Not-yet-published pieces, stories, essays, rants, and random strangenesses

When I was five, I knew I had a remarkable power. I could fly. Sometimes I’d sit on top of the stairs leading down to the basement,...

My first shock was the realization that Kyle, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where I was to meet with Vincent Blackfeather,...

Do You Believe in Magic? By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times January 23, 2007 A graduate school application can go sour in as many ways...

In many countries, a sneeze that occurs after making a statement is often interpreted as a confirmation by God that the statement was...

A friend saw a terrific bumper sticker this morning: You’re just jealous that the voices are talking to ME! Leave a comment.

by Jason Godesky, The Anthropik Network I’m dazzled by so much that Jason Godesky has to say, but this article is, to my mind, one of his...

A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues By BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times, November 7, 2006 The passionate, sometimes rhythmic,...

Dreams are such peculiar things. They come in a few different varieties. There are ones that are the flotsam and jetsam of the mind,...

Everything’s in the mind. That’s where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it. Mae West Leave a comment.

Here’s a journal entry from 2001, written in the thick of my worst depression (one that came perilously close to suicide), when I had to...

In my tarot deck, the Fool card shows a young man innocently stepping off a cliff, with only a rainbow—a trick of light and water, a...