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March 31, 2020 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

I’m sick and tired of how and whenWe’re short of money so make it, then.                                         -Faust pt. II Pulp, wet and left with traces,Staining hands like wounds would.     The fuel of the turnscrew:   … Continue reading Circulation

New Essay in Red Wedge

February 18, 2020 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

The excellent Red Wedge Magazine has just dropped their latest digital issue Partially Automated Dystopias + Utopias. I had the pleasure of having my essay "Portions of the Day: Screen-Time and Time Discipline" featured alongside many other great essays, poems, and stories. All the pieces are worth looking at. Some of my favorites so far … Continue reading New Essay in Red Wedge

New Published Poems in Unlikely Stories

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

I’m excited to share that I’ve had three poems - “Tenant,” “The Base From Which I Have Grown,” and “A Moment Before the Second Big Bang” - published by the excellent Unlikely Stories Mark V website. You can read them here, and check out the other excellent writing, art, and creative output on their website. … Continue reading New Published Poems in Unlikely Stories

Brief 2019 Reflections

January 1, 2020 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

Mandatory New Year’s reflections This was my first full year post-college. For most of it I had my first full-time job, I’ve also been truly unemployed and trying to find more work with debt payment for the first time for the last four months. I’ve also branched out with my writing and had my first … Continue reading Brief 2019 Reflections

New Piece: “Disruptive Foundations” in Acéphale

December 21, 2019 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

I’ve had the pleasure of having a weird essay “Disruptive Foundations: Bataille, History, and the Grundrisse” in the journal Acéphale. It’s got a bunch of interesting weird essays, collages, drawings and other things. You can find it on the journal’s website.

Tabletop Product: “100 Demands from a Fey”

December 20, 2019 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

It’s been a little while here, but I’ve got a few things on the kettle while I’ve been hiatus. I recently became Associate Editor for Former People: A Journal of Bangs and Whimpers and have some more poetry that’s going to be published next month. But I’ve also released a Tabletop Game tool called “100 … Continue reading Tabletop Product: “100 Demands from a Fey”

Drafts: Dirty Poems

November 15, 2019 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

I.The slush engraved with tire tracks      translucence, muddying      the purity of a shitstain Earth boils, makes smoke Rises up through the snow A bootprint, a coal mine, a smokestack These natural states of things That ensure no clean slates      They impress      They are washed away      They … Continue reading Drafts: Dirty Poems

Published Poetry in Former People

October 29, 2019 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

I have just had the pleasure of having two poems, "A Blood Song" and "While Others Sleep," published in the online Former People: A Journal of Bangs and Whimpers. You can give them a read on their website. They do good work and have plenty of great pieces besides mine, so please take a look … Continue reading Published Poetry in Former People

A Time of Smoldering Wicks – A Poem

October 19, 2019 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

The weight of the ocean floor Pulls at your bones. Bees singIn your ear canal. We now liveIn a time of smoldering wicks.Things, undefined, come to A close. The threshold is neverCrossed; they sink away, andLife becomes a gradient. A letter is pressed to paper Again, again, it is grown pale.Even in type, things turn … Continue reading A Time of Smoldering Wicks – A Poem

Notes from the Night Shift

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 ~ nothisispat ~ Leave a comment

Self-Portrait at Work On my first day at work, after my lunch break at 2:00am, I am locked out of the library where I am assigned to be trained. The radio I have been given doesn't work, but I am soon found by F____ who I am shadowing. F_____ is older, he has long grey … Continue reading Notes from the Night Shift

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