Sean Weeks
Sean Weeks
Since he was six years old, Sean Weeks wanted to be a writer. He was the kid who smuggled loose-leaf into family gatherings and vandalized his college textbooks with story ideas. He matriculated at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. While pursuing a creative writing major there, he developed a fervent curiosity in classical studies. He studied Greek, Latin, and the heady canon of Antiquity’s best thinkers…
Since he was six years old, Sean Weeks wanted to be a writer. He was the kid who smuggled loose-leaf into family gatherings and vandalized his college textbooks with story ideas. He matriculated at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. While pursuing a creative writing major there, he developed a fervent curiosity in classical studies. He studied Greek, Latin, and the heady canon of Antiquity’s best thinkers…
Blog
Blog
First Cut: On Making D&D Virtual
Introduction to Column Sometimes I have earlier drafts of projects that I think are pretty darn good! So I sometimes keep 'em. Take a look. Or don't. For [...]
Adios to the “Side Hustle”
Five Years Ago Those ugly grey things. “I don’t like looking at these grey things. Can we do anything about that?” she said. I blinked at her [...]
Second Letter to Sappho: My Writing Process
Dear Sappho, I thank you for your kind ear and I apologize for my late reply. When Christmas is past and spring is on the horizon, time seems to [...]
Articles
Articles
On the Fragility of Knowledge
You’re television incarnate, Diana, indifferent to suffering, insensitive to joy. All of life is reduced to the common rubble of banality. War, murder, death are all the same to [...]
Frostpunk the Board Game Has Lessons for Real Life
Frostpunk: The Video Game sports a steampunk coat of paint, the stylish, often meaningless brass cogs and aviator goggles, but the real hook was “global warming in reverse.” It’s a satire equipped [...]
Eighth Article for Paste Magazine: TV Soundtracks
Even if you have no interest in TV, I suggest reading this one. Composer Ramin Djawadi’s score is responsible for all the poetry and power of House of the [...]
Short Stories
Short Stories
Habit: an Old Short Story
I can't believe it's been ten years since I published this old short story with The Copperfield Review. If the subject of Benedictine monks and WWII interests you, then [...]
Ballooning, Aerostation, and the Tragedy of Newton’s First Law
Hot air balloon flight of the Montgolfier Brothers. Artist: Claude Louis Desrais Some [in the 18th century]considered that there might be an arms race in [hot [...]