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Eight is the Magic Number

A selection of stories as smooth as Eddie Felsen

Matthew Clapham
The Pub
Published in
4 min readFeb 16, 2024

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The 8-ball in close-up on a pool table
Photo by Alex Lion on Unsplash

The week isn’t over till Minnesota Fats says it’s over, right? But, hey, it’s Friday, and I already have eight Medium articles burning a hole in my .txt file, so I figured it was time to break off, and spray some gratuitous pool metaphors around the table.

Here’s my pick of the week, in chronological order of when I remembered to note them down, which may vaguely match their publication dates. Or not.

1. Some Poetry to Begin With

Because we all need more poetry in our lives. And in our afterlives. As well as in the numinous and trepidatious dusk that separates the two, by the barn at the edge of the world. More magical stuff from Zivah Avraham, who is fortunate enough to live in Wales, where poetry is in the marrow of the bones and of the very stones.

2. Some Storytelling Philosophy for a Bonus

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Matthew Clapham
The Pub

Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.