“I felt like a rat trapped in a maze with no finish, running into walls and getting electrocuted at every turn. I wanted out of the hellscape I’d created, but I had formed a whole identity around the latticework of visible bones and tendons; my days were structured around the denial of food. To give […]
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Around The Pit
Circling billions of gallons of toxic water at America’s largest Superfund site.
Lights
Have New York City’s LED streetlights taken something from the city, or added to it?
The Mysterious Case of a Nameless Hiker
A friendly and charming hiker was known on the trail as “Mostly Harmless.” After his body was discovered in a tent in Florida, no one could figure out who he was.
The Death of Daniel Prude and the Birth of a Thousand Lies
“All of it began with the call for help at 50 Child Street.”
Aquanauts of Hudson Canyon
Short fiction set around one of the world’s deepest subterranean canyons, right off New York City’s coastline, and that explores the deep, unseen terrain of the heart.
The Body Collectors of the Coronavirus Pandemic
“As the death toll from COVID-19 rises, the funeral homes and hospital morgues of New York City are struggling to keep up.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Highlighting stories from a collection of pro-Palestine student protesters, Chloé Cooper Jones, Nick Bowlin, Bathsheba Demuth, and Joshua Rigsby.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Eschatolgy, Texas style; dancing like nobody’s watching; the men, they myths, the legends; monumental responses; and notes fit for a King.
The Death Artist
Her medium: the cremains of departed loved ones. Her mission: to change your perspective on the end of life.


