The Mercenary Pen

Home
Notes
Archive
About
Book announcement-Tinicum & Eastwick: Environmental Justice and Racial Injustice in SW Philly
And a little about stumbling across a worthwhile story
 • 
Mercenary Pen

April 2024

A Portrait of a Good Rooster
Or, life with a violent sexual predator in your backyard
 • 
Mercenary Pen
3

March 2024

Retiring the Unprecedented
My least favorite word of 2020, 2021, 2022...
 • 
Mercenary Pen

January 2024

That'll do, hen. That'll do.
An ode to a good hen
 • 
Mercenary Pen

December 2023

[Repost] Angel Fire: Korean Americans in the LA Riots
The 1992 LA Riots from the Korean perspective
 • 
Mercenary Pen

November 2023

The Pajama Bucks
A hunting story
 • 
Mercenary Pen
2

October 2023

Twenty stings later
A beekeeping anecdote in celebration of my new column
 • 
Mercenary Pen
3

September 2023

OK Doomer: "Doomer Optimism" Podcast appearance
Some show notes
 • 
Mercenary Pen
7
"The Year We Went Inorganic," at Front Porch Republic
An essay about tough decisions
 • 
Mercenary Pen
5

July 2023

[REPOST] Counted as Cast, Chapter 1: THE SOLDIER
A repost of my podcast series
 • 
Mercenary Pen

June 2023

My piece at Front Porch Republic: "There's No More Room"
Toward an anarcho-pastoralism
 • 
Mercenary Pen

May 2023

The coming boom for non-fiction literature
AI is going to kill fiction, but non-fiction is about to get much more important.
 • 
Mercenary Pen
2
© 2024 Mercenary Pen
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture