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The King in Yellow — The Wall and the Fork (4 of 4)
The wall I've spent fifty-four years building has a perfect record, and that's the problem. The math the line uses to keep me frozen in front of it, and the question I still can't answer.
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The Drive Home From Mead
I smoked heavy for ten years. Then one afternoon, driving home from the paper mill, I ran out, and the thing that had owned me for a decade just let go. Here's what I think actually happened, and why it has almost nothing to do with willpower.