I took a walk two days ago, just around the neighborhood and down to the river. I’ve been trying to walk most days, keeping my distance, keeping our distance, six feet apart, the distance between people at their demise. I…
It’s Not You, It’s Social Distancing
I just need a little space. Six feet at all times, to be precise. I need a few weeks alone to find out who I really am. I love you, I’m just not ready to share my last box of…
Drunk Monkeys Publishes “The Revolution Game”
Today, independent online journal Drunk Monkeys published Storey’s political essay “The Revolution Game.” This essay ponders the question of why American Millennials haven’t rebelled against their society and instead seem to be laboring within a system that continually fails them.…
Pleiades Publishes “The Summer of ’46”
Earlier this month, Pleiades: Literature in Context published Storey’s political essay “The Summer of ’46.” This essay observes the fact that Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump were all born in the same summer, just 67 days apart,…
Launching StoreyClayton.com
For the first time since 2002, I have launched a new website. That’s not entirely true. I revamped several websites, including that of what is now CIS Gulf South (then CIS of Greater New Orleans, with this blog.) I’ve helped…
Unearthed Publishes “Playing Augmented Reality Games on the Eve of a Mass-Extinction”
Unearthed, the online literary journal of SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry, just published Storey’s extensively titled work “Playing Augmented Reality Games on the Eve of a Mass-Extinction.” This piece juxtaposes Storey’s pursuit of fantastic creatures in the augmented reality…
Winter is Here
Have made some slight tweaks to the design of this page today, shifting from the WVU-theme colors and summer-day background of when I moved to Morgantown 18 months ago to more of a wintry mix. The days here are gray…
North Dakota Quarterly Publishes “Jorgia Wants a Chapter”
Earlier this week, the century-old literary journal North Dakota Quarterly published combined issue 3 & 4 of their 86th volume. This 277-page print tome included Storey Clayton’s latest Uber nonfiction piece, “Jorgia Wants a Chapter.” This is the story of…
Here Comes Everyone Publishes “Overheard in Uber”
Yesterday, British-based literary journal Here Comes Everyone published their “Classified” issue, a themed issue on secrets, redaction, and other concepts of what is classified. The publication included Storey Clayton’s nonfiction piece “Overheard in Uber,” detailing three dialogue-based vignettes of conversations…
Polling Methodology Divergence Tells Tale of Two Races
This is the fourth post in a series that began here and continued here, here, and here. No, Elizabeth Warren isn’t declining from her recent peak, whatever RCP’s garbage methodology that bungs apples, oranges, and bananas in the same bin…