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JACK’S TAVERN
“No joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto.”
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BadTime Stories — Nobody Move by Denis Johnson (Part III)
BadTime Stories — Nobody Move by Denis Johnson (Part III)
Jimmy Luntz works his magic. Once again.
Jack Vatsal
Sep 2
Last Evenings of Midnight Summer
Last Evenings of Midnight Summer
“Remember the time when you went to a friend’s house drunk at night probably to stay the night and his wife didn’t like it at all…”
Jack Vatsal
Sep 2
BadTime Stories — Nobody Move by Denis Johnson (Part II)
BadTime Stories — Nobody Move by Denis Johnson (Part II)
“That’s how you write fiction.” Also how you write soap.
Jack Vatsal
Jul 19
On Hemingway
On Hemingway
“You sit at the typewriter and you bleed.”
Jack Vatsal
Nov 5, 2023
Love Note to An Affordable Lover
Love Note to An Affordable Lover
One who’d never leave me.
Jack Vatsal
Oct 9, 2023
Don’t Tell Me How to Write
Don’t Tell Me How to Write
And fuck Stephen King.
Jack Vatsal
Jan 27
Window Pain
Window Pain
Enduring the shittiest phase of the day.
Jack Vatsal
Sep 9, 2023
Lost to Company
Lost to Company
I am a man lost to company.
Jack Vatsal
Aug 11, 2023
Why Didn’t Henry Miller Stop After the Tropic Books?
Why Didn’t Henry Miller Stop After the Tropic Books?
…and resist the urge to philosophize any further.
Jack Vatsal
Mar 2
Insanity's Descent to the Night’s Grave
Insanity's Descent to the Night’s Grave
How far are you willing to go?
Jack Vatsal
Aug 20, 2023
Ye Who Enter Here
Ye Who Enter Here
“The world must suffer its own realities.”
Jack Vatsal
Jul 1, 2023
Hamza
Hamza
Probably God.
Jack Vatsal
Oct 21, 2023
Friends Of A Broken World
Friends Of A Broken World
There’s a motherfucker who assumes J is a friend of his.
Jack Vatsal
Mar 9
Why Didn’t Henry Miller Stop After the Tropic Books? — II
Why Didn’t Henry Miller Stop After the Tropic Books? — II
…and so what if Black Spring was sandwiched between the two.
Jack Vatsal
Mar 26
Jobs and Perks…
Jobs and Perks…
Taking on the mantle from Clifford Lee Sargent.
Jack Vatsal
Mar 27
The Kiss
The Kiss
Have you ever kissed someone in the rain?
Jack Vatsal
May 6
Letter of Introduction to a [Reputed] Branding Agency
Letter of Introduction to a [Reputed] Branding Agency
The All-Coveted Strategy That May [Not] Get You Hired Any Soon.
Jack Vatsal
Jun 21
BadTime Stories— Nobody Move by Denis Johnson (Part I)
BadTime Stories— Nobody Move by Denis Johnson (Part I)
“I’ll throw everything away for a woman like you.” — Jimmy Luntz.
Jack Vatsal
Jul 13
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