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Filamena Young

Imagining a Gnostic Left

You ever see a bit of social media float by and feel like it was aimed directly at you? Like laser-focused, shot directly at you…

15 min readJan 23, 2024

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An image from the 90s X-Man cartoon, character Professor X is sitting in his golden mobilety aid with psychic waves coming from his forehead. The text reads “Wolverine, bring me a cheese pizza.” This is almost certantly not the original subtitle.

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Filamena Young

Storytime from Ancient Sumer

10 min readAug 17, 2022

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Storytime from Ancient Sumer

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Filamena Young

Hey, Anyone Remember Anne Rice?

4 min readAug 11, 2022

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Hey, Anyone Remember Anne Rice?

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Filamena Young

Quick character sheets for writers

Because I got to get to the heart of character quick.

6 min readSep 9, 2017

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Quick character sheets for writers

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Filamena Young

Permission to fail

Sometimes I’m just going to mess up.

4 min readSep 2, 2017

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Permission to fail

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Filamena Young

Willie and Patsy and writing today

Content warning for casual use of ablest slurs and a discussion of that.

5 min readAug 28, 2017

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Willie and Patsy and writing today

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Filamena Young

Are you writing bad boys, or f*8k boys?

Warning: This article has some strong language.

10 min readAug 17, 2017

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Are you writing bad boys, or f*8k boys?

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Filamena Young

Juicy prewriting for thirsty writers

I’m still having pen problems, but what can you do? Anyway, I’m working on this short story for an anthology. I’m having pen trouble so I’m…

4 min readAug 1, 2017

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Juicy prewriting for thirsty writers

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Filamena Young

My Pen is Dying

And that’s okay… writing ritual and doing it anyway.

3 min readJul 27, 2017

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My Pen is Dying

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Filamena Young

Vampires: It’s about Freaky Sex ya’ll

Not to bury the lede, this is me thinking, “What if vampire fiction is just about sex and not inherently about rape/consent violation?” You…

11 min readFeb 19, 2017

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Vampires: It’s about Freaky Sex ya’ll

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Filamena Young

Filamena Young

Fiction writer, Pen and Paper Game Designer. Ghost stories, Witches, mechs and giant robots, sex, vampires and healthy adult relationships.

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