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RICKWEST

Makes things that don't stay put.
Rick writes the novels.
primalbeet does the rest.

PRIMALBEET
PB
WORK

Type
Mood
13 pieces
Short Fiction
Abingdon
We shot each other in the leg twice a while back, and I guess you could say we bonded over it. The first bullet was mutual stupidity, the kind that arrives wearing flip-flops and carrying a six-pack of IPAs.
sacred absurd
↗
Short Fiction
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
None of this works without The Monkees.
fruit logic
↗
Short Fiction
Magnus Vinter
He arrives the way old memories arrive, through the space where the idea of a door hangs. Magnus Vinter. Or what's left of him. He floats in the middle of the center aisle for a long moment, looking at nothing. The way the living sometimes do when they are deciding.
the fold
↗
Essay
The Attention Auction
Agency isn't gone. It's just expensive. Choosing where to aim the spotlight costs friction.
the slant
↗
Short Fiction
Raymond
"If I were your ex" she said, smooth as glass, "you wouldn't be thinking about quitting. You'd be thinking about winning me back. You might even bend me over the table."
sacred absurd
↗
Short Fiction
La Guerre Finit Quand On Danse
The devil's mouth is the whole goddamn world tonight, and the music is whatever keeps her feet moving until the next white-hot instant decides to burn.
the slant
↗
Short Fiction
The Rooster
I wasn't there the night Grant killed the rooster, nor the morning after when Connor carried the body to the big house like a preacher carrying a dead child to the altar. But I poured the bourbon that loosened Grant's tongue.
the pull
↗
Short Fiction
The Fig Tree
He poured a glass of water. "If you ain't driving, bed's made in the back. Might be spiders." "You always did know how to charm." "I try."
the pull
↗
Short Fiction
Anastasia
I don't need to say a thing to dear Ms Counselor. You know what you did, you slutty little bad bad girl.
the fold
↗
Short Fiction
Justice Comes on Wednesday
Follow the bend by the river and there's the old train station, the one folks would rather forget about. Nobody goes there much, not the living anyhow. But every Wednesday, along about four-twelve in the morning, the train comes.
the fold
↗
Poetry
Desire and Regret on Sunday Morning
Still dancing all these years on.
the fold
↗
Short Fiction
Absolution
When he considered all of his paths to absolution, he took the long odds on the pretty one in the sky blue sundress.
the pull
↗
Short Fiction
George's Diner
It made her feel watched in the best way. Not judged. Seen. Like someone had waited a very long time just to notice she was tired.
the fold
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VISUAL

Happy
Happy
the pull
Dada Deco
Dada Deco
the fold
Desert
Desert
sacred absurd
The Frontier
The Frontier
the fold
Luna
Luna
sacred absurd
Lavenda
Lavenda
the fold
Seed
Seed
the fold
Spring
Spring
the pull
VIDEO

Consciousness Is Not In Your Skull
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Essay Film
Consciousness Is Not In Your Skull
SACRED ABSURD
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The Better Story
â–¶
Essay Film
The Better Story
THE SLANT
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The Enlightenment Grift
â–¶
Essay Film
The Enlightenment Grift
THE GRIFT
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Addicted to the Feels
â–¶
Essay Film
Addicted to the Feels
THE SLANT
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MUSIC

Indie Rock
Cherry Red
THE PULL
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Indie Rock
Mothership
THE SLANT
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Indie Rock
The Fix
THE GRIFT
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Indie Rock
Big Star
THE SLANT
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Country
The Lord Done Popped A Wheelie In My Soul
SACRED ABSURD
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Indie Rock
Whiskey Hurricane
THE PULL
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Country
Fallen Angels
THE PULL
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Country
Blame It On Midnight
THE PULL
Listen on YouTube ↗
Full Catalog → (22 tracks)
BOOKS

First Light
Rick West
Novel
First Light
On Amazon now.
Saudade
Rick West
Novel
Saudade
Available to subscribers.
Antique Bastards
Rick West
Novel
Antique Bastards
Available to subscribers.
The Mango Chronicles
Rick West
Novel
The Mango Chronicles
Available to subscribers.
When the Boogeyman Comes Calling
Rick West
Non-Fiction
When the Boogeyman Comes Calling
On Amazon now.
SCRATCH

Raw. Unfinished. Public anyway.

the problem with awareness is that it doesn't come with instructions

the griftApr 25

every institution eventually becomes a weather system

the foldApr 22

what if the fool already knows

sacred absurd

fruit doesn't lie. it just ripens past the point where anyone is paying attention and then does what it was always going to do.

fruit logicApr 18

the long note is what's left after the song forgets itself

the pull

somebody is always selling the map back to the territory

the griftApr 10

sacred and absurd are the same muscle

sacred absurdApr 7

you can document a fracture or you can pretend it's a pattern. the difference is about twelve seconds of honesty.

the slantMar 31
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The world inside my head is the one that actually makes sense. It always has been. Creating isn't expression. It's maintenance. When I stop creating, the big world moves in and starts rearranging the furniture.

The work doesn't ask you to suspend disbelief. It asks you to suspend the belief that belief is required. Come without your checklist of how things work. The critters run freely here.

Rick West was born into a body. primalbeet exists in a vibe.

RICK WEST
Author of novels. The part of the operation that signs things and can be found through normal search.
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