The Fies Files

The Last Mechanical Monster. A Fire Story. Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Mom's Cancer.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

250 Words on Mathematics

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[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I have little patience for ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

250 Words on Art as Therapy

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[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I’ve written two nonfiction...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Too Many Bums

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Every Christmas Eve since 2005--20 years now!--I share one of my favorite bits of whimsy from possibly my favorite comic strip, Walt Kelly...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

250 Words on Nostalgia

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[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] Author John Koenig coined t...
Friday, December 19, 2025

When Captain America Throws His Mighty Shield....

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I mentioned a while back that I'm cohosting a podcast on the movie "Captain America: The First Avenger," which we analyze at ...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Twins Day 2025!

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It nearly slipped past me! I was just reminded that today is National Twins Day, which I get to celebrate because I raised my own pair of ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

250 Words on Starhopping

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[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] Two weeks ago I wrote about...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

It's Real

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Maybe the most magical moment of making a book is when the abstract thing you've been working on for a long time--until now a jumble of ...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Schroeder

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In 1884, sculptor Frederic Bartholdi and engineer Gustave Eiffel built the Statue of Liberty in the middle of Paris before disassembling it ...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Cthulhu Chiffonade

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Once a week, Karen and I volunteer to distribute food for the food bank, which is not the point. The point is that today I pulled a carrot o...

250 Words on Disneyland

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[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] When I was a child in South...
Monday, December 8, 2025

Time Traveling

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Today is "Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day"--really, you can look it up!--and, in remarkable synchronicity, less than 24 hours ag...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

250 Words on Knowing the Night Sky

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[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I’ve been an amateur astron...
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Creator of The Last Mechanical Monster, A Fire Story, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, and Mom's Cancer. Won some awards, including an Eisner, Harvey, Inkpot, Emme and Emmy. I'm grateful.
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