Misery Loves Company: Part 4
The finale of Clay Boone's October horror serial. A dead boy's journal, a priest who won't say the quiet part out loud, and a TAC officer who finally understands what's been watching him all year.
Creator Spotlight: Josh Liljenquist
Minnesota creator Josh Liljenquist (Joshlilj) talks simple questions, real moments, brand partnerships that don’t take over, and why the people he films have just as much to give as he does.
Make Tech Fun Again
Finn Jennen spent 87 days in San Francisco and came back with a question: what if making technology fun and exciting is one of the most important things we can do for the future?
Indie Film Spotlight: Bathroom Spider
Director Christine Weatherup is terrified of spiders. So naturally she made a horror comedy short about one. Here’s the behind-the-scenes story of Bathroom Spider, from CG spider design to prop spiders left behind in the writer’s apartment.
Misery Loves Company: Part 3
A disgraced programmer takes a job at a military academy and finds himself alone with ghost stories, local history, and a building that doesn't quite feel empty. Part Three of a serialized horror story set at the real Wentworth Military Academy.
Artist Spotlight: Raul Lara
Spanish figurative artist Raúl Lara explores identity, memory and transformation through oil, acrylic and photographic image transfer. His painting Columbae asks what happens when two versions of a self share the same space.
Where the Human Body Becomes Nature By Naomi Fisher
Naomi Fisher’s environmental body art transforms human subjects into living pieces of autumn - natural jewelry, moss, leaves, and makeup blurring the line between person and forest. Plus her poem, Autumn Splendour.
Filmmaker Spotlight: Pedro Augusto Alves Teixeira
Brazilian documentary filmmaker Pedro Augusto Alves Teixeira talks about A Arte de Ser, capturing young Black artists, and why you don’t need perfect conditions to start making films.
Misery Loves Company: Part 2
The wooden apple keeps coming back. A maintenance man with thirty years at the academy knows why. Part Two of Clay Boone's serialized horror story set at the real Wentworth Military Academy.
Your Creative Idea Isn’t Stupid — Superman, Spider-Man, and Star Wars Prove It
Superman was rejected. Spider-Man was called a dumb idea. Star Wars was self-funded because nobody believed in it. Christopher makes the case for trusting your creative instincts.
I LOVED My Creative Work! So Why Did I Avoid It for So Long?
Whit Lauren spent years beating herself up for procrastinating on creative work she loved. Then she swapped self-judgment for curiosity — and started asking better questions.
My Voice Became My Keyboard — But the Writing Was Always Mine
Italian author Massimo Lorusso has written with voice technology since 1993. Here he makes the case that authorship has never lived in the fingers — it lives in selection.
Misery Loves Company: Part 1
A disgraced programmer takes a job at a military academy and finds himself alone with ghost stories, local history, and a building that doesn't quite feel empty. Part One of a serialized horror story set at the real Wentworth Military Academy.
Tattoo Artist Spotlight: Misha Bardak
Nuremberg-based blackwork and ornamental tattoo artist Misha Bardak on teaching himself the craft, the Roman numeral story that still makes him laugh, and why every tattoo artist needs to be a psychologist.
The Marketing Machine Behind Your Favorite Music
Vocal coach turned music marketer Laurelanne Davis on what happens before release day: playlist pitching, press strategy, short-form content systems, and why one person sharing a song still matters.
From Structure to Atmosphere: How I Build My Digital Art Prints
Australian digital artist Phillip J Gordon on his three-current process: urban geometry, floral watercolour, and abstract oils, and how Photoshop and Lightroom bring them together into large-format prints.
5 Other Movies to Watch This Halloween
Skip the usual Halloween watchlist. These five underrated horror films….from a 2015 slasher homage to a 1977 AI nightmare, are exactly what this spooky season needs.
I Pitched My Novel to Over a Hundred Literary Agents. Here's What I Built From the Experience.
Ben Cibula spent months querying literary agents for his debut novel, pitched over a hundred, and self-published instead. Here's what he learned about traditional publishing — and the tool he built from the experience.
Why "Wish You Were Here" Is Rock's Greatest Song
Phil Allard on why "Wish You Were Here" is rock's greatest song: Syd Barrett's ghost, Roger Waters' restraint, and why the song works by refusing to fill in its own blanks.
Cats, Geometry and a Little Imagination
Artist Marina Imar on her Avant-Garde Cats series, the digital project "A Cat's Time" (猫の時間), and using geometry to preserve the character behind every simple form.