The Geecologist

We Measure The Earth With Our Bodies

We Measure The Earth With Our Bodies

Jul 30, 2022 | Fiction

Ama was an oracle. The realization came to my mother late in life, when her monthly bleedings stopped and something else opened inside. Some in our village called it an affliction. They said there was a crack in her mind that left her open to spirits who would consume...
Brit(ish)

Brit(ish)

Jan 9, 2021 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

In the 1770s, a talented black man – born a slave, mid-Atlantic, on a ship – whose friends included the artist Thomas Gainsborough, the writer Samuel Johnson, and the Duke and Duchess of Montagu, set up a gro- cery store on King Charles Street. Ignatius Sancho’s...
Homegoing

Homegoing

Jun 9, 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

In the other room, Beulah started whimpering in her sleep. The child had night terrors. They came at unpredictable intervals: one month here, two days there. Some days they were so bad she would wake herself up to the sound of her own screams or she’d have scratches...
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

Feb 13, 2016 | Geekery, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

A few days before I flew to San Francisco to meet Adria, I posted a message on 4chan/b/ asking for anyone personally involved in her destruction to contact me. The message was deleted in less than a minute. I posted another request. That one vanished after a few...