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An FPS agent brandishing their firearm at members of the press outside a hotel in downtown Minneapolis where ICE and Border Patrol agents were staying the night of January 25th, 2026.
Members January 26, 2026 in Newsletter

Agency

You learn a lot from having kids if you pay attention. About yourself. About how things work. Or don't. One thing I didn't expect to pick up from them was a clearer picture on the impacts of agency. What having it does to you. Not having...

Sofía Vergara from modern family asking "Where is your empathy?"
Members January 14, 2026 in Newsletter

Empathy

A question has been bothering me for some time now. It is the sort that gnaws at you in the quiet moments. The kind of nebulous idea that keeps you up in the dark, staring at the ceiling trying to find an answer. I say nebulous, because it really is...

Dro force feeding Keith desert
Members December 16, 2025 in Writing

Memories

Memories have been on my mind of late. I don't think it is an age thing, though I am ripe for that midlife, "what doe sit all mean, what have I done" bullshit. I think my living with the mentality that I'm not going...

Staring Into the Distance
November 15, 2025 in Writing

Staring Into the Distance

Last weekend I found myself with a lot of time on my hands to think. Like, a lot of time. Like, an unfortunate amount of time. Unfortunate because I was solo tabling my first con in over a decade and it was not great. One sale... To a friend. Not...

The Evil Eye cover art by Jeff Easley
October 29, 2025 in Reviews

The Evil Eye

I believe that there are two types of plans people make. The most common are the meticulous, highly detailed ones. The kind of plans that live on spreadsheets, have timetables, dates, and clockwork-like interconnected parts. The other kind of plan is more like a map of options around a centralized...

Night of the Walking Dead adventure cover by Robh Ruppel
Members October 22, 2025 in Reviews

Night of the Walking Dead

Zombies are weird now. At one point, they used to be this slow but inevitable doom. A vast, endless mass of single minded cannibals coming for your flesh. They didn't move fast because they didn't have to. They were like the ocean, and humanity was the...

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