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The Lord of the Reads, Part 1: The Fellowship of the Ring

Hail and well met, noble traveler. Lets talk about fantasy. I make a good elf. Specifically, the fantasy that has defined what fantasy is as a genre for the...

Galaxy: As The World Falls Down

The news is out, finally! GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR is getting a sequel, GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN! The adventures of teen Galaxy (as opposed to the...

Where All Magic Comes From

Teaching the kids about witchcraft My child, Wednesday, had yet another birthday, and wished it to have a mystical, magical theme. As my wife and I both...

Live Comics Reading Tonight!

That’s right folks, I will be reading selections from Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, Hawkgirl: Once Upon A Galaxy and other work tonight at Exclamation Point!,...

How Do You Move Forward?

Fridays on the ol’ Bluesky, I open up the account to random questions. One such question gave me pause. Anonymously, someone asked me “How do you continue to...

Mum’s the word Short newsletter this week, as I am hard a work scribbling away at things I cannot talk about. I would like to tell you, because I am very...

When You Know The Notes To Sing

February 28, 2025

A few of my favorite things. It’s been a plague house at the Axelrod homestead this past week, with us all passing around some sort of horrible illness that...

Those Wonderful Toys

February 19, 2025

I like…bats I rewatched the 1989 BATMAN film over the weekend. I have seen it countless times, starting when I was child, in the theater. It’s been a film...

Talking To Myself

February 12, 2025

Your humble author, boldly cozy The Eagles won the Super Bowl, which is great for everyone living in Philly. There is a type of mania that envelopes the city...

I'm Not Hungry Anymore

February 5, 2025

Your friendly neighborhood trans lesbian author I had to have emergency gastrointestinal surgery back in September, and had to switch to a vegan diet during...

It's Giving Testimony

January 29, 2025

Proof that I don’t wear black all the time. As you may have read in the Philadelphia Gay News, I gave testimony at a Philadelphia City Council meeting to...

They Get Off On Your Despair

January 23, 2025

Show ‘em your teeth I wasn’t planning on writing about the inauguration, but when there’s a member of the president’s inner circle throwing Nazi salutes...

New Year, Same Me

January 15, 2025

Raise a glass 2024 was, upon reflection, not a great year. It was a year of opportunities dangled and then taken away, of projects indefinitely delayed, of...