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writing

The act itself: the blank page, the revision, the question of why anyone bothers.

10 works

For as long as he can remember, S has been on the verge of jacking it all in

Cringe

Noah Blue · 27 min read

S’s wife packs her stuff and moves out of the marital home, taking the dog with her, which is fine by S (he never did like the yappy glorified rat anyway). The day after his wife leaves him, S tells his boss he’s quitting with immediate effect.

Blindnessinfidelitysex

Wittering asides

Drivel

From the diary

Noah Blue · 70 min read

I am 44 years old and have almost no friends to speak of. I am unemployed, voluntarily so (if, that is, you believe in free will, which isn’t something to necessarily take for granted these days). The truth is I’ve had enough of paid employment, for now anyway. Luckily for me, my wife takes care of my material needs (and the dog’s).

Bestivalwritingloneliness

Aphorisms

Accountants have feelings

Like the rest of us

Noah Blue · 2 min read

Technical accountants are often accommodated in windowless, airless, soulless basement offices. This is in fact the environment in which they flourish.

Accountingwritingaudit

Dialogues

Hara kiri

Writing well matters

Noah Blue · 4 min read

I wonder if you could explain why I got a B minus? I mean, I felt it was an authentic piece, not as technically accomplished as I’d have liked it to be, sure, but certainly a notch or two above the derivative pap my peers routinely turn out

Hara kiriwritingsuicide

Aphorisms

Bedtime aphorisms

Snoozy

Noah Blue · 1 min read

Kant or Nietzsche? The interview question I invariably lead with. There is no more efficient way to elicit the true nature of a candidate.

philosophylanguagewriting

Aphorisms

I would if I could but I can’t

Breakfast aphorisms

Noah Blue · 2 min read

When I say I am going to do something, in all seriousness I mean to do it. But I never do, of course. If I did, who knows what might happen.

Fearwritingphilosophy

Fiction

Mr Two Fucks

A crime caper (of sorts)

Noah Blue · 46 min read

I have a problem. Allow me to elucidate. A certain someone, let’s call him Mr Two Fucks, has been sabotaging my work, clumsily and without guile, it is true, nevertheless sabotage is sabotage.

crimenudismdrugs

Aphorisms

Thoughts that came to me sitting on the toilet

#constipation

Noah Blue · 2 min read

A so-called great work of literature or philosophy is but the fruit body of a subterranean organism that subsists on the putrescence of other organisms.

mushroomscioranmessiah

Fiction

there is no such thing as free will

To state the obvious

Noah Blue · 13 min read

I am alone, unless you count the dog as company. A whole day with nothing to do stretches out in front of me. I make a cup of coffee and read over the story I wrote the night before. It’s about a man who lives alone with his dog; a whole day with nothing to do stretches out in front of him.

parkourkebabsboredom

Fiction

Other than my parents splitting up, nothing much has happened recently

A coming-of-age tale (mostly)

Noah Blue · 27 min read

My dad recently moved out of the family home and into a studio apartment in a rundown part of town known for illicit activities. Why that part of town, I have no idea. It’s not as if my dad is poor and has to live there. In fact, he could probably afford to live in the so-called salubrious part of town if he wanted to.

Bildungsromandivorcedrugs

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