TEARS

A person dressed in black stands in front of a mysterious silver dome. A comment reads "Alien visitation - 11.11.2011.

THE OWL HOUSE WATCHES: A Hauntological Walking Tour

As part of Writing Letters to Extraterrestrials Organized by Alison Sperling 22.-24.09.2021 COVEN BERLIN will also give a talk on 24.09.21 at ICI Berlin

22. September, 17h-18:30 Starting Location: Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 10969 Berlin

An image of 5 stylized flames on a red glitter background. The flames are next to one another in the middle of the frame, and are in a left to right gradient from black to light blue.

Five Stages of Heat

While the five stages of grief can be a useful tool for understanding your emotions after loss, the five stages of heat is a useful companion BEFORE making a big change, because it can help you understand why you feel equal parts hot and bothered.

Image from a Cassils of a person on fire againsta a black background, presumably wearing a flame proof suit, arms outstretched.

I am the pre-burned, the burned, the burn, the cool

Is it legally possible to get fined in hindsight for having attended a party during the Covid lockdown? If so, the following story is fiction, set in August 2020. A potential superspreader event – except no one got sick.

Photo collage by Bard. It consists of three images, each with a bright blue frame. Two of them are selfies, one of his body in shorts and t-shirt lying on a bed, and one of his face also lying on a bed. The third image is a comic of a bear and a man kissing.

Hot or Not? 2

I’m 33 but my face is 2 years old. No, I haven’t had a face-swap surgery like in that Nic Cage movie. I’m just a trans guy enjoying the magical touch of Testosterone.

How to Boil an Egg

With long talons on feet and fingers and scruffy thick hair, we move slowly. Fluidly, awkwardly, heavily. We survive a heatwave, extremities doubling and then tripling in size, itching and prickling, I run them under cool water for relief.

The image shows an open book with some words underlined in red. On the left side of the book are 3 drop-shaped crystals.

Warming Up for the Unknown

Warming up for the Unknown is a warm up Xercise manual to prepare for unknown and indeterminate outcomes. Engaging non-linear process, every warm up proposes a series of steps that don’t share what one is warming up for.

Daddypuss Rex, author of the essay, poses for the camera with naked upper body and arms crossed behind the head.

Hot Or Not?

It’s 3.34 am. I’m stripped down to my boxers writing this. My apartment is sweltering. Berlin is currently in the sweaty throes of a “heatwave.”

Beginning, Middle (Age), End: script notes and revisions

A large Melbourne downtown strip club. 3am. Thursday. The year is 2005. 90’s r’n’b plays. Lights change rhythmically. A woman is at work.

Sharing and Saving in Times of Crisis

This is a choose-your-own-adventure and how-to guide on sharing and saving money. It is intended to help you figure out whether you can afford to share money, and to encourage you to save money.