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Luddites, Process, and Friction-Maxxing


Lauren Panepinto

A big part of my job is trend forecasting, and to do proper trend forecasting you have to look beyond your genre, beyond your industry, and all the way down to the collective unconscious. I talk about this a lot in various Muddy Colors posts, because it informs a lot of what I do, and I most recently did a mini-series on Trendcasting around the Neo-Medievalism trend happening. You can read Part I, Part II,…

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GHOSTS


Greg Ruth

October 3, 2025 -   Without the slightest blush of apology, I am very fond of  ghosts. As with most horror genre items, the vast majority of the stories do fall a bit short, but I will roll the dice each and every time because when they land, there is nothing better than a fantastic ghost story. I was the only kid in 4th grade whose favorite show was the Ghost and Mrs Muir from 1968 with Hope Lang, and should have been now that I think about it. Shortly after, I stayed up way too late one night to watch 1963's THE INNOCENTS and well... that was it. The noir shadow and light play of these stories, the notional apparitions that were everywhere and nowhere, the inherent mystery to unravel as to what they are and want... I…

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