if not, Paris

Chapter 1 - Slim and The Beast

A Soldier & His Stalker

Oct 30 • 

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Sunday Story Time: Slim and The Beast

Chapters 1 + 2

Oct 30 • 

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New York City Defies Narrative

Part III: Getting High in Brooklyn

Oct 21 • 

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Slim and The Beast: 10th Anniversary Edition

A Query Letter to Substack: An Adult American Fable

Oct 14 • 

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New York City Defies Narrative

Part II: The Subway

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

New York City Defies Narrative

Part I: An Uncanny Land of Disparate Images

Sep 29 • 

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all hail the gatekeepers, off with their heads

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes Tries to Reconcile All Parties to the Debate

Published on The Republic of Letters • Sep 25

Hark! The Muses of Synchronicity Descend Upon the Diligent

or, how success cannot be pursued—it can only ensue

Sep 11 • 

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A Reason to Sing

letter to a heartbroken friend

Sep 2 • 

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August 2025

all hail the gatekeepers, off with their heads

behind the rusty gates of MFAs & traditional publishing

Aug 21 • 

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Ghosts of the Nazi Occupation of Paris (1940-1944)

The Hotel Lutetia

Aug 15 • 

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July 2025

"Phantom Vibrations"

flash fiction from a viral era of vapid veneration

Jul 30 • 

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