LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY SAAB X
It's half past nine - weak sliver of a moon hanging low on the Slime Lake.
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My new book: YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THIS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
Hello friends. This is a little promotional email to let you know that today I've released my second book, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THIS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. It's a collection of 45 short stories and poems - some of my favourites from the first four
TRICK SHOT
We were fighting and I was losing.
DESERT MOVING, INC.
The situation in town was not great.
THE DEAL I STRUCK WITH BURGER KING
I entered a deal with Burger King to have the Burger King logo tattooed on my body.
COMING UP WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF WAYS TO FEEL GOOD
Today we're asking you to come up with a list of ways to feel good. As complete as you can.
HOMER'S THE ODYSSEY: PART II
Back at it again.
THE BLOOD GOD
I leant over and said "For all we know there is no Blood God. You know that, right?"
STABILISING THE ORB
I'm stabilising the orb.
ALLOW ME TO TAKE THIS PICTURE FOR YOUR FUNERAL
Friend – do you mind if I take the picture that they will use for your funeral, when you die, someday?
A THIRD DISTANCE
I keep my friends close and my enemies closer.
DAVID AND HIS BROTHERS
David and his brothers divided up and went their own way.
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LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY SAAB IX
It was late afternoon and the cold orange sun was resting low over the cliffs.
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A COLONY OF MAGGOTS BUILDING A FOX THROUGH CAREFUL EFFORT
i am a toddler drifting to the edge and climbing backwards out of the pool.
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THE SWIMMERS
In the long, cool summer of 2105 the Alpine River overwhelmed its banks.
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THE WAR CRIMINALS AFTER THE WAR
In the end all the war criminals had their day in court.
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BAR
At around midnight I heard a screaming and carrying on.
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I BUILT A TIME MACHINE
I made it with the time crystals my grandfather stored in the old shed.
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THE BALLAD OF THE HOLLYWOOD CASTING DIRECTOR WHO SELECTS THE FIRST MANNED MISSION TO MARS
Imagine if a Hollywood casting director was hired in a crucial directorial role at NASA immediately before it selected a crew for the first manned mission to Mars.
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CHLOE, 21 FROM STOCKPORT
Imagine waiting 15 years for Oasis to reform.
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MY CONTACT AT THE RAT FACTORY
Did you know that I have a contact at the rat factory?
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ONE EYE
The first thing was I smelled a smell.
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TOI-700
Despite our proximity to TOI-700 it was a regular day in Observation Array III, with the three of us seated in our stations and keeping an eye on the visual feed and also, per our training, monitoring the error logs for any hashfails in the scans on TOI-700-D. No hashfails
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HOW DO WE KILL CHILDREN
In Strategy Room #2 we had whiteboards going, big rolls of paper, Zoom calls to assistants out in the pool going nuts creating moodboards and decks and a bunch of kids coming up with prompts for AI pictures to see if any of it got the juices flowing and unblocked