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Category: horror

  • A Degree of Modesty

    Last week I decided to pop by the university and get a PhD. Since then, a lot of people have been asking, “do you feel any different now that you have a PhD?” Well yes, of course I do. Whenever I insist that someone call me “doctor Phronk”—whether it’s government documents, or my friends, or…

  • Life Isn’t Supposed to Not Be Confusing

    Last night I opened up my drafts folder on Twitter, and found the following half-finished thought that I’d saved earlier: “life isn’t supposed to not be confusing.” * At first I dismissed it as a drunken tweet gone wrong, but once I got over the perplexing double-negative (how meta, drunk self), I realized that maybe…

  • Stephen King Contest: WINNERS

    The results of the contest are in. I wish everyone could be winners, I really do, because most of your entries were just awesome. But I’ve only got two books, so by random draw (see the spreadsheet here), the winners are… Sean!, with the following stupid story: In Castle Rock Maine a county fair has…