<body> I cook(mouseover-replace:"cook")[~~cook~~ was a chef.](mouseover-append:"chef.")[ I used to cut carrots.(mouseover-append:"carrots")[ cut celery(mouseover-append:"celery")[ cut onions(mouseover-append:"onions")[ cut garlic(mouseover-append:"garlic")[ cut shallots(mouseover-append:"shallots")[(mouseover-replace:"I used to cut carrots cut celery cut onions cut garlic cut shallots")[~~I used to cut carrots cut celery cut onions cut garlic cut shallots~~ I used to cut vegetables(mouseover-append:"vegetables.")[ I quickly learned to select pieces.(mouseover-append:"pieces")[ from the whole(mouseover-append:"whole")[ keeping only what I needed(mouseover-append:"needed")[, trimming away the ugly bits(mouseover-append:"ugly bits")[ and the excess material(mouseover-append:"excess material")[(mouseover-replace:"I quickly learned to select pieces from the whole keeping only what I needed, trimming away the ugly bits and the excess material")[~~I quickly learned to select pieces from the whole keeping only what I needed, trimming away the ugly bits and the excess material~~ I quickly learned to cut the fat(mouseover-append:"fat.")[ I'd make misteaks.(mouseover-replace:"misteaks.")[~~misteaks~~ mistakes, and swiftly churn them into successes.(mouseover-replace:"churn")[~~churn~~ turn (mouseover-append:"successes.")[ These days, my writing looks a lot like my cooking. (mouseover-replace:"cooking.")[cooking: an amorphous amalgam of disparate skills. (mouseover-append:"skills")[, rolled together(mouseover-append:"rolled together")[ to form a unified mass(mouseover-append:"to form a unified mass")[ but without connective refinement(mouseover-append:"refinement")[(mouseover-replace:"an amorphous amalgam of disparate skills, rolled together to form a unified mass but without connective refinement")[~~an amorphous amalgam of disparate skills, rolled together to form a unified mass but without connective refinement~~ curious, tenacious, and gregarious(mouseover-append:"gregarious.")[ Bring me on, chief.(mouseover-replace:"me on, chief.")[me on, chief, and aim this hot writing rocket at whatever you need blown up. (mouseover-replace:"blown up.")[~~blown up~~ blown down. (mouseover-replace:"blown down.")[~~blown down~~ scorched into a literary inferno visible from space. (mouseover-append:"space.")[ Get in touch at <a href="mailto:themanstark@gmail.com" target="_blank">themanstark@gmail.com</a> ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ] I write (mouseover-append:"write")[ at indie studio Feral Cat Den.(mouseover-replace:"Feral Cat Den")[(link-repeat:"Feral Cat Den")[(openURL:"http://feralcatden.com/")], editing their game (link-repeat:"Genesis Noir")[(openURL:"http://www.genesisnoirgame.com/")](mouseover:"their game")[ and documenting it for localization(mouseover-append:"localization.")[ Essentially it is a cosmic noir.(mouseover-append:"cosmic noir")[ thriller(mouseover-append:"thriller")[ point and click puzzle adventure(mouseover-append:"puzzle adventure")[ murder non-mystery(mouseover-append:"non-mystery")[(mouseover-replace:"Essentially it is a cosmic noir thriller point and click puzzle adventure murder non-mystery.")[~~Essentially it is a cosmic noir thriller point and click puzzle adventure murder non-mystery big boy crashy run jump but they're not really puzzles and I mean what does a definition even mean if you're having fun playing the thing and getting a good story from it why do we even have to call it a video game versus just a game isn't it a little silly that there's a differentiation there in the first place~~ The story is an interactive fiction adventure. (mouseover:"adventure.")[ Need help defining the genres your game transcends as it creates them? (mouseover:"creates them?")[ Email me at <a href="mailto:themanstark@gmail.com" target="_blank">themanstark@gmail.com</a> ]]]]]]]] ]] I create (link-repeat:"twine")[(openURL:"http://story.andrewmaruska.com/")] games.(mouseover-append:"games")[ about sandwiches(mouseover-append:"sandwiches.")[ This particular one required sacrificing orphans to distant gods.(mouseover-append:"distant gods")[, turning literally anything into a sandwich(mouseover-append:"into a sandwich")[, so long as it told the best story(mouseover:"best story.")[ Got orphans? Get Evan - 607-427-4079]]] ]] Fuck 'Em (link-repeat:"magazine")[(openURL:"http://fuckemmagazine.com/")] is my fastidious flex. (mouseover-append:"flex.")[ The fiction magazine is a self-important(mouseover-replace:"self-important")[~~self-important~~ self-important, very (mouseover-replace:"self-important, very")[~~self-important very~~ self very-important(mouseover-replace:"self very-important")[~~self very-important~~ very self-important response to the consumerist drivel of irresponsible media.(mouseover:"irresponsible media.")[ These platforms betray the human race in their flagrant sabotage of core principles not tied directly to financial gain. (mouseover:"financial gain.")[ With the obscure Burkean lens of perspective by incongruity, these shortcomings are elucidated. (mouseover-append:"elucidated")[, through the narrative of an author who misfits the mold(mouseover:"the mold.")[ You agree, no?(mouseover:"no?")[(mouseover-replace:"You agree, no?")[~~You agree, no?~~ As I know you too can see the light, you may sign up for the <a href="mailto:communicationersmanifesto@gmail.com" target="_blank">Communicationer's Manifesto</a> here. ]]]]]]]]] ]] I be (mouseover-replace:" be ")[ ~~be~~ do lots, outside work.] (mouseover:"lots,")[I am into Dungeons and Dragons(mouseover-append:"Dungeons and Dragons")[ to the point that I helped create this (link-repeat:"adventure prompt generator")[(openURL:"http://adventure.andrewmaruska.com")]. Give it a whirl for your next one-off adventure. (mouseover:"one-off adventure")[ Or if you just want to impale yourself on the Martyr's Pike of Hunger, check out my Pizza Club pics on Instagram (link-repeat:"@StarklePony")[(openURL:"http://instagram.com/starklepony")]. (mouseover:"Instagram")[ Also, there are some some killer peeps out there that get me real hyped. (mouseover-append:"real hyped.")[ Emily Carrol is a (link-repeat:"storytelling genius")[(openURL:"http://www.emcarroll.com/comic/")] whose work is an absolute inspiration. (mouseover:"inspiration.")[ James Yu has (link-repeat:"this")[(openURL:"https://www.jamesyu.org/hyperliterature/")] amazing take on the word hyperliterature.(mouseover:"hyperliterature")[ (link-repeat:"Magnetism Studios")[(openURL:"http://magnetismstudios.com/")] is behind (link-repeat:"this old piece")[(openURL:"http://www.bureauofcommunication.com/")] of hot hot bureaucratic action. (mouseover:"action.")[ I became enamoured with (link-repeat:"60s tenor sax jazz")[(openurl:"https://youtu.be/bCmo30r3OXI")] after hearing Joe McPhee on the radio. If you've got ears, this piece is gonna blow your mind as it did mine. (mouseover:"as it did mine.")[ Ok, show's over folks. (mouseover:"Ok, show's over folks.")[ No, really, that's it.(mouseover:"No, really, that's it.")[ Yep, no more to see here, no sir.(mouseover:"Yep, no more to see here, no sir.")[ Go on now, move along. (mouseover:"Go on now, move along.")[ Nothing here. (mouseover-append:"Nothing here.")[ C'mon, time to shove off.] (mouseover:"C'mon, time to shove off")[ Don't you have anything better to do? (mouseover:"Don't you have anything better to do?")[ Oh I don't believe that. (mouseover:"Oh I don't believe that.")[ Get. (mouseover:"Get.")[ GO. (mouseover:"GO.")[ Vamoose! (mouseover:"Vamoose!")[ Goodbye! (mouseover:"Goodbye!")[ Get lost! (mouseover:"Get lost!")[ Go away. (mouseover:"Go away.")[ Get on with it. (mouseover:"Get on with it.")[ Shovel on. (mouseover:"Shovel on.")[ Out. (mouseover:"Out.")[ Bye. (mouseover:"Bye.")[ See ya. (mouseover:"See ya.")[ Fuck off already. (mouseover:"Fuck off already.")[ Va t'en. (mouseover:"Va t'en.")[ Ciao. (mouseover:"Ciao.")[ Vaya sin dios. (mouseover:"Vaya sin dios.")[ No mas gracias. (mouseover:"No mas gracias.")[ De. (mouseover:"De. ")[ Ki. (mouseover:"Ki.")[ Fora. (mouseover:"Fora.")[ I. (mouseover:"I.")[ Have. (mouseover:"Have.")[ No. (mouseover:"No.")[ Thing. (mouseover:"Thing.")[ More. (mouseover:"More.")[ For. (mouseover:"For.")[ You. (mouseover:"You.")[ Thanks. (mouseover:"Thanks.")[ For. (mouseover:"For.")[ Coming. (mouseover:"Coming.")[ But. (mouseover:"But.")[ That's. (mouseover:"That's.")[ All. (mouseover:"All.")[ Folks. (mouseover:"Folks.")[ Ok here's a monkey:(mouseover:"monkey")[ (link-repeat:"There is no")[(openurl:"https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?z_eekpofxrjk403")] (link-repeat:"monkey.")[(openURL:"https://unomoralez.com/img.html?cid=2&offset=15")] Bye! ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ]]]]]]]]]]]]]] </body> <a href="mailto:themanstark@gmail.com" target="_blank">themanstark@gmail.com</a>