Monthly Archives: April 2026

I pulled an old paperback of William Gass’s first novel, Omensetter’s Luck, off the shelf at the bookstore one afternoon when I was done shelving and needed a break. It starts with an estate sale and an old man hanging around, talking at whoever will listen. I took the book home. I’ve been avoiding GassContinue reading “Omen Setter”

I wake up at 2am from a dream in which K is talking at me through a Coke can like a walkie-talkie. I lie there trying to go back to sleep to know avail. She wakes up a little later because I’m no longer snoring so it’s too quiet. Both our alarms are set forContinue reading “Smart&Final—extra!”

I quit another social network. I lasted about ten months on Substack but couldn’t stay any longer. It’s my fault. Every time I sign up for another one I think I can handle it. But I can’t. What happens is that I start obsessing. Checking stats. Opening the thing at all hours when I haveContinue reading “Unsocial”