The Burned Book

The Burned Book Big Reveal

My upcoming dark fantasy epic killed it on Indiegogo. I'm hard at work fulfilling my promise to the dedicated patrons who made this project possible. Now it's time for the big reveal of a major milestone, courtesy of inimitable Soul Cycle cover artist Marcelo Orsi Blanco. Presenting the final full…
February 13, 20242 Comments
Generational Wealth

Millennials’ Generational Poverty

If you've witnessed intergenerational arguments online, it's a near-certainty you've seen Baby Boomers taking flak for hoarding their wealth and leaving their posterity in generational poverty. A while back, Business Insider backed up those complaints with data. The numbers show that not only have younger generations been robbed, the scope…
February 12, 202421 Comments
Sandman Cancelled

Sandman Canceled by China

Yet another controversy plaguing the scandal-wracked World Science Fiction Society refuses to die as credible allegations of censorship, and a subsequent cover up, swirl in the wake of 2023's World Con in Chengdu. The home of oldpub's once-prestigious Hugo Awards, World Con made its Chinese debut last year in a…
February 9, 20247 Comments
Hellblazer William Paquet

Comics’ Death of a Thousand Cuts

Yesterday's post on the death of American comics elicited its fair share of comments. One reader who decided to offer his two cents ended up contributing gold when he turned out to be an industry veteran. Consider commercial sculptor William Paquet's insider account of the US comics industry's collapse: Heads…
February 8, 202412 Comments
Comics Dead

Who Killed American Comics?

The recent post on who killed rock and roll attracted a lot of notice. It's taken a while to gain traction, but it seems like every day more people are noticing Cultural Ground Zero. As this theory's name implies, the destruction wasn't limited to popular music. Every form of mass…
February 7, 202414 Comments
Late Night HypnoJournoClowns

Late-Night HypnoJourno Clowns

If you were of college age back in the aughts, it was impossible to miss the late-night news parody show craze. Once Comedy Central's saucy puppet shows went off air for the day, the syncopated sounds of smug one-liners punctuated with mindless laughter would filter from dorm rooms, cheap apartments,…
February 6, 202416 Comments
Millennial Nonparticipation

Millennials’ Nonparticipation Trophy

The unemployable Millennial male has become a stock antagonist of Gen X managers and regime journos alike. While the former trade workplace horror stories of helpless yet self-entitled snowflakes who balk at face-to-face interaction, the latter whine about basement-dwelling incel NEETs failing to provide strong, independent women the lifestyle they…
February 5, 20243 Comments
Cassidy Hating Evil

Cassidy Faces Felony for Hating Evil

Back in December, veteran, former congressional candidate, and ardent Christian Michael Cassidy made national news for destroying a Satanic statue installed in the Iowa state capitol. Now, two months after ridding Iowa's legislature of the demonic idol, Cassidy faces a felony charge. His crime? Hating evil. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)…
February 2, 20243 Comments
Voyage of Egeria

Preview: The Voyage of Egeria

My promise of a new short story set in my acclaimed Soul Cycle cosmos became a centerpiece of the sleeper hit campaign for my upcoming SC prelude novel The Burned Book. And while I put my hand to the plow in the word-fields and never looked back, today I must…
February 1, 20244 Comments
SpiritualGroundZero

The Pop Cult’s Pyrrhic Victory

  Something unprecedented happened in America in the years between 1991 and 1998. Christian religious affiliation fell from around 90 percent to 75 percent among young adults of ages 18-35. As frequent readers know, something noteworthy happened around the same time. If you take the average of people who were…
January 31, 202410 Comments