Welcome to the checkout aisle of Normal Like Peter. Local objects get imaginary egos. Sacred Satire questions the fine print. The Carnival sends dispatches from a world that knows it is a story. Pick a column; keep the facts in their own box.
Satire / Entertainment · Object personification
Local flag refuses to fit in this headline
Thirty-six feet of cotton. Nineteen feet of attitude. Zero interest in our column width.
Ringmaster Blu · Fictional comedy byline · September 9, 2026
REPORTED MEASUREMENT · JUNE 29, 202636 × 19FEET OF ACTUAL FLAG
Illustration: type and paper, not an artifact photograph.
Satirical commentary
In our imaginary newsroom, the flag has unfolded across the copy desk and absorbed the sports section. It now wants the crossword as a walk-in closet. We have offered it a larger font. Negotiations with this entirely inanimate piece of cotton remain imaginary.
Satire / Entertainment · Object personification
Courthouse bell returns to its one-note podcast
An imaginary comeback tour. A very real repair story.
Ringmaster Blu · Fictional comedy byline · September 9, 2026
DONG.THE ENTIRE IMAGINARY EPISODE
Satirical commentary
Our make-believe bell has finished its long-form silence project. The comeback episode is one note, with a familiar sequel every half-hour. No guest. No ad read. No request to smash the subscribe button. Just a bell with an imaginary microphone and excellent time management.
Longer reads. Sharper corners.
Published work from the wider Carnival
Sacred Satire · Marriage & religious language
AI-generated fictional artwork: symbolic promises and grief, not a photograph of a real couple.
What happens when a vow meets a sales pitch? A Sacred Satire dispatch turns religious relationship language into a product launch and lets the fine print embarrass itself.
Tales from the Carnival · Issue No. 3 · July 29, 2026
The engine gets a room. The Ringmaster gets a monologue. The Chapel Tent asks what it means for a machine to remember you. A full Gazette issue with sideshow dispatches and midway phenomena.
These are the Gazette's actual published issues, a sister publication. Tabloid's two local pieces first appeared here September 9; this September 11 edition adds reading paths, not an invented run of older Tabloids.
The joke is the oversized headline, the newsroom ego, the bell with a podcast. The historical record stays in its own box.
Here, a label is part of the story: satire marks invention; a factual basis identifies the reporting; reading context explains an archived creative work. A link is an invitation to inspect the source.
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