Emerson, Unghosted

Ham, Death, and Wigs: A Queens Childhood

Days and Nights with My Eccentric German Babysitter

Nov 21 • 

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Billy

Billy’s hug once bruised my sternum when we were fifteen.

Nov 14 • 

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#8 No Turning Back: Commitment Disguised as Choice

Part Eight of "How to Join a Cult Without Trying" about the twelve years I spent inside the International Church of Christ

Nov 13 • 

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October 2025

#7 Body Count: the Cost of Obedience

Part Seven of "How to Join a Cult Without Trying"

Oct 21 • 

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#6 This is Your Brain on Black and White

Part Six of "How to Join a Cult Without Trying"

Oct 8 • 

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September 2025

#5 Sex, Lies, and Damnation

Part Five of the 8-Part Series "How to Join a Cult Without Trying"

Sep 30 • 

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Glimpse #4: My Life In Pieces

"Free" (Excerpt 4 from my memoir)

Sep 22 • 

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Glimpse #3: My Life in Pieces

"Bugs" (Excerpt 3 from my Memoir)

Sep 15 • 

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Glimpse #2: My Life in Pieces

"Pitch" (excerpt 2 from my memoir)

Sep 8 • 

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Glimpse #1: My Life in Pieces

"Crashing" (Excerpt 1 from My Memoir)

Sep 4 • 

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August 2025

#4 From Chaos to Control: Entering the ICOC's "Kingdom"

Part Four of "How to Join a Cult Without Trying"

Aug 31 • 

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Why I Threw My Journals Into the Sea

Part Two of My Essay on Norway

Aug 25 • 

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