Archive - The End of the World Almanac

The Summoning of Ecstasy

from a book I found

Dec 18, 2024 •

November 2024

No one is ever ready for this

I’m writing this in the neonatal ICU next to my son, all two pounds and three ounces of him, as he struggles to breathe inside a clear plastic box.

Nov 8, 2024 •

July 2024

The sense that things have changed

The Almanac guide to the new gods

Jul 24, 2024 •

The Night Ship Desod

from a book I found

Jul 21, 2024 •

Letter to 20-Year-Old Me

Jul 15, 2024 •

June 2024

The City of the Dead

from a book I found

Jun 21, 2024 •

I'm so tired of not being able to talk about things

Jun 13, 2024 •

May 2024

April 2024

You Are All Diseased. We Have the Cure.

The Almanac guide to memes

Apr 24, 2024 •

March 2024

If we don't live in a cyberpunk dystopia, what kind of dystopia is it?

The Almanac guide to the retro-future

Mar 10, 2024 •

January 2024

"What happened to you?"

The Almanac guide to trust in media

Jan 10, 2024 •

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