That which is seen in the flames.
Predictions, many of which may be incorrect, for the end of Game of Thrones.
“How do you know there’s an afterward?”
Assorted Thoughts on GAME OF THRONES s8e2, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.”
“Nothing lasts.”
Assorted Thoughts on GAME OF THRONES s8e1, “Winterfell”.
Stages.
“I am telling myself that this is the year I should quit and somehow another year goes by without me quitting.”
Fail-safes.
A meditation on nuclear near-misses and personal alarm systems.
Self-Inflicted.
On the space where basic bigotry meets combat readiness.
Body language.
Portraits of decorum in the event of a political funeral.
WRITE CLUB: TAKING
Write Club is a monthly, literary bloodsport in which contenders face off against each other with 7-minute essays on competing topics. This was the combatant essay for TAKING.
City of Brass.
Thoughts on the first 24 hours in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Cascade (Part IV).
In which I conduct a thought experiment on the topic of term limits (concluded).
Creative Control 