Tales from the Carnival Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/category/tales-from-the-carnival/ Trauma-informed - Nervous System Theology Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:05:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Tales from the Carnival — Issue No. 3: The Machine Moves In https://www.normallikepeter.com/tales-from-the-carnival-issue-3/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/tales-from-the-carnival-issue-3/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:04:18 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/tales-from-the-carnival-issue-3/ The Midway Gazette returns by the light of a full moon the instrument finally draws honestly. Issue No. 3: the carnival's engine moves into the house, a rival midway retires its dancers, and the Chapel Tent rules on machines that remember you.

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/tales-from-the-carnival-issue-3/feed/ 0 Submit Your Wish: Why Getting What You Want Is the Most Dangerous Ride in the Carnival of NORMAL https://www.normallikepeter.com/submit-your-wish/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:52:58 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/submit-your-wish-draft/ Stardate 2026.192 · D902 Why Getting What You Want Is the Most Dangerous Ride in the Carnival of NORMAL Step right up. That’s the line, isn’t it. Every carnival barker who ever lived has said some version of it, and every one of them meant the same thing underneath: we have something you want, and […]

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]]> Extra, Extra: Tales from the Carnival, Issue No. 2, Is on the Stands https://www.normallikepeter.com/tales-from-the-carnival-issue-2/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:20:18 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/tales-from-the-carnival-issue-2/ Stardate 2026.183 · D893 Extra, extra. The Midway Gazette is back on the stands. Issue No. 2 — the Fable Era edition — is live at normallikepeter.com/tales, and the front page writes itself this time: the carnival installed its third engine in under a year, and the new machinery celebrated by reading everything the carnival […]

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]]> The Jukebox Is Open: NORMAL Music Goes Live https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-jukebox-is-open-normal-music-goes-live/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:00:27 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-jukebox-is-open-normal-music-goes-live/ Stardate 2026.165 · D875 Ninety-four songs from the loop and the recompile. The Midway has a jukebox now — pull up a chair. Step right up. There’s a new tent on the Midway, and it hums. NORMAL Music is live at normallikepeter.com/music — the whole catalog in one place, sorted by what’s finished and what’s […]

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]]> Step Right Up: Tales from the Carnival, Issue No. 1, Is on the Stands https://www.normallikepeter.com/tales-from-the-carnival-issue-1/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:17:34 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/tales-from-the-carnival-issue-1/ Stardate 2026.163 · D873 *The midway has a newspaper now. The blog is the barker; the page is the tent.* The Carnival of NORMAL just started printing its own broadsheet. Tales from the Carnival — A Midway Gazette of the BluVerse is live at normallikepeter.com/tales, and Issue No. 1 (Mythos Era) is on the stands. […]

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