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On Sincerity
Why we don't know who we are or what we are doing, and how the only way to find the self is first to lose it.
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On Art and Beauty
Aristotle, Jacques Maritain, and Caroline Gordon on beauty as a transcendental property and the perfection of art.
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On the Motherland
Thoughts on my trip to England and Scotland last spring.
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On Art as Imitation
Aristotle, Jacques Maritain, and Caroline Gordon on the imitative quality of art and fiction. Further notes on people watching and the artist and the…
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A Traveler's Tales
Short Stories about lost people in the ruins of a split world. Tragedies, comedies, and everything in between.
A Stranger Speaks
Here, I take my stand. Essays on and critiques of literature and culture.
A Journeyman's Journal
Thoughts on anything from Thomistic philosophy to Mint Juleps. Fragments from my journal.
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Tales from the Christ-haunted South. Reveries of a fellow traveler among the ruins about things human and divine.
L.W. Blakely is a writer and poet who lives in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author of The Wayfarer, a newsletter where he publishes literary fiction, essays, and poetry. Learn more about L.W. and The Wayfarer on the About page, or (if you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read) consider subscribing and sharing his work.

A Traveler's Tales

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No Word in Death's Favor (Part III)
The Runaway reaches the final destination and there finds what he is looking for. It is Satisfaction, so Death says.
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No Word in Death's Favor (Part II)
As he follows The Guide deeper into The Underground in pursuit of Satisfaction, The Runaway encounters two faces, a Madman, and a Fallen Angel.
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No Word in Death's Favor (Part I)
The Boy finally had enough of his misery and went looking for Satisfaction. Henceforth, he was no longer The Boy but became The Runaway. If only he knew…
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A Traveler's Tales: A Roadmap
A 'table of contents' of sorts for my fiction. Start here.
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World Upside Down
Mason wonders where it all went wrong, and his investigation takes him back to his childhood. There, he remembers, was where he encountered evil for the…
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A Summer in Nowhere (Part III)
As his summer at the Mathers's home comes to a close, Davis is faced with new hopes and sudden tragedy.
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A Summer in Nowhere (Part II)
Now Davis is hooked. He follows Alderman's quest for the meaning of life and joins the Mathers for dinner, where Mr. Mathers gives him a recommendation.
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A Summer in Nowhere (Part I)
Davis was having a hell of a time in college, but Sophomore year is over and his dad's sentenced him to a summer internship in a no-name town. Little…
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The Last Barbecue
Andy Inverness made it to the barbecue, and everyone was happy; everyone except Andy when he saw the very person he despised the most: the man who…
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Lost and Found
He no longer knew who he was. So he went looking for himself in the woods. Yet, he strayed off path and became more lost than he was to begin with. Now…
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