Archive - fishcakes’s newsletter

Jan 19, 2023 •

December 2022

a game for kids of all ages :)

Dec 30, 2022 •

dissolving margins

The changes began last Thursday, or maybe it all started long ago and I only just then noticed.

Dec 21, 2022 •

Yes, nihilism is a child’s argument.

Dec 13, 2022 •

November 2022

don't read this one

Nov 26, 2022 •

Do you think I’m being totally lame right now? Does this like, totally make you lose respect for me?

Nov 22, 2022 •

July 2022

Immaculate Conception

“Oh, there’s the heartbeat!” I couldn’t make much sense of the swirling mass on the screen, but the woman pointed confidently enough that I believed…

Jul 12, 2022 •

March 2022

She is lurking in a crowd on the streets of Paris, observing a mime.

Mar 15, 2022 •

When it came to reasons her relationship wouldn’t work, she’d heard them all.

Mar 15, 2022 •

The Scientific Method

For my sixteenth birthday, I buy myself a nine-inch, leather-bound notebook with gold embossed pages.

Mar 15, 2022 •

Mothers and daughters

When I have a daughter, I will count her fingers and toes over and over again until I fall asleep.

Mar 15, 2022 •

Transliteration

It had five eyes and three legs, which was about one leg and two eyes more than I was used to.

Mar 15, 2022 •

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