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  • Scrumdate

    For the past year I’ve been working on the second issue of Runicfire, a supposedly monthly literary zine. I’ve not been happy with the time scale, and there are a number of reasons for the lateness. The first is that a lot’s been happening in my personal life. I released the first issue of Runicfire…

  • Ditching Facebook

    I recently rid myself of my Facebook account, and less than two hours in I feel amazing. Several times over the preceding months—indeed, over the last several years, though I recall only hazily—I’ve wondered what I actually use that platform for. I barely recall when I first started using it. Was it around 2004, when…

  • Alien: Remus

    So I finally saw Alien: Romulus this Friday. While a full review will have to wait, allow me to say this: it sucks. It’s an important movie and it’s well made in parts, but it sucks. Romulus amounts to a patchwork of elements from the first four Alien films, with a dash of Prometheus and…

  • Post-Election in Blue

    The following article was written several months back—and, needless to say, much has changed since then. However, the issue I describe in this article is probably still relevant to some extent, and despite my perfectionism I just need to get this out. And so, though belated, I present “Post-Election in Blue.” I’ve been bracing for…

  • First Coat

    Just added the first coat of paint for the Vol 002 cover. It’s water-soluble oils; they claim to dry quickly, but I’m not sure how many days that happens to be.

  • Welcome to the Blog!

    And so, it begins. After a long absence, I’m starting to blog again. With my new literary zine, Runicfire, assuming the name of my old blog, I’m not sure exactly what to call this new venture. All I will say is that here I shall collect stray thoughts, links of interests, bits of video reels…