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Author Archives: Mr. Dan Kelly

Chicago writer interested in many things.

The Novel

I’m finishing the final chapter of my book (though I still have to write the epilogue… that’s okay, wrap-ups are fun to write). Mostly, I’m stunned at what a litany of violence it’s becoming. As if all the evil ignored by the protagonists was busting through the dam, drowning them in beatings, brutality, and blood. […]

This Is What Democritus Looks Like

This Is the Enemy

Firemannequin sans Culottes

Chicken Plucker

Tire Rim Man

A Day When I Wish I Had Access to My Facebook

My wife has agreed to watch Alien with me for the first time ever. As I explained to her, “It’s one of my favorite films of all time. It’s not the greatest film of all time, but it brings exactly what it promises.”

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That Reminds Me…

My wife and I have yet to mind-fuck our four-year-old son and arrange to have a bizarre and embarrassing photo chase him down for the rest of his life. What I want to know is NOT why people do things like this (simple answer, with 6 billion of us on the planet, a large percentage […]

Honestly

Beth Dawes is who I always figured Rory Gilmore would grow up to be.