Year: 2014

Not your run-of-the-mill horse derby

June 27, 2014 Brody No Comments

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in June 2014: Rose Sandler wants to gallop in the footsteps of a conqueror. Centuries before Pony Express riders thundered across the untamed American West, Genghis Khan established a long-distance postal system using horse messengers in the Mongol steppe. Since 2009, a group known as The Adventurists has hosted…

Non-Fiction, Sample Columns

Finding strength in painful fragility

June 24, 2014 Brody No Comments

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in June 2014: A baccarat crystal knob seems an unlikely nemesis. But that changes when your hands are fused into permanent fists. Megan Barron realized too late – about the time the stall door clicked shut – that she couldn’t manipulate the knob. She was in a fancy restaurant…

Journalism, Non-Fiction, Sample Columns

OtherSpace Reboot: Stormy Weather, Part II

June 13, 2014 Brody No Comments

When last we left the situation, the dirigible Gasbag – flagship of Spark CEO Bob Busby – had gone down in a storm with about three dozen people aboard. Busby was located in a pod, but apparently swept out to sea by rough surf. The storm has begun to abate, just a few hours later,…

MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OS Roleplaying Logs, OtherSpace

The man’s always been there

June 13, 2014 Brody No Comments

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in June 2014: The first time Mom introduced us to him, he likes to joke, “she claimed you were circus dwarves.” Not too long after that, Tom Berger became stepfather to me and my brother, Don. I don’t know if he was ready to be a father. I certainly…

Journalism, Non-Fiction, Sample Columns