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Exploring the mechanics of thought, creativity, and memetic influence.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 23, 2026
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On finding a readership instead of a customer base... (opens the original)
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It’s been a few days now since The Corpse Flower went live on Kindle, and I’ve so far avoided even finding where the sales numbers exist on the website. For the same reason that I try not to see the stats for my posts here. It’s not that that’s not useful information—it’s just not useful to me right now. Knowing just how many people are not reading this story right now is not going to affect how I prepare the next one for publication or finish drafting the one after that. It can only distract me
The Literary Experiment Under the Bed (opens the original)
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Under the Bed: Short Horror Stories for “Kids” (opens the original)
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“The Corpse Flower” — Under the Bed #1 (opens the original)
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Storybuilding #1: An experimental exploration of the creative process (opens the original)
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Overview: I’m documenting the process of developing a story from its point of conception. For fun and science. It seems to be growing into some sort of sci-fi noir story set in a port city on the moon involving a parasitic alien species and genocidal trauma. Still very early in the process. You can follow in much greater detail below… <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F4ao!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-pos
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