Tess McCaryHBO’s Succession: The Love, Reality, and Power TheoryI recently recommended HBO’s Succession to my boss. Not long after, I got this group text from her, and realized my great folly:5 min read·Apr 19, 2023----
Tess McCaryMicrofiction: My People on the Day of Their MisfortuneJonathan peels back the blue tarp and it takes me several moments to process. The carcass has a long, giraffe-like neck with smooth, gray…1 min read·Aug 9, 2022----
Tess McCaryMicrofiction: The Burning WordI tell my therapist I broke into my childhood home with a flashlight and crowbar. Boards on the windows were rotting. Ruined rugs and dirty…2 min read·Aug 5, 2022----
Tess McCaryYou, the talented & mentally ill.Three things happened recently that seem to have crashed together like a highway pile-up but, probably more accurately, happened like…3 min read·Aug 3, 2022----
Tess McCaryFlash Fiction: Soul & GrimeTime rends from space and his flesh comes untwisted from his bones. It’s no spark of life igniting from nothing, but a thread from a void…2 min read·Jun 22, 2022--1--1
Tess McCaryFlash Fiction: Syndrome of the SelfGreeve was sentenced to ten years. But he could, they said, make a sacrifice instead. Experimental scientists wanted grey matter from the…3 min read·Apr 13, 2022----
Tess McCaryPixel Vapors of Nostalgia & PhantasmagoriaMy video game experiences began when I got a Super Nintendo for Christmas as a kid in the 90s. I sampled a lot of things, often steered by…4 min read·Apr 7, 2022----
Tess McCaryNew Rose Hotel & the True Meaning of Cyberpunk DystopiaWhen the pandemic started, I was dating someone who was faking our entire relationship. I know this was just as the pandemic was striking…3 min read·Apr 6, 2022----
Tess McCaryViscous sadness, puberty & the tragic exorcism of Tori AmosLike any Millennial woman, the bridge to my adolescence was made up of 24% fairy roleplay in Yahoo! chat, 13% lying about hacking into the…6 min read·Nov 25, 2021----
Tess McCaryReading: Dune MessiahIt’s a delight to visit the Barnes & Noble website and see a splash of various Dune covers on a carousel header (are there any bad Dune…2 min read·Nov 23, 2021----