Letters From ElsewhereGeneva, SwitzerlandJune 16, 2014
THE WEATHER MADE A MONSTER
We like to tell that story as if the weather made the monster.
Read more, etc.Lore, Etc.
What gathers beside the stories: research, photographs, places, peculiar facts, rabbit holes, unfinished thoughts, and other things that refused to belong Elsewhere.
Lore, etc.
Letters From Elsewhere
Beside the Stories
Beside the StoriesSeptember 28, 2026
THE MISSING LEAVES
I refuse to call it the Voynich Manuscript.
Read more, etc.Beside the StoriesJanuary 1, 2015
MONSTER REVISION
Young Mary Shelley wrote about a man doing something monstrous. We turned it into a story about a monster.
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Oddments
OddmentsOctober 16, 2025
CONTRONYMS
English has words that cannot be trusted without context.
Read more, etc.OddmentsFebruary 10, 2025
GOOD LUCK
There is one letter between Ouida and Ouija. I have lost an entire day inside it.
Read more, etc.OddmentsMarch 27, 2024
BOUND IN SKIN
Some books were bound in human skin. The more unsettling question is who was allowed to choose—and whose body became someone else’s meaning.
Read more, etc.Nota Bene
Nota BeneOctober 3, 2026
Meddling Mice
The Tailor of Gloucester. The mice finish the coat for him. Almost — they leave one buttonhole open, and pin a scrap of paper in the empty place.
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