Skeptic Society Magazine

Memories of the Train

Illustrations by Katherine Lam The train’s seats: blue with a white strip down the middle. The windows: wide, tinted green. The sun: halfway below the horizon. He was playing with the top his mother had bought from the cart lady. With each spin came flashes of rainbow light: zzz zzz zoom. The train’s seats: white with a blue strip down the middle, five per...

How Democrats can make good on their new mandate

The midterm elections were great for Democrats everywhere, but some triumphed even more decisively than others: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, for example, cruised to reelection with roughly 63 percent of the vote. Voters pushed Republicans out — and kept Democrats like Moore in power — in part because of their concerns over a handful of critical issues, including the rising cost of living, the...

Star Wars is experiencing a golden age of video games

Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter After a tumultuous start to EA’s rebooted Star Wars Battlefront series, in 2021 Lucasfilm and Disney decided to open up the development of new Star Wars games by bringing in different publishers and studios under the Lucasfilm Games banner. Now, over five years on, we can confidently say we’re entering a new golden...

Captive Traitor King by Brigid Kemmerer

The first person to attack the King of Incendar in this book is on his side. Asher drops out of a freezing night onto Ky’s veranda with a dagger, loses the fight, and admits he was sent by Princess Jory to remind the king what is at stake. It is a test, a flirtation and a cry for help in one move, and Captive...

Henny Season Goes into Overtime in LA

When it comes to parties in Los Angeles, Angelenos can be a tough crowd to please. If it’s too far, they might skip it. Too cold? Forget about it. A little rain? Even worse. And don’t get us started on a long line. But Hennessy Very Special Cocktails knew exactly how to get people through the door: football, their new cocktail lineup in three...