Writing at the intersection of systems, courage, and the quiet mechanics of work.
Frontline Essays
- The Silence Between Incidents– This essay examines the quieter, more revealing interval between events, the weeks, months, or years where nothing appears to happen, yet conditions steadily degrade.
- When Metrics Stop Measuring– This essay traces how metrics drift from diagnostic tools into performance theater, rewarding compliance over understanding and visibility over truth.
- The Meeting That Cannot Be Remembered– This essay examines those forgettable gatherings, not as failures of attention, but as signals of deeper structural issues.
Books in Development
- Salt Widow– A historical novel set in 1900s Louisiana. A widower confronts storms, silence, and the cost of survival.
- Death of the Samurai– A study of the Meiji Restoration and the psychology of peaceful elite decline.
- The Bonus Army– The overlooked story of WWI veterans who marched on Washington and the bureaucracy that met them.
- Praxis Murder: A Manual for Outliers– A framework for those who build quietly, act precisely, and refuse mediocrity.
Eddie Killian 