On Wearing Our Influences
Notes on Synthesis I frequently joke about writing thinly veiled fanfiction. It's kind of a funny thing to say about creative influences when you wear them...
Stories, Like Houses, Grow
There's an excellent chance that if you ever asked me what the most important story in the world is-- The most important story to me is, the most relevant,...
Have you ever inspired someone?
So, I really like Prince. That isn't controversial to say about one of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th (and if you were keeping up,...
Futurepast Summer 2022
It’s now over the halfway mark of 2022 and into the depths of summer. Well, the kind of summers we have now, I suppose. Summers have always been both my...
Becoming Unmarketable & Other Writing Philosophies
It looks like it's time to talk again. How's tricks? How's your life? Is that shirt new? For this month's newsletter, I decided to step back from media...
Made with Human Hands: The Rebuild of Evangelion
Part 1.0: A human work ”Eva" is a story that repeats. It is a story where the main character witnesses many horrors with his own eyes, but still tries to...
Orville Peck, Bronco, and Where We Find Connection
Orville Peck by Julia Johnson. I bought Orville Peck's debut album Pony in 2019, where it has remained the only CD in my car to this very day in 2022....
I’ll See You at the Seance
Talking About Talking About Art Hello, hi, it’s good to see you again. I hope February is treating you well. I have returned to shamelessly plug myself...
A Bloody Little Valentine
Coming Valentine’s Day Romance is alive and well in Devereux this Valentine’s Day. …Sort of. “So, when you say you’ll let me do whatever I want, you mean...
The Monstrous Merch Shop
New year, new merch. January 2022 marks the oft-discussed return of Magen Cubed's Monstrous Merch Shop, including brand new stickers and T-shirt designs. Are...
A Southern Gothic Holiday Special
Now available where ebooks are sold YOUR FAVORITE MONSTER HUNTERS ARE ON THE NAUGHTY LIST THIS YEAR… After a rough few months on the job, Cash decides to...
Notes on Monstrosity #6
Notes on TV: Goodbye, All of Hannibal Lecter As of writing this, it’s November 2021, and I’ve had a complex relationship with the American psychological...
New Monstrous Romances
Available Now: Found Among Wolves A human who wants to be hunted. A strange forest in a new town. A werewolf pack that meets by moonlight. An erotic romance...
A Southern Gothic Short Story: Heatwave
The summer heat is winding down and autumn is well on its way, bringing a much-needed change in weather. So, to close out the season, have a Southern Gothic...
In the Bedroom of Medusa
Coming September 30th An ancient monster in the modern-day. A gilded castle with whispered secrets. A peculiar sapphic romance. When Evelyn agrees to become...
Notes on Monstrosity #5
Notes on Film: Islands So, June raced past me in a blur of illness and bad vibes. Before I knew it, it was July. I was sick, my girlfriend had a multiple...
Notes on Monstrosity #4
This is an essay about The Umbrella Academy. That’s what I told myself, anyway. *** It’s 2008, perhaps 2009. I’m either 22 or 23 years old. I don’t have very...
Notes on Monstrosity #3
I may not look like it, but I’m actually very interested in video games. Perhaps not so much playing them or writing about them, because I don’t really play...
Leather and Lace Is Available Now
Leather and Lace: Book One of the Southern Gothic Series is now loose in the world. The book arrived on Tuesday, February 16th, and is available on Amazon,...
Notes on Monstrosity #2
Notes on Writing: The Public and The Private A strange thing happens when you put stories out into the world. I’m sure most of you are familiar with how I...