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Fantasmas

Julio Torres’ absurd work.

on the big dreams and shaky ground of *Fantasmas* and *Problemista*.

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Just doing my job

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In each Amazon review lives a universe.

on the avant-garde narrative reconstruction hidden in Kevin Killian’s Amazon reviews. 

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We all deserve a nightcap. 

Friends of Dirt and Cake Zine tell us which desserts they reach for in the early morning hours. 

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Catering the sex party.

continues Dessert After Dark, an edition of The Nightlife Review in collaboration with [Cake Zine](https://cakezine.com/). 

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The Treats of Versailles 

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 Whither cyberpunk?

asks: how did AI—science fiction’s infamous dystopian boogeyman—become cringe? This essay first ran on [Vague Blue](https://nguyenterry.substack.com/).

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Cyborg Nostalgia

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“I feel like Simone Weil handling a firearm.”

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The Sanrio Machete

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When is a chair not just a chair?

on The National Leprechaun Museum. This is the third dispatch in our column VISITOR, about the way museums influence culture.

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