Archive - Essence of Toast

The unchecked parody of the present

Surviving the attention economy

Mar 10 •

December 2024

Wide open spaces

Leaving things undone

Dec 31, 2024 •

November 2024

A scene of false promise

Nov 6, 2024 •

October 2024

Haunted houses and big updates

In which I sat down to write one thing, and something else entirely came out

Oct 30, 2024 •

September 2024

Grief's radiating center

A fond farewell to Grandpop, side-eye and all

Sep 27, 2024 •

August 2024

A goth balm for time

Beyond mythic adulthood and the yardstick of years

Aug 30, 2024 •

July 2024

Demon in a bottle

Using writer's block as fuel

Jul 28, 2024 •

June 2024

Shrieking out loud

On hypervigilance, creativity, and working in one's natural voice

Jun 29, 2024 •

May 2024

Mycelial futurism

Weird jobs, optical illusions, and the return of familiar questions

May 22, 2024 •

April 2024

Learning to be done

On wrapping things up in art and the other kind of work

Apr 28, 2024 •

March 2024

Ghosts, digital doubles, joy, and coming back to life

Mar 29, 2024 •

February 2024

Spring plot twist + last summer’s zine 🌱

On leave and what’s next

Feb 29, 2024 •

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