Tic Tac Toe, by OWSAKA

Front Burner

performed by the 2025 Chaffey Joint Union High School District Honor Jazz Band, featuring guest conductor Brent Levine. “Front Burner” is an exciting classic big band jazz piece arranged by Sammy Nestico.

Original Short Story: Sarah

I don’t really remember what his reaction was, but he’s always been really impressed with my work so I know he enjoyed it either way.

Excerpts from "The Spectrum of Adventure" (Part 5) by Thomas A. Christie

In this section: "The Very Big Cave Adventure" by St Bride's School for CRL Group (1986)Excerpts from "The Spectrum of Adventure" by Thomas A. ChristieThe Sinclair ZX Spectrum was one of the most popular home computers in British history, selling over five million units in its 1980s heyday.Amongst the thousands of titles released for the Spectrum during its lifetime, the text adventure game was to emerge as one of the most significant genres on the system.Covering 100 games in all, this book celebrates the Spectrum’s thriving interactive fiction scene of the eighties, chronicling the achievements of major publishers as well as independent developers from the machine’s launch in 1982 until the end of the decade in 1989."The Spectrum of Adventure" is Copyright ©2016 Thomas A. Christie, all rights reserved, and is published by Extremis Publishing Ltd.This title is available as a physical book from www.extremispublishing.com and all good online retailers and independent booksellers worldwide.