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The Lion Speaks Tonight

Rick Morton

Rick Morton

10 Jul 2025 — 11 min read
The Lion Speaks Tonight

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Down the Barrel of a Vin

Down the Barrel of a Vin

Despite appearances, I am not much given to writing about my personal life. Acres of print about my family, my moods, my eternal and meandering self-reflections have been produced. There is also the very fact of this newsletter, I suppose, but not so much about boys and various, or invariable,

By Rick Morton 26 Oct 2025
A New Three Laws of Motion

A New Three Laws of Motion

I night not tell you if I win the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, but there will be signs. Ha ha, I'm fully kidding. I did win it. The news was everywhere anyway. I was a push notification! I've discovered in the course

By Rick Morton 05 Oct 2025
A Gladiator Finds His Arena

A Gladiator Finds His Arena

The ball soared over the towering fence and landed right in front of me as I walked down a pedestrian only cobblestone street in Abbesses. It was the size of a football (soccer, if you're basic) but lighter, and made from a spongy blue foam. And now it

By Rick Morton 15 Sep 2025
Makes The Heart Go Wander

Makes The Heart Go Wander

I was the first person at my coffee shop one morning this week and there I found a lovely young French man with a pencil moustache who looked lost and alone, as if he had broken into the place and then decided on a whim to try and run it.

By Rick Morton 02 Sep 2025
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