Symbols & Rituals | Brian Leli | Substack

Ghost Stories

Personal stories, short fictions, and other errant thoughts

After pulling up the video of my favorite scene from Paris, Texas for my last post, the algorithm steered me to this video essay exploring some of the…

Feb 7

In 2014, I self-published an ebook called There Were These People. The book was a mix of fiction and nonfiction. The title came from a misremembered…

Feb 5

Below is a piece of fiction I wrote when I was living in Bogotá in 2014. It was very much inspired by Dave Eggers’ Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the…

Jan 29

One of the ways word gets around in the village where I live is they have these loudspeakers mounted above the mess of electrical wires on the utility…

Nov 11, 2022

November marks the beginning of my favorite few months of the year in Thailand. The temperature drops significantly overnight and stays pleasantly cool…

Nov 8, 2022

Some of you might recall that I started a second Substack in January called Ghost Stories. I’ve since done a pretty great job of neglecting it. More…

Nov 7, 2022

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