Something I didn’t expect is that when the surgery was done, even after the infection cleared, it wasn’t back to business as usual. And I don’t even mean that in reference to COVID. I mean, when you go to bed every night and watch to make sure the person next to you is still breathing, and you’ve got a surgery date in mind, and after that date you’ll maybe sleep next to your loved one again, maybe you’ll sleep next to them and they’ll have severe disabilities, or maybe you’ll never see them again, that feeling, all that weight, it doesn’t just go away. You don’t just wake up feeling pretty good once things are medically stable. You don’t wake up feeling pretty good months after that. Maybe you never wake up feeling pretty good again. I don’t know. I’m still waiting. Latest column over at @litreactor
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This little tripod boy was laying in the middle of the road. Perhaps this explains where his other leg went.
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So apparently people who buy my books buy their books. Seems like good company. Nonsensical, but good.
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Not sure if I ever used this code, but I’ve got the album. Someone interested give it a whirl!
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“Natural Selection” by Dan Frazier
If you like what I do, you’ll love what Dan does. Dan’s story “Natural Selection” was featured on The Other Stories podcast, which means you
Okay, you cleared the bar and a copy was purchased, so the Dear Runaway eBook will be free starting Friday. Get it wherever fine books are sold. So long as it’s Amazon.
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Let’s make a deal: if I sell ONE physical copy of this book in the next 24 hours, I’ll make the eBook free for 24 hours. MarksGetSetGo
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Amazing Spider Web Cast Issue 021
The beetle doesn’t care about your stupid laws!
I helped the library come up with some merch ideas. I’m particularly proud of this one.
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Helpful Snowman Radio ep 459
How much does google goggles know about me?
As @josie2myfriends says (in the medium of t-shirt) leave room for adventures. He’s got some other v cool shirts related to nature and pooping in nature.
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You might remember a few months back I asked if you’d rather read a story about a haunted Where’s Waldo? or a beauty treatment face melt. You spoke, I obliged. https://amzn.to/3iWIuLi
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Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 458
A short story about a short story, then the short story.
Well, earlier in the month I was a capitalistic pig because I wrote that Amazon has some upsides. Now I’m too woke because I wrote about how most trump parodies were wastes of time. In a week I’ve got one coming about how an offensive book isn’t necessarily a bad book, so I guess I’ll be ousted from wokedom again. Oh well. I guess the only thing for it is to enjoy a smug sense of superiority this week, then enjoy my outsider status as a regressive buffoon next week. What a ride!
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Helpful Snowman Radio ep 457
We fix the national league of football. Did you know a league isn’t a measure of depth, but distance? We fix the national distance of
Sure, you’ve got shirts. I got a @tat2edsage shirt, though.
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I can only assume that the use of Gotham Rounded in place of Google Sans on only one of these titles is a technical glitch due to one title’s dominance and crashing of servers.
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Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 456
There is a timing you could start this at so the disappointment in the episode kicks in right at midnight!
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 455
Where we look back at 10 years and also give some really bad advice on gaming the helpful snowman system.
The Riskiest Gift
My girlfriend doesn’t really follow me online, so I feel confident making announcements here. Don’t worry, this isn’t like a “thing.” I think a day
The Last 5 LitReactor Columns
I write columns at LitReactor. I’m a columNist (you can tell a true columnist because they hit that N, just a little, when they say
So Proud to Be Part of This
Wow. Okay, I’ve been pretty cryptic about it up to now for obvious reasons. But I’m so proud to be part of the vast expansion
AMAZING SPIDER WEB CAST ISSUE 020
A scorpion and a real bro! Brother. Bropion.
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 453
I’m being stalked by a lady in Arizona. A GOVERNMENT lady!
Podoween October 13 2020
We go south of the border to try some candy. “Candy?” Candy.
Podoween October 12 2020
A shortie about how to keep it short when you just can’t take another goddamn trip to Candyland.
Podoween October 11 2020
The real monsters isn’t us. It’s the poops we cause in innocent children.
Podoween 2020 October 04
Step right up. Is that the carnival or the circus? Eh, who cares…
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 450
The hottest episode yet. In a very literal way.
Philip K. Dick: A Comics Biography by Laurent Queyssi, Maura Marchesi (Artist)
This one is just too disjointed. Little snippets from Dick’s life. It would seem he had some mental health issues, although a lot of that
Helpful Snowman Radio ep 448
A proud moment where a mom leaves the nest.
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 447
As requested, the Swifties converge on the helpful snowfort.
Twitter Wisdom: Black Cat Adoption
I like kitties. A lot. I definitely have that brain parasite that makes you like cats, and I have enough of it that I’m 100%
Twitter Wisdom: The Cheap Boner
Are you a little tired of some of the stuff you’ve seen on Twitter? Stuff that’s probably not true? I’m all for the democratization of
Oh, Harper’s Letter
Didja read this letter in Harper’s? Wanna talk about it? Read it first. Seriously, please read it. Then we’ll have a dialog. I want to
Book Review: Providence by Max Barry
Space, man. And spacemen. And spacewomen. Astronauts, I guess. Are they still astronauts if they’re going out to space to kill stuff? Seems like the
My Perfect Recipe for Perfect Summer Lemonade Every Time
It’s summer, and that means it’s time for everyone’s favorite drink! And also it’s time for lemonade! Lemonade is something I have a personal connection
Book Review: Dog Years by Mark Doty
As someone who is not really a dog person, a dog book is a tough sell for me. I don’t want to say that I
Book Review: Clownfellas by Carlton Mellick III
Carlton Mellick III introduced most readers to bizarro decades ago, and he’s one of the few who’s still carrying the torch. It seems like a
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 444
We’re back and we completely missed the opportunity to do something special for 444, the last time we’ll have a matching triple digit for awhile.
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 441
You don’t want my poetry? Fine. I’ll share it with the listeners.
Ways to Spend Your Money Bucks!
Did you get a stimulation check? Me too! Why? Who gives a fuck! Don’t ask why a $20 is laying on the sidewalk. Is that
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 440
We made some lists and read them once and they are naughty and nice.
Amazing Spider Web Cast Issue 019
Spidey is back and beating the living life out of people. Seriously. Is that dude dead?
Helpful Snowman Radio Ep 439
Poonie and Pete watched Justice League. Unfortunately, they watched it like 3 weeks ago. And struggle to recall.
Amazing Spider Web Cast Issue 018
Fool you! We’re back in just a short week or whatever with a depressed Peter Parker, ailing Aunt May, and gleeful JJJ.