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A Map to Fiction, Thoughts, and Mischief
May 11 • 
Rachael Varca
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A Gentle Rebuttal to "The Right Has Forgotten Feelings"
Apr 4 • Rachael Varca
Living Forever, Bryan Johnson, and the lie of Techno-Humanism
Feb 10 • Rachael Varca
What the Inklings had that other Writing Groups Lack
Sep 30, 2024 • Rachael Varca
Why there is no God in Horror
Dec 16, 2024 • Rachael Varca

Essays

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Marriage costs, more divorces, and not letting doomerism get the better of you
Or, not everything is an indicator your marriage will crash into a wall. And burn. 🔥 And then explode. 🔥
Nov 3 • 
Rachael Varca
Of Mountains, Wasps, Donations
Life in the country is never dull.
Oct 20 • 
Rachael Varca
Taylor Swift, Art, Intention, and the State of the Soul
That new Taylor Swift album is … something else
Oct 10 • 
Rachael Varca
Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, and the rest of us.
We're all political dissidents now.
Sep 18 • 
Rachael Varca
Year Zero is Not a Conspiracy
Jordan Lee, censorship, and the forgetting of inconvenient books.
Sep 8 • 
Rachael Varca

Short Stories

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The Spaniard, Ep. 13
A dark fantasy Western
Nov 10 • 
Rachael Varca
The Crow and the Crown
Flash Fiction
Nov 5 • 
Rachael Varca
The Spaniard, Ep. 12
A dark fantasy Western
Oct 31 • 
Rachael Varca
The Spaniard, Ep. 11
A dark fantasy Western
Oct 17
The Spaniard, Ep. 10
A dark fantasy Western
Sep 27 • 
Rachael Varca
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