motes, vol. 1

the adverb ‘mad’, dreaming of buildings and a gavel, going to kokomo, and chance in fiction

Oct 4 • Clancy Steadwell

58

28

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September 2026

finding the literature vol. 13

spotlighting Substack fiction

Sep 18 • Clancy Steadwell

63

22

16

worked stiff

a personal essay from an unemployed person

Sep 6 • Clancy Steadwell

120

53

25

July 2026

clancy steadwell's house - scene report

an autofictional account from the homeland of the Steadwellian corpus

Jul 26 • Clancy Steadwell

92

44

25

(un)like a machine

an essay about why I don't go to the horse race track, Secretariat, and definitely not A.I.

Jul 12 • Clancy Steadwell

75

21

22

May 2026

king lear in the park

a short story about the eyes, inheritance, and forgiveness

May 31 • Clancy Steadwell

128

52

25

March 2026

finding the literature vol. 12

spotlighting Substack fiction

Mar 21 • Clancy Steadwell

82

11

15

February 2026

talkin' shop for two seconds

a meta post about my year as a self publisher and Substack money-maker

Feb 22 • Clancy Steadwell

133

63

21

a(n) (un)certain romance

an essay about anti-rationalism, the proxies for counterculture, and the paradox of the true romantic

Feb 14 • Clancy Steadwell

103

43

23

January 2026

finding the literature vol. 11

spotlighting Substack fiction

Jan 31 • Clancy Steadwell

93

33

22

December 2025

the stork landing pad

a short story about social media trends, anti-consumerism, and home projects

Dec 29, 2025 • Clancy Steadwell

107

40

23

November 2025

finding the literature vol. 10

spotlighting Substack fiction

Nov 14, 2025 • Clancy Steadwell

90

22

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