About

Taxidermist and natural-history preparator, contract work for a small local museum. Came to reading and games as an adult, through the quiet hours of methodical solo work rather than a lifelong hobby.

I do taxidermy and specimen prep, mostly on contract for a small natural history museum here in Providence, plus whatever comes through the workshop on my own time. It's slow, exact work, the kind where a bad afternoon means redoing something you can't see from across the room but you'll know is wrong forever. I got into reading and games later than most people who write about them online, not through a childhood collection but through the quiet hours that kind of work leaves you with. I read mostly hard SF and dense nonfiction, the kind of book that makes you double back a paragraph, and I play games with a small group I actually trust rather than whoever's around on a given night.

Where I am: Providence, Rhode Island

Started this mostly to keep a record of what I'd actually finished. Turned into more than that.

What's here

Book reviews, board game reviews, and whatever else I feel like writing about. No schedule, no affiliate links, nothing sponsored. I write about a book or a game when I've actually finished it and have something to say, which is why the dates on here are irregular.