Archive - Compendium: the Liminal

The 2025 Doomsday Hintercast

A bleak chronicle of 2025 in the United States. Wildfires, floods, disease, mass shootings, and vanishing data.

Apr 20 • Richard W. Saunders

March 2026

Last night, I had a dream in which I behaved exactly as I think I would on this side of sleep.

Mar 30 • Richard W. Saunders

Burrowing Under

It’s strange to think how long I’ve been building a website.

Mar 28 • Richard W. Saunders

This poem was originally featured in the September 2025 issue of the Liminal.

Mar 10 • Richard W. Saunders

In gardens lush, where flowers bloom,

Mar 1 • Richard W. Saunders

February 2026

I am a maker...

wall things. light things. things for sitting and things for planting. things for thinking and things for doing. things that feel good and things that…

Feb 25 • Richard W. Saunders

The Penguin & The Egg

Far up & away, where our largest myth guards,

Feb 23 • Richard W. Saunders

Legacy in A Minor

I’ve wanted to be a musician for as long as I can remember.

Feb 21 • Richard W. Saunders

Scrabble & Shade

What do orphaned board games and repurposed picture frames have in common?

Feb 20 • Richard W. Saunders

Variegated Leaves

On plants, grief, and memory. Reflections on continuity.

Feb 15 • Richard W. Saunders

A Cat's Cradle Breakup Card

Inspired in the mode of Kurt Vonnegut

Feb 10 • Richard W. Saunders

Second Hand Loop

A poem about the rhythm of the hunt, the hoard, and the hustle.

Feb 8 • Richard W. Saunders

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