Trudging Hopefully into 2026

Try. Fail. Try again. Fail again. Fail Better. (Samuel Beckett)

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Context Matters: Why the Story Sucks Once You've Lost the Plot

Context Matters: Why the Story Sucks Once You've Lost the Plot

Were you thinking of something else? I can't imagine why.

A photo of a dump truck pouring trash into a river while carrion birds circle it.

Dumptruck to Circumpunct: Or, How I'm Trying to Quit Feeding the Beast

A greyscale digital etching style image of a man discharging his snowblower onto another man.

Rules, Laws, & Drawing the Magic Circle

A photo of border patrol officers in military getup, each with a clown face transparently transposed over their own.

A Brief Interlude in Which I Say Mean Things about ICE: A Sermon for the Men Who Can't Show Their Faces