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Texting the tale

by Harry Haller at 3:47 pm | Be the first

I’ve read a number of stories recently about people texting novels via cell phones, but none are quite as focused (or as entertaining) as Dana Goodyear’s piece “I ♥ Novels” for The New Yorker.
A couple of tiny notes here. As I have said in the past, I sincerely believe language is being reduced to the [...]

Ghoul Next Door

by Harry Haller at 1:19 pm | 2 Howls

Apparently artist Camilla d’Errico has made a portrait of my Tumblr friend (fiend?) ghoulnextdoor. At least, it looks like a stylized portrait of her avatar. I mean, it looks like a stylized portrait of her avatar as I recall it. Hmm. This is a little like looking into one of those black mirrors where you [...]

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by Harry Haller at 9:50 pm | 8 Howls

It’s hard to be my friend.
Years ago I remember hearing a motivational speaker talk about friendship. He asked everyone in the audience to hold up both hands with ten outstretched fingers representing their ten best friends. “Now,” he said. “Which of those friends, if you called them at 3 a.m. and said ‘Come quickly, I [...]