I want to talk about sensor size, specifically when it comes to cameras, if it’s going to be your first one. Before we do that, I want to do away with a myth. Most people assume that when you talk about cameras, you are referring to the device that accurately records a picture of the world around them. This isn’t true. I hear this myth repeated to me all the time in one form or another, with the phrase. I want a camera that takes good pictures. The truth is, there is no such thing.

Why Facebook? Why am I here—of all places—scrolling, posting, chasing something I can’t quite name? Sure, it can be fun, but let’s be honest: what am I actually doing here? The answer is embarrassingly simple: validation. However, is it my validation, yours, or something else? Since it's my Facebook account, you might think it would be my validation.

The Lost Tales of Emerson Kaye is heavily layered in meta-fiction, requiring the reader to understand that the author is playing a character within his own made-up world. This collection of fictional journals and narrative excerpts chronicles the life of Emerson Kaye, a man who claims to be over three hundred years old. A meta-fictional memoir, blending personal recollections of barroom encounters with an epic fantasy backstory involving a dimension called the Underverse.