EXCERPTS FROM “THE VELVETEEN GULAG” [a memoir]: CHAPTER 16: A BOHEMIAN BESTIARY May 23, 2021May 25, 2021

THANKLESS THOUGHTY THINKLETS: HOURS or MINUTES of FUN FUN FUN May 6, 2021May 11, 2021

CONVERSATIONS with a REMARKABLE MAN: a Short Story April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

WHEN WARTIME MAKES C*NTS of your HEROES April 26, 2021April 26, 2021

WRINKLES the VENGEFUL CLOWN and Other Epistles April 24, 2021April 24, 2021

SAME OLD TRAP, BRAND NEW LEGS TO GNAW OFF April 18, 2021April 19, 2021

THEY* STARTED A JOKE: RECENT LETTERS WITH ET April 17, 2021April 17, 2021

NONPOP/ RE: POP April 12, 2021April 13, 2021

OBSCENE IT ALL March 28, 2021March 30, 2021

CHOCOLATE AND BACON: A DANCE and a RANT (A REPRINT) March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

TOTALITARIUM March 15, 2021

EUTAUPEA March 7, 2021March 8, 2021

THE AWFULSOME TRUTH February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

TACTICAL PESSIMISM: TERMS for a POSSIBLE DISCUSSION February 24, 2021April 2, 2021

SUPERFICTION February 13, 2021February 14, 2021

DEPT. of OVERWROUGHT UNDERSTATEMENTS February 3, 2021

AMERICA: A ONE-ACT PLAGUE January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

INVOICE of a DEGENERATION January 16, 2021January 17, 2021

NOW MORE THAN EVER January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

SOME LIKES-LITE THOUGHTS ON HERESY December 31, 2020

NIGHT WATCHMEN of OBLIVION December 25, 2020December 27, 2020

KULTURAL KARE PACKAGE 4:THE XMAS RE-ISSUE December 22, 2020

KULTURAL KARE PACKAGE 3: THE XMAS RE-ISSUE December 22, 2020

WE INTERRUPT YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING December 21, 2020January 7, 2021

KULTURAL KARE PACKAGE 2: THE XMAS RE-ISSUE December 21, 2020

KULTURAL KARE PACKAGE 1: THE XMAS RE-ISSUE December 20, 2020December 20, 2020

OUR THEME is WOUNDS December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

INVITATION to the CONTEMPLATION of our SHADOW-TWIN November 28, 2020

A BAD NOVEL WITHIN THE BAD NOVEL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR: A REVIEW and WARNING November 19, 2020November 21, 2020

SUNDRY COMBUSTIBLE ERUCTATIONS October 22, 2020October 24, 2020

KOOTCHIE TOWERS, PART THREE, CHAPTER FOUR: an Excerpt October 12, 2020November 27, 2020

PORTRAITS OF THE LEFTY-RIGHT and RIGHTY-RIGHT and WHATEVER’S LEFT: A REPRINT October 5, 2020

AN INFORMAL DEBATE on the DOMESTICATED AESTHETIC of the LITERARY MIDDLEBROW September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

THE MAGNIFICENT AGONY of the ARTIST TWO KILOMETERS UP the SHEER ROCK FACE of YOUR SERENE INDIFFERENCE September 21, 2020September 21, 2020

PARABLE September 11, 2020September 23, 2020

WE, the SMUPID September 8, 2020September 23, 2020

THE MOST TERRIFYING PREDATORS ARE ONLY VISIBLE IN HINDSIGHT September 4, 2020September 23, 2020

PET’S PROBS: A SHORT STORY September 2, 2020September 3, 2020

An Endless Collision of Myths August 23, 2020August 24, 2020

THE GLITTER PILL CHRONICLES August 5, 2020September 23, 2020

THE EMOTIONAL EQUIVALENT of FUCK-YOU-MONEY July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

NOTA BENE: RESPONSIBLE CT July 10, 2020July 14, 2020

MISSIVE 2 AMERIKA, #1 June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

careless marching of Time (updated) June 29, 2020July 1, 2020

IN THE NAME of WIFE & DAUGHTER & GRANDDAUGHTER (& a few billion others) June 18, 2020

BLOOMSDAY in the PLAGUE June 16, 2020June 16, 2020

about that time i was detained on suspicion of bank-robbing in minneapolis June 7, 2020June 9, 2020

RACE TRICK, VIRUS TRICK, SCIENCE TRICK: WHOOSH June 3, 2020September 23, 2020

Bojovat za novy zivot June 2, 2020June 2, 2020

TALE of the BLACKEST GIANT (a long short story) May 28, 2020July 4, 2020

Sarah Gold or Tempus Fuggit May 28, 2020May 29, 2020

INTRODUCING INA BOYD May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

ANOTHER COUNTRY SMELL (a short story from the collection EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TEXTS) May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

POEM of the WEAK (a short story) May 27, 2020May 28, 2020

DON’T TELL CHLOE: a short story May 27, 2020May 28, 2020

THE BIRTHMARK (a short story from DIFFICULT TEXTS) May 27, 2020May 28, 2020

THE ELEPHANT EYE MYSTERIES (an allegorical horror story) May 27, 2020May 28, 2020

THE EXCELLENT TASTE of OUR BENEFACTORS (a short story from NOT REALLY DIFFICULT TEXTS) May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

LAKE ZURICH: a short story May 27, 2020May 28, 2020

THE STRANGE CASE of the CUDDLIEST REVOLUTIONARY (A TIMELY REPRINT): UPDATED May 19, 2020May 20, 2020

SMERSH, SPECTRE, KAOS, WHO May 17, 2020September 23, 2020

THE NIGHTINGALE: A MEDITATION May 10, 2020September 23, 2020

CHAPTER 20 from THIS INCREDIBLE SEX COMEDY: A NOVEL May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

CHAPTERS 5-7 from THIS INCREDIBLE SEX COMEDY May 3, 2020May 3, 2020

CHAPTERS 8-10 from THIS INCREDIBLE SEX COMEDY May 3, 2020May 10, 2020

CHAPTER 26 and (most of) CHAPTER 27 from THIS INCREDIBLE SEX COMEDY May 1, 2020September 20, 2020

STRONGER THAN… April 18, 2020April 18, 2020

THOUGHTS ON NOT-THINKING April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

THE BROTHERLAND MIRACLES (chapters 10 -15) April 12, 2020

RAVENELLA: a Fairytale by Steven Augustine April 1, 2020April 2, 2020

FLATTENING ALL CURVES ON THE IRONY BOARD or ALL HAIL THE NEW FEAR March 31, 2020September 23, 2020

QUARANZINE: THE APRIL LOOMS EDITION March 29, 2020September 23, 2020

PLAGUE SPRING JOURNAL PT 3 March 24, 2020September 23, 2020

PLAGUE SPRING JOURNAL PT 2 March 18, 2020September 23, 2020

PLAGUE SPRING JOURNAL March 12, 2020September 23, 2020

THAT PANOPLY OF VOICES (in my head) March 7, 2020March 7, 2020

END OF AN ERROR: THE WELCOME DEATH of the SO-CALLED “LIT BLOG” March 7, 2020

THE RISE of the PURPLE STATE & OTHER ODDITIES February 27, 2020February 27, 2020

WE CAN ONLY EMBELLISH: a radio-play script February 23, 2020February 23, 2020

HIERONYMUS PINK February 22, 2020October 7, 2020

3PSTMDRN MURDER MYSTERY NOVELLAS: AN EXCERPT from NOVELLA ONE February 8, 2020

2 SAUL and WALLY TALES (two short stories) February 8, 2020February 8, 2020

THE POMO TICKLER: A TASTEFULLY EVANESCENT BLACK COMEDY MICRO-ZINE February 5, 2020February 6, 2020

TUESDAY RUMINATIONS of an ALPHA NERD February 4, 2020

COLLECTED APHORISMS and OBSERVATIONS of PASTOR PRIME: A NOTEBOOK February 3, 2020April 3, 2020

TRAILBLAZING (IN A BRUSH FIRE) February 1, 2020February 1, 2020

PUNISH THE WICKED (a short story) January 31, 2020January 31, 2020

COZY DYSTOPIAS: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW IN 2 DISTINCT INSTALLMENTS January 29, 2020September 23, 2020

CONFESSIONS OF AN IMMATERIALIST (more SMATTERING) January 23, 2020January 23, 2020

SMATTERINGS* January 21, 2020June 16, 2020

2020: CHAPTER ONE January 17, 2020January 17, 2020

HIATUS DECEMBER 27-JANUARY 21 December 28, 2019

NOT EXACTLY JEAN SHEPHERD December 25, 2019December 24, 2020

TOWARD A PLAUSIBLE, DYSTOPIA-SURVIVING CANON December 21, 2019December 22, 2019

BLACK GOLD: AN OPEN LETTER TO WELL-MEANING LIT-LIBERALS December 20, 2019December 26, 2019

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DERANGED VEGAN BIRKENSTOCK-WEARING MANCHURIAN SOCCER MOM OPTION? December 19, 2019December 20, 2019

POSTWAR NEO-EXPRESSIONIST HIPSTER KABUKI GAME THEORY December 16, 2019December 16, 2019

LABREXIT December 13, 2019December 17, 2019

intermission December 11, 2019December 16, 2019

THE TRENCH December 11, 2019December 12, 2019