Black Riders has been the digital extension of one particular analog human since 1995.

It has, over the years, existed as a company website, a personal website, a blog, a placeholder page, and a redirect. It has also, more broadly, been a pseudonym, a social media handle, and a brand.

It has always been a bit of a blank slate.

For most analog humans, this one particular analog human goes by the name Winston Pei. They also go by the name Pei Hsien Jen, written a few different ways. Some call them Winnie. A handful call him Dad.

But no matter by what name, or where you go along our timeline, Black Riders has always been about helping individuals and organizations (re)imagine, (re)design, and (re)invent themselves.

And that especially goes for Black Riders itself.

Here are some of the places where our one particular analog human currently drops the occasional pebble:

• Audreys Books

  • My Staff Picks

  • Winston’s Books on Books List

• Campus Saint-Jean, L’Université de l’Alberta

• St. Stephen’s College

• The Korora Choir Association (formerly the Kokopelli Choir Association)

• NeWest Press

• Bidding to Host Worldcon 2030

• The Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rarities

And some other recent places that continue to create ripples:

• Bruce Peel Special Collections

• The University of Alberta School of Library & Information Studies

• Library and Information Studies Students Association

Black Riders recognizes and acknowledges that we are sustained by the land upon which we reside and work, known as ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) and also as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, land that is the traditional and contemporary territory for the people of many First Nations including the nêhiyaw (Nay-hee-yow) / Cree, Dene (Deh-neyh), Anishinaabe (Ah-nish-in-ah-bay) / Saulteaux (So-toe), Nakota Isga (Na-koh-tah ee-ska) / Nakota Sioux (Na-koh-tah sue), Niitsitapi (Nit-si-tahp-ee) / Blackfoot, Inuit, and Métis peoples, land that we recognise as Treaty 6 Territory and part of Regions 9 and 10 of the Métis Nations of Alberta.