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Yes, of course he knew his own face. It was his dislocation from his face that made it look so strange to him; the way it, and the body too of course, carried on without him. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Citizen of the eye. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

I have been told to keep things simple, sensible, shiny; to keep it shiny. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

They say things like: “I’ll get there in a New York minute.” Or, (or): “Welcome to the ice floe, stranger.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

I have found that, as a result of being human and existing, I sometimes want to [ XXXXXX }. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

It helps to remember things like how to walk in lines. And then you walk in lines. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

...what had once seemed like a good and reasonable idea – but apparently actually wasn’t. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

“Some people are somewhat less prepared than others to weather the storms of the land of the dead.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

All the more remarkable for remembering she kept a metal head, and had boots… This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Giant monster lifts citizen. You will be there to help. Go help. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

I once believed there were people. These were the people. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

to the This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

I hold the macaroni in the palm of one hand, a single uncooked noodle, and have no idea what to do with it. I know it is for something. It must be for something. I know that people, with noodles, do something. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

She said, “It isn’t far now.” “You’re taking me to the quiet room.” Eyebrows arched provocatively, “Not the quiet room, no. The sounding room. It’s just down the hall. You’ve never been in there?” “I don’t… I don’t know… what… that…” “Oh, it’s really interesting. I think you’ll like it, maybe even more than the chamber.” “The chamber is where… I go for… quiet .” “Yes. I know. And here is where you...

One finds sympathy for the Devil through becoming a goat. This is a gift. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

And why not seek the Blind Boy? Why not seek him out? He says he's got a cure. I believe him. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

Mostly also almost completely harmless. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

The human eye may bend, but only bend. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

In fact, in the dream, I was aware that I was taking an unusual route, though one only slightly variant from my “normal”. It did not however put me as far off course as the actual route would, but was itself deeply purposive, getting me to my objective – though what the objective was, was never explicitly clear. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

It Follows After the Weather This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

The ammonium of birds. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

“Vernal” was recorded shortly after the Spring Equinox of 2020, in the early days of quarantine, as the crowded hush of isolation was just settling in. Its pitch series is derived from a spectral analysis of the featured bell sound, and its two synthetic sources (digital sine and analog square waves), in addition to the organic bell, were subjected to various tape recording and resultant degradati...

I was in one of the polar regions, North or South, I’m not sure – though most likely the North, given the lack of any land mass. The ice here was largely melted, and any number of people were out on the water, like myself, in the now accommodatingly warm climate. The region, given how remote and normally inaccessible it is, seemed alarmingly crowded with pleasure-seekers in their boats. An importa...

Q: Where is my soul? A: You are one of the people whose soul is outside of themselves. That is very good. You get to be other people. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com

I decided to go mad, obsessed with this idea that I was slowly changing into a bird. There was nothing original about this idea – people have transformed into birds throughout history. And so for me to presume to do so now was only imitative, at best. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com