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Mar 8, 2024
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The Retirement of a Victorian Witch
An aging cleaning woman at a public swimming pool clings to her magical way of life amid a high-tech renovation
May 12
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Crash Test
A retired mechanic forms an unlikely bond with Elara, a traumatized rescue car. As they prepare her for a critical self-driving re-certification, Elara…
Mar 13
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The Reminder
A young man goes in search of what it is to be a man, but what he finds is hard to swallow
Dec 6, 2024
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Written Upon Our Souls
In a colonial collective consciousness, a leader must defy her programming to save her people when they face an otherworldly threat, known only in myth
Mar 19, 2024
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The Nuclear Option
Or how I learned to love my inbox again
Jul 2
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Slipstream: When The Writing Gets Weird
I'm calling myself a slipstream writer these days. But what does that mean? What is this genre? Would I even know it if it jumped up and threw buttered…
Jun 12
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Characters as Heightened Concepts
An idea explained by George Saunders, and demonstrated by Senaa Ahmad
May 20
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Can't Stop Staring Into Bradbury's The Jar
An old-fashioned sideshow horror story is living rent free in my head now
Jul 6, 2024
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Falling Into the Hole: Masterful Character Change In The Face of Oblivion
A slipstream journey to the heart of suburbia, where the 'mystical destination' doesn't live up to expectations, and the characters come back broken
May 30, 2024
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In The Closet
Life in The City hasn't been the same since it became part of The Empire. They had promised to grant it a "high degree of autonomy", but they lied…
Jun 11, 2024
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