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The Painful, Long-Foretold, and Now Actual Death of Ello
A requiem for a dream, albeit a weird one
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In a Sense, You're Alone Here
Path: Alumna abscondita
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The Whole Shebang
Hey y’all. So this one is a bit of a redux on an ish I did back in Janny called The Whole Megillah. I was gonna make that the first of a series, and man alive, am I glad I did not. Why? Well, some things have changed, including
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Do You See Where the Words Point?
Hey y’all, If you’re joining us for the first time today or jumping back in after a break—first off: thank you! Second, to catch you up: we’re in the middle of a short, almost accidental, series looking at analyzing writing. I’m using ChatGPT in a
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Do You Even Analyze, Bro?
More Fun with ChatGPT Lit Analysis
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Down the Axon Highway …
Down the Axon Highway lies a saucerful of secrets. Past the cotton fields and catfish farms, the stands of trees and blooded soils, dat Crim Lo, yo, is the terminal. There’s rarely more than one saucer or jet at a time; mostly cars, and few of them still, arcing
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Do You Think About What You Read?
Hey y’all. T Van Santāna here. That’s ‘T’ for Teresa (or Tracy), ‘Van’ for ‘from,’ and Santāna as in ‘continuity’ (or something like that). Most people call me T, though some call me TVan, a handle I did not originate. Adventures in Secrecy is my flagship newsletter for
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The Death of Wil Florencemachen
“Did you hear Wil died?” That’s Kammin. Don’t worry about who Kammin is. “Wil, like, Wil & Teo, Wil?” That’s me, the usual narrator. “Wil Florencemachen,” Kammin says. I look around the kitchen—not mine, not Kammin’s—for some cigarettes. “I used to date his sister,
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On Starting a tumblr at 47
Hey y’all, This is a short one and pretty much just what it says on the tin. Why now? you might ask. Well, as I’ve said a few times now, Ello looks to be dead. No, for real this time. Talenthouse is about to go under and so
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Backslide
Dream 39 (I think) + a trip to the past
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Toward a Useful Organization of Parts
Hey y’all. T Van here. So last time I asked for your opinion and some of you gave one. Thank you! Nothing sucks like tapping a mike and wondering if it’s on. Anyhoo, I’ve been reflecting on your comments and decided that rather than being quiet about
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Of Secrets and Secretists
I can’t remember which timeline this is, or which path it goes with. If you do, great. Just tell me. Or keep it to yourself. I don’t care which. The thing is, I was in the sublevel of the place where we went. Was it in this world?