High Strangeness

A chat with some friends late last night took a turn toward the Denver International Airport and the high strangeness therein. And, rumor has it, below. Built at $2 billion over budget and unveiled in February 1995—16 months behind schedule—Denver Airport has been attracting controversy since construction began. The airport…

Back in grade school, a classmate told me of a strange experience he'd had while sleeping over at a friend's house. This friend claimed his house was haunted by the ghost of a boy named Eddie. The boys fell asleep around the TV in the finished basement. My classmate got…

Here at the end of the internet, 4chan stands as the great archive of a vanishing culture built online. Its various boards are the true successors of the Neolithic campfires around which hunter-gatherers shared tribal lore. Spend any length of time browsing /x/ or /k/, and you'll soon discern a…

Stay in the writing game long enough, and you learn that a good story could come from anywhere, anytime. I was reminded why every writer does well to keep a pocket notebook on him during a recent visit to the barbershop. While waiting for a trim, one of the other…