On tonight’s episode of the Mosaic Ark, the ladies welcomed BasedCon founder and author Rob Kroese to talk about his latest Kickstarter (his fifteenth!) for his new book series, Ransom’s Law, which he described as a space opera where Better Call Saul meets The Expanse. Rob is a prolific writer who has authored thirty-six novels in a variety of genres, both humorous and dark. In addition to the Kickstarter, we also talked about Rob’s creative process, how everybody hates marketing his own work, and Rob’s spooky habit of writing somewhat prophetic story lines. This stream wound its way to 2 hours and 30 minutes, but be sure to catch the last hour, as for some reason the crackling noise that had plagued Rob’s audio mysteriously stopped and it became perfectly clear (we think the kind words spoken about AI may have placated our robot overlords). Please leave your thoughts in the comments, and if you can, help support Rob’s Kickstarter; he’s a great storyteller. —Streamed June 26, 2025

Back Rob’s Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robkroese/ransoms-law

Read Rob’s other 36 books: https://badnovelist.com/

Register for BasedCon: https://basedcon.com/

Quinn Kimball joined the ladies on tonight’s Mosaic Ark to discuss his epic fantasy poem, The Monster and the Foundling. Quinn joined Professor Rachel Fulton Brown’s Telegram chat, the Dragon Common Room, way back in the Covid days of 2020. He saw her challenge to learn to write poetry and responded by writing an epic fantasy poem in 50 stanzas of perfect Spenserian verse! He talks about how his tale of monsters and magic and redemption combined his affection for Lovecraftian lore with his desire to create a more hopeful, Christian monster story. We also talk about how finding the Dragon Common Room and helping to create its reading list, helped him to focus his own reading efforts and writing goals. —Streamed June 20, 2025

• Quinn’s Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/agardenerinawar/p/the-monster-and-the-foundling
• DCR Onboarding Guide: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/_files/ugd/096a8a_e0ecbe7b12404832a2f467daa6b58278.pdf

“The madness of crowds.” I’m sure everyone has heard that phrase before. It is often used to describe the behavior of mobs, as if the individual participants, through some mass psychosis contagion, cease to be individuals and act as one mad, destructive being. But is it true? On this week’s Mosaic Ark, the ladies discuss the ongoing anti-ICE riots in LA, and take a walk down memory lane to remember some of the other riots in our country’s history, and how their similarities might point to a different explanation for the violence. —Streamed June 13, 2025