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No, I’m gonna start here.
…where I am, right now — in this shitty little falling-apart house (that we won’t ever get kicked out of, so that’s good), with no real money to…
Latest stories
New writing from the journal, updated every week.
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Setting Up a Stray House for Winter
We have a few neighbourhood cats that come around for food every night. One insists on coming during the day…
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Maybe it’s Animals
If speaking with humans means me being tired and sick then maybe it’s animals, trees, rivers and rocks that I…
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What people don’t know
People don’t know how much pain I’m in, every day, and how hard I fight… to get things done, to…
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I Feel So Stupid
Contribution Regret, I think I’ll call it, or maybe Participation Rue. Any way I describe its headline there’s a remorse…
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My Fortunate Name
Not long ago I chose to have my name evaluated by a Chaldean Astro-numerologist. It was a blast — a…
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When I Forget What I Know
Somehow I feel like if I have it all written down then it will make more sense and may even…
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