Evan Shultz

Evan Shultz began his writing career at the Master’s College, where he wrote articles for the Communications Department newsletter “Masterminds.” While a student, he met RedFence Editor-in-Chief Titus Gee and began writing for RedFence Magazine in 2006. Evan has since specialized in writing essays about his favorite topic – games – as well as sci-fi and fantasy fiction. In his spare time, he enjoys playing and designing board and video games. Currently, Evan works for board game retailer Uncle's Games in Washington.

Evan has written 14 article(s) for RedFence Magazine.


In an industry that wrings every last penny out of each success, a franchise coming to Broadway that’s already three films to the wind ought to make audiences cringe. If only it weren’t so good.

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Tea: MatèVana

by Evan Shultz on February 12, 2009

in Best Teas

Best Tea for Quitting Coffee (if you’re rich) by Evan Shultz Sleepless nights. Grumpy mornings. Getting startled at work, and responding with a roundhouse kick to a coworker’s jugular. Chewing grounds when the filters run out. It may be time to quit coffee. But I’ve been there, tried that. Switching to decaf sundered any hope […]

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Interview: Retro Sabotage

by Evan Shultz on October 7, 2008

in Q & A

The Minds Behind the Maddness by Evan Shultz RedFence staff writer and resident game enthusiast Evan Shultz interviewed the creators of Retro Sabotage, a fairly ingenious site that spoofs classic video games. See his artist spotlight for details. RF: How many of you are there? Rico: As far as I know there are only two […]

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Welcome to the Twilight Zone’s Arcade by Evan Shultz The alien invader sweeps back and forth across the screen, mocking me with his waving tentacles. I’ve never been good at Space Invaders — my game was Centipede — but this looks easy: nothing on the screen but my cannon and a single ponderously slow victim. […]

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Web Wonder: Afterworld

by Evan Shultz on February 12, 2008

in Web Wonders

Lost in the Woods by Evan Shultz Wandering through the woods at twilight, your head ducking under boughs and your hands slick from the moss-soaked branches that you brace against as you walk a path that is no longer quite there—this is the joy and terror of getting yourself lost. It feels clean and free, […]

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Poem: Tourists by Evan Shultz

by Evan Shultz on December 30, 2007

in Poetry

Tourists by Evan Shultz This article has been archived in RedFence Print Edition One, available now in the Store.

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Chess for the Rest of Us by Evan Shultz The Immortal Game, by David Shenk, continues the wonderful trend in non-fiction books that brought us the recent bestseller Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. For those who haven’t read it yet, Freakonomics technically is a book about economics; it just isn’t so […]

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Far Away Places by Evan Shultz Little Jane had only three memories of her mother—she knew this because she sat down once and counted them out. The first was sitting in a high chair being fed. The second was being carried through the woods to a tree so big it was too big to look […]

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Making Distinctions

by Evan Shultz on December 27, 2006

in Fenceposts

Aside from Inara and Shepherd Book…how many characters call Serenity their home? Can you name them?

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When a company surveys its customer base by phone, the only demographic that shows up is the likes-answering-phone-surveys demographic.

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