LA DAWN, the highly anticipated final installment of LA FOG, has just been released and is now available for purchase. Click here to get your copy! If you’ve read the previous volumes, you’re familiar with the remarkable powers of the Encanto. Although it may seem like magic, it’s actually technology developed by ancient Mayans, technology […]
El Día de los Muertos
A good time regardless of its origin. It’s fitting that the word history is almost all story, because the truth rarely fits into an enjoyable narrative that’s easy to follow. Even when striving for accuracy it’s impossible to document anything without human bias creeping in. Choices must be made as far as what to include, […]
Speaking of Magic
The Encanto, LA FOG part 1, is finally available! Order your copy today! While researching the novel, I had the privilege of interviewing Matt Marcy, a real, honest-to-god professional magician, who has performed more than 4,000 shows. Matt’s love of magic began with his first magic kit at age five. “A lot of kids go […]
Insomnia
Sleep is a universal human experience. It’s essential to life—but why? Why must we spend a third of our lives sleeping? Medical science still struggles to answer these questions. When I was younger, I could sleep until noon, if I wanted, but now when the birds start chirping, there’s no more sleep to be had. […]
What Happened to the Ancient Mayans?
In grade school, I was taught that the ancient Mayans had vanished. A whole civilization, with temples that rose into the sky, with vast networks of roads, many of which can still be seen from space, more than nineteen million people—suddenly disappeared. The truth is they never disappeared. Six million of their descendants live on, […]