{"id":1,"date":"2026-04-28T21:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:32:15","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"More About Thomas Shess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-35\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3524-1-201x300.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3524-1-201x300.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3524-1-688x1024.jpeg 688w, https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3524-1-768x1144.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3524-1.jpeg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4922657c6b80996c6dd96b99f39fb228 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-3-xl-font-size wp-elements-2536a8e8f225d2b4b6283c16509fbf1f\" style=\"color:#fefefe\"><em><strong>The names change. The damage doesn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Shess is a veteran West Coast editor and journalist; his career began at the San Francisco Examiner before he went on to serve as editor of several inflight\/travel magazines. Eventually, he landed as a top editor at San Francisco Magazine and San Diego Magazine. Later, he went on to become an editor of San Diego Home\/Garden Magazine and the founder of North Park News, a community monthly devoted to San Diego&#8217;s most historic neighborhood. Alongside his journalism, Shess writes fictional works that blend the grit of noir with the tenderness of modern romance. His first novel &#8220;Cantina Psalms&#8221; maps the hidden corners of San Francisco through mystery and desire, while his new short story collection &#8220;Tough Love: Modern Noir Romances&#8221; explores the fragile line between passion and consequence. Thomas continues to publish daily arts, literary and culture blogs on PillartoPost.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Shess is a veteran West Coast editor and journalist; his career began at the San Francisco Examiner before he went on to serve as editor of several inflight\/travel magazines. Eventually, he landed as a top editor at San Francisco Magazine and San Diego Magazine. Later, he went on to become an editor of San [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37,"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasshess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}