Author Archives: Shannon

My Favorite Pop Culture Things from 2023

I know, I know, it’s already March, can we please give up 2023 and memory hole it already? How dare I try to talk about last year this late in the game. Well, truthfully, I wasn’t planning on releasing this. I did one last year and wanted to do a follow-up, but I tried writingContinue reading “My Favorite Pop Culture Things from 2023”

Magic Circle

Elijah was sure a maker of magic must live in some dark, secluded place. The edge of the city, where the rows of houses snap into ever-marching prairie. Some small forest or collection of trees, dark and gloomy from thick branches even in the middle of the day. Perhaps somewhere in the city, but underContinue reading “Magic Circle”

The Marvels Commitment Problem

The Marvels was not a good movie. You know that. I know you know that. We don’t need to go over all the ways it wasn’t good again. I will say it was better than Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania but that bar is so low demons in hell have ripped the bar off theContinue reading “The Marvels Commitment Problem”

My Favorite Final Fantasy Game

Final Fantasy XV came out in 2016 but I’m talking about it now because I just purchased the Windows Edition on Steam and I am still in the purest, most wholesome love with this game. I want to take it to the drive-in and then sit chastely in the front seat, holding hands over theContinue reading “My Favorite Final Fantasy Game”

How I Learned to Start Worrying…

I don’t think they teach about nuclear bombs correctly in American schools. And I don’t know whose fault that is. If you’re American, do you remember when that first came up? I mean, if you’re not American, same question. I only specify American schools because that’s my experience and I can’t nor want to generalizeContinue reading “How I Learned to Start Worrying…”

Bad Boy Meets Good Girl

“I’m a bad boy,” he said, looking away into the distance. “You should stay away from me. I’m no good for you.” “Oh. Okay, then,” she said, and began walking off. Startled, he practically jogged after her, grabbing her arm. “Wait, where are you going?” “You said I should stay away from you,” she answered,Continue reading “Bad Boy Meets Good Girl”

I Remember the Radio

We weren’t supposed to be out there. Hell, we weren’t supposed to be anywhere. Shunted out of polite society for reasons I still don’t fully understand, even to this day. Whatever happened, Mama and Pappy didn’t feel inclined to share it with little kid me or adult me or no version of me whatsoever. TheyContinue reading “I Remember the Radio”

Prestige TV is Killing Me

I’m old enough that I can actually remember the change in television beginning in the early 2000s, and what television was like before it. Mainly: it was… Okay, I guess bad isn’t exactly the correct word, because there was some good shit going on. But even the good shit was wrapped up in the wayContinue reading “Prestige TV is Killing Me”