Aug 31, 2026
IN MEMORY OF: THE TAROT READER’S AUTHORITY Born: The first time you shuffled with certainty. Died: The Tuesday the cards began shuffling you. Funeral arrangements are private, but the séance will be public. It is with a heavy heart and a slightly singed deck that we...
Aug 29, 2026
AUTOPSY REPORT #A-1147 SUBJECT: The Reader (Status: Deceased, Emotionally) EXHIBIT: Tarot Spread #3, Found Arranged in a Celtic Cross Formation DATE OF EXAM: Unknown. Time has no meaning when you’re the punchline. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS The body—and by...
Aug 27, 2026
In Memoriam: The Version of Myself That Needed the Cards to Be Wrong I have been a professional tarot reader for approximately twenty minutes, and in that time I have learned everything there is to know. I have laid out my cards on a towel that still smells like the...
Aug 24, 2026
I am the Nine of Swords, and I have been pulled 4,871 times. Not once—not a single goddamn time—did anyone ask me how I was doing. They just look at me, at my poor porcelain face buried in my hands, at the swords hanging on the wall like a butcher’s rack of regrets,...
Aug 22, 2026
I am the Two of Cups, and I have a confession: I am exhausted. Not in the way you are exhausted, after a long day of being observed and interpreted. I mean the deep, marrow-level fatigue of having been reduced to a Hallmark card for four centuries. You know my face....
Aug 20, 2026
In Memory of: The Safe Question. Beloved crutch of the hesitant. Died Tuesday, 3:47 PM, in a police interview room, after being asked—genuinely, for the first time—”What do you actually want?” The Safe Question is survived by its many offspring: the...
Aug 17, 2026
You came to me with your vision boards and your morning affirmations, your gratitude lists and your moon water. You said you were manifesting. You said you were calling in your desires, aligning your vibration, raising your frequency. You wanted me to confirm the...
Aug 15, 2026
In Memory of: The Knight of Wands Born: Somewhere between a dare and a first-class ticket. Died: Last Tuesday, 3:47 PM, in a garage he no longer recognized. It is with a heavy ledger and a slightly singed collar that we record the passing of the Knight of Wands, aged...
Aug 13, 2026
FORENSIC TAROT ANALYSIS — CASE FILE #T-07734 SUBJECT: The Arcana Ascendant Tarot Deck, 78-card edition, now issuing “Subprime Destiny Loans” to querents with demonstrably poor life credit. DATE OF EXAMINATION: Immediate. The wound is fresh and suppurating....
Aug 10, 2026
THE CARDS HAVE SPOKEN, and what they have spoken is this: a copyright claim, filed in triplicate, against the dreamscape of a woman in Ohio who dreamed of the Three of Swords while wearing a bathrobe. The bathrobe was plaid. The plaid was significant, though I cannot...