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Tormented Flesh
A bit of a digressive response to the publication of my mass shooting story as part of a new collection of fresh takes on the body horror fiction…
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The Great God Pan
Freewriting while streaming the new Painkiller album, The Great God Pan
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Fuck 'The Great Gatsby'
Where do I sign up to dunk on 100 years of one of the most overrated novels ever written?
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On Aliocha Coll's Attila
An ambient response to one of my favorite novels of the past however many years
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"Locked Head"
A short text from 2012's Feed Your Head feature, inspired by Big Black's "Precious Thing"
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Harmony Korine's Baby Invasion
After a string of uncertainties, the latest creation from one of America's foremost avant-garde is among his best, and a true delight
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Wanted - Issue 0 - Reckoning
Featuring new prose from 10 contemporary writers that shatter convention by being themselves
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The Daily Life of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver
Speaking with my mom about her care routine for my father during the middle to late stages of his illness
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March 2025

Glass Orchid's 2025 Molly Aviva Brodak Award for Bravery in Poetics
Announcing our the inaugural recipient of our $10k no-string attached grant to an artist of distinctively independent vision and approach.
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Blake Butler
Postmodernism Isn't Scary: Donald Barthelme's Snow White
The first in a series of video lectures exploring concepts, lessons, and pleasures I've absorbed from some of postmodernism's greatest works
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6x (Various Updates)
Collecting personal news, plus a giveaway after the paywall
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Crude Drawings of Hot Scenes from Literature
I hate when people say a picture is worth a thousand words
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