Hello, World

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This is the first post on Monotrope. My intent is to write here as frequently as possible. In part this is to practice the craft of writing directly, and in part it is to ensure I own the stuff I’m writing.

The Compound

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I liked this book a lot. I’m giving it 4 stars because I’m not sure I can fully decipher what it was trying to say, or if it was trying to say anything.

The pitch is “Love Island meets Lord of the Flies”, and that probably about sums it up. Its setting is a realtiy TV show in a very ambiguous future dystopia (there are references to “the wars”, but really we get no detail of the world outside the show).