Empty Railroad Gulch

Riding the Dirty Dog

love song to the Greyhound underworld

Nov 25 • 

Aaron Lake Smith

15

1

1

Sweden, pt. 2

Everybody comes to Rick's

Nov 18 • 

Aaron Lake Smith

25

16

8

October 2025

the book of problems

section 8-12

Oct 16 • 

Aaron Lake Smith

5

1

the book of problems + re-introducing this stack

sections 1-7

Oct 5 • 

Aaron Lake Smith

15

5

2

September 2025

Sweden, pt. 1

how i came to Stockholm

Sep 24 • 

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34

18

8

The Demons

the aftermath of the Kirk shooting

Sep 16 • 

Aaron Lake Smith

16

5

2

the great substack gold rush

picks and shovels people, picks and shovels

Sep 12 • 

Aaron Lake Smith

23

3

3

August 2025

Writing About Subculture

Should you do it? Should you not do it?

Aug 29 • 

Aaron Lake Smith

16

10

3

Memories of Underdevelopment

Aug 27 • 

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22

1

brief notes on revenge

nature and nurture

Aug 3 • 

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17

4

5

June 2025

Saepe Noster

eight short fictions

Jun 16 • 

Aaron Lake Smith

5

2

May 2025

Read Maxim Gorky

Aaron Lake Smith on a Forgotten Writer

Published on The Republic of Letters • May 10