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Written by Aaron Louis Asselstine

Poor Little Bastard

Perhaps I’m at risk of turning this memoir into Mom’s hagiography, but previous to her cognitive decline, I can’t recall any instances of her words or actions burning, or even smouldering with the hatred of a single sun let alone a thousand. With that in mind, I’ll now explain the eavestrough metaphor mentioned in the […]

Written by Aaron Louis Asselstine

Shrunken Morlocks

My name is Andy Campbell. Most people assume my full name is Andrew something Campbell but my birth certificate says Andy Campbell, with no middle name listed because I don’t have one. Mom said Andrew was too pretentious, and she disliked middle names for their ‘reduncity.’ It sounds unbelievable, but I thought reduncity was a […]