crawling back & some draft

To the new faces here on Substack, hello, welcome to the Cyborg Memoirs newsletter, happy to have you, please get comfortable.

This is my first paywalled post, in which I’m doing something new and sharing unpublished raw draft materialz for the fanz and supporters who’ve been with me for a while already. ~ BUT ~ I’ve got a long audio episode on the way, stacked like a cake, and that will be for all subscribers here and on Patreon, not just the paid ones. That said, you can still find the fully open version out there if you know where to look. ^_~

In the meantime, I cannot recommend enough my archive, especially the audio episodes, and especially over at cyborgmemoirs.com and not just my archive on this platform. Not all “content” need be brand new for your consumption, and often many creations benefit from repeat encounters. Even tastier for some, printed books, of which you can order online, at Left Bank Books in Seattle, and at Omoi and Iffy Books and the Free Library here in Philly.

Now onto today’s post.

Hello friend.

I’m using a voice to text assistant so forgive strange formatting you will come across in this post.

I’m going through a decomposing phase— some momentous life transitions— You will see more of me.

I have All That’s Left on the brain , and I’m working on finishing chapter three, Suli’s introduction (at last) for print debut at the Philly zine fest this November 1st. As I’m finally transcribing from my notebook to computer and looking over all the drafts in my Scrivener files, I thought rather than sitting on another one, that I would share an excerpt from the rough transcription. We meet Suli, the only fully prosthetic’d baddie thus far, coming back from a work survey and ready to head home here and get extremely comfortable. Later he goes out to the club with his friends, but this excerpt doesn’t go that far. I’ll leave it at that. Plz enjoy. Feedback welcome.

(would y’all appreciate any refreshers on the All that’s Left world or where I’m at with it or why I always talk about it like you already know what it is…? Leave a comment or reply thanks.)

I was about to say that sharing a rough draft like this is not very Virgo rising of me, and then I realize it’s …virgo season and I’m writing this while Mercury is in Virgo. Yes baby there’s work to get in O R D R. Anyway, about the rough part— When I write my drafts I often Move in and out of the present and past tense. When I’m editing I’m often reluctant to morph them into one or the other tense, because I feel like the tense/temporal shifts are part of the experience of being in the character or with the character. Which can still be edited for clarity. So. you’ll see some of what I’m talking about here bc I tend to edit to one tense for publication.

OK before I start lecturing and shit let me stop there. I hope you’re able to feel a lust for life These days. I know I’m trying.

yours truly,
Monk