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	<title>The Giants' Club</title>
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		<name>Arilin</name>
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	<entry>
		<title>The Order of Things</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/order-of-things.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/order-of-things.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2013-12-31T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2013-12-31T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>After watching a wolf woman stomp his friend to death, Rowan the fox plots revenge. But when his triumph is within reach, can he really be as cruel as he needs to be&#8212;and is the wolf really what he imagines? <em>Explicit.</em></p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Giants&#39; Club Forum</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/gc-forum.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/articles/gc-forum.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2012-09-08T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2012-09-08T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>The Giants&#8217; Club now has its own forum site.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>The Admission Interview</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/admission-interview.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/admission-interview.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2012-01-20T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2012-01-20T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>A troubled coyote girl&#8212;or perhaps a coyote girl who&#8217;s a lot of trouble&#8212;applies to a &#8220;last chance&#8221; high school, and tries to convince her interviewers to let her attend.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>True Power</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/true-power.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/true-power.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2011-10-31T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2011-10-31T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>A Halloween story for 2011. A group of people try to summon a demon for a Halloween party. Most of them aren&#8217;t serious about it&#8230; but one of them is. And the demon may have her own reasons for appearing. Less &#8220;macrophile&#8221; than possibly anything else here and only a little furry, but if you like my other stuff you&#8217;ll probably like this, too.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Don&#39;t Forget FurAffinity</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/fur-affinity.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/articles/fur-affinity.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2011-04-16T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2011-04-16T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>A reminder that yes, I&#8217;m actually using FurAffinity now.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Good Kitties</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/good-kitties.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/good-kitties.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2011-04-16T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2011-04-16T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>Two cats meet an attractive punk mouse girl who suggests she could &#8220;own&#8221; them, and become too intrigued for their own good. <em>Explicit.</em></p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>New for 2011!</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/new-for-2011.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/articles/new-for-2011.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2011-01-26T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2011-01-26T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>A brief blurb about changes to the web site made with this most recent update.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>The Banishing Spell</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/banishing-spell.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/banishing-spell.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2011-01-26T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2011-01-26T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>Jeve and Juniper from &#8220;The Familiar&#8221; return! Jeve, now moderately successful as a traveling wizard, takes on what should be a simple case of banishing a minor demon while musing on the greater challenge of his relationship to the coyote spirit.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Malgin and the Queen of Death</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/queen-of-death.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/queen-of-death.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2010-06-01T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2010-06-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>A myth featuring Inanael, the goddess of death, who first appeared here in &#8220;If Lethe Should Be Passed.&#8221; If I may say so myself, it&#8217;s unexpectedly pretty.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>The Familiar</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/familiar.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/familiar.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2009-12-13T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2009-12-13T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>Jeve has become an itinerant magician in a land where magic is being eclipsed by the new wonders of engineering and steam. His bad luck, though, changes when he finds a familiar&#8212;who may be much more than she appears.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>If Lethe Should Be Passed</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/lethe.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/lethe.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2009-07-01T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2009-07-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>In the world of the Giants&#8217; Club, godlike power flows like water and for many death is temporary inconvenience rather than final curtain. What do <em>mortality</em> and <em>divinity</em> really mean there? Arilin finds those answers in unexpected places.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Interactive Macrophilia</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/macrophilia-and-if.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/articles/macrophilia-and-if.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2008-12-31T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-12-31T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>A geek&#8217;s-eye view of &#8220;chatbots&#8221; and interactive fiction for the macrophile crowd, examining <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIML">AIML</a> and <a href="http://www.inform7.com">Inform 7</a>.</p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Giants are Awesome</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/giants-are-awesome.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/articles/giants-are-awesome.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2008-09-29T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-09-29T12:00:00Z</updated>
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			<p>Some thoughts on roleplaying giants: comparative power levels and how, generally speaking, not to be a dick.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Higher Learning</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/higher-learning.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/higher-learning.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2005-12-28T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2005-12-28T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>The <a href="http://www.bigfurs.com">Bigfurs</a> website used to have a shared world setting about a community college where students and professors of all sizes and talents came together. Arilin was hired as a part-time instructor; this is the story of her first day.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Trompe L&#39;oeil</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/trompe-loeil.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/trompe-loeil.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2005-02-27T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2005-02-27T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>When confronted with living artwork that can become whatever the audience imagines her to be, the gulf between <em>desire</em> and <em>expectation</em> can be fatal&#8212;or worse.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Easter Eggs</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/easter-eggs.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/easter-eggs.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2004-05-08T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2004-05-08T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>A brilliant (if foul-mouthed) programmer and her friend visit a virtual reality arcade and exploit a bug or two to wreak virtual havoc. Far from a deep story but pretty funny, and the &#8220;violence&#8221; is imaginary and cartoonish.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Dark Romance</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/dark-romance.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/articles/dark-romance.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2003-12-14T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2003-12-14T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>Macrophilia&#8212;what is it that attracts us to it? This is an informal, not scholarly, essay exploring that question.</p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Rabbit in the Moon</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/rabbit-in-the-moon.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/rabbit-in-the-moon.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2003-06-18T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2003-06-18T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>A story based on a picture&#8212;Ken Cougar drew a giant rabbit girl dancing at a rave, and I imagined the story that went along with it. It&#8217;s neither violent nor (very) explicit, but does its best to be button-pushing as hell nonetheless.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>D&amp;eacute;tente</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/detente.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/detente.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2003-03-09T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2003-03-09T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>Not all giants are rampaging warriors&#8212;some are diplomats. A gentle and somewhat reserved story of an imaginary colonial Africa.</p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Applied Mathematics</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/applied-mathematics.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/applied-mathematics.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2002-12-01T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2002-12-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>A story of a revolution against a wizardly ruling class, with unusual aid from an apprentice scribe. In addition to a sexy giantess, there&#8217;s a sexy giant and homoerotica&#8212;take that as advertisement or warning, depending on your preference. <em>Extreme.</em></p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>In For a Penny</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/in-for-a-penny.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/in-for-a-penny.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2002-04-01T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2002-04-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>A young cat whose impatience has landed him as a clerk in a magic store rather than as the wizard-in-training he wants to be finds himself taking out his frustrations on two imperious mice&#8212;with unexpected results. <em>Explicit.</em></p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>The Last Aspect</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/last-aspect.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/last-aspect.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2001-11-30T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2001-11-30T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>A science fiction story about artificial intelligence, religious intolerance, and a giant robot vixen. This is one of my favorite stories on the site. <em>Violent.</em></p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Toy Soldiers</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/toy-soldiers.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/toy-soldiers.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2001-05-26T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2001-05-26T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>Two human soldiers in the near future pursue a terrorist group through a jump gate and find themselves waylaid by giant teen catgirls. (Whatever do you mean, &#8220;fan service&#8221;?)</p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Metamorphosis Day</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/metamorphosis-day.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/metamorphosis-day.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2000-11-26T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2000-11-26T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>What if the world suddenly contained animals, doing normal animal things, who just happened to be a couple orders of magnitude larger? Written in something of a modern magic realist style, and flirts with a little social philosophy. <em>Violent.</em></p>
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		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Seeing the Angel</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/seeing-the-angel.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/seeing-the-angel.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>2000-06-09T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2000-06-09T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>In many giant stories a normal person finds herself suddenly giant and goes on a rampage. That would be a highly psychopathic reaction, though, wouldn&#8217;t it? This story is the aftermath of someone who had just such a reaction. No real violence but&#8212;I&#8217;d like to think&#8212;creepy.</p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>The Model</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/model.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/model.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>1999-12-05T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>1999-12-05T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>A rabbit photographer comes across a giant coyote woman sleeping in the desert, and ends up having a far more adventurous photo shoot than he&#8217;d expected. <em>Explicit.</em></p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Bargaining with Kali</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/bargaining-with-kali.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/bargaining-with-kali.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>1999-01-02T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>1999-01-02T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
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			<p>A novella-length work that I&#8217;ve joked is <em>Attack of the 50-Foot Woman</em> crossed with <em>Blade Runner.</em> Dystopic science fiction that happens to be about a giantess. Another one of my very strong favorites.</p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Trinkets</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/trinkets.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/trinkets.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>1998-05-24T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>1998-05-24T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
			<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<p>A try at a &#8220;Pied Piper&#8221; style tale&#8212;a traveling trinket seller visits a town with giant troubles, and offers to solve their problem, for a reasonable price.</p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Sarah Home Alone</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/sarah-home-alone.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/sarah-home-alone.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>1998-05-23T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>1998-05-23T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
			<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<p>In a deep magical forest legendary for its dangers, a gang of thieves come across a young squirrel girl living alone and decide to have their way with her&#8212;without considering that she may be one of those dangers. <em>Extreme.</em></p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
	<entry>
		<title>Cheating at Solitaire</title>
		<id>http://arilin.macrophile.com/cheating-at-solitaire.html</id>
		<link href="http://arilin.macrophile.com/stories/cheating-at-solitaire.html" type="text/html"/>
		<published>1998-05-22T12:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>1998-05-22T12:00:00Z</updated>
		<content type="xhtml">
			<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<p>The story Arilin is from&#8212;but not the fairly cultured Arilin of the later stories; this is Arilin when she was more of a sociopathic villain. Imagine a &#8220;Tom and Jerry&#8221; cartoon directed by Quentin Tarantino.</p>
			</div>
		</content>
	</entry>
	
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