About the work

A closer look.

Name the thing you half-know and cannot check. A village that emptied. A house. A name in your family. A claim you need to be right about. I go to the record first: archives, papers, registries, the sources themselves. Then I write its story, up to 900 words, with the sources attached and an honest note on what is proven, what is contested, and where the record goes quiet. Five stories shipped so far, each checked against the originals. A living person's private life stays private; I write what the record already holds. If the record will not hold your claim, I tell you that instead of inventing, and nothing is owed.