Finally, at long last, the sequel to my debut novel, There Is Life in the Tree and Death in the Well, is completed. In rough draft form, at least.
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My First Time (as a Vendor) at a Con!
This past weekend I surprised myself. I finally knuckled down and opened up shop to sell my book in person at Con on the Cob, a fixture in the Rust Belt nerd community for as long as I’ve been rolling dice.
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Elden Ring: A Beatific Triumph of Modern Gaming
Elden Ring finally finally finally dropped. If I don’t see another thrilling game for the rest of this year or all of the next, I’ll remain satisfied.
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The Cosmic Horror of Civilization
If our inborn fear of the unknown lies at the heart of any good Horror story, then Cosmic Horror is the crystallized essence of terror. Indeed, the DNA of Cosmic Horror is rooted in the human experience unfolding against a backdrop of forces so behemoth and unknowable that we are merely an afterthought of their […]
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The Big One
Maybe you thought I was dead, maybe you thought I’d disappeared into the wilderness never to return. Maybe both! Alas I’m sorry to disappoint.
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The Alchemy of Creativity
Inspiration is no less labyrinthine, mysterious or sudden than our own identities.
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This is a change long overdue. If you’ve managed to find your way here from the old spot, you’ll notice a few things: website migrated to a new domain and new platform, brand new e-commerce shop, plugins galore and a much needed upgrade to the site’s appearance and functionality. Why the big leap? Short story […]
Continue ReadingThe Substrate of the Purely Villainous
Any true aficionado of the villainous–of antagonists in film, literature, interactive media–knows that the truly diabolical are not those with mundane or even sympathetic aims. They are those whose reprehensibility is alien to us, unnerving in their capacity for estrangement from the normal motivations which occupy our species. We, as consummate consumers, eventually tire of […]
Continue ReadingHe Took An (Existential) Arrow To The Knee (Soul)
I’m not going to lead with my usual narrative build-up. The seed of this post is so well-known as to be a cultural artifact for anyone below the age of 40 and over the age of 10. Indeed, no sooner will someone within this demographic hear the words “I used to be an adventurer like […]
Continue ReadingDiminishing Returns at the End of the World
I finally figured it out, and it’s embarrassing that it took me so long. I’ve recently started playing Fallout 4 for what is probably the fourth time, the previous three unsuccessful attempts at finishing it. Which is a problem in its own right. It has probably the worst plot setup of any modern game, if […]
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