Nick Nine Lives Case Files: The Blue Envelope Episode 10
The White Bird The bird had been staring at me for thirty-four years. I just hadn’t known where to look. Walter Pike remembered seeing it painted on the stern of…
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Zombie Readiness Scoiety: The Wrong Backpack
River put my backpack on the table. The table made a noise. Not a particularly dramatic noise. More of a wooden complaint. River looked at the backpack. Then at me.…
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Adventurer’s Journal: Take the Road That Doesn’t Win
My GPS and I have a fundamental disagreement about the purpose of travel. It believes the purpose is to arrive. Preferably as quickly as possible. Every road has a value.…
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The Millionaire, the Cowboy and the Castle That Wasn’t His
If you drive into the northern reaches of Death Valley, the landscape doesn’t immediately suggest that what it really needs is a Spanish-Mediterranean mansion. Desert does many things well. Heat.…
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Animal Heroes Elephants: The Superpower of Connection
Imagine waking up tomorrow and discovering that you’re responsible for leading your entire family across miles of unfamiliar country. You need to know where to find water. You need to…
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What’s In A Dream
When we talk about remembering dreams, one of the first questions we often ask is: What did you see? Maybe we remember a room. A person. A road. An animal.…
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Nick Nine Lives Case File: The Blue Envelope Episode 9
Maritime Recovery There are three places in Midnight Harbor where you’re likely to find retired dockworkers. Bars. Diners. And places where they’re technically supposed to be fishing. I found Walter…
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Zombie Readiness Society: The Smell Test
Alistair found me in the laboratory at 9:17 Tuesday morning holding a container of macaroni and cheese beneath my nose. This is apparently how investigations begin now. “What are you…
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Leave Some Room for Wonder
I want to know things. That quest for knowledge we had when we were kids still burns strong. And travel and adventure is a great teacher. On Saturday night, I…
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The Town the River Took
Rodney, Mississippi There are plenty of ways for a town to disappear. A mine closes. A railroad chooses another route. A highway bypasses Main Street. A factory shuts down and…
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