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Journey To Infinity Mall With Randy
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Journey To Infinity Mall With Randy

Nobody knew who hired Randy to run the gift card kiosk at the Infinity Mall, located conveniently at the centre of the universe, just three exits past the Ganamede Car Wash.  Nobody could remember ...

ArcaniverseKiller Cone Serves The Last Ice Cream You'll Ever Eat

Killer Cone Serves The Last Ice Cream You'll Ever Eat

The ice cream parlour on Neptune's eastern fringe had been outlawed in seventeen dimensions. Business improved immediately. Killer Cone worked behind the counter wearing a paper hat folded from exp...

ArcaniverseSolar Surfer Drinks A Cup Of Joe

Solar Surfer Drinks A Cup Of Joe

Nobody knew whether the diner had been built around Saturn or whether Saturn had simply wandered into its parking lot one Tuesday and never left. Either way, the coffee was terrible. The Solar Surf...

automobilesA cross-section of classic Fordite, showing many colours of the rainbow.

Fordite: A Colourful History

Fordite is usually discussed as if the interesting part begins when somebody cuts it open. In reality, the story starts much earlier, with the chemistry of the paint itself. The layers trapped insi...

automobilesJames Thompson, AKA Black Badger, holding up a finished Arcanaut Fordite dial to camera.

Fordite: James Thompson, A Master At Work

During the height of American automotive manufacturing, layers of over-sprayed paint accumulated on the racks, skids, and fixtures that carried car bodies through paint shops. Those layers were rep...

automobilesThree slices of unusually-coloured Fordite, showing yellows, whites, blacks, and a rare olive green.

Fordite: A New History Of An Old Material

Fordite should not exist. Or, more accurately, it was never supposed to exist. It was a nuisance, an industrial by-product created during an era of automotive manufacturing when efficiency was meas...