Archive - A Particular Weird

Splitting the Streams

Dividing to be whole

Mar 22 •

June 2023

"What Ifs" and Third Rails

Some thoughts on stories, genres, and how we ever get around to writing what we want to write.

Jun 12, 2023 •

May 2023

Of Time and Third Avenue

Alfred Bester on plot, pacing, and the magic bullet for making all your dreams come true.

May 17, 2023 •

April 2023

March 2023

More Whole Things

Art, parenthood, and my hard-won antidote to perfectionism

Mar 28, 2023 •

December 2022

A long story about a short story

Dec 23, 2022 •

October 2022

Really Useful Engines

Overthinking trains and toys in search of the good life.

Oct 29, 2022 •

September 2022

The Adequacy of Desire

It has been, as they say, a hot minute.

Sep 28, 2022 •

April 2021

Everything is (Still) Full of Gods

Apr 11, 2021 •

March 2021

The Art of Subtly Not Giving A F*ck

On Artistic Outrage and Poetic Profanity

Mar 13, 2021 •

February 2021

Fiction as a Theory of Action

What does it mean to "do something", anyway?

Feb 25, 2021 •

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