14
Mar
DOWNWARD SPIRAL
“I mean, I think I’m remembering why I shouldn’t be dating right now.” Her fork had run out
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MANY-LETTERED CONTRIVANCES AND MISSIVES OF QUESTIONABLE IMPORT
07
Mar
LIVING LANDSLIDES
According to legends written down in Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, the slide-rock bolter is a species of alpine whale
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28
Feb
ON MOUNT CHIXCULUB AND MARS MINOR
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21
Feb
A WELL-PRESERVED SECRET
The vegetable lamb of Tartary did not bleat when bound by its hind legs, nor when verdant blood spilled from
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14
Feb
THE TROUBLE WITH SAN FRANCISCO
It looms over the city like the abandoned lance of some dead Cold War god; perhaps the hills beneath it
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07
Feb
LIFE IN THE VAST LANE
Upon birth, the North American cumulonimbus cloud rolls down from the Rocky Mountains, and from there, ever eastward into its
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31
Jan
WINGS ON WALLS
When wandering through American cities, one will often find wings painted on walls, fully disconnected from a central body plan,
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24
Jan
THREE COCKTAILS FOR BREAKING CURSES
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17
Jan
LONG, LEAN, HUNGRY ONES
In 1245, Pope Innocent IV composed a letter to Güyük Khan, requesting that the Mongols cease attacking Christian lands in
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10
Jan
AN ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS
Bestiary writers from Pliny on through DaVinci wrote of the legendary battles between elephants and dragons; two titanic beasts, evenly
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