<![CDATA[Automatic Writer: Nonfiction]]>https://automaticwriter.substack.com/s/nonfictionhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1zw5!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7427cdc3-6f3e-4118-a4c8-9cf0378936b5_256x256.pngAutomatic Writer: Nonfictionhttps://automaticwriter.substack.com/s/nonfictionSubstackSat, 13 Jun 2026 13:55:50 GMT<![CDATA[Now You're Dead. ]]>https://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/now-youre-deadhttps://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/now-youre-deadWed, 15 Apr 2026 03:28:21 GMT

My dad tells my mom to keep us away from him, because he’s afraid he might hurt us.

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]]><![CDATA[Every drop our blood. ]]>https://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/every-drop-our-bloodhttps://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/every-drop-our-bloodFri, 09 Jan 2026 19:38:34 GMT

oh blood, my blood, every drop our blood, not yet congealed, pouring, pouring, gushing like a sprinkler head broken by a mower, spurting life to death and we’re over here laughing like mad because we’re slick with it, and we’re laughing and spitting like a stone lion’s mouth, a stone-penis-statue squirting blood and semen and saliva and words and lies and truth, and we’re crying and people hate it because cynics rule the world,

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]]><![CDATA[In Defense of Sir Thomas of Maine]]>https://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-sir-thomas-of-mainehttps://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-sir-thomas-of-maineThu, 05 Sep 2024 14:01:04 GMT
On my steed, Whosiewhatsy.

On July 7th, 1996, I woke up feeling like a million bucks; it was a gorgeous day, and my friends and I were going to Crissy Field in San Francisco for the Vans Warped Tour.

T…

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]]><![CDATA[Dropout ]]>https://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/dropouthttps://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/dropoutWed, 17 Jul 2024 18:29:56 GMT

Portrait of a dropout as a young man.

I let it slip during a book club meeting. I don't remember what book we'd read or what brought it on, but it had something to do with education and the believabi…

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]]><![CDATA[Long walk, short pier]]>https://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/long-walk-short-pierhttps://automaticwriter.substack.com/p/long-walk-short-pierFri, 12 Jan 2024 15:55:43 GMT

It’s one thing to be fired in front of a store full of people, but it’s an entirely different experience to be fired in front of a dog. I’m not sure why that is. Maybe it’s those eyes, all hopeful an…

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