I’ve started doing the layout work. One of the things we’ve used UJ for is world-building. I’ve created some shorts in a fantasy world, Cevalon, that I conceived long ago. I’ve sketched out a space opera universe as well, under the tentative title “Gods of the Sky”. And there’s the Drunk Vampire Hunter stories, and… Read More Unnamed Journal Singles Collection
There are two ways this can go: desperate attempt to defend this oh-so 1930’s take on historical drama, or dump all over it as the irritation it is. I will do the second thing. I do not like Gone With The Wind and never have. I don’t know why anyone does. I shall give a… Read More Let Us Now Discuss Gone With The Wind
No, I’m not going to write about the Riots or the Election or the Virus or any of that stuff everyone’s already right about and mad about. Go infect your brain with Twitter if you want to read the latest hot takes. I have other things to think about. Specifically, I want to write about… Read More I Should Care About Witcher But I Don’t.
As coronavirus and protests continue to disrupt the country and its economy, many have asked the best ways to support musicians who suddenly and abruptly lost their main form of income. The usual answer is “buy an album or merch” — and today (Friday, June 5) offers a rare opportunity to maximize the amount of… Bandcamp… Read More Bandcamp Is Waiving Its Share of Sales Today
This is your periodic reminder that my ongoing music review Tumblr Every Damn CD, is well, ongoing… In fact, I have a second Tumblr, Art Rises where I reblog art and stuff from this website gets posted.
We’re three episodes in on this endavour now. Below is the most recent episode, recorded in March. We planned to do it monthly, but circumstances have gotten in our way. Recently via Skype we planned out our next set of episodes, so we should be able to turn them out at a regular clip once… Read More Shallow & Pedantic Podcast.
A Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger is a book so opposite to All Quiet on the Western Front so thoroughly as to be hardly discussing the same war. And in a sense, they are. Storm of Steel is essentially a diary, a recitation of facts and occurrences, held together by the observer. All Quiet, is a… Read More The Merry Spirit of War
Here’s the news: The aforementioned Unnamed Journal shift has launched. We have issued our last free Issue on Joomag, and have gone over to a paying basis. You can get UJ in two ways: Become a subscriber to our Patreon. For $1 a month you get accesss to new issues of UJ as they become… Read More Shallow & Pedantic Publishing Goes Live, and Authorial Update.
I’m the sort of guy who likes minimalist covers. A single image, one or three colors, something striking, a bold font. I like seeing those kinds of books. I like buying them. One of the things that hold me off from a lot of Fantasy literature, especially the Pulp kind, is the genre of cover… Read More Cover Aesthetics
I’ve talked about this before, but it’s becoming official. The last free issue of Unnamed Journal has gone live. It’s available on Joomag. We’ve had great fun building and growing the magazine, and now it’s time for the next phase. Our Patreon is going to go live next. The plan is to have Subscribers have… Read More The Old Phase of UJ… Must End
