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Dream Wars
A filmmaker begins to suspect that he’s come under the hypnotic influence of a malevolent studio executive.
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Stuntman
A director confronts his star's dangerous obsession on the doomed set of his film.
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The Trance
A film director begins to suspect he's under someone's hypnotic influence.
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Prologue
It isn’t exactly a nightmare. But it is the last dream Cooper Thomas will ever have.
A New Year
A Simple Dispatch from the Past
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Infinite Midlife Crisis
A midlife crisis spawns a flurry of content. You are the beneficiary. Congratulations!
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How I Made Millions Writing Generic Entrepreneurial Advice on LinkedIn
Here are 5 things every founder needs to do right now.
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On Siblings and Shame
Maybe there's something productive about embarrassing the hell out of people you love.
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Robinson - Part IV
The siblings reckon with what's become of their family's estate.
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Robinson - Part III
The siblings confront their uncle's grim decline, and the chaos he left behind.
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Robinson - Part II
The siblings arrive in a dying factory town, haunted by ghosts from their past.
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Robinson - Part I
Two estranged siblings return to the decaying town of their childhood to settle the last remains of their family estate.
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One Word
I never formally agreed to your no-talking experiment, “the Great Word Embargo,” as I think you would call it, were you still speaking to me.
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