“At the moment of my utterance, I had been clear and certain about what I had wanted to communicate, but once I said it, I felt nothing but stinging regret.” […]
2025 Year In Review
“The waiter whipped out a handkerchief and removed the feather. And that too was a horror: what have we lost when you can’t shake off your own jacket or wash […]
Friday Links: God Help Us, The Moon Happened To Us
“My least favorite part of the day is from 2:34 to 4:56 in the afternoon.” – Percival Everett, ‘Dr. No’ If you were able to, I hope you took some […]
Clip Show 2025
“The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.” – Stephen King, ‘On Writing’ Apologies to my parents for the frank weed discussion […]
Friday Links: Living With Kidnappings Edition
“News of a kidnapping, no matter how painful, is not as irremediable as news of a murder…” – Gabriel García Márquez, ‘News Of A Kidnapping’ Like said on Wednesday, we […]
Shaving Noir
“I was neat, clean, shaved, and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it.” – Raymond Chandler, ‘The Big Sleep’ Real quick: new The Line Break this week! We talked […]
Friday Links: The Weirdest Guys Edition
“Men have two fears / The first is crashing your hang glider / Into the center of the ocean at 1 am / And having to swim around naked for […]
6 Things You Learn Fighting ICE
“Men go through life telling themselves a moment must come when they will show what they’re made of. And the moment comes, and they do show. And they spend the […]
Friday Links: City Invaded Edition
“If I can’t return to water, / then lay me on a bed of rice.” – Jasminne Mendez, “Scene 4” Nothing to promote up top—no Behind With Knife, no podcasts, […]
A Short Afterward For ‘Behind With Knife’
“Can’t I just like horror because it’s great? Does there have to be some big explanation?” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘My Heart Is A Chainsaw’ Promise to keep this short. […]