When I was on my way home during mid-tour leave, I met a woman in an air port in Kuwait. We were both stuck in a sandstorm for five days, and it was "We'll always have Paris," by way of Ali Al Salem Airbase. That sparked the opening of Veterans of the Belron War, which became a memoir for my 20's. But with Robots and Space Zombies.  

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In 2007, I was a twenty year old Private First Class stationed in Fort Gordon, Georgia. I would spend my evenings walking down to the Huddle House on post and that's where I wrote the first draft of The Forever Sleep, which was my take on a cyber punk future of stasis tanks, virtual reality, and the men who maintain such a place. 

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In a dusty office while deployed to Iraq, I wrote "When They Come For You," which showcases my love of old B-movie science fiction. We go deep in the behind the scenes of writing it. Along with that comes "You Can't Be Twelve Forever," the 13 minute companion piece, complete and uncut! Today is also the debut of our paid subscription tier, where for $2.99 you get access to Divided By Zero audio book classics and new material!

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Vigilante justice isn't a good answer.

Star Trek was the key.

Lately I'm really enjoying the first cup of coffee in the morning a lot more than a beer at 5pm.

The Pandemic was like being a fobbit in Iraq. Now that it's winding down, I'm shifting from a wartime mentality to peacetime, and understanding what happens next.

Evan Kelly returns to interview series creator and host Derwin Lester II on his perspective of the pandemic, how it reminded him of his one Iraq Deployment, seeing the political divide firsthand in his own family, and where we go from here.

March of 2020 was a dividing line for all of us. This is what life was like before.

The Blanket Fortress of Solitude has moved to its own YouTube channel, where it will exclusively feature pop culture discussions. Derwin will feature new science fiction stories and check ins by Derwin, along with interviews.