Hello, you readers few and far between. I'm writing to you because three of the four members of this blog are now college alumni and are twice the strong thinkers they've been in the past. There's going to be some new developments. I know we've been reticent to promote ourselves and have preferred to show our readers ideas and unique persons, but there's a few good things happening for us this time.

• RICH TALES IN CHEAP PRINT:THREE PULP FICTION FINDS Written on NPR.org, and featuring, as the title suggests, well-written stories published on pulpy paper. On the website, Robert E. Howard nets a spot on the short list, the famed writer of Conan the Barbarian (a great example of proper comma usage). Robert Howard is a man I believe should be considered seriously by literature. He wrote determinedly for a living, he had a tragic death, and was prolific in his career. When I've thought of his life, I've though of David Foster Wallace as well, as a comparable figure.
• MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY The gritty, underworld version of the videogame series everyone hoped for. It's like when Twisted Metal released Black. Produced as a marketing tool, then picked up by Warner Brothers and released on the YouTube channel, Machinima. There are about five episodes online, and an avid watcher won't be able to take a moment's break between short fifteen minute episodes.

The next developments are a print edition of key essayistic posts from this blog, and other writing by emerging men and women writers. It will be a follow-up issue to a two years past one-time meditative literary journal. If you're interested in what our influences are, read Tinhouse, browse McSweeney's, and look in the mirror at the warped plaster on the wall back behind your face. Selected pieces, as of yet, are "Otherness in Ocarina," an expanded version of Nick Vogt's essay on psychology, society, and the Legend of Zelda videogame series, and poetry or comment from Ronald Metellus. Find Ron's writing and the original published version of "Otherness in Ocarina" in this blog's archive.