Hi, I'm Jacksón! 👋

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📖 About Jacksón

Jacksón Smith relishes good speculative, sci-fi, and romance stories. Washington, DC is his current home, but he can’t go two sentences without telling you he was born and raised in Missoula, MT. Influenced by Ursula Le Guin, George Saunders, and Franz Kafka, Jacksón’s stories teem with existential zest and no-nonsense adventure. By day, Jacksón strives to solve skills, equity, and mobility gaps in education around the world through his non-profit, Learning Economy Foundation. By moonlight, he crafts board games, spice quests, sings, west-coast swings, and performs improv comedy.

Live action shot of me hosting Tuesday Night Improv in Washington, DC. 🍪

✏️ Words with Són

Penned by Jacksón, "Words with Són" is for people who are thoughtful, curious, and hungry for zest!

Each edition presents you with:

📚 Stories: a short story or chapter I'm working on, something strange or uncanny or funny to perk your day up and make you look upside down,
🧙‍♂️ Quests: something I want to share with the world from one of my many quests (spice quest, smell quest, rhythm quest, character quest, ...),
❤️ Friends: a spotlight on something amazing—art, ideas, poems—from one of my friends!

Subscribe to join the adventure—you can help shape future storylines, dive deep into the creative process, and gain early access to board games and projects!