17 May, 2012 (05:00) | Essay, PSYT | By: Zach
Audio version of PSYT here. PSYT: Disconnection, by Laura Nicole Remember that one time in Star Trek, when that character was just getting ready to unwind and rest and then all of a sudden the comm goes off? It’s happened in so many different shows and in all of the series’ so you have to [...]
Tags: conversation, disconnection, reconnection, technology
27 October, 2011 (15:59) | Conversation, Essay, Humor, Pirate take over, PSYT | By: Jeff Hite
Scary Movies By Laura Nicole and Jeffrey Hite This week the Pirates are taking over, well half taking over, the Please Spay Your Tribbles Column. I say we are only half taking it over because this weeks column was inspired and spurred on by the Gypsy, Pirate queen, Laura Nicole. As usual when the pirates [...]
Tags: #lessscarymovies, from the editor, humor, Less scary movies, Pirates, Please Spay Your Tibbles, Scary Movies, Take over
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28 September, 2011 (15:23) | Conversation, Essay, Humor, PSYT, Writing | By: Jeff Hite
The Headless Horseman By Laura Nicole So if you haven’t been getting ready for Halloween for the past several months… then you probably aren’t in my circle of crazy Halloween friends here in New England. You should work on that… I digress. Halloween is only a few weeks away and the haunted attractions are getting [...]
Tags: blood, fantasy, fiction, frights, ghost stories, Halloween, holiday, Oz, Please SpayYour Tribbles, pumpkin, Sleepy Hollow, the Headless horseman, Tin Man, tribbles
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21 September, 2011 (08:46) | Conversation, Essay, Humor, Notes from the Editor, PSYT | By: Jeff Hite
Expandable spaces By Larua Nicole Some very ordinary objects contain extraordinary things. A lamp contains a genie. Small nook in a tree contains a fairy. A marble contains a universe. A purse contains an entire room full of stuff. But there are two objects that seem to be more than they appear. TARDIS – A [...]
Tags: fantasy, fiction, from the editor, Genie, Genie in a Bottle, humor, Pokeball, Reading, science fiction, TARDIS
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7 September, 2011 (08:27) | Conversation, Essay, Humor, Notes from the Editor, PSYT | By: Jeff Hite
Inside the Pokeball – Jigglypuff By Laura Nicole So the people who came up with Pokemon have some serious control issues. The Pokemon are kind of like a mix between a genie and pitbulls raised for fighting (which I do not condone). A trainer gathers the Pokemon and sets it against another Pokemon for what [...]
Tags: fantasy, from the editor, humor, Please SpayYour Tribbles, Pokemon, science fiction
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31 August, 2011 (06:45) | Conversation, Essay, PSYT | By: Jeff Hite
SciFi Death By Laura Nicole I don’t watch as much SciFi as the rest of the Flying Island Press crew, but I watch my fair share. There is something that really bugs me as a writer in many of these shows. Let me start with my favorite SciFi spoof movie “Galaxy Quest”. (Spaceballs is in [...]
Tags: Dr Claw, Galaxy Quest, Inspector Gadget, Please Spay Your Tibbles, SciFi, Space Balls, star trek, Star trek TNG, Tasha Yar, tropes
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25 August, 2011 (07:46) | Conversation, Essay, Humor, PSYT | By: Laura Nicole
5 Reasons To Be a Pirate By Laura Nicole I am back from medical leave and vacation and that means more Tribble fun from me. As I was sailing the seas this past weekend and getting some much needed sun, I was contemplating my role with Flying Island Press as a pirate. I thought I [...]
Tags: crew, fantasy, pirate, science fiction
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20 July, 2011 (10:43) | Essay, Notes from the Editor, PSYT | By: Laura Nicole
Please Spay Your Tribbles Each week I will be analyzing an object from the Science Fiction and Fantasy world to project just how it would pan out in modern society. A Commentary on What Mutant Powers Laura Would Have I have played a few people with supernatural/mutant powers. There has been Jubilee from X-men (Circus13Productions.com) [...]
Tags: from the editor, role playing, science fiction, tribbles
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14 July, 2011 (05:57) | Conversation, Essay, Humor, PSYT | By: Laura Nicole
Please Spay Your Tribbles By Laura Nicole Each week I will be analyzing an object from the Science Fiction and Fantasy world to project just how it would pan out in modern society. Femme Bots Oh you poor, poor people. Unless you are a fan of my rants, this article will sound a bit whiny [...]
Tags: fantasy, Femme Bots, fiction, from the editor, humor, science fiction
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6 July, 2011 (23:43) | Essay, Guest Post, PSYT | By: Laura Nicole
Each week I will be analyzing an object from the Science Fiction and Fantasy world to project just how it would pan out in modern society. HOLODECKS pt 2 So last week’s post sparked a conversation on with of my good friends, Dave Maciver who is also a SciFi fan, obviously. He took up the [...]
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