Sam is a graduate student in the Rice University English department. He is not alone in his attempts to reconcile the ecological with the paranormal.
Sam Stoeltje
Articles by Sam Stoeltje:
Central Air
in Issue 78 | The Weird (Aug 2017)perversity of anthropocene life - the uncanny blurring of the distinction between world and home - that miserable night - I lost it. - a hygge craze in 2016 - the ecological unhomely - inheritance indeed - a programmable thermostat - a washer-dryer, a refrigerator, a ceiling fan
Real is a Feeling
in Issue 61 | Sense and Sensation (Feb 2016)everyone was feeling things - “look,” “sound,” “seem,” and “appear” - largely through the holes - the key instrument of feeling, its mascot - καταλαμβάνειν - capital-R Reality - mine is no callous shell
The Sociopath Represented
in Issue 41 | Infamy (Jun 2014)prosecutors, not psychologists - so I Google search « Elliot Rodger sociopath » - the « killer » gives form to himself - the originary monsters against which all others are defined - illustrating why the female body had to be sacrificed - placed the national cost of psychopathy at $460 billion a year