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About the Substack

Modern literary fiction. Bildungsromans, generational conflict, dark humor and local color. Occasional essays on culture.

About Clancy Steadwell

The "porn name" pseudonym of an anonymous-ish author, writing short stories, reviews of Substack fiction, and retrospectives on the process.

Attempting to forgo the modern need for mimetic veracity in storytelling.

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