
Darkened Tales and Ghost Lahars
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A Reader’s Journey: 2024
My annual Reader's Journey and some thoughts on reading fiction during periods of cultural anxiety.
Publication Alert: Deserts of Hex, Vol. 2
Publication Alert: The Grudge Ditch

Moment
It is a difficult task, to clean the earth with a single bar of soap and a coffee tin of lukewarm water.

Birdsong
What did you say after my heart stopped beating?

A Reader’s Journey: 2023
My 2023 reader's journey and some thoughts on what AI means for readers of fiction.

The Composition Changes
The stars hurt our tired eyes.

Impermanence
The crevasse untraversable.

This Is How It Eats You
In the catacombs of anxiety’s elastic structure.

Three Poems
Twilight, living ghosts lying on a crippled bed.

A Reader’s Journey: Books Read in 2022
My 2022 reader's journey and a few thoughts on the growing difficulty of engagement with genre fiction.

Tender Things
They sang of tender things.

Things You Need in the Dark
No figure is ever whole.

A Reader’s Journey: Books Read in 2021
Every book I open still has a chance to give me another perfect autumn afternoon. My 2021 reader's journey and a few thoughts on the elasticity of memory.

Ashes of Your Cares
Water doesn’t melt stone.

Wind, Bridge, Ghost
Three pieces from another world.

Books Read in 2020
Pondering the impact of 2020 on my reading habits as well as thoughts on the books I read in 2020.
Publication Alert: The Murmur of Their Tiny Hearts

One Per Customer
Six grocery store vignettes from the COVID-19 era.

Flawed Masterpieces: Martin, 2666 and the Humanity of Imperfection
Exploring the idea of flawed masterpieces by taking a look at George Romero’s Martin and Robert Bolaño’s 2666.
My annual Reader's Journey and some thoughts on reading fiction during periods of cultural anxiety.