Archive - Gabriel’s Substack

I’ve been seeing a lot of advertisements for wrinkle serum lately, so I have devised an experiment.

Sep 3 •

Gabriel Golovkin

August 2025

I’m a serial cheater.

Aug 30 •

Gabriel Golovkin

IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR

The events leading to my enlightenment are innocuous.

Aug 27 •

Gabriel Golovkin

A Euthanasia Soliloquy

Aug 23 •

Gabriel Golovkin

A Shade Beyond Dark

Aug 20 •

Gabriel Golovkin

ANOTHER STATE OF MATTER

When customers see the funeral urn on the shelf behind the bar, they often ask to hear the backstory.

Aug 16 •

Gabriel Golovkin

Had a stare down with a guy my age yesterday afternoon.

Aug 13 •

Gabriel Golovkin

I firmly believe most coincidences take a lot of planning, but it’s always the ones with no reasonable explanation of planning, the highest degree of…

Aug 9 •

Gabriel Golovkin

UNDER THE BIG TOP

A Ringmaster's Lament

Aug 6 •

Gabriel Golovkin

The Succubus at Downey's Tavern

Aug 2 •

Gabriel Golovkin

July 2025

IF THOUGHTS COULD KILL

I wished someone dead once, but I will never do it again because it worked.

Jul 30 •

Gabriel Golovkin

My son is a one-dimensional sort of guy.

Jul 26 •

Gabriel Golovkin

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