original fiction
In case you missed part 1, start here: Truck (part 1) The Highway Despite his slightly longer ignition time, Jud’s connection to the truck felt as seamless as ever. He glowered at the other vehicles on the road, old fashioned drivers too weak to make the necessary sacrifices to
This newsletter compiles links to all the posts created and published on the Concrete Peninsula website within the last week, July 28-August 3, 2025. The beginning of the week saw part 1 of a 4 part original body horror fiction short story: Truck. Ignition Judson inhaled a deep breath and
music
Johnny Mnemonic has been one of my favorite movies since I saw it in the theaters too young in 1995. Probably as a result of this movie (or possibly a combination with other pop culture leavings), I dreamed of the internet as a physical space to float around in, turning
original fiction
a body horror original fiction piece in 4 parts. editing credit: twobyetoo Ignition Judson inhaled a deep breath and hoisted himself into the cockpit of his truck. The plush leather seat immediately fused to his smooth, hairless, naked body. Thousands of cold microfilament fibers simultaneously suctioned the skin along his
This newsletter compiles links to all the posts created and published on the Concrete Peninsula website within the last week, July 21-27, 2025. Since this is the very first week of the website, an introduction came first: What am I doing here? I’ve got a lot of things that
music
I don’t remember why I heard about this album in 2003, but I remember the epiphany presented to me in the form of abstract lyrics, warm and biting bass tone, intermittent horn, squiggly and stabby guitar and ripping dance drums. My brain and consciousness warped, I heard Beefheart, I
Film
Recently rewatching the 1980 crime masterpiece The Long Good Friday, I was struck not only by the catharsis of witnessing capitalist failure, but also the amount of looking through glass the director John Mackenzie employed throughout the film. A barrier between the viewer (sometimes us, sometimes characters in the film)
manifesto notes
What am I doing here? I’ve got a lot of things that interest me that I want to lay out in essay form, niche interests to broad strokes and plenty of intersections to discover and invent. I’m first and foremost a musician, and I love to share my
