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uel aramchek. tarot, writing, high weirdness. minneapolis based. greaterrealityarea.net, formerly compoundeye.substack.com, northofreality.com

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heard a voice mod of him going “i’m rooking it” as he died and fucking lost it

07.03.2026 00:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Playing Rook runs is my favorite part of Marathon so far, being a filthy scavenger everyone wants dead is survival horror mode

07.03.2026 00:09 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

The America-based “North of Reality” and “Greater Reality Area” have nothing to do with the proposition of a “Greater North America.” At the same, I do think North Americans can be one people and should reject the current execution of it

06.03.2026 14:46 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I dropped loot once. Fell from an old playground slide, and knocked my face on the way down. I spat up a little emerald ring, etched with owls

05.03.2026 14:04 👍 79 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 0

not even kidding

04.03.2026 01:31 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

wait until people find out about how important bill clinton is in marathon lore

04.03.2026 01:27 👍 41 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1

Marathon seems to be getting hit with a big wave of “it’s great but can you make the game in my head instead” style feedback

02.03.2026 15:40 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

liv please

01.03.2026 03:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

slouchmaxxing

01.03.2026 03:22 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

stepped outside for a vibe check and saw a beast fuckin hauling ass towards Bethlehem

12.01.2026 04:31 👍 3004 🔁 628 💬 44 📌 28

a reference to Operation Mockingbird perhaps

01.03.2026 02:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the Secretary of War can only work with a bloody mary in his hand

28.02.2026 21:45 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have no idea how that happened but it is fixed now

28.02.2026 18:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The final piece for February, and the Subscriber's Only piece for February. Thank you, as always, for reading.

28.02.2026 18:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
ON MOUNT CHIXCULUB AND MARS MINOR Strange fiction and fiction-adjacent works posted weekly by Uel Aramchek.

ON MOUNT CHIXCULUB AND MARS MINOR
The Moon is the world’s tallest mountain, but, in turn, its only mountain without a base. Throughout its phases, its peak faces away from Earth, taunting astronauts and mountaineers alike to take the final climb. It..
www.greaterrealityarea.net/on-mount-chi...

28.02.2026 18:29 👍 16 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1

the new one, been playing the server slam demo

28.02.2026 03:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

the callisto defect

28.02.2026 01:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

a good dream is one where you and the dream agree that it’s time to wake up. that’s how victory feels in marathon. outside that, it captures the restless sweat of night where you can never be fully sure what just happened, but you know you need to go back to sleep

28.02.2026 00:47 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

everything looks wrong, you’re surrounded by strangers, you can maybe help them, maybe not. you’re picking things up throughout scenery which serves functions you can’t understand. there’s a threat which, if it gets too close, will wake you. back to your body, back to the sobering light of economy

28.02.2026 00:43 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

one of the things I love about marathon is it gives you zero time to familiarize yourself with anything. dream logic in a rational universe. you wake up in a new body, even your personality is unfamiliar. there’s a button somewhere you know you need to push but you’ll probably wake up before then.

28.02.2026 00:37 👍 32 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

@sweetnawful.bsky.social the flare is still visible

28.02.2026 00:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The elephant’s foot in Chernobyl scares you? Wait ‘til you see the rest of the elephant.

27.02.2026 14:30 👍 75 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0

they have to rub so much goop on that belly

27.02.2026 02:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sort of. But so good in the ways it should

26.02.2026 02:51 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It feels. So good. To be back

26.02.2026 02:50 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Next Greater Reality Area piece will be subscriber only. Even if you can’t come along for these, I hope you’re enjoying the ride with me.

25.02.2026 01:52 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

hassan-i sabbah times

25.02.2026 01:45 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

to be fair… I was

25.02.2026 01:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

there was a great gathering of the grunglers and nobody thought to invite me. disgraceful

25.02.2026 01:27 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

pratchett total cultural victory

24.02.2026 02:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0