Today we begin Year Eight of the New Worlds Patreon! Once again we turn our attention to religion, beginning with the veneration of the dead — comment over there . . .

For the final essay of Year Seven, the New Worlds Patreon contemplates the divine — or rather, the places where we do that contemplation . . . comment over there!

The New Worlds Patreon returns to less exciting essay titles as it takes a look at common patterns for how urban houses are laid out. Comment over there!

It’s “shameless allusions in the titles” time at the New Worlds Patreon. Our second essay for the month is the second half of the look at building materials — you can guess where it’s headed! Comment over there . . .

Yes, the New Worlds Patreon is making a “Three Little Pigs” reference, as this week’s essay is (one of two) about building materials! Comment over there . . .

No, you’re not seeing double: the New Worlds Patreon is talking about twins this week! Comment over there.

The New Worlds Patreon will neither blame you nor accept the blame if you get earwormed this week by songs from the musical Annie, as we turn to the topic of orphanages! Comment over there.

This week’s New Worlds Patreon post comes with trigger warnings: the topic at hand is foundlings and infanticide. If you’re up for that, you can comment over there, but I’m well aware this one won’t be for everyone.

A new month, a new topic: the steadfast patrons of the New Worlds Patreon have voted for discussion of certain aspects of the life cycle. We’re starting off with a look at how well or badly certain child-rearing methods can turn out — comment over there!

The New Worlds Patreon is closing out 2023 with a fifth Friday in the month, and therefore a theory post! This one looks at the gap between how a society says it does things and how they actually work, and what can happen in that space . . . comment over there!

At the end of our New Worlds Patreon tour of crime, it’s time to show a little mercy — which is to say, we’re talking about pardons. Comment over there!

Did you know it’s illegal to enter the U.K. House of Commons while wearing armor? The New Worlds Patreon is taking a look at some of the odds and ends of our laws (and the breaking thereof) — comment over there!

You can buy all the New Worlds Patreon through legitimate channels, but some things have to be sold in the shadows. That’s right, come on into the black market, and comment over there!

My scofflaws at the New Worlds Patreon have voted for a return to crime! The topic thereof, at least, and we’re starting off with the lurid field of vice. Comment over there!

From the big to the small: the New Worlds Patreon is scaling down from grand empires to the question of government much closer to home. Comment over there!

This week the New Worlds Patreon is taking a look at a motif that speculative fiction is starting to more frequently view from the opposite side of yore: the colony. Comment over there!

Last week’s New Worlds Patreon had to leave out one particular type of political unit because it was — very appropriately — too large to fit into that essay. So this week we’re looking at empires: comment over there!

The November theme for the New Worlds Patreon has looped back around to government, so we’re starting off with a look at what meaning is embedded in the words we use for different kinds of political unit. Exciting, I know — but actually quite revealing! Comment over there.

It’s a topic often treated very sensationally, but the New Worlds Patreon had to get there eventually: we’re talking at last about the blood sacrifice of animals and humans. Comment over there . . .

No, the New Worlds Patreon isn’t talking about human or animal sacrifice — not yet. (That’ll be next week.) Instead we’re looking at some of the places where sacrifices are made and the reasons for them, and the use of inanimate objects for the purpose. Comment over there!