by Zackary Russell | Mar 6, 2026 | Newsletter
How do you know you’re talking to a human? Last month, a story went viral about a man receiving the phone call every husband dreads: “I’m at the emergency room.” His wife explained that their son had fallen off his bike and gotten hurt...
by Zackary Russell | Feb 20, 2026 | Newsletter
What’s the longest, most interesting thing you’ve committed to memory? For me, it was probably the names of all 50 states, in alphabetical order. It helped that there was a song we sang every week in U.S. History class. Don’t worry, I won’t sing it for you now....
by Zackary Russell | Feb 6, 2026 | Newsletter
For the past few years, we have been living somewhere at the intersection of magic and technology. And now the technology is getting religion. Just over a week ago, someone built a Reddit-like discussion forum called Moltbook…but...
by Zackary Russell | May 29, 2025 | Stories
a short story In the end we realized we hadn’t given our printers enough credit. They weren’t at the same level of intelligence as the AI that had taken over cyberspace. But they had an intuition. A dark foreboding. One we had missed. “The ink is...
by Zackary Russell | Aug 15, 2024 | Interviews
I was honored to join Thomas Umstattd Jr. on the Christian Publishing Show to discuss what I’ve dubbed the Four Laws of Storytelling, adapted from the classic Campus Crusade gospel tract, The Four Spiritual Laws. Law #1 – Tell stories for the glory of God...