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  • High Stakes Haul: The Vegas Trucking Underworld- episode 4 ‘Too Big to Fail’ (Action-Crime Trucking Noir)

    “Well, my thoughts are this: if you can get by with the extra weight, then by goodness have them put on the extra weight; I just don’t see it.” Said Jim’s voice over the CB Radio.      Esteban chuckled as he went to squeeze the CB microphone and speak, but suddenly, John ‘The Road Warrior’…

  • A Penny for the Poor: episode 1- The Dark and the Light (Historical Crime Fiction)

    The year was 1925 and the night was cold and damp, the air biting at the two men’s noses as they walked towards the only light in the distance, each of them holding a wooden box in their hands.    Jonnie Hargrove, the older brother, was a wiry built, dark-complexioned, one-eighth Cherokee man of 25…

  • THE IMMORTALS: A BLOOD AND DUST WESTERN ABOUT 7 HARD PEOPLE, 5 HARDER WOLVES, AND 1 JOB THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE SURVIVABLE

    If you like Westerns that feel like they’ve got weight in the saddle, this is the one, because it doesn’t read like a checklist of tropes, it reads like a campfire story told by somebody who wants you to see the faces, hear the voices, and feel the pause right before the shooting starts; you’re…

  • So What’s Actually Been Going On at Marvel Comics Lately

    If you haven’t wandered into a comic shop in a while, and most folks haven’t because life has a habit of stacking bills, kids, work, and exhaustion faster than Wednesday pull lists, your picture of Marvel Comics is probably stuck somewhere between the last movie tie in you half noticed and that familiar shrug of…

  • YouTuber Spotlight: Kallmekris (Kris Collins), Someone You Actually Want to Sit and Listen To

    Kris Collins didn’t come out of the gate trying to be a brand, a movement, or the loudest voice in the room. She came online the way a lot of people did during that strange stretch of time when the world slowed down, by messing around, trying things, and seeing what stuck. What’s different is…

  • Reading the Woods After the Shot: An Appalachian Tracking Skill

    Appalachian Mountains; January 3rd, 2026. Among experienced Appalachian hunters, there exists an understanding rarely written down and even less often taught directly: the hunt does not end when the trigger is pulled. In fact, for those who take the responsibility seriously, the most important work often begins after the shot, when the woods themselves must…

  • The Battle of Princeton (1777): How a Winter March Saved the American Revolution

    In the first days of January 1777, the American Revolution hovered dangerously close to collapse. The optimism of 1776 had been bled away through defeat, retreat, expiring enlistments, and a public weary of sacrifice with little visible reward. British commanders believed the rebellion was nearing its end; many Americans quietly feared the same. What unfolded…

  • FEMA Awards $250 Million to Strengthen Airspace Security Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

    Washington, D.C.; January 3rd, 2026. The FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) announced a $250,000,000 federal funding award aimed at strengthening airspace security across the United States in preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a global event expected to draw millions of international and domestic visitors and generate heightened aviation and public safety demands. According…

  • The Old Lights of the Ridge: An Appalachian Folklore Account

    Appalachian Mountains; January 3rd, 2026. Throughout the central and southern Appalachian ranges, from the high ridges of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky to the folded hollows of Tennessee and western North Carolina, there persists a body of folk memory concerning unexplained lights seen at night along mountain roads, ridgelines, creek bottoms, and abandoned rail grades.…

  • FBI and Milwaukee Police Request Public Assistance in Unsolved Homicide Investigation

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin; January 3rd, 2026. The FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI), in coordination with the MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT, has issued a public request for information related to an unsolved homicide, asking members of the public to come forward with tips that may assist investigators in resolving the case. According to the FBI, the homicide remains…