Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook

Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook

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Jeff Somers
May 10, 2026
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Written a few years ago, this explores a common theme in my writing: The increasingly horrifying depredations of capitalism and the general enshittification of modern life. It also drafts heavily on my personal distaste for travel, especially air travel, which I’m fairly famous for in my circle. I am unsure about the ending, honestly; on the one hand, s…

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