Musings From the Fringe
Chafic LaRochelle, Alexander Tkachuk, Spam Sullivan, zach dewitt, Mickey RobertsBite-sized satire, fiction, and essays for semi-literate weirdos.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 56 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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Is a Hotdog a Sandwich? A Metaphysical Inquiry
Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus (1601). Several men confront the limits of sandwichness.
§1. Preliminary Historical Remarks Concerning the Hotdog-in-Time
The historical record is littered with significant appearances of the hotdog. We ar...
Best First Date Topics to Avoid Awkward Silences
John Singer Sargent, A Dinner Table at Night (1884). An awkward silence is observed in its natural habitat.
First dates are super hard! You sit down, order something normal so you don’t look totally insane, and then suddenly your mouth for...
Readings from the Fringe - Ep.5, Pt. 2
Author’s Note: This is the second part in a two-part livestream series. If you haven’t already, consider checking out Part 1. (Or don’t. I’m not the boss of you.)
Part II of our conversation on Frank O’Hara and William Carlos Williams.
In...
Readings from the Fringe - Ep. 5, Pt. 1
I went into this one knowing very little about poetry, which, as everyone knows, is always the best condition under which to speak publicly.
For this two-part episode, Mickey, Alex, and I each brought one poem by Frank O’Hara and one by Wi...
A Series of Escalating Public Housing Reports Concerning One Diogenes of Sinope
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Diogenes (1860). Public housing issue, pending philosophical closure.
File personnel: Philon, Menon, Mnesarchus, Kleon, Phanostrate, Timarchus, Lysias, Damon, and several others who vehemently deny involvement.
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Writer, jester, occasional rescuer of lost hikers. Published in McSweeney’s, Points in Case, The Fiddlehead, The First Line, Best Canadian Essays, and more. Failing upwards since 1990-something.
Montréal based writer. Published in Vallum, Hobart and The First Line Journal. Just as confused as everyone else on this blue marble hurtling through space.
Alternative office humor (See above, See below:)
earnest, perhaps too much so. interdisciplinary essays, literary fiction, and (occasional) poetry.
Art isn’t sacred. It’s chicken scratch written by those looking for what is sacred. Dubbed “Substack’s saddest poet” by Chafic LaRochelle
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