Musings From the Fringe
Chafic LaRochelle, Brandon Smith, Alexander Tkachuk, zach dewittBite-sized satire, fiction, and essays for semi-literate weirdos.
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| Issues | 80 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 18 days ago |
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On the Uses of Death & Dying
Author’s Note: On the Uses of Death & Dying is a novella in progress. The complete work will be serialized here and then adapted into a physical edition defiled by my own illustrations.
This is chapter the nineteenth.
Chapter the eighteen...
How Stoicism Made Me Objectively Better Than You: 5 Simple Flexes
Marcus Aurelius and his stallion, Jumbo, shortly before launching a podcast.
Before Stoicism, I was like most of you losers out here. Easily triggered, insecure, and dangerously susceptible to self-doubt. Then I found Marcus Aurelius.
Not...
On the Uses of Death & Dying
Author’s Note: On the Uses of Death & Dying is a novella in progress. The complete work will be serialized here and then adapted into a physical edition defiled by my own illustrations.
This is chapter the eighteenth.
Chapter the seventee...
The Power of Words (is scary) - feat. Edgar Allan Poe
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On the Uses of Death & Dying
Author’s Note: On the Uses of Death & Dying is a novella in progress. The complete work will be serialized here and then adapted into a physical edition defiled by my own illustrations.
This is chapter the seventeenth.
Chapter the sixteen...
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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.
Author of The Gospel According to Frank—a queer southern gothic satire of Christian nationalism in America—coming October 10th, 2026 \ud83e\udd69\ud83d\udcfa\ud83e\uddb7
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.
earnest, perhaps too much so. interdisciplinary essays, literary fiction, philosophy, and (occasional) poetry.
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