# Captive Liberty

Songs for the world to come

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## [Shroomies kicked in](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/shroomies-kicked-in)

_2026-05-15 · Matthew A. Pagan_

... and now I owe a rabbi a 501(c)(3)

## [The Little Naysayer](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/the-little-naysayer)

_2026-05-06 · Matthew A. Pagan_

“Knocking,” coughed the woman.

## [Mazel Tov](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/mazel-tov)

_2026-01-06 · Matthew A. Pagan_

Walter Benjamin #5: "Zur Astrologie"

## [Posthumous Acquittal](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/posthumous-acquittal)

_2025-12-02 · Matthew A. Pagan_

Near Death Experiences #1

## [The New Angel](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/the-new-angel)

_2025-11-10 · Matthew A. Pagan_

Walter Benjamin #4: Agesilaus Santander

## [It's hard to be a Jackalope](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/its-hard-to-be-a-jackalope)

_2025-09-05 · Matthew A. Pagan_

While Shope’s papillomavirus, which produces wart-like outgrowths on the faces of woodland mammals, really does afflict both male and female rabbits, regardless of breed or subspecies, the cancerous protrusions characterizing advanced stages of that disease are

## [Vibrato](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/vibrato)

_2025-07-04 · Matthew A. Pagan_

From the pitch of a stone

## [Infinity, Eternity, and Immortality from Saint Petersburg to the Land of Utmost Bliss](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/infinity-eternity-and-immortality)

_2025-05-08 · Matthew A. Pagan_

Walter Benjamin #3: "Dostoevsky's The Idiot"

## [A Political Genealogy of You Can Just Do Things](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/a-political-genealogy-of-you-can)

_2025-04-21 · Matthew A. Pagan_

Walter Benjamin #2: Critique of Violence

## [Empire-Slop](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/empire-slop)

_2025-03-31 · Matthew A. Pagan_

Walter Benjamin #1: The political transformation of Dream-kitsch

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_2025-03-31 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Wrath of the Sky Deity: From Ritual to Narrative](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/wrath-of-the-sky-deity-from-ritual)

_2025-01-27 · Matthew A. Pagan_

PKD #5: A review of The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

## [The Parable of James-James](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/the-parable-of-james-james)

_2024-12-26 · Matthew A. Pagan_

PKD #4: Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. Dick

## [Did you wait for your redeemer?](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/did-you-wait-for-your-redeemer)

_2024-11-14 · Matthew A. Pagan_

A Song of Impatience

## [Conversations with an organ evil from man's youth](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/conversations-with-an-organ-evil)

_2024-11-04 · Matthew A. Pagan_

Create in me a pure heart, O daily aspirin

## [The Family Curse](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/the-family-curse)

_2024-10-18 · Matthew A. Pagan_

A tale for All Hallows’ Eve

## [My Machpelah](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/my-machpelah)

_2024-09-22 · Matthew A. Pagan_

The forest's sun-dearthed valleys

## [A Novel Pregnant with Meaning](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/a-novel-pregnant-with-meaning)

_2024-08-30 · Matthew A. Pagan_

To: lit400-s1@\*\*\*\*\*.ac.uk

## [We Only Possess What We Give Away](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/we-only-possess-what-we-give-away)

_2024-07-04 · Matthew A. Pagan_

An unusual odor socked Donovon Guffey on his bungalow stoop between turning the bolt and twisting the knob.

## [«Après moi, le déluge»](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/apres-moi-le-deluge)

_2024-06-05 · Matthew A. Pagan_

Louis XV's vision of pitch and gopher wood

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_2024-06-05 · **Sponsored**_

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## [The Butcher And the Jeweler](https://captiveliberty.substack.com/p/the-butcher-and-the-jeweler)

_2024-04-27 · Matthew A. Pagan_

A short story