Numb at the Lodge

These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

By Sam Kriss

Numb at the Lodge

How to read Numb at the Lodge

A guide

Feb 18•Sam Kriss

A fire was in my head

Numb in Northern Ireland

Jun 7•Sam Kriss

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

Did you think I wouldn’t be able to tell? I can tell.

May 25•Sam Kriss

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

May 25•Sam Kriss

Numb at Burning Man

Nov 2, 2025

The internet is already over

Sep 18, 2022•Sam Kriss

Born in the wrong generation

Apr 6, 2025•Sam Kriss

Reading is magic

Apr 12•Sam Kriss

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Reading is magic

What will happen in our second peasanthood

Apr 12•Sam Kriss

Is my writing too wet?

In defence of gloop

Apr 5•Sam Kriss

Who wants to save the UK?

Four sensible suggestions

Mar 15•Sam Kriss

You'll regret it

About nothing it is hardly worth while to waste a word

Mar 7•Sam Kriss

Child’s Play

“The future will belong to people with a very specific combination of personality traits and psychosexual neuroses,” writes Sam Kriss.

Published on Harper’s Magazine•Feb 27

The century of the maxxer

Incredible things are happening in America

Feb 9

Good and evil in Iran

I forgot I was a king’s son, and became a slave to their king

Jan 18•Sam Kriss

Prophecies for 2026

Isn't there something deeply extravagant about stupidity?

Jan 6•Sam Kriss

Do you believe in society’s lies?

Santa Claus, Jeffrey Epstein, witch doctors, and the propaganda model of the world

Dec 24, 2025•Sam Kriss