Fiction for the Cosmically Disturbed

Fiction for the Cosmically Disturbed

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Less Than Pulp, Issue 18
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Less Than Pulp, Issue 18

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Sep 26, 2022
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“Don’t try to be good; just try to be entertaining.”

I’m not sure if that above quote originated with Carlton Mellick III (author of Spider Bunny and The Haunted Vagina), but I’ve heard it attributed to him more than once, so I’ll just say it’s his. It’s a bit of advice that lives rent-free in my brain because I think it’s genuinely good advice. “Good” i…

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