Born in Montreal, Canada, Jack later moved to the West Coast (Vancouver) to do a doctoral degree that involved collecting many thousand ticks in the Okanagan Valley. He wasn't thrilled about the ticks either. Later, he dabbled in small-scale organic farming for a few years, during which he simultaneously developed an aversion to kale and fancy salad mixes, as well as the realization that farming wasn't all that lucrative. He now lives with his wife in Victoria, BC.
THE 1% HAS BEEN OVERTHROWN, BUT HIPPIES CAN STILL DIE!
In 2055, it's been five years after the Liberation that overthrew the 1%. But in this climate of supposed harmony, the hippie haven of Salt Spring Island is in turmoil.
A BLACK TRANS COOK USES THE POWERS OF THE ELDERS GODS TO OVERTHROW THE CHINESE OCCUPATION OF A BANKRUPT AMERICA! ...IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, A TRUMPIAN DEMAGOGUE GETS WHAT HE DESERVES AND IS DEVOURED BY FLESHY, FANGED FROGS!
MARS! MECHA BATTLES! ANGRY CLONES! MYSTERIOUS ARTIFACTS! AND THE SINGULARITY! Peace on Mars is threatened when Frank Mazer is murdered. A despised slumlord, no one is surprised by his violent death. But when his daughter Dimi is framed for it, she and her brothers, Aly and Ivan, are drawn into a power-struggle between the Martian Unified Government and the Church of the Singularity.
What happens behind the scenes in the Star Wars universe? Should we trust those heroes and their claims? "I, Tim" takes place in a working-class, LGBTQ-friendly satirical version of the Star Wars universe; it's a behind-the-scenes look at the efforts that make the heroics possible. The story follows Tim, a line cook and survivor of the destruction of the Deeeath Star and his struggles with PTSD.