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@mildmanneredaf

Artist. Fundraiser. Father. Former Mess. Some pieces read like essays. Some like confessions. Some like ghost stories https://substack.com/@mildmanneredpress

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I’m in Florida.

The first question that I’ve been asked at THREE valet parking spots at family amusement parks:

“Ya got a gun in the car, sir?”

16.02.2026 01:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is the face of a man that has been to three amusement parks in three days with his autistic, roller coaster obsessed son.

He’s a broken man, yes

16.02.2026 01:33 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Most of our representatives are 90 and won’t risk anything that isn’t fully manicured by their PR team.

Technology catching up with representation is decades behind.

26.01.2026 06:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are there other footballs teams?

26.01.2026 06:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They literally “took our guns”.

26.01.2026 06:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dude thinks he’s Klingon, but knows he’s Ferenghi

26.01.2026 06:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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HITLER: I’ve made a huge mistake.

19.01.2026 20:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I fucking LOVE fluoride.

18.01.2026 23:23 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

let's talk about sticks baby
let's break em right off a tree
let's talk albout all the throwing
and the fetching that could be

18.01.2026 18:30 👍 140 🔁 39 💬 4 📌 1

What time does butthole Bluesky start?

18.01.2026 04:45 👍 20 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

In fairness, think about how good this “I told you so” is gonna feel.

18.01.2026 05:56 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

“28 Years Later: Bone Temple box office bomb!”

Dudes! We. Can’t. Afford. It.

18.01.2026 05:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I still don’t think that 45 is tool old to become Robocop.

17.01.2026 19:44 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Revision night.

The story always tells the truth once I stop arguing with it.

15.01.2026 02:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not to judge but you look like the kind of person who says ‘acquired’ instead of ‘bummed’

13.01.2026 01:53 👍 102 🔁 34 💬 12 📌 0

-100% of my followers would fix me

13.01.2026 17:55 👍 51 🔁 23 💬 5 📌 0

Writing fiction is mostly discovering which sentences you’ve been using as armor.

13.01.2026 18:18 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Quiet Revolt.

For when you cannot change the system, but you can do something

A new piece of short fiction

open.substack.com/pub/peculiar...

12.01.2026 06:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jesus Christ! Somebody hide Sarah Connor!!

12.01.2026 06:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m starting to think that maybe not everyone wants to just chill-lax

12.01.2026 06:19 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Whoever invented Scrabble was into some really word shit.

12.01.2026 03:16 👍 66 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 1

Dude. If you’re mean to ducks I will fuck you up.

12.01.2026 01:57 👍 25 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0

Do you even daydream about being a Starship Captain, bro?!

12.01.2026 01:30 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Dumb fucking birds.

12.01.2026 01:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Most people think “as the crow flies” means ‘straight’, but it actually means ‘like an asshole.’

11.01.2026 23:05 👍 260 🔁 50 💬 5 📌 2

They say time is the fire in which we burn.

They also say that bologna has a first name.

So, I don’t know what to fucking believe

23.11.2024 22:12 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

“Can you explain the gap in your resume?”

“Vicodin.”

30.12.2024 17:45 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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A new piece of short fiction from somewhere in the back of my head.

They Let Us March Once a Year

open.substack.com/pub/peculiar...

12.01.2026 00:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0