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The autumn of Cassiopée (opens the original)
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Commitment is impossible in the summer, so this year I didn’t even pretend to write anything that requires it. Instead, I worked on a few stories I had saved in my drafts, attempted a couple of essays (though I find nonfiction impossible as well), and submitted. I also lived my life with the fervour only known to sun-starved Montrealers.I love summer. Each one feels like falling in love for the first time. And one of my favourite parts of summer, other than leaving the house with nothing but the
Early Departure (opens the original)
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I initially self-published this on Medium in 2019, inspired by early morning departures and an old family curse. I reworked it slightly before reposting here. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="720" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PG
Basement Computer Writing (opens the original)
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There was a computer in the basement of my childhood home, one I wrote on until the sky threatened sunrise, way back before social media monopolised the screen. I wrote about love, mostly, as a sideways way to write about death. All my stories ended with death, because how else do things end?I don’t know what happened to that computer. It’s gone, gone with all the stories I poured my adolescence into. I didn’t share my work or save it elsewhere because that would have meant acknowledging a certa
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