Notes from Central Taiwan: The fiction of Taiwan’s ‘non-political’ defense blockade

A new approach and new start for Tales From Progress City.

TLDR: I’m officially inviting artists of all media to begin creating stories and making work (via my Creative Commons license) within my ...

Neighborhood Focus: Turtle Bay.

A closer look at a fascinating neighborhood from my fake US Midwestern city, which in the 1910s combined the sleek lines of Frank Lloyd W...

Neighborhood Focus: Turtle Bay.

A closer look at a fascinating neighborhood from my fake US Midwestern city, which in the 1910s combined the sleek lines of Frank Lloyd W...

From Tent Camp to Militia Compound to National Forest: The Saga of Harvester South.

A closer look at the complicated history of the area surrounding the southernmost public train stop in the metro area, which became the h...

Neighborhood Focus: Olympic Park and the surrounding suburbs.

A more detailed look at one of the periods in my fictitious US Midwestern city’s history, when it hosted the Olympics in 1982, leading to...

Neighborhood Focus: Lake Winnemac

A more detailed look at one of the neighborhoods in my fictitious US Midwestern city, in this case a large lake in the forest that’s been...

Neighborhood Focus: Trout Alley.

A more detailed look at one of the neighborhoods in my fictitious US Midwestern city, one that combines many of my favorite things—real-l...