Who Would You Like To Thank?

Who Would You Like To Thank?

I was looking at some AI-generated art and thought about why it seemed creepy. It’s not just the uncanny valley of almost-real people and the surreal table setting. It’s the way everybody’s character and expression are perfectly...

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Love Is Stronger Than Death

Love Is Stronger Than Death

It’s been over a year without activity here, and I owe you an explanation. Late in 2020, Bell’s Palsy paralyzed the right side of my face, making it difficult to write due to loss of control over my right eye. Ominously, the palsy...

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A Porcine Abogado

A Porcine Abogado

Once upon a time in the City of Angels, just east of the river by that same name, and not long after The Year of Engineered Viruses, ordinary hardworking people lived in ignorance of the small miracle unfolding around them… Justus reread the...

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Mutual Press, Mutual Benefit

Mutual Press, Mutual Benefit

When you’re out of a job, one of the best things you can do for yourself is invest in skills and assets that will pay off over the long term. Mutual Press is a way that creatives can support one another and enhance the value of their...

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Curing a Contagion of Distrust

Curing a Contagion of Distrust

The pandemic has exposed deep divisions in society. Let’s cure those divides, read my Medium post about it here. Cooperative creating and publishing is one way of rebuilding trust from the ground up. It’s what Eggseed Press is all...

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Our Dreams

Our Dreams

In times like these, we dream of things that not yet be. To be wealthy, but not filthy, as rich as twenty kings without needing a penny. Surrounded by love and thriving with joy and ease, in a city set by a sparkling sea, caressed by gentle...

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A Temple of Stone

A Temple of Stone

Dramatic introductions are a recurring theme in my most lasting relationships. So my virgin experience of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference the first weekend of March 2020 in San Antonio Texas, as a general panic...

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Cain, Abel and Conflict Resolution

Cain, Abel and Conflict Resolution

Eggseed Mutual Press will be a peer-to-peer community, making use of new approaches for conflict resolution. Here’s a story I wrote about conflict resolution in p2p communities. In a way, communities define themselves by their manner of...

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