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Unshelved

Andy — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 04:23:57 +0000

Why are my most interesting books always the ones unshelved? The plain answer, the one made of leather and wood, says they’re the newest, the most novel, and as such of the most immediate interest, the yearning that inspired their purchase smoldering most fiercely. Or even the ones retrieved from high perches or cold cellars, … Continue reading "Unshelved"

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Seldom Sun

Andy — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 04:24:56 +0000

The sun sets over the serrated hillsThe colors bleeding out like an oil spill.It’s you and me always to the ends of the earth.And we’re drinking saltwater. The color in your cheeks is monochromeAs the water level rises in our battered home.There’s nothing left to do but circle the drain,So we’re drinking saltwater. A palsy … Continue reading "Seldom Sun"

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Allegory of the Grocery Store

Andy — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 02:57:21 +0000

You’re at the grocery store. It’s the only grocery store you’ve ever been to, the only one you know. Maybe you know there are others, and you’re just comfortable there. Either way. You’re there to pick up some rat poison for dinner. Here’s the thing: you’re really fucking tired of rat poison. Everywhere you go, … Continue reading "Allegory of the Grocery Store"

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TRUMP DEFENDS SUMMONING CTHULHU

Andy — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 03:01:15 +0000

By Arkham Gazette staff This weekend President Trump defended his office’s controversial use of the Necronomicon to summon Cthulhu, a cosmic entity whose cruel indifference is outmatched only by his indifferent cruelty, in a fiery tweetstorm, as well as a Fox and Friends interview Saturday and prayer breakfast on Sunday. Critics say the High Priest of … Continue reading "TRUMP DEFENDS SUMMONING CTHULHU"

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H2Whoa

Andy — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 05:55:13 +0000

It was maybe seven o’clock, I can’t be sure though since my watch was confiscated. Maybe that’s something you can help me with? Sure, look into it. Anyway, I don’t understand why you’re asking me these questions again, I already talked to— Contradictory evidence? What evidence? You got— A tape? Yeah. No. Yeah. Yeah, I … Continue reading "H2Whoa"

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The Third Client

Andy — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 03:04:00 +0000

Twenty-five-year scotch crashes from crystal decanter into marbled glass, spilling up over the side beneath Sean Hannity’s shaky hand. He waits until the level rises nearly to the rim before yanking the glass up, carrying it to the Corinthian leather chair in front of the fire. He’s barely got his legs crossed before the door … Continue reading "The Third Client"

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Supermantra

Andy — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 04:34:37 +0000

I will not grieve when my favorite bands soften with age:This is the pace of things.

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D-Wrap: une avertissement

Andy — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 04:25:58 +0000

It was a day that makes “beautiful” seem not only inadequate, but insulting. Vast reaches of cerulean sky pocked in pits with nebulous blooms stretched over a verdant vista whose stillness was broken only infrequently by the piercing squeals of distant children. I sat on the front porch of our dream home, earned through years … Continue reading "D-Wrap: une avertissement"

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Spinnamint

Andy — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:08:48 +0000

There were some places humanity was never meant to go, things no human should know. We live in an ordered world only rarely disturbed by the merest disorder: a political upheaval here, a million dead in a tsunami there. The whole of our lives is spent in the space of a pore on the … Continue reading "Spinnamint"

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Poem for My Friend Emeline

Andy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:23:05 +0000

She assaults the page with penwith such ireas to make you thinkshe applies no inkbut instead scratches away the perfectpristine white surfaceto reveal the blackbeneath.

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