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How The Hell Am I Going To Do This.

November 1, 2024 by Exangel

by Jim Meirose.

I = I = TM I have no idea how I’m going to do this; how’s the how ‘f how I’m going to do this; to do this; the how of ‘he how the hell I am going to do this. I have no idea how, idea, no idea how, I am going how, I am going to do, am going to do this, to do this, to do this, NO! I have no idea, and, if you were honest you’d also be saying it; ‘f you were honest, you’d have no idea, and if your idea ‘n, how I am going to do this. Eh? We have no idea how we are going to do these things, or those things, or that thing, up, around and over, and down under there, to do this. Park bench park bench lay how the hell, am I going to do this. Park bench lay down, dew all over, dewy dew all over, how we are going to do this; me, this, and you, that, and park bench SIT, sit park bench, sit, how any of this is going to get done, oh yeah yes, it’s so easy—just legs up, stretch back for ‘e big banana to stretch out, all chest, blunt, brash, and ahhhh o! push up so tall, get the hell out and do this. Do what? Never mind, just get the hell out (park bench park bench) ‘nd get the hell over there, yes out that door there, and do this; lie down, close the eyes, come over me , ‘n down-nap, come over me, quiet. Not Get the hell out and get going and do this no no no I do not think I can yes you can no I can’t oh oh oh easy to say if its so how the hell; am I going to ever be able to do this? After all {after all} once one’s figured out how to do something like this, and then do this (shut up) no, words do not get the job done (park bench) lay down dedicated to this one and that one dedicated tens of thousands of plaques just like this one; lay them out, make them up, take them out, drill four holes, please hold this steady while I drive the screws tight; there are only a few millions of dozens more or less to get screwed tight into this thing by noon, so let’s DO this already. What what how the hell are you going to DO this ah oh oh, you must be told everything! My hair thins, I age faster—when faced with the likes of you, who, when given a simple task and shown the out door while going through, it’s still How the hell am I going to ever be able to DO this all the way through, DO this, ‘r DO this. S’ close it over, no no no, you need to show us once to the all of us, how the hell we are going to be able to DO this. There; shut it over and shut them out—how to DO this? Shut it tight no no no DO this all closed up, latched down tight, fire’s ‘nocked down, day is done, the door is thick, thank “God” praise “God” that they made these kinds of particular doors this thick. How thick? That thick—why the hell ‘o you NEED TO KNOW anyway, why the hell’s everybody NEED TO KNOW every damn thing! Okay, break’s over.

What?

Hear the bell? Hear the bell? Break’s over BREAK’S OVER follow the bell if you know what’s good for you, follow the God-damned bell—suck air b-b-b-back deeeeeep, let it out;

Hear the bell, hear the bell? Hear the bell?

Yes. Why?

Break’s over, stupid. Put this down.

 

Why Everyone Hates Moral Philosophers.

November 1, 2024 by Exangel

by Bruce E.R. Thompson. I assume you have already watched The Good Place. I further assume you already know it to be one of the most well-acted, well-written, and philosophically profound shows ever created for a television streaming service. So, I assume you are familiar with Chidi Anagonye, the quintessential moral philosopher. By a “moral […]

“Is It Okay If I’m Only Human?!”

November 1, 2024 by Exangel

by David D. Horowitz. “I just learned my beloved aunt has brain cancer and only three months to live!” “I just learned my son in tenth grade has a serious cocaine habit. How come I didn’t know about this earlier?!” “I lost ten hours per week at my job, and now—now!—I learn that I need […]

Wildfire!

November 1, 2024 by Exangel

by Diana Morley.   Fiery ash squalls around my car, whuffling grass, sizzling waxed paper cups on the road. Yellow-flamed paper curls to black clumps, rises up over the hood. I’m stuck in a long line on Highway 99, windows closed tight against sooty whirlwinds. But as leaves and ashes whip about, smoke slips in. […]

How to Lose.

November 1, 2024 by Exangel

by Joanie Terrizzi. You can argue (wrestle) (wail) (fight) (rail) against reality. And continue to flail in waters made for drowning. Or you can fill your lungs with breath find your floating back and stare breathless at the starry sky no matter how the waters churn. Reality wins every time. You can soften your heart […]

The Last Night There.

November 1, 2024 by Exangel

by Richard LeDue. Beer kept cold in the kitchen sink with ice because the fridge was too important to leave behind, my wife and I slept on an air mattress in the living room, while the rest of the house was empty as a waiting grave, and the last crumbs we swept up meant more […]

Every Day is a Good Day to Eat Something Good.

June 30, 2024 by Exangel

Even with taste compromised by cancer treatment, I’m telling you, I can enjoy my meals. I’m at about 85%, at the most, of my usual ability to taste. It goes up and down, but has plateaued presently. Some things taste more like themselves than others. And as usual, I listen as hard as I can […]

Memories, Newcomers, and Congratulations to Hand Out Gladly

June 30, 2024 by Exangel

We’re back, and getting into the current, bringing all the news. This issue, I do have to point to my favorite piece, Bruce E.R. Thompson’s look at one of our earliest Utopias. He separates the myths from the potential reality in “Memories of Atlantis.” And big apologies to new EAP member Joel Glover. He sent […]

Memory of a Hero.

June 30, 2024 by Exangel

by Tom Ball. It was the year 2099 and I was suffering from a case of amnesia. I couldn’t remember anything that happened in my 30’s, I blamed it on a fall that I seem to have had. But then one day when I was 44, in 2099, I found myself in love with a […]

Memories of Atlantis.

June 30, 2024 by Exangel

by Bruce E.R. Thompson. There was once a time—long ago—and a place. Food was plentiful, work was easy, and society was governed with wisdom, justice, and love. There was peace and universal happiness. We still remember that time and place—at least traces of the memory still haunt our dreams. Books are occasionally written about it. […]

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  • Spinning Yarn.
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  • excerpt from “ChatEntropy.”
  • Some Hidden Fire.
  • Keep Turning the Kaleidoscope.
  • On the Silence of Women.
  • The Life of Pythagoras.
  • A Leaf of Discovery.
  • My Encounter with Trump Derangement Syndrome.
  • WHO ARE YOU.
  • I Do Not Want To Be Stretched Like Music Wrung from a Dropped Seed.
  • Looking into the fire.
  • “Togetherness”.
  • Ashland, One Spring Day.

In The News.

That cult classic pirate/sci fi mash up GREENBEARD, by Richard James Bentley, is now a rollicking audiobook, available from Audible.com. Narrated and acted by Colby Elliott of Last Word Audio, you’ll be overwhelmed by the riches and hilarity within.

“Captain Sylvestre de Greybagges is your typical seventeenth-century Cambridge-educated lawyer turned Caribbean pirate, as comfortable debating the virtues of William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, and compound interest as he is wielding a cutlass, needling archrival Henry Morgan, and parsing rum-soaked gossip for his next target. When a pepper monger’s loose tongue lets out a rumor about a fleet loaded with silver, the Captain sets sail only to find himself in a close encounter of a very different kind.

After escaping with his sanity barely intact and his beard transformed an alarming bright green, Greybagges rallies The Ark de Triomphe crew for a revenge-fueled, thrill-a-minute adventure to the ends of the earth and beyond.

This frolicsome tale of skullduggery, jiggery-pokery, and chicanery upon Ye High Seas is brimming with hilarious puns, masterful historical allusions, and nonstop literary hijinks. Including sly references to Thomas Pynchon, Treasure Island, 1940s cinema, and notable historical figures, this mélange of delights will captivate readers with its rollicking adventure, rich descriptions of food and fashion, and learned asides into scientific, philosophical, and colonial history.”

THE SUPERGIRLS is back, revised and updated!

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In The News.

Newport Public Library hosted a three part Zoom series on Visionary Fiction, led by Tod.  

And we love them for it, too.

The first discussion was a lively blast. You can watch it here. The second, Looking Back to Look Forward can be seen here.

The third was the best of all. Visions of the Future, with a cast of characters including poets, audiobook artists, historians, Starhawk, and Mary Shelley. Among others. Link is here.

In the News.

SNOTTY SAVES THE DAY is now an audiobook, narrated by Last Word Audio’s mellifluous Colby Elliott. It launched May 10th, but for a limited time, you can listen for free with an Audible trial membership. So what are you waiting for? Start listening to the wonders of how Arcadia was born from the worst section of the worst neighborhood in the worst empire of all the worlds since the universe began.

In The News.

If you love audio books, don’t miss the new release of REPORT TO MEGALOPOLIS, by Tod Davies, narrated by Colby Elliott of Last Word Audio. The tortured Aspern Grayling tries to rise above the truth of his own story, fighting with reality every step of the way, and Colby’s voice is the perfect match for our modern day Dr. Frankenstein.

In The News.

Mike Madrid dishes on Miss Fury to the BBC . . .

Tod on the Importance of Visionary Fiction

Check out this video of “Beyond Utopia: The Importance of Fantasy,” Tod’s recent talk at the tenth World-Ecology Research Network Conference, June 2019, in San Francisco. She covers everything from Wind in the Willows to the work of Kim Stanley Robinson, with a look at The History of Arcadia along the way. As usual, she’s going on about how visionary fiction has an important place in the formation of a world we want and need to have.

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