Archive - Paul’s Newsletter

The city makes a strong impression on a boy. Of course, a boy is impressed by everything, all around him and at all times, and never less than strongly…

Jan 18 •

French teachers taught us Beauty Age Goodness Size. But what if we think beauty’s goodness, or, au contraire, Think goodness simply ordinaire— How would…

Jan 6 •

Sphinx blocks path, poses riddle. But you have infinite time to consider your answer. So you just rest there—you and the sphinx. And you live the rest…

Jan 6 •

September 2023

Farewell to Music

If you don’t speak French, I suggest you learn, and quick.

Sep 28, 2023 •

August 2023

excerpt from several, several months ago.

Aug 12, 2023 •

Is this good? Is this even fucking good? What the fuck even is this?

Aug 12, 2023 •

June 2023

Byuth is Trudy, Trudy Byuth

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but in the hands of the beheld. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the beholder is in the thrall of the…

Jun 15, 2023 •

April 2023

I was never a bad student, but it wasn’t like I was particularly outstanding at math. As a kid, like any good mother mine made me memorize my times…

Apr 16, 2023 •

I majored in biology back at school, or started out majoring, because I wanted to study people like they were animals at the zoo. But as it turns out I…

Apr 16, 2023 •

OK, I said I wouldn’t touch on the women yet, but I did just mention trans-women. OK: they did not, in fact, hang out with us—with the men. OK: they…

Apr 16, 2023 •

Another character sketch from another abandoned novel

Apr 16, 2023 •

I started smoking weed after a premonitory dream… Webster’s defines “premonition,” as “a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially…

Apr 16, 2023 •

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