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Set in a lonesome and barbarous failed state, North Dark is the story of a lone man traveling by dogsled across a frozen wasteland.

2013

Stories

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Mar 26

Writing and Travel

Why go to Disney World instead of anywhere else at all? I have three reasons (and more).

Writing and Travel

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Mar 10

My Fiction Writing Stack

I’ve gotten back into pen and paper over the last few years. When I write by hand, I — weirdly — find myself writing in print more than…

My Fiction Writing Stack

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Jul 23, 2025

THE X-MEN #8, NOVEMBER 1964

So how goes it for The X-Men without the stalwart and stoic Professor Xavier?

THE X-MEN #8, NOVEMBER 1964

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Jul 12, 2025

Writers Make Choices: Story Design in the Age of AI

You’re a six-year-old child on the beach (Noice!). It is a clear and still morning. You carry a plastic sand pail and toy trowel. You sit…

Writers Make Choices: Story Design in the Age of AI

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Jul 5, 2025

McDonald’s Milkshakes Are Weak. Brand Is Why I Buy Like 6 a Year.

Twice now, my family and I have spent winter weekends at a local Hyatt Hotel in Oak Brook, Illinois. It’s a sprawling old building hidden…

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Apr 13, 2025

THE X-MEN #7, SEPTEMBER 1964

“It’s come at last! The moment we’ve been waiting for! We are looking at the uncanny X-Men, accompanied by Professor Xavier as they pose…

THE X-MEN #7, SEPTEMBER 1964

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Feb 2, 2025

THE X-MEN #6, MAY 1964

“Never have you, the reading public, been so instantly fascinated by a group of super-powerful villains as last issue, when you met…

THE X-MEN #6, MAY 1964

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Jan 23, 2025

THE X-MEN #5, MAY 1964

“Never have you, the reading public, been so instantly fascinated by a group of super-powerful villains as last issue, when you met…

THE X-MEN #5, MAY 1964

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Jun 1, 2024

On Setting in Horror

Fear’s arena matters.

On Setting in Horror

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May 25, 2024

On Ronin: A Checklist for Writers and Mercenaries

Are you writing a thriller? Are you joining an international team of hardened spooks? The best practices for either endeavor are the same.

On Ronin: A Checklist for Writers and Mercenaries

Lane Talbot

Lane Talbot

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Writer. Brand and Creative @ LinkedIn. Essays that pair well w/ cocktails served in haunted hotel bars by the sexiest ghosts one could ever survive beholding.

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