Archive - Existential Angst and Plushies - Tim Lieder's Substack

"Poems" by Wanda Coleman (High Risk)

Suicide and Fucking

Jul 9 •

The Art of Biblical Poetry

Jul 7 •

Notes on the Stories I've Posted Here

Writer Talking about Writing...Again

Jul 4 •

"Private Rituals" by Dorothy Allison (High Risk)

A Very Uncomfortable Read

Jul 2 •

June 2025

Introduction to Let's Kill the Pizza Guy (Fiction Extra)

The Love Poems of Yael Friedman concerning Hadassah Herz

Jun 27 •

The Witching Snakes pt 35

Paul watches Teddy and Friends Trying to Kill Bai Suzhen as he Talks to Greenie. Bai Suzhen wins and Paul Sees that She's Moved On. Paul Says Goodbye…

Jun 22 •

Three More Articles About the High Risk Anthology

Getting into the Middle Throwaway Section

Jun 20 •

"The Lowboy" (The Stories of John Cheever)

More Brotherly Hate

Jun 19 •

The Witching Snakes pt 34

9/11 Happens. Tomiko and Paul are Having Marriage Problems. Teddy Calls Paul and tells him to go to Minneapolis. Paul Sees Agatha for the First Time in…

Jun 15 •

Three More John Cheever Classics

John Cheever Goes to Italy, Has Thoughts

Jun 13 •

The Witching Snakes pt 33

Paul meets Mikki. They have great dates. They get married. Years move on. Paul goes from Strength to Strength. Paul's Sister Gets Divorced but Rick…

Jun 8 •

Links to My Fiction

Experimental Pieces (with a bonus airing of dirty laundry against Ellen Datlow)

Jun 6 •

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