The Way Too Early Preview: Badlands Born 3

The Way Too Early Preview: Badlands Born 3

Hello, traveler! I’m in the final stages of editing Badlands Born book 3, Enter the Samurai (working title). As you might guess from the title, it features everybody’s favorite psychotic samurai, Kikuchiyo the Blood Weeper. Things aren’t going so...
Know your Badlands lore: Paradise City

Know your Badlands lore: Paradise City

Paradise City! Not just an 80s hair metal reference, but also the floating beacon of hope every Badlands refugee pines for. In the history of Badlands Born, Ryan the Creator founded Paradise City after the deader plague hit the Badlands and (literally) killed the...
Know your Necro

Know your Necro

Necrosonic engineers (necros) are one of my favorite Badlands subcultures Equal parts engineer, shaman, and musician, the necro provides a bridge between the living and the walking dead and keep the lights on at night. They’re necessary but only barely...
Mid-July Reader Update

Mid-July Reader Update

I wrote last time about Metallica’s version of fan service. Sounds great, right? Why doesn’t everybody do that? There can’t be too much? Maybe. But then there’s Star Wars. It’s been said that Episodes 7-9 (the sequels) in general and...
July Reader Update

July Reader Update

I’ve been watching the Monday Metallica live-streaming concerts these past months and I’ve noticed something about them that explains why they’ve sold out concerts over the decades: fan service. At the open of every concert, James Hetfield welcomes...