It seemed appropriate given the setting.

(To soften that terrible truth, here is an unquestionable truth: “The Atrocities” was a masterpiece of Gothic horror and I recommend it widely to my customers.)

Well, yeah. And both would be easy - and cheaper in the long run - to implement. But to a certain very small *class* of people: our suffering IS the point.

This is one of those things I just don’t get. As someone raised in New York, it is absolutely understood that fuck is a form of punctuation.

If you find yourself in North Portland swing by Pinky’s. Absolutely owe you a drink for all the years of entertainment (and introductions to strange and wonderful writers) you’ve provided this reader.

I loved “The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again” so much because of that. A story in which everything has happened before the events of the characters who show up,

(In particular, not dipping into your own supply…)

Delighted to pass on the wisdom I was too foolish to grasp in my own youth.

You don’t have to be cool in highschool to be popular, you just need to be the local drug dealer. That way you’re popular and profitable. The caveat is to not dip into your own supply.

If you find yourself hankering for pizza or whiskey, come swing by Pinky’s (we’re just north on the yellow line from the convention center) and I’ll stand you a drink.