Like a strange carnival

Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me. But behind it you can rise out of that and see things the way they really are. That there is some sort of truth to the whole thing, if you could just get to that point where you could see it, and live it, and feel […]

Good things 2025 edition

I’m trying to get back into writing things, but no promises that I’ll manage to post regularly in 2026. Movies If you want my top 20 of 2025 with no commentary, it’s here on Letterboxd. Here’s a breakdown of my top ten: Books Here’s a summary of my year in books from Storygraph: Not ranking […]

True Detective – finales and fandoms

Before there were subreddits, there were Yahoo groups, and before there were Yahoo groups (or widespread internet access) there was sitting in the college cafeteria with friends. Before there was True Detective, there was Carnivàle (or Lost, if that’s more your thing), and before there was Carnivàle, there was Twin Peaks.  As long as people […]

Shiny silver word bubbles

WARNING: EXTREME PRETENTIOUSNESS FOLLOWS Ain’t no pretty wordybabble round these parts. And this could be a problem. I should explain. From the moment I started writing the story I’m working on (working title, Cuss), it was in first person. The main character narrates the story, and her voice came through clearly and effortlessly. She has […]