<![CDATA[Keith’s Substack]]>https://krad.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KTwC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9695461c-7f07-4d59-baea-ab1d61f16452_220x220.jpegKeith’s Substackhttps://krad.substack.comSubstackFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:20:36 GMT<![CDATA[work in progress: “The Abominable Professor Gaius”]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-the-abominable-professorhttps://krad.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-the-abominable-professorThu, 03 Sep 2026 14:24:38 GMTI don’t usually do comics scripts in my WIP posts, because they don’t work very well without the art, but I thought I’d tease y’all with this, which will be in the Weird Tales graphic novel that was recently crowdfunded. The story is based on this Kelley Jones cover.

PAGE ONE

Panel one

[Large establishing shot, taking up most of the page, of an old house i…

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: Louie guarding my books]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-louie-guarding-my-bookshttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-louie-guarding-my-booksWed, 02 Sep 2026 16:02:27 GMT

Here’s Louie resting at the foot of the bookcase where I keep copies of the books I’ve written or contributed to.

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: she likes how I smell, apparently...]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-she-likes-how-i-smellhttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-she-likes-how-i-smellMon, 31 Aug 2026 17:01:29 GMT

So I go upstairs, where I’ve got the mesh laundry bag that I put all my karate stuff in -- uniforms, sweatbands, and fighting gear -- and Kaylee is laying on it! On my stinky dirty karate things!

Weird cat.......

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: guarding our feet]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-guarding-our-feethttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-guarding-our-feetSat, 29 Aug 2026 17:01:02 GMT

Often at night, the cats will take up position at the foot of the bed and guard our feet while we sleep. It’s so incredibly sweet.....

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]]><![CDATA[movie review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/movie-review-spider-man-brand-newhttps://krad.substack.com/p/movie-review-spider-man-brand-newSat, 29 Aug 2026 00:38:40 GMTI have absolutely loved every appearance by Tom Holland as Spider-Man, from his MCU debut in Captain America: Civil War, and all through his three movies and two Avengers movies.

There’s only been one complaint I’ve had about those appearances, and it’s that the status quo of Spider-Man is that he’s a hero who fights costumed bad guys in New York City. H…

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]]><![CDATA[work in progress: The Inflictors: Come Together]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-the-inflictors-come-5d7https://krad.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-the-inflictors-come-5d7Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:42:00 GMTMost of the noise was coming from the big living room on the second floor. As he went down the staircase, he saw Raw Dog go flying into the wall at the foot of the stairs.

What the hell coulda done that?

Then it occurred to him what coulda done that and he was wondering if his .38 was gonna be enough.

What he saw in the living room when he got to the botto…

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: Louie being all dainty]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-louie-being-all-daintyhttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-louie-being-all-daintyThu, 27 Aug 2026 16:01:35 GMT

I love it when he sits with his paws crossed. He looks so dignified and dainty, two things he absolutely is not......

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: presenting the belly!]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-presenting-the-bellyhttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-presenting-the-bellyTue, 25 Aug 2026 16:02:45 GMT

Louie wants his belly rubbed right now, please and thank you.....

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: bed swimming]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-bed-swimminghttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-bed-swimmingSun, 23 Aug 2026 16:30:38 GMT

Some day I’ll post a video of this, but one of the things Kaylee loves to do is bed swim……

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]]><![CDATA[TV review: Daredevil: Born Again]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/tv-review-daredevil-born-againhttps://krad.substack.com/p/tv-review-daredevil-born-againSun, 23 Aug 2026 14:01:24 GMTIn 2015, when Daredevil debuted on Netflix, it looked like the beginning of something special. And for a while, it was. The first seasons of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage were all absolutely brilliant. It looked like Netflix would do for the ground-level heroes what Marvel Studios did between 2008 and 2012 for the Avengers. They even had a Phi…

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]]><![CDATA[work in progress: The Inflictors: Come Together]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-the-inflictors-come-93chttps://krad.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-the-inflictors-come-93cSat, 22 Aug 2026 00:52:14 GMTThere wasn’t much for him to do. Daytime television was incredibly boring—it was all soap operas and game shows—and Phil’s eyes had gotten so bad that reading was actively painful. The best he could do with the newspaper was read the comics, and even that was a struggle.

The only sport Phil liked was baseball, and he was still bitter that the Yankees fin…

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: none shall pass!]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-none-shall-passhttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-none-shall-passFri, 21 Aug 2026 16:00:50 GMT

Louie shall stand guard over this bathroom, defending it with his life!

Or, uh, something.......

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: how much is that kitty in the window?]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-how-much-is-that-kittyhttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-how-much-is-that-kittyWed, 19 Aug 2026 16:01:38 GMT

Louie hangin’ out on the big windowsill.....

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: guarding the garb]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-guarding-the-garbhttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-guarding-the-garbMon, 17 Aug 2026 16:01:40 GMT

When we got back from Pennsic, there were some pieces of garb that needed repair of some kind or other. We put them on a pile on the radiator in the bedroom.

Kaylee decided she needed to guard them like a dragon guarding its hoard, apparently.............

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]]><![CDATA[the state of the KRAD, 15 August 2026]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/the-state-of-the-krad-15-august-2026https://krad.substack.com/p/the-state-of-the-krad-15-august-2026Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:24:43 GMTWelcome to the very belated second monthly update on what’s happening in the coming, er, two weeks. Sorry about that, but Wrenn and I were at the Pennsic War when the month turned to August, and there just hasn’t been time to do the update. We’ll be back to doing this on the first of the month in September. Probably.

New releases

More Hearts for Hounds is…

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]]><![CDATA[vignette: The Inflictors]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/vignette-the-inflictorshttps://krad.substack.com/p/vignette-the-inflictorsSat, 15 Aug 2026 17:03:58 GMTThis story takes place in New York in 1977, and is the first in a series of previews of The Inflictors: Come Together that I’ll be running in my newsletter over the next few weeks. The book itself will launch at Dragon Con 2026, and be on sale after that from Spare Oom Press.

“Assault”

Giancarlo Montagnino strode confidently down the streets of Brooklyn.

H…

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: whatchoo want, Dad?]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-whatchoo-want-dadhttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-whatchoo-want-dadSat, 15 Aug 2026 16:30:41 GMT

I walked into the bedroom to take this picture, and Louie woke up and gave me this look......

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: loungin' Kaylee]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-loungin-kayleehttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-loungin-kayleeThu, 13 Aug 2026 16:01:10 GMT

Just hangin’ out on the bed......

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]]><![CDATA[work in progress: "Aiutare"]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-aiutarehttps://krad.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-aiutareWed, 12 Aug 2026 16:00:33 GMT Not long after the three laundry women left, Arturo slid into the caffé. As usual, he wore clothes that were obviously secondhand, and cheap to begin with, but in which he somehow managed to look sophisticated. He ordered a cappuccino from Matteo at the counter, then joined Nonna at her table.

Holding up a finger before Nonna coul…

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]]><![CDATA[cat pictures: the view to my right]]>https://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-the-view-to-my-right-18ahttps://krad.substack.com/p/cat-pictures-the-view-to-my-right-18aTue, 11 Aug 2026 15:00:44 GMT

I was playing poker online with friends and this was the view to my right. Louie wanted to know why I was playing poker and not, y’know, feeding him or petting him....

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