Regreening the Digital Wasteland
Why I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the California condor.
What Manner of Man
WHAT MANNER OF MAN is the newsletter of St John Starling — for his fiction, and articles about rebuilding the internet. Current fiction project: A COMPANION IN VICE, a gothic horror-romance about mad scientists doing evil things to each other
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New Yearsletter
What I did in 2025.
It's Alive! It's Alive!!!
The newsletter returns from the dead.
On the Itch.io Situation
Important news + a call to action.
Ill-Met by Moonlight
An announcement, new benefits for patrons, and some thoughts on worldbuilding (also frivolous calligraphy and gothic heroine Father Ardelian!)
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St John Starling; a bird of ill omen and author of subversive, queer novels.
The Author's Barely-Disguised Addiction to Secret Underground Tunnel Systems
Message for Tumblr users, exciting ACIV update, favourite films, not writing advice, etc.
The Loop
Putting the "news" in "newsletter."
A Companion in Valentines
WARNING: Contents of this e-mail not compliant with lab safety standards.
A Companion in Valentines
WARNING: Contents of this e-mail not compliant with lab safety standards.