An analog journey in a digital world.

A meditation on death and the coronavirus pandemic, penned by an ICU nurse.

Realizations through place and motion.

Lessons learned while mountain biking with my dad during the coronavirus pandemic.

My experience as a solo female hiker.

Feeling comfortable in your skin can make or break the way you see the world. So what happens when your skin is, well… shit?

Real people, electric scooters, and ditches cast a magical spell that takes me back to 90s-era Austin while visiting Boise, Idaho during the COVID pandemic.

Some dismiss sword and sorcery media as “tales of power for the powerless.” My own experience with the genre has been decidedly different.

How I spent my time during the Texas Freeze.

I was born in Guatemala, adopted by a Belgian couple shortly after. Almost 35 years later, I discovered that I had been adopted illegally.

We all have the choice to figure out what we most want out of this life… What and who is worth suffering for?

Reflecting on the evolution of my personal identity.

As a young teen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer gave me a strong female role model to admire. As I get older, I’ve begun to hold even more admiration for the real, flesh-and-blood women in my own life.

I was bored with nature. Hunting gave me a path deeper into the wild and taught me about empathy, ethics, and my own mind.

Persevering my way to Catastrophe.

Writing… it’s an open invitation hovering in the background of my mind, one that I can only either accept or deny.

My experience with chronic pain, mental and physical isolation, and living the life I always wanted to live.

Three contributing editors give their thoughts on the Dead Foot Collective Book Club selection for October 2021: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing.