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The Thing, but Actually Good
A pitch to restore a forgotten movie that almost found greatness.
Jul 19 • Cairo Smith
Possessed, Oppressed, and Depressed
A socio-demonological perspective on the films Obsession and It Follows.
Jul 16 • Arbogast

June 2026

Unfelt Grief
A Russian woman thinks of the lost.
Jun 22 • Elena
The Men’s Book Club
Fiction: A young man struggles to keep control of a reading group in a small town.
Jun 19 • kelvin
Deliberately Underground Lit
A review of author Brad Kelly’s new novel The Earthen Dark.
Jun 7 • Stephen Pimentel
The Backrooms Before Backrooms
The haunted spaces of yesterday that could have clued us in to the Backrooms’ success.
Jun 2 • Cairo Smith
Swipe
Fiction: A dating app mirage lingers in a young man's mind.
Jun 1 • pris86

May 2026

A Body for Amanda
A photo series for A Cancellation and reflections on character.
May 30 • Cairo Smith
A Cancellation
Fiction: The first chapter of the new novel from Cairo Smith.
May 30 • Cairo Smith
Debbie Puck Goes On
Fiction: A Y2K rom com heroine continues through life seeking meaning.
May 22 • Cairo Smith
Print Release: Bad End
The third physical edition of Futurist Letters, out now.
May 17 • Cairo Smith
Join Us in LA
Announcing the first Futurist Letters serata.
May 13 • Cairo Smith
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