Bright's Writing

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  • The Adventures of Forced Companions Daycare (SWTOR) 2012

    The Adventures of Forced Companions Daycare (SWTOR) 2012

    Before the days when you could kill or reject companions… Companions. Why do these hopelessly clashing people come back, day after day, to the same daycare? And how did some of them even get here? We don’t know, but maybe if we watch carefully we can begin to understand… FCD was a fever dream of…

  • The Unwitting Sorceress (Original) 2014

    Two spoiled nobles squabble over the proper use of magic in the shadow of a war. Ettael and Setua might just be my favorite couple, from childhood antagonists to very adult arguers. TUS is a novel about responsibility, about unwanted gifts and the annoyingly redemptive power of loyalty built on common ground. This is the…

  • There Is No Death, There Is Only Wrath (SWTOR) 2012

    There Is No Death, There Is Only Wrath (SWTOR) 2012

    Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMORPG that shares some story-driven DNA with classic RPGs. I played it a lot. One of my first two novels, NDOW, is the goofy story of slacker Emperor’s Wrath Nalenne and her dead husband Malavai Quinn. (He had it coming.) The Sith Warrior companions and major NPCs, including…