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On Sword and Sorcery and Cheese
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser A few years back (Covid) I decided to dive headfirst into Sword and Sorcery movies. Until that point, my exposure to the genre had been limited to the writing of Robert E. Howard (primarily Conan) and Fritz Leiber (Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser). Of the two I preferred Leiber's work, due to his portrayal of the comradery between his two protagonists. When most folks discuss this genre of movies, they're talking 70s/80s action-fantasy. Not having watche

Chris Large
Jan 52 min read
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Writing for game companies
A branching narrative I wrote for Big Fish Games Between 2018 and 2024 I wrote for US game companies including: Big Fish Games, 3 Minute Games and Tales Inc. The money was pretty good (around $500 USD/chapter). Much higher and more consistent pay than I've ever had for short fiction and non-fiction in the past. I'm taking a break from it for now however, due to the high attrition rate of new game platforms. It's incredibly frustrating to see years of work simply disappear due

Chris Large
Nov 16, 20251 min read
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An introduction
Hi. I'm Chris. The image below isn't the best, or most up-to-date, but it's the best I can muster up for now. For many years I had a blog called Fly Soup , but for some reason google web-crawlers can no longer index its pages, which is a shame. I liked that blog, even if it did look a bit ancient. So anyway, I asked my daughter to help me make a website and you are currently appraising the result. She's good at stuff like this, so if there are any weird glitches on chris-larg

Chris Large
Nov 15, 20251 min read
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