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Anti-Social Construction
I didn’t have allergies as a child.
Jun 27
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Caleb Caudell
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Anti-Social Construction
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I live in the same house as philanthropic organ traffickers
The old woman who lives in the other side of the house where I rent a place moved a black mother and daughter into her apartment and then killed them.
Jun 12
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Caleb Caudell
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I live in the same house as philanthropic organ traffickers
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People talk about a male loneliness epidemic, but I never meet any of these lonely men
Part three of an autofictional series
Jun 4
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Caleb Caudell
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People talk about a male loneliness epidemic, but I never meet any of these lonely men
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May 2025
Kafka is a soothing reference these days
Today I’m going to the office where I used to work, in a manner of speaking, to hand in my company laptop as large as a pontoon boat and a mouse still…
May 20
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Caleb Caudell
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Kafka is a soothing reference these days
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Treatment
Therapeutic Dialogue Fiction by Caleb Caudell
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May 4
A Reasonable Proposal
When the man in the cubicle next to me talks on the phone to some muttonheaded superintendent to confirm the exact number of wire spools on an order…
May 1
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Caleb Caudell
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April 2025
Industrial Hearts and Minds
Some weeks ago I toured a sheet metal plant with other new employees of the five affiliate companies owned by a parent construction company, a single…
Apr 21
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Caleb Caudell
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Industrial Hearts and Minds
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Celibacy
From my short story collection Novelty: and other stories
Apr 10
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Caleb Caudell
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Celibacy
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You're Much More of a Computer Than a Monkey
Someone hit a goose on the highway just before the turn to the office park where I work.
Apr 1
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Caleb Caudell
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You're Much More of a Computer Than a Monkey
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March 2025
Isolation, Part 2
On this bright cool morning, in which every moment dies alone like a feral cat in the woods, curled and ashamed in the hollow of a fallen tree, I can’t…
Mar 19
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Caleb Caudell
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Isolation, Part 2
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The Outhouse Within
For 8 hours a day I sit in a black rolling swiveling chair and dream about taking a dump.
Mar 11
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Caleb Caudell
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Isolation, Part 1
With help from quickened clouds, the light sweeps up shadows and strews them again in such fluid succession it’s as if my field of vision were a room…
Mar 6
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Caleb Caudell
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