The Curious Platypus

A blister of a mystery

I didn’t know where I was when I woke up that morning.

Aug 29 • 

Michael Edward

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An Unfamiliar Face

I wrote this piece a while back, maybe a year or two into my sobriety journey, and for reasons I can’t really explain, I never felt comfortable posting…

Aug 15 • 

Michael Edward

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Digital Lands Unknown

Today’s post is a little different.

Aug 1 • 

Michael Edward

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July 2025

Agents of the Intangible

Moving together as if one solid mass they veiled the sky.

Jul 18 • 

Michael Edward

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The Fog

The first time I got high I was eight years old.

Jul 5 • 

Michael Edward

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June 2025

Piss farting around

If, upon my death, I am shown some sort of life review, I suspect there will be an inordinate number of scenes of me on the toilet.

Jun 20 • 

Michael Edward

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Michael Edward is lucky

(because he believes it!)

Published on Unfixed  • Jun 8

Violet Street

WARNING: This story delves into sad and confronting themes.

Jun 6 • 

Michael Edward

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May 2025

The Chicken has Hatched!

Writing, Love, and Entanglement

May 23 • 

Michael Edward

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A travesty so wrong, it must be righted!

The campaign to immortalize a revolutionary creature

May 9 • 

Michael Edward

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April 2025

The Duck-Mole Paradoxus

A wise hero, indeed

Apr 25 • 

Michael Edward

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No-Pets Rentals

Evie and I have it down to a science. . .

Apr 11 • 

Michael Edward

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