The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold

Table of Content

• 1. Cover
• 2. ALSO BY DAVID ARNOLD
• 3. TITLE PAGE
• 4. COPYRIGHT
• 5. DEDICATION
• 6. CONTENTS
• 7. THIS IS → PART ONE
• 1 → that sadness feels heavier underwater
• 2 → the delicate triangle
• 3 → some thoughts on Iverton and home and walking while walking home through Iverton
• 4 → a concise history of me, part nineteen
• 5 → I am thinking about wolves again
• 6 → the further away, the stronger the urge
• 7 → I go to some dumb party
• 8 → the sunlit narrative of Philip Parish
• 9 → they are talking about Tweedy and college and things of that nature
• 10 → exit the robot
• 11 → Circuit, a conversation
• 12 → unfortunate fates
• 13 → a concise history of me, part twenty-two
• 14 → my new sweater
• 8. LOOK, IT’S → PART TWO
• 15 → the fog
• 16 → that night in a dream I am suspended from the ceiling
• 17 → passage of time (I)
• 18 → the colors and quirks of Penny Oakman
• 19 → OMG
• 20 → one school is like the other
• 21 → joyous virgins
• 22 → dinge beginnen für Norbert weirden zu bekommen
• 23 → the pros and cons of Penny Oakman
• 24 → the arpanet, the golden age, and an exclusive look inside the first celebrity canine wedding!
• 25 → monsters
• 26 → a concise history of me, part twenty-six
• 27 → application
• 9. NOW FOR → PART THREE
• 28 → I think writing is less about the words and more about the silence between them
• 29 → ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
• 30 → between my sixth viewing and falling asleep
• 31 → between the moon and LA
• 32 → Sara, a regrettably brief conversation
• 33 → Circuit, another conversation
• 34 → the vase
• 35 → that sadness feels heavier suspended in midair
• 36 → harmjoy
• 37 → action item number two
• 38 → passage of time (II)
• 39 → a concise history of me, part twenty-nine
• 40 → senioritis
• 41 → s’BOOk-tastic!
• 42 → the tender arms of madness
• 10. PRESENTING → PART FOUR
• 43 → Mark Wahlberg has a very refined palate
• 44 → to the Wormhole, through the Wormhole
• 45 → two weeks a tide
• 46 → a concise history of me, part thirty-two
• 47 → just another yard
• 48 → the life and times of Mr. Elam
• 49 → productivity begets productivity
• 11. YOU GUESSED IT → PART FIVE
• 50 → omen
• 51 → fifty shades of beige
• 52 → hypnotik returns
• 53 → over one billion served
• 54 → masks
• 55 → meanwhile, on my fun gay ballsack
• 56 → revolution in their bones
• 57 → Philip Parish, a conversation
• 58 → and the bird sang
• 59 → hey there, slugger
• 60 → fabrics and flapjacks
• 61 → the curious case of Len Kowalski
• 62 → floods
• 63 → a concise history of me, part thirty-seven
• 64 → give thought, receive advice, take action
• 12. HERE IS → PART SIX
• 65 → this can only get better
• 66 → moby dick sucks
• 67 → alone or lonely
• 68 → #blessed
• 69 → attractions, coming and going
• 70 → (no subject)
• 71 → there are two kinds of plans
• 72 → what I think when I look down on the clouds
• 73 → planes, trains, and glockenspiels
• 74 → Manhattan State University is not in Manhattan, nor is Manhattan a state
• 75 → girl, faded
• 76 → Ava Phoenix, a conversation
• 77 → the advancing world
• 13. YES, IT IS TIME FOR → PART SEVEN
• 78 → but first, a drink
• 79 → and the ice
• 80 → facing the world as Penelope Oakman
• 81 → the herculean curtain call
• 82 → a concise history of me, part forty
• 83 → the cursor blinks
• 84 → Piedmont
• 85 → the oracle
• 86 → just pretend you live here
• 87 → the closest word
• 88 → mirrored lives
• 89 → passage of time (III)
• 90 → relive
• 91 → the contingency of caring
• 92 → peculiar way
• 93 → the maze
• 94 → affectionate roots
• 14. AND FINALLY → PART EIGHT
• 95 → my immortal tree
• 96 → our best lives
• 97 → animals
• 98 → the sun will rise
• 99 → and how perfect
• 100 → a beautiful piece of land
• epilogue → and lo! the world emerges a strange and fascinating place
• 15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS