We’re in the final month of Year Six (!) of the New Worlds Patreon, and for our last topic, my patrons have voted for some essays about the interactions between humans and animals/the natural environment more generally. We begin with invasive species — comment over there!

Sometimes the organization of the New Worlds Patreon doesn’t work out as tidily as I might like. Since I’ve said my bit on violent crimes (sexual assault having been covered previously), instead we’re wrapping up the month with something that more belongs back with the theft essays from the start of this Patreon year: smuggling! Comment over there.

No discussion of violent crimes would be complete without murder, so this week, the New Worlds Patreon takes a swing in that direction. Comment over there . . .

Another week, another round of violent crimes at the New Worlds Patreon — in this case, assault and battery. Comment over there . . .

What a way to start off 2023 . . . but my loyal New Worlds patrons voted for violent crime this month, so here we go! First up is abduction — including the variants where it wasn’t actually a kidnapping, or it was but the law is on the kidnapper’s side . . . comment over there.

2022 and Year Six of the New Worlds Patreon are squeezing in one more fifth-Friday theory essay before the end! We’ve been talking about magic this year; here that means looking at the personal element that often distinguishes magic from science. Comment over there!

It’s generally been the pattern for the New Worlds Patreon that when we have an arts month, three of the essays are directly about art, and the fourth is about some adjacent topic. In this case, it’s patronage — comment over there!

And while we’re at it, this is a dandy time to remind you that New Worlds is indeed a Patreon, i.e. supported by the patronage of my readers. If you are not among their ranks already, it’s easy to join; members get a weekly photo, a monthly book review, and various other goodies at higher tiers, like voting rights in the topic polls and behind-the-scenes looks at how I build worlds for my own work. Even if you’re not able to support the Patreon directly, I’m grateful for any signal-boosting you can offer!

The New Worlds Patreon has finally gotten far enough into the topic of music to talk about the things that make most of the melodies, aka the strings and the winds! Comment over there.

The New Worlds Patreon continues its musical tour with something nearly as elemental as the voice: drums! Comment over there . . .

A new month; a new topic for for the New Worlds Patreon! This time around, my loyal patrons have voted for music. And so we start where music itself probably did — with the human voice . . . Comment over there!