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in which i take a deliberate moment to appreciate art

https://wilwheaton.net/2026/03/in-which-i-take-a-deliberate-moment-to-appreciate-art/

Published: March 10, 2026 21:25

I am making a deliberate effort to leave my phone as far away from my attention as I can, whenever I am able. I’m not looking at the news, I’m not scrolling the feeds, I’m not posting. I’m leaving it in my pocket, my car, in the kitchen, just …...

seven mary three come back

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Published: February 25, 2026 22:15

This last weekend, I was in Pensacola, Florida. When I told my friend that, he said “what are you doing in Florida?” I said, “Trying to get out.” But I was actually there for Pensacon. It’s a convention that has invited me year after year, but hasn’t ever…

i think i leveled up

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Published: February 4, 2026 23:28

I turned in a story on Friday. It was over a year late. It needed eyes that aren’t mine, it needed another pass from me, it needed a polish. So it isn’t done done, but it’s close enough to done that I feel safe writing about what may turn out...

It’s Storytime – Magnificent Maurice, or the Flowers of Immortality

https://wilwheaton.net/2026/01/its-storytime-magnificent-maurice-or-the-flowers-of-immortality/

Published: January 28, 2026 17:36

It is Wednesday, my dudes, and that means a new Storytime is waiting for you, wherever you get your podcasts. This week’s story, Magnificent Maurice, or the Flowers of Immortality, was SO MUCH FUN to narrate. Here’s my intro: About ten thousand years ago,…

It’s Storytime: Wend-Way-Go

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Published: January 21, 2026 19:12

It is Wednesday, and that means there’s a new episode of It’s Storytime With Wil Wheaton, waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts. This week’s story is Wend-Way-Go by Tim Pratt. It was originally published in Uncanny Magazine. I made a creative…

the footsteps of a rag doll dance

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Published: January 20, 2026 21:57

Marlowe and I were out on her morning walk, when we saw one of her friends. “Hi Marlowe!” He said with a huge smile, while I struggled to keep up with her efforts to get her head under his outstretched hand. While they enjoyed scritches, he and I had a...

i am doing my best to be a helper

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Published: January 9, 2026 01:13

Mister Rogers says that when terrible things happen, to look for the helpers. Terrible things are happening. I’m upset. And I’m angry. And I’m so sad. While I am looking for the helpers, I am also doing my best to be a helper. I have to be honest: when…

this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.

https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this-is-such-a-painful-loss-my-heart-is-broken/

Published: December 15, 2025 22:13

“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But…

faster than a roller coaster

https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/faster-than-a-roller-coaster/

Published: December 1, 2025 22:33

In just a couple days, I’ll get up at are-you-fucking-serious o’clock to get on a who-flies-this-fucking-early plane to go across the country, where I will land at you-just-spent-the-entire-day-on-a-plane o’clock, just in time for rush hour. I know, I make…

i’m sure i’m in here, somewhere

https://wilwheaton.net/2025/11/im-sure-im-in-here-somewhere/

Published: November 19, 2025 22:41

I should probably edit this, but if I start down that path, I’ll futz with it until I decide to delete it all. So I’m publishing something that’s a little more rough than usual. I am a slow writer. I write slowly. It takes me hours to settle on 500...