Recent Posts on Trae’s Blog
So this website is old as heck. I think some folks who are stopping by might not realize that. I launched it in 1996, and started this blog in 2001. So, y'know, thirty and twenty-five years respectively. Because of that, this site has gone through a lot of different stuff [Read More]
So this last weekend a bunch of us gathered in a cabin in central Wisconsin to record another season of The Meatgrinder. Now, I know you're saying "Trae, you guys haven't released Season 6 yet, but you recorded Season 7 already?" And yeah, that's the situation. Season 6 will be [Read More]
The following is a short story set in the world of my Mia Graves novels I wrote while editing The Perfect Host. It takes place a few weeks after The Perfect Host, and contains some minor spoilers for Bloody Damn Rite. Besides the web version here, you can also download [Read More]
Yesterday I drove down to the Wisconsin Dells to have lunch with an old friend. Chris is arguably my oldest friend, and at the very least my oldest friend who I talk to with any regularity. We've known each other for a very long time, and he was the best [Read More]
This last weekend was the second Booked Eau Claire event, and my first time tabling at it. I volunteered there last year, so I knew what the vibes would be overall. I had a really good time at the event, and it gave me the opportunity to hang out with [Read More]













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Ah yes, the level of drunk that leads to being yelled at to “get off the roof” and ladders being hidden away for all following parties
Okay, so the mention of Hwy 53, confirms this is the Walmart I was thinking of.