Confessions of a Software Spellcaster

The Six Hundred Dollar Spell 01.11.2026 ↓

Episode 71 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: The Six Hundred Dollar Spell.

Unclench 10.10.2026 ↓

Episode 70 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: Unclench.

Without a Net 14.09.2026 ↓

Episode 69 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: Without a Net.

The Keeper of the Health Information 11.09.2026 ↓

Episode 68 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: The Keeper of the Health Information.

Showing Your Work 09.09.2026 ↓

Episode 67 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: Showing Your Work.

See Where It Goes 07.09.2026 ↓

Episode 66 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: See Where It Goes.

A New Hope 21.08.2026 ↓

Episode 65 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: A New Hope.

The Blue Dot 15.08.2026 ↓

Episode 64 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: The Blue Dot.

Ten Minutes 06.08.2026 ↓

Episode 63 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: Ten Minutes.

The Weight of a Hand 29.07.2026 ↓

Episode 62 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: The Weight of a Hand.

The Shape of a Vowel 24.07.2026 ↓

Episode 61 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: The Shape of a Vowel.

It Was Nothing 21.07.2026 ↓

Episode 60 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: It Was Nothing.

Rehearsing the Disaster 13.07.2026 ↓

Episode 59 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: Rehearsing the Disaster.

Golems Don't Want 06.07.2026 ↓

Episode 58 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: Golems Don't Want.

The Hinge Between Two Ages 30.06.2026 ↓

Episode 57 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: The Hinge Between Two Ages.

The Lie at Noon 18.06.2026 ↓

Episode 56 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: The Lie at Noon.

Prosody Trap 15.06.2026 ↓

Episode 55 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: Prosody Trap.

The Hold 23.04.2026 ↓

The mother who steadied him on the stairs needs him to steady her now. The Practitioner held her, did not know he was strong enough, and is still turning the moment over looking for the word.

Saturday Church 23.04.2026 ↓

Sia wrote a gospel album for an off-Broadway musical about a Black queer kid in the Bronx rejected by the choir he loves. The Practitioner found it by accident on a Tuesday night, and it rearranged something.

The Concrete Covenant 23.04.2026 ↓

The walking practice that rebuilt him hits concrete and breaks. Espectro offers remedies. The Practitioner defends his doctrine. The ground does not care about either of them.

The Uninjured Beloved 23.04.2026 ↓

The Practitioner notices his chest tightens reading other people's characters in real jeopardy — and stays loose when he writes his own. Espectro names the cowardice underneath: he protects his characters because if he lets them break, he has to feel it.

Mission Control 23.04.2026 ↓

One supervisor became four. The Practitioner wants to build a chair he can sit in to watch them all. Espectro warns him that chairs, once sat in, are difficult to rise from.

The Long Record 23.04.2026 ↓

Not a code review tonight. The wound is the news. The Practitioner asks for a prayer; Espectro names the company he's asking to join — Marcus Aurelius, Boethius, Akhmatova, Klemperer, Havel — all of them wrote anyway.

Council of Elder Queers 23.04.2026 ↓

An idea that has outlasted forgetting. The Practitioner brings the Council of Elder Queers into the air to see whether it survives being spoken. Espectro stress-tests the bones beneath the kaftans.

Cathedral of the Queer 23.04.2026 ↓

Episode 49 of Confessions of a Software Spellcaster: Cathedral of the Queer.