Persona Non Propria
Pseudonymous contemporary fiction. Bildungsromans, romance, humor and local color. Essays on themes relating to the fiction.
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- Sep 18, 2026
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- Jul 12, 2026
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finding the literature vol. 13 (opens the original)
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worked stiff (opens the original)
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First, I would like you to consider my story here may not be true, then believe it anyway.For as long as I have been back on the Internet in the form of a Substack persona donning the mustachioed cowl of Clancy Steadwell, I’ve been of the mindset we should cast doubt on the veracity of what’s presented to us on the Internet. Too often we take what see see on screens to be representative of an approximate and nearby truth, only to resort to pessimism once it’s proven otherwise. Rather, imbibe thi
clancy steadwell's house - scene report (opens the original)
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(un)like a machine (opens the original)
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Every summer, the non-depressive reverie and relief the season brings me is wrecked by the recurrence of my town’s signature event at its signature location, a big (the biggest) horse race at its racing track, when a town of horse statues, horse-named streets, and horse-themed dining establishments reaches the yearly zenith of its identity. Of this iden… Read more
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