>“We really had too much faith in the law, you know?” Yang Guoliang said, his hands clenched in fists. “It turned out to be worthless.” Source: ...| A parenthetical departure
I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ours...| A parenthetical departure
I’ve been feeling a little disconnected in a weird way from music lately, which is kind of odd, considering that I am almost always playing something dur...| Sebastian Malloy
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It's in the 90s here in Stephen King Country, and sticky outside, so honestly until I must leave the house, I'm staying inside and doing art things today. Here's a little something I put together today, to keep myself pleased.| Sebastian Malloy
Been working on some new art over here recently, so here's a little portrait just because. Thanks for looking, my peeps.| Sebastian Malloy
I toss. I turn. I make myself a burrito in my blanket. I stick a leg out and let it dangle off the mattress. I say and grab my phone and s...| Sebastian Malloy
I keep having this weird little fantasy of putting together a good old-fashioned zine kind of thing. You know: printed on paper, an actual, tangible item that you can hold in your hands, with pages that you can flip through and dog ear, with space in the margins for doodles or scribbles or somewhere to write a phone number down, like we used to do in the Before Times.| Sebastian Malloy
I'm not sure when it happened precisely, but I seem to have fallen off the writing wagon. Oops. It's not the first time this has happened, and it w...| Sebastian Malloy
The Rocky Horror Picture Show| Sebastian Malloy