The Wandering Beekeeper is Andrew W. Ragland's personal imprint, used for various solo projects. Creative Commons licenses and copyrights vary across the referenced properties. Caveat emptor.
Original
Fiction
- Breadspotting
- Historical fiction set in London's East End in the 1850s, pitting a resourceful group of delivery drivers for a local bakery against a gang of enforcers for a large commercial firm. Unfinished. Links are to ZIP files that contain formatted PDF, text, and mp3 versions of each chapter.
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| 6 | link | 12 | link | 18 | link | 24 | link | 30 | link |
- Critters
- How might the Pokemon universe have begun? Starts with dimensional crossovers between our world and the world of the Critters, which has no human presence, and explores how it might happen.
- Time Tripper
- It's ten years after Time Bandits, and Kevin has grown up a ward of the state. Now he's off to find the stray bits of Evil that were left lying around from that rushed, sloppy cleanup at the end, and to punch the Supreme Being in the nose. First, he has to overcome the fundamental ridiculousness of reality.
All installments on AO3.
1 - In Which Kevin Confronts His Fears, and Gets Moving
2 - In Which Kevin Helps Start a Riot
3 - In Which Kevin Runs For His Life
Tabletop
Role-Playing
Materials
- Antillia
- Worldbook providing history, lands, NPCs, creatures, and general environmental rules and conditions for a world where karma is real, and every action has consequences. Completed, no interior art.
- Venleitche
- Role-playing game set in the Antillia universe, with mechanics designed for adventuring in a world where characters are required by the magic of the world to take responsibility for their actions. No interior art, not playtested.
- Shadows over Nashville
- Written in 1996, this is a citybook for White Wolf first edition. It covers all 5 games then in publication, and includes references to popular net.supplements of the time. 120 pages, no interior art, WordPerfect 6 format (use LibreOffice).
- Recipes
- Tested and photographed in my kitchen, and posted with a maximum of one paragraph of introduction before the ingredients list. This is a recipe section, not a travelogue.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Pasta Fagioli | Instant Pot, Vegetarian Italian hearty stew with pasta, beans, spinach |
| Brussels Sprouts au Gratin | One-Dish Meal Heavy with cream, cheese, and bacon, makes a hearty main dish |
| Pipian Rojo con Pollo | Mexican Chicken with cushaw seed mole |
| Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry | One-Dish Meal, Vegetarian Cheap and easy |
| Lentil and Potato Stew | One-Dish Meal, Vegetarian Another cheap and easy one |
| Veroniki with Cream Sauce | Earthdawn TTRP Recipe Yeast-raised and deep fried, with a yogurt and ginger based sauce |
- Culinary History & Research
- I wanted to be a historian. My younger self got convinced there was more money in IT. I still want to be a historian, so here's some history.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| The History and Uses of the Cushaw, a Survey Article | 7900 words, 12 recipes, bibliography |
| Separated at Birth? The Carrot and the Parsnip | 6800 words, 7 recipes, bibliography |
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