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Friday Flash Fiction: “That’s Entertainment”

Curtis Chen
February 25, 2011
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This one’s for my friend Jeff, who once posited that if humans ever develop faster-than-light travel, the adult entertainment industry will be the first to find a way to capitalize upon the new technology. Read “That’s Entertainment” at 512 Words…

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SnoutCast #53: “GC Summit 2011 Panel: MY FIRST GAME”

Curtis Chen
February 22, 2011
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And now, for your listening pleasure: a complete audio recording of the “My First Game” panel discussion (~40mins) from this year’s Game Control Summit. Video will be online soon! The panelists were: Jan Chong (coed astronomy), Dan Egnor (Burninators), Justin…

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Kitten Dylan Has Found a Home

Curtis Chen
February 20, 2011
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One final update on the stray kitten we fostered for a few weeks: the lady at the Humane Society confirmed that he’d been adopted last weekend, and yesterday, we got a message (via online photo comment) from his new family:…

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Friday Flash Fiction: “Assassination”

Curtis Chen
February 18, 2011
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Happy Presidents Day, everyone! (No? Too soon?) This piece is a first for me, in that it combines elements from two previous 512 stories: futurismic police detectives Jake and Andy, who first appeared in “The Forty,” and the alien race…

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SnoutCast #52: “Game Control Summit 2011 Debrief”

Curtis Chen
February 15, 2011
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Slides and videos of this year’s GC Summit talks will be online Real Soon Now. Until then, you can listen to us blather about how great the event was! [ Download mp3 – 26 MB ] 00:59 – “conscientious”02:10 –…

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Friday Flash Fiction: “My Funny Valentine”

Curtis Chen
February 12, 2011
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I thought this story was going to go one way, but it ended up going in a different direction. But I’m still pretty happy with it. Even if it does include a somewhat gratuitous cock-punch. Read “My Funny Valentine” at…

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SnoutCast #51: “Between a Rock and a Hard Clue”

Curtis Chen
February 8, 2011
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In which we once again demonstrate our total unprofessionalism. That’s a word, right? [ Download mp3 – 26 MB ] 00:00 – Teaser: it’s too early to talk about grammar02:06 – “bad”02:34 – the wages of sin is slogging through…

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Kitten Dylan Does Some Paperwork

Curtis Chen
February 7, 2011
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Tye and Dylan have been playing through the gap under the bathroom door ever since we brought Dylan home. They usually bat a paper ball or toy mouse back and forth. This afternoon, I saw Tye playing with something larger….

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Friday Flash Fiction: “Kibitz”

Curtis Chen
February 4, 2011
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This story isn’t very good. I was literally falling asleep Tuesday afternoon as I wrote the first draft. (Next week’s won’t be that great either. You’ve been warned.) Read “Kibitz” at 512 Words or Fewer

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Cats Don’t Care About Spelling

Curtis Chen
February 3, 2011
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Whether you spell his name “Dylan” or “Dillan,” this adorable kitten is ready to leave our spare bathroom and go to a good home in the Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington metro area! http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/18554780 See those handy Twitter and Facebook buttons on…

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Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇)

Once a Silicon Valley software engineer, Curtis now writes fiction and runs puzzle games near Portland, Oregon. His debut novel WAYPOINT KANGAROO is a science fiction thriller about a superpowered spy facing his toughest mission yet: vacation. The sequel, KANGAROO TOO, sends our hero to the Moon!

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