
The Favorite of the Emir, by Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
December 20, 2025

‘Howdy hoody! Lemme guess: you was just passing through the middle of middle England, and you recognized the flame-decorated Ferrari outside my Hobbit Hole, and you buzzed ‘cos you fancied a parley?'

Here I am, looking at this copy of a // two hundred-dollar book.

duty pulled a mountain along lesser used roads. // time was ill-spent preparing workers for the crossing.