Supporting "Ancient Stone Mysteries"

Why There's A New Paid Subscription Level... and Other Developments

Possible Serpent Effigy in Jericho, Vermont in November. Photo by Mike Luoma.

Recently, I wanted to share the presentation I’ve been giving through libraries with those who may have missed one of the library Zoom talks. But I didn’t want to devalue the presentation or make it any less special for those libraries who have been kind enough to invite me in the past or might be interested in doing so in the future (of course, if you’re with a library, please let me know if you are interested in my talk).

Over at Patreon, I have a Glow-in-the-Dark Radio site where Patrons support my science fiction work and my long-running podcast. All set up for e-commerce, too. Admittedly — functionally, anyway — I could have sold a digital file of the library video presentation there. But that seemed like “crossing the streams”, so to speak, in a manner that might be confusing. Feels like my fiction and non-fiction work needs to be kept separate online, to some degree.

And I realized — I could offer it as part of a paid subscription here, through Substack.

Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England

That meant activating the paid features of Substack. And so, now, you can become a paid subscriber to Ancient Stone Mysteries. First thing you’ll be able to do is watch that 55 minute library presentation. Paid Subscribers only. Sorry about that.

You can still subscribe for Free, too, and get much of the same content you’ve been used to.

Your paid subscription helps support my writing and research, site visits, investigations, and travel around New England. In exchange for that support, you’ll have access to content I won’t be releasing to the general public, at least not immediately. That means a deeper, paid levels on some posts. And, possibly, paid-subscribers-only posts, with greater speculation likely in those.

Material you’ll be privy to as a paid subscriber may show up in some public form elsewhere, eventually, in future articles and books. I’m not promising exclusive content forever. You will be getting it first, and well before any later presentation — which means advance reads of and looks at work possibly destined for future publication.

Much of the raw video footage I share from the field will likely migrate behind the paywall. Like this video from November of a wild-looking glacial erratic, a Tri-Split Boulder in Jericho, Vermont, and its accompanying Cairn-like Stone Feature, near the site of the stone feature pictured above, at the start:

Currently working on a video about this visit.

Now — I’m trying this out. If you’re a current or new paid subscriber, you’ll be able to watch another video from this stone site of a Cairn-like Stone Feature previously not shared, below. If you’re not a paid subscriber, no worries. Thank You! I still very much appreciate your subscription — and will hopefully keep giving you enough to keep you interested in our Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England.