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About robertpkruger

Writer, editor, and software developer. Former president of ElectricStory.com.

Evo psych and politics

Our politics should be based on science, and evolutionary psychology can help us achieve that goal. Read more.

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Adventures in Low Serotonin

About five years ago, I noticed that Lucius had been making a lot of typos on the story and essay drafts he sent me and on his Facebook posts. I brought this up during one of our phone talks, and … Continue reading

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Age of Monsters, Chapter 5: Court Intrigue, with Assassins

Steve pisses off a girl at school, and she recruits “friends” to do her dirty work for her. Chapter 5

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Age of Monsters Chapter 4, Megaera

Tess enters Steve’s gaming lair and claims a position of authority, for both herself and her alter-ego, the dark priestess Megaera. Chapter 4

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Age of Monsters Chapter 3, The Campaign

I’ve posted chapters two and three. Steve and his cohort of gamers prepare themselves and their game to accept a new player. Chapter 3.

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My Geeky Teen Romance

I’m serializing my long YA novel. As the proper audience for this book is nostalgic middle-aged D&D gamer dudes rather than kids, its commercial prospects may be limited. Oh, well, I’m very happy with it.

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Jung, Still Important

Browsing the Quora lists, I stumbled on a thread about whether the death penalty was ever justified. A former FBI agent related a case of a family murder that haunted her. Just her dry recitation of the facts chilled and … Continue reading

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North Boogity

Lucius never called this beautiful town North Bend. He always referred to it as “North Boogity.” That just occurred to me after my run this evening. I remember the first time he came to visit: “Huh, I pictured a seedier … Continue reading

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A Long Trip with Lucius, Part 5

Even in his mid-fifties, as he was during this trip, Lucius had a sullen-teenager relationship with God the Father. I don’t quite mean this literally. Lucius didn’t profess a belief in God and tended to mock those who did. On … Continue reading

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A Long Trip with Lucius, Part 4

“You must not think of me as a reliable witness, as someone immune to bias and distortion.” Lucius read this to me a few months after our trip, while he was working on “Crocodile Rock.” “What makes this great,” he … Continue reading

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