Category: creative contributions to society
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2024 in Review
I had a nice year. Nothing big happened, I just had a pleasant time hanging out with my partner and my dog, listening to good records, drinking good coffee / whisky, being antisocial, and taking long baths. It was a year of self care. That also includes taking exercise and diet more seriously, going to…
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The Paradoxical Appeal of Horror
I write genre fiction—mostly horror. I’m also a brain scientist. Occasionally, I like to combine those things and explore the irrationality of the horror genre with an attempt at rational thought. Have you ever thought about how damn strange horror really is? Yeah yeah, obviously spooky stuff is strange, and it’s always been an outcast of a…
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The Ironic Pleasure of a Farting Baboon
I recently wrote a novel consisting of nothing but the word “fart” 100 000 times, then tried to sell it on Amazon. It was an experiment designed to provoke all points of view in today’s book publishing industry, and it worked. I summarize the rest of the story of Baboon Fart Story over on Forest…
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