Hi, there! Welcome to the electronic home of Ink Well xwords, a puzzle empire conquered in 2004 by Ben Tausig, and presently administered by his fifteen cruel and ungrateful sons.

Ink Well appears each Wednesday in alternative weeklies throughout North America, and is also available by email (sign up through the "subscribe" tab on the right) as well as supposedly on devices like the iPhone if you know how to work those.

Closely associated with Ink Well is the Onion AV Club crossword, also edited by Tausig on a weekly basis, and written by some extremely spoiled puzzle celebrities. Basically what happens is someone brings a new puzzle to Tausig in his soot tub and he screams because they're letting in light and then the puzzle just ends up running as is. You also get this AV Club xword as a COOL SPECIAL gift if you "subscribe."

But hey, don't take my word for it: look around the site yourself - there's a lot of fun to be had here! You can subscribe, as I already said; you can find out how to run Ink Well in your paper or on your website (guaranteed to triple revenue and promote synergy by 90); you can see some samples; and you can buy books and merchandise. I also do wedding, bar mitzvah, and break-up puzzles!

See ya soon! Oh, yeah, and drop me a note anytime!

- Ben Tausig (via Power of Attorney)