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  • everything falls apart — a serial

    28Oct26 | 07.30 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261028.0730
    Photo by Sergei Vasilenko on Unsplash, design by michael raven

    AUTHOR’S NOTE and EARLY CONCEPTS

    TOC


    [Mar 10] Drive — March 14, 1997

    [Note: The following email printed to PDF was discovered in a Drive folder on Alice’s phone named “Kyle”.]


    Alice Donovan <Alice.Donovan.73@[withheld].com>
    Fw: Re: Funeral (fwd)
    1 message
    
                 ---
    
    WhiteRabbit.73 <WhiteRabbit.73@[withheld].com>
    Sun, May 21, 2006 at 9:42 PM
    To: Alice.Donovan.73@[withheld].com
    
    ----Original Message Follows----
    
    From: DonovanA01@[withheld].edu
    To: WhiteRabbit.73@[withheld].com
    Subject: Re: Funeral (fwd)
    Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 16:12:07 -0500 (CDT)
    
    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    
    Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:49:31 -0600 (CST)
    From: GrendelTC@[withheld].com
    To: DonovanA01@[withheld].edu
    Subject: Re: Funeral

    Al—

    Sorry about the delay in responding (not about missing out on the funeral, though). Tommy was out of town on business and I didn’t want to bother his fiancee just to hear “You’ve got mail!”

    (more…)

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    Minneapolis, salvage fiction, serial fiction, serialized fiction, Twin Cities, urbex

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  • birdshit — 27oct26

    27Oct26 | 10.30 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261027.1030
    we laugh, fool & crow,
    did we forget to forget?
    — frost breath in the morn

    For Ikkyū.

    tagged:

    birdshit, micropoetry, not-haiku haiku

    filed under:

    poetry
    2 comments on birdshit — 27oct26

  • reblog: Be careful what you wish for (part VII)

    27Oct26 | 07.02 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261027.0702

    Links to the earlier parts of this collaborative tale written with Jolene Rice can be found: Part I, Part II, Parts III & IV, Part V and Part VI. And now you have Part VII in your grubby little fingers.

    I’d forgotten how far we’d taken this before I flaked out. Good thing Jolene is around to (finally) put it to bed. This is getting into the territory of where I get to be surprised by where she decided to take this.😄

    Be careful what you wish for 

    tagged:

    collaboration, fiction, other writers, reblog

    filed under:

    fiction
    3 comments on reblog: Be careful what you wish for (part VII)

  • everything falls apart — a serial

    26Oct26 | 08.20 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261026.0820
    Photo by Sergei Vasilenko on Unsplash, design by michael raven

    AUTHOR’S NOTE and EARLY CONCEPTS

    TOC


    [Aug 10, 01:39] Recorder — fuckity

    Well, I managed to turn that into a shitshow, didn’t I?

    [21 seconds of silence in recording]

    I don’t know what Kelly [kali] was going on about. I don’t understand. No one talked. If you can believe nails [Nils], he didn’t say anything to the kid at the store. I didn’t say anything to anyone. Even played stupid with DK.

    Maybe he did say something like the package was mesh gear or something. Nell [Nils] would slip something like that if he got angry and forgot to keep that detail quiet.

    (more…)

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    Minneapolis, salvage fiction, serial fiction, serialized fiction, Twin Cities, urbex

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    10 comments on everything falls apart — a serial

  • distance

    25Oct26 | 20.37 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261025.2037
    grinding teeth granite
    i would let red this river
    run free for her phantom
    naked pale in a morn of sun

    to touch burn the winter
    cruel hand, send a sign
    with the ache of stars
    longing to draw near

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    poetry
    4 comments on distance

  • reblog: Be careful what you wish for (part VI)

    24Oct26 | 13.52 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261024.1352

    Links to the earlier parts of this collaborative tale written with Jolene Rice can be found: Part I, Part II, and Parts III & IV, and Part V.

    Funny thing: I did my field trip downtown Minneapolis today and one of the street people started singing “Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jo-leeeeene” as I walked by. I didn’t understand a word he said but it sounded like he was telling to write a song like that again.

    I forgot that crowd. Always worth a few laughs when one of them gets it in their head to give a full performance.

    Be careful what you wish for 

    tagged:

    collaboration, fiction, other voices, other writers

    filed under:

    fiction
    1 comment on reblog: Be careful what you wish for (part VI)

  • everything falls apart — a serial

    23Oct26 | 07.09 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261023.0709
    Photo by Sergei Vasilenko on Unsplash, design by michael raven

    AUTHOR’S NOTE and EARLY CONCEPTS

    TOC


    [Aug 10, 00:12] Signal — kali nótt

    This message was deleted.

    Alice · 00:21

    kali
    WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK?
    i thought we had an understanding, alice

    What the hell are you going on about?

    Alice · 00:23
    r u drunk dialing me?

    This message was deleted.

    (more…)

    tagged:

    Minneapolis, salvage fiction, serial fiction, serialized fiction, Twin Cities, urbex

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    9 comments on everything falls apart — a serial

  • casting runes — 22oct26

    22Oct26 | 10.11 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261022.1011
    ehwaz
    tossing bones at crossroads
    fingering spider filigree
    tugging at a tangled skein to see
    where each silk strand leads

    A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.

    Today’s rune is ehwaz, which has a core meaning of “horse”. A horse is often associated with journeys, travel and movement. By extension, it also implies symbiosis with another living creature or fylgja (guardian spirit), and the rune is associated with loyalty or trust. Any undertaken journey may be spatial, emotional or spiritual.

    Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.

    tagged:

    ehwaz, poetry, rewilding, rune

    filed under:

    poetry
    4 comments on casting runes — 22oct26

  • everything falls apart — a serial

    21Oct26 | 09.12 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261021.0912
    Photo by Sergei Vasilenko on Unsplash, design by michael raven

    AUTHOR’S NOTE and EARLY CONCEPTS

    TOC


    [Aug 9, 09:44] Video — Recon 2

    [Video, POV: Storefront Alice identified as the location of Aurora Records, in front of what appears to be the main entrance of the building. The Mayo building is visible to the right. The marquee identifies the space as being occupied by a restaurant specializing in steak and sushi. Camera pans over the facade.]

    Screw this influencer shit. If something needs to be said, I can dub it in later.

    (more…)

    tagged:

    Minneapolis, salvage fiction, serial fiction, serialized fiction, Twin Cities, urbex

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  • reblog | Be careful what you wish for (Part V)

    21Oct26 | 07.09 CDT
    © 2026

    michael raven

    c: 261021.0709

    Chico’s Mom (Jolene Rice) went to some lengths to make this collaborative short story ready for primetime: dusting it off, sanding off the the rough edges, finishing it (!), while tempering all of my frequently questionable, sad attempts at humor and my editing skills.

    The original idea asked:

    What would happen if the modern cunning woman (or “witch of the woods”, if you prefer) set up shop in a tiny home just outside of the city, and advertised her potions and charms on the internet.

    And then, what would happen if someone feeling insecure about aging or appearances (and on a tight budget) went to her for a potion to “be seen” like she was back in her heyday. Procuring the potion was as easy as asking for it.

    “Here’s your solution, deary.”

    However, there was a minor hurdle for the customer to overcome.

    Be careful what you wish for 

    tagged:

    collaboration, fiction, other writers, short fiction

    filed under:

    fiction
    1 comment on reblog | Be careful what you wish for (Part V)

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