A Carrier of Fire

04/21/2022

Effective immediately, A Carrier of Fire is no longer a practicing business. Thank you for your support over the years.

10/25/2020

In all the excitement of restructuring our approach to Dead Passage, we completely forgot to tell you about another endeavor we've taken on. sound|coma is a new kind of music journalism website focused on the intersection of musicians (and small labels) and current events. Whether it's a band who recorded and released an album in mandatory quarantine this spring or a record label fleeing the West Coast wildfires last month, we're here to tell their stories. No reviews, previews, pressers or gossip.

Music journalism. Evolved.

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10/06/2020

We've made the difficult decision to shutter our Patreon page and to discontinue the interactive components of Dead Passage. Chapters will continue to be published serially as time permits and we will fulfill our obligations to our former Patrons upon completion of the book.

Thank you for your support.

10/01/2020

Chapter 15 of Dead Passage, "Nyagrodha," is live NOW. Perhaps our most explosive chapter yet, it answers some questions that have been lingering for a full year of this adventure. Read ASAP and validate our egos with affectionate post reacts and comments below.

Words: 4,538Recommended Listening: Björk – “Black Lake”Shelter: Three Residences North Side of Street, One South “Hitomi freed one of the little worms from where we found Yuma!” E…

10/01/2020

Chapter 15 of Dead Passage is finished and will be published before the end of the night. It changes everything about the book so far. Get ready.

09/06/2020

Dead Passage chapter 14, "An Almost Imperceptible Shift," is live NOW! Read free at this link, then return right here and comment with your vote.

Should Emiko try to intervene or let the conversation proceed?

Words: 3,464Recommended Listening: Fargue – “Au travers de la lumière, l’ombre n’est que poussière”Shelter: Sugimoto Residence, Yuma Residence Goro Matsui’s white suit…

09/01/2020

August's chapter of Dead Passage is going to be slightly delayed. We hope to have it published in the next 48 hours. Thank you for your patience!

07/29/2020

Dead Passage is back! Chapter 13, "Hunger Crisis," is live NOW! Read it at this link then come right back here and comment with your vote (Facebook STILL hasn't reinstated polls for some damn reason):

Words: 2,924Recommended Listening: EF – “Delusions of Grandeur”Shelter: Sugimoto Residence, Inu Yuma Residence …

07/25/2020

Prions are proteins that can cause other proteins in the brain to misfold and are believed to be the causative agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines TSEs as “a family of rare progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans and animals.” In animals, perhaps the best-known manifestation of TSEs came in the form of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, more popularly known as “Mad Cow Disease.” Mad Cow Disease began in Great Britain in the 1980s when cattle were fed the remains of sheep infected with a similar TSE called scrapie. In humans, TSEs are incredibly rare, with the CDC approximating cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease at one case per million people and just four known cases of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) in the history of the United States, Dr. Pearson’s home country – a nation of over 330 million people.

Dead Passage returns this week.

06/05/2020

A Carrier of Fire knows that and we hope that will not only come swiftly but also begin a wave of reform, education and lawmaking that stamp out systemic racism in this nation we dearly love, The United States of America. We stand behind our black friends, colleagues, peers, customers and fans - and if they need our protection, we'll stand in front of them as well. All lives can't matter until they include black lives.

This is not "virtue signaling" to "get more sales." In fact, if you believe that others’ lives matter less because of their skin color, ethnic background, nonviolent religious beliefs or sexual orientation? Go. Unlike our page. Don't buy our books, don't contribute to our Patreon page, don't participate in our events and don't talk to us at shows. We don't want your money and we don't want you laboring under the delusion that we share your views. ACoF is a community big enough for all walks of life - except those with prejudice in their hearts.

Life ain't easy for any of us, but our marginalized brothers and sisters are suffering direly. Listen to them. Consider their point of view and how you'd feel if the shoe were on the other foot. Help when you can. Be kind.

Help us carry the fire for them.

-jonny Lupsha and A Carrier of Fire.

05/25/2020

Dead Passage chapter 12, "Kalpavriksha," is live NOW! Read it at this URL then come back here and VOTE BY COMMENTING.

Words: 3,265Recommended Listening: Akira Yamaoka – “Betrayal”Shelter: Sugimoto Residence, Inu Residence All seven survivors stood in the kitchen of the second house looking at the…

05/23/2020

Poll results for Dead Passage ch. 11 are in, and by a vote of 10 to two, Mai will NOT be telling Riku about her phone conversation with NIH Director Pearson nor the off-the-record investigation it's sending her on throughout the NHK office. Keep an eye out for chapter 12 to drop in the next couple days and find out what happens! In the meantime, get caught up for FREE at

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