Archive - Pangrammatike

Reflecting On Stable Totalitarianism

I used to think that I was writing dystopias. Reflecting on that term, what it actually means, and its relationship to totalitarianism taught me that…

Jul 9 •

November 2024

The Cabled Internet

For A Matter of Oracles and The Village of Strong Branches, it is worth mentioning that ambient signals are heavily restricted in those settings, so…

Nov 23, 2024 •

Writing in Binary

How I had to incorporate kilometers-wide intertidal marshes, earthquakes, and tsunamis into my worldbuilding.

Nov 22, 2024 •

Writing Social Echoes: What Is Traditional Marriage, Anyway?

A priori speculative fiction provides an interesting testing bed for thinking about the assumptions we make about human social organization and what…

Nov 10, 2024 •

October 2024

Writing in Orbits

Do you remember that fun "how old are you on Saturn?" game from childhood?

Oct 17, 2024 •

A Matter of Oracles Is Out!

Technically, it came out yesterday. 😇

Oct 10, 2024 •

September 2024

A Matter of Oracles Will Be Out October 9th!

Much excitement ensues.

Sep 8, 2024 •

October 2023

Have you read The Village of Strong Branches?

Substack apparently misses me. Also, I'm gearing up to publish A Matter of Oracles (date TBD).

Oct 1, 2023 •

July 2023

June 2023

The Village of Strong Branches

In which I show you the amazing watercolor piece that will serve as cover art and talk a bit about the book. BTW, you can preorder it.

Jun 29, 2023 •

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