Hallucinator We traded memories through the night, starting with branches of personal history and working backward until we reached the primeval muck that fuels a life. October 5, 2022
Red Shift They say evolution occurs most rapidly in body parts that attract lovers and frighten rivals. August 26, 2022
Passage Maps of the Arctic give me vertigo. All that blank bright land feels like leaping off a rooftop. August 7, 2022
Radioactivity Cut to commercial, and I hum along with a jingle for a machine that controls your brainwaves while you sleep. July 31, 2022
The Comfort Lounge It was a run-down joint where time stood still and probably slid backward. July 10, 2022
Dangling Shoes Some Americans like to tie a pair of shoes together and toss them at a power line. June 28, 2022
Folk Religion Maybe you’ve heard the stories, the baroque theories on late-night radio or the soliloquies of sunburnt men who mutter at the traffic. June 23, 2022