained. Let’s start with the Old Scots word ken. Ken is drawn from lots of linguistic sources, some of which are mentioned in the previously posted House of Leaves footnote. There’s...
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Etymology Adventures Part One: Unheimlich
Unheimlich, as some of you may know, is an incredibly interesting word. The English translation is usually given as “uncanny,” with connotations of “scary,” or “surreal.” But, as is often the case with German, there is a lot more going on than that.
The root word here is Heim, which means “home.” Home is, in the words of our extremely helpful German...
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The New Part One
Hello everyone. As we have previously mentioned, we have been very hard at work editing and tightening Chapters 1-20, and now, finally, the new and improved versions are all online! Writing by the seat of your pants can be a wild and thrilling process, but often it leaves you with kind of uneven work. So we went back and smoothed things over, added/subtracted and moved stuff around. The Klaus und...
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roguetempest asked: oh my god your ICON
I think I might have drawn that
I REGRET NOTHING
I think I might have drawn that
I REGRET NOTHING
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A For Real Update
The next installement of Berlin Confidential is FINALLY HERE. It’s a short but intriguing interlude set almost two decades before the time of our story, and in it you’ll finally get to meet some new and more fantastical characters. It’s called DAS TUNGUSKA-EREIGNIS, which means The Tunguska Event, and you can read it HERE.
Remember the Tunguska Event? Got mentioned in Chapter...
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An Update
Hey friends! Sorry about the extended silence; fear not, we have not forgotten about you. The past several days have been devoted to a much-needed mental break, and now we are getting back into the swing of things. We have some suprises coming down the pike, and some of them may not be very exciting for you as readers, but they are sure exciting for us as writers. Which is what happens a lot of...
