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Adam Nathan
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“Howl:” Footnotes & Outrageous Spoilers
I operate on myself with no anaesthetic and tear apart the writing of Howl.
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The Fontanel Defense
An excerpt from an essay on looking through family photos after the death of my parents. I am alone in the attic of my family's summer home.
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Adam Nathan
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Miss Lonelyheart: "The Birder's Wife"
Number #7 on our all-time list of favorite advice columnists, Tippi "Tip" Pointier returns as Miss Lonelyheart. Always French. Naughty at times. Is…
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Adam Nathan
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August 2024

Story #7: Howl
“Then there aren’t just a couple jellyfish, they’re everywhere. They’re called a “bloom” because one of the lifeguards calls them that later. “Careful…
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Adam Nathan
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Thirty Tiny Polar Bears
"Thirty tiny polar bears are living in your refrigerator.” 400 words. Go.
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Adam Nathan
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“Moby”: Footnotes & Outrageous Spoilers
Notes: inspiration, messages from the universe, Elon, the novel, the ridiculous footnotes, the word count, Zoltar, and the sentence that I'm the only…
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A One Sentence Story
Memories of childhood summers spent in Maine.
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Adam Nathan
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July 2024

I'm Going to Buy You a Hat
I am chased from an Irish pub by a barman with tears in his eyes and a burly-man accent.
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Adam Nathan
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#6 – The Emoji Bible: Book of Genesis – July, 2024
The Bible as you have never read it! The 100 Stories translation!
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Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Over a decade ago, I worked on a project called the Well-Tempered Songbook. It was a countdown of the top 48 popular songs that had an impact on me …
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#5 – Moby – June, 2024 (Part VII)
A postmortem account of Silver Water, Inc.'s breakthrough communication with sperm whales and the tragic events that transpired off the coast of Baja…
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