Adventures in Secrecy with T Van Santana

The contents of the caverns are vast and sprawling, yet there is a filing method, an organization. As you peruse the pages, you go deeper inside the caverns, and the mental sounds become songs that turn to memories—your memories of my memories, of stories that haven’t happened or…

Mar 8

Previously on Gaucho … Episode 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 > 9 > 10 > 11 And now … I look at the knife, at the facón, in my hands. “This feels familiar …” “That’s quite a fancy-looking knife you have there, William,” Pem says. “It’s a facón,” I say.

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When folks see the name Van Santana—which is usually how it is styled, rather than van Santana or Van Santāna—the tendency is to think Santana like Carlos Santana, which is fine and not entirely unintentional; yet there is also santāna (or saṃtāna), a sanskrit word that means…

May 21

I can be a bit obsessive about understanding why I do the things I do. A certain amount of reflection and introspection is helpful, yeah, but it can spiral out of control. So maybe you can help me determine which this is. We’re born when, where, and to whom we’re born. Whether we…

Jul 4

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Jun 30

[Previously, on Monterey] Today’s episode is called: The Knock Ali’s heart sped up at the knock. She glanced in the mirror at her hair and glasses. Cute…

Jun 29

[Chapters 1-5] 6 Grem Ginny haunts the top floor. The lights tell you how. I don’t have an issue with Grem, and they repeat me, so that’s how it is…

Jun 25

Previously on Gaucho … Episode 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 > 9 > 10 And now … The light has all but left us, and I can barely see a thing. “I can’t…

Jun 24

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Jun 23

two The Hoawoshwogg cocks his hips by the train tracks. The station is empty. He hears the catcalls from the town, the jackals’ cry from the brush. Eyes…

Jun 22

This book is not new. It is a science-fiction/fantasy masterpiece that can be quite intimidating to approach. Why? It comes with some big asks. They…

Jun 19

You find a piece of paper, slipped under your door. It’s covered in writing, no margins, in a language you don’t know, but somehow your mind reads it…

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Adventures in Secrecy with T Van Santana

A nexus of newsletters, of interconnected stories and tales about future and parallel places and peoples, opinions in the subterranean wind, a flowing system of literary caves and underground crevasses, a lit-burned idea of life ...

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