<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:49:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@mikedibaggio/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[House of Refuge [Part 2] - libertarian military sci-fi]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you haven't read Part 1, you can do so here. Agnarsson stood alone on the uppermost deck of the observation tower, scanning the frothy green surface of the Argentine Sea through binoculars. Having emptied]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@mikedibaggio/house-of-refuge-part-2-libertarian-military-sci-fi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@mikedibaggio/house-of-refuge-part-2-libertarian-military-sci-fi</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikedibaggio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 03:56:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[House of Refuge [Part 1]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the next several days, I'm going to share the complete text of the very first Ascension Epoch book we ever published. It's quite a bit different than what you probably expect after reading my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@mikedibaggio/house-of-refuge-part-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@mikedibaggio/house-of-refuge-part-i</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikedibaggio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:33:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHWLTenLEnkB4tfkeEr1zxaWphkDRzwTW6cTjgwd3tV7hLzVx7K4yYjnjam9k5Xw3DN7bC2sVUBHtFunoPzzkRmtmu3Yne7zV3XRBdEGK9oaTPuFHDzZkke3TA68pP6n2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vigilantism 101]]></title><description><![CDATA[The following is the opening chapter to my Ascension Epoch (read more about that here) novel, After Dark, a Young Adult superhero adventure. After Dark is a tale of youthful indiscretions in the pursuit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@mikedibaggio/vigilantism-101</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@mikedibaggio/vigilantism-101</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikedibaggio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:17:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyCAwGTcBDm1GdPVPZcTMV48JAhNnziexxXmdsWwxn2LjtwuzQbipYntS6iiXc3h53U4KpRYhPQaJ63ZHEK5PB17ZgR9BK5pJb2YicthnCmue6poukkgLuRSbG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Mike DiBaggio, Author and Creator of (Open Source) Worlds of Heroic Adventure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Steemit! My name is Mike. On the surface, I'm a normal guy. I live in a house on a quiet street, I have a wife and pets, and every morning I get in my Subaru and drive an hour-plus to work, where]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@mikedibaggio/i-m-mike-dibaggio-author-and-creator-of-open-source-worlds-of-heroic-adventure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@mikedibaggio/i-m-mike-dibaggio-author-and-creator-of-open-source-worlds-of-heroic-adventure</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikedibaggio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 04:20:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBTMBcjiQVLP3dCKgJh7Uwa8YFf3SxZ7EXLAQ8E7tnWzDksC2mhbnYghvEFwUYvrhVFKm997zdsWkoFY4KowzZWVD9B1st811asmWi47gbUqS6Q4uTvdjk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>