many years later, as he faced the firing squad, colonel aureliano buendia was to remember that weird folgers commercial where it implied the brother and sister were hooking up: first drafts of the greatest first lines in literature
stories and studies of strange things: the life and legacy of Lafcadio Hearn (Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χερν / 小泉 八雲) itinerant author and journalist who introduced the Western world to Japan censored: people in Russia are frantically downloading Wikipedia in the wake of the threat of Roskomnadzor to ban it
haunted art: an exhibition of the lingering possession in US museum collections
the rites of spring: an arboreal celebration
frozen chosen: unusual Antarctic ergot
uncanny valley: AI rendered stories read by humans
no set back: great authors on rejection
