In case you’ve forgotten, I only realised partway through the month that I hadn’t been posting weekly recaps of my June 2026 Daily Writing, so I ultimately decided to post a recap in halves.
And since I just wrapped up the month, there’s the second half.
June 15 – Dire (wolf) Straits
“Look at these claw-marks, I think it’s obvious what our culprit is.”
“Yeah! A Vampire! Right?”
“No, Roland.”
“A Mummy? Some… kinda… fish-guy?”
June 16 – Knock You All Down
“Therefore, I, Captain Ratsumies, will knock you all down!”
June 17 – The High Ground
“The boot’s on the other glove! I’m tall now, suckers! Who wants some of this?”
June 18 – Kat vs. Skadi vs. the Lyte Brigade vs. Planning
The six members of the Lyte Brigade stare dumbly as the Hrimfaxi woman hefts her two axes and goes charging off with a sound like:
“BLAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH!”
June 19 – Space is once again the Place
Katalina Darkstone, captain of the Bradamante, feels the sweat beading on her brow. As a freelance courier, she’s been stuck in some dire situations all across the galaxy. But this – this – is one of the toughest spots the young pilot has found herself in.
June 20 – Fighting Crime in Porthaven
Due to a recent major increase in criminal activity in Porthaven’s Dock District, the mercenary company of Boss Virrad and Company has been hired to lead the city’s response and put to rest the concerns and unsubtle public pitchfork-sharpenings of the Porthaven Dockside Business Owners’ Association, the Porthaven Friends of Not Performing Criminal Activities, and the Porthaven Light Opera Society who has moved into one of the warehouses as their rehearsal space.
June 21 – A Day for Fathers
“I hate this infernal day,” Ammianus mutters.
“Why, Daddy, is that because it’s also the anniversary o’ that fateful day Great-Uncle Horace done drownded in the crick? And ever since, his very own unquiet shade has been glimpse wanderin’ the banks o’ the crick and heard to remark in a ghostly wail Now where did my durn mule run off to?”
June 22 – Kat vs. Stringent Entrance Requirements
“To enter, you must be established to be either a pirate, or the son of a pirate.”
“Though, for legal purposes, ‘son’ is understood to also encompass the ‘girl-son’ of a pirate.”
“Girl-son? Do you mean daughter?”
June 23 – Vera’s New Trick
“Vera, are you just going to cast a spell that splashes them with water?”
“…Yes.”
June 24 – Talk to Me, Goose…
“You can trust Prima and Vera. They’re not going to eat you. You’ve got nothing to worry about. Unless you’re made or sugar.”
June 25 – The Holey Grail
“Captain Kid, that’s a colander…”
“Right. You said holey. Look! It’s literally full of holes!”
June 26 – On the Boiling of an Egg
‘Thus, our story begins with the very creation of the Universe.’
June 27 – It’s Raining Men?
“Cut me some slack, Sis! I’m not really sure how to react to this. It’s not like I usually have gorgeous men literally falling into my arms.”
June 28 – He’d hate to be carrying a cake right now
“Can you imagine? I wouldn’t be able to punch them if I had to be holding onto the cake. Plus, they’d be punching me and they’d probably smoosh the cake. And if I had a cake in the middle of a forest, it’s probably a pretty important cake, so it’d probably be bad that it got smooshed.”
June 29 – Hammer Time
“The spirit of the great hammer Eisernzorn is roused.”
June 30 – The Fine Art of Branding
“If pink is good enough for the great Assassin-King Boanerges the Heart-Taker, it is good enough for m’lady.”
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