Opaque Hourglass

50 Questions To Ask about Your Story

A promotion. A story. An anthology. A poem.

Oct 10 • 

Mark Leidner

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September 2025

Sorry I Keep Stealing Your Smell

On the scent exploitation crisis, and how I’m not helping.

Sep 12 • 

Mark Leidner

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July 2025

What Is Plot? an Interview with Hilary Plum about her novel STATE CHAMP

Interview with Hilary Plum about running, protesting, and writing a novel in diary form.

Jul 24 • 

Mark Leidner

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June 2025

The New Scorsese

Verse essay on the state of poetry.

Jun 13 • 

Mark Leidner

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May 2025

Germanic Romance

Found this on the back of an old scroll and translated it.

May 6 • 

Mark Leidner

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April 2025

Travelogue: the Pacific Northwest

Just got back from a week in the Pacific Northwest and wrote about my experience.

Apr 14

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March 2025

Castle Strong

What makes a castle strong enough to outlast a siege? It might not be the ramparts.

Mar 19 • 

Mark Leidner

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The Bad Mount Rushmore of Slender-Faced Men

How come the mental monument I made sucks so much ass?

Mar 7 • 

Mark Leidner

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February 2025

Reader Question: A.I. Literary Criticism

"If A.I. can effectively analyze a poem I wrote, does the poem suck?"

Feb 13 • 

Mark Leidner

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January 2025

Scenic Dream Regions of the United States

Everyone should visit at least a few of these places at least once.

Jan 30 • 

Mark Leidner

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Lyrics for the Game of Thrones Theme Song

A couple got into it at dinner and things got Thronesy.

Jan 17 • 

Mark Leidner

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Eight Things I Hate about Me

Getting real after hitting 10 million subscribers.

Jan 2 • 

Mark Leidner

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