Daniel Rowan
@misfiledmedium.bsky.social
I write fiction, essays, satire, and other short works, often in forms not originally intended for the purpose.
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Misfiled
Short writing told through forms built for something else. Catalogues, reports, guides, records, headlines, and other documents asked to carry things that they were never designed to hold.
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Misfiled is a place for short writing told through forms made for something else: catalogues, reports, guides, records, reviews, and other documents.
The motto is:
“Everything is in the wrong drawer.”
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The motto is:
“Everything is in the wrong drawer.”
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Every place in this atlas gets five stars.
Not for beauty. For attachment.
Time required: Ten minutes. A proposal. A child.
Notes for an Atlas: Bodega Bay
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Not for beauty. For attachment.
Time required: Ten minutes. A proposal. A child.
Notes for an Atlas: Bodega Bay
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#booksky
Notes for an Atlas: Bodega Bay
The Legend
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September 25, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Every place in this atlas gets five stars.
Not for beauty. For attachment.
Time required: Ten minutes. A proposal. A child.
Notes for an Atlas: Bodega Bay
medium.com/misfiled/not...
#booksky
Not for beauty. For attachment.
Time required: Ten minutes. A proposal. A child.
Notes for an Atlas: Bodega Bay
medium.com/misfiled/not...
#booksky
“The bird still cared for the hatchling
(Because that’s what you do)”
Birdwatching
A poem about care, absence, and what gets repeated.
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#poetry #booksky
(Because that’s what you do)”
Birdwatching
A poem about care, absence, and what gets repeated.
medium.com/misfiled/bir...
#poetry #booksky
Birdwatching
Once there was a young bird.
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September 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
“The bird still cared for the hatchling
(Because that’s what you do)”
Birdwatching
A poem about care, absence, and what gets repeated.
medium.com/misfiled/bir...
#poetry #booksky
(Because that’s what you do)”
Birdwatching
A poem about care, absence, and what gets repeated.
medium.com/misfiled/bir...
#poetry #booksky
Inherited meanings are not binding.
What if culture can be found rather than inherited? Acquired through discovery, selection, practice, and care, without pretending that everything we admire belongs to us?
The Found Culture Hypothesis
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What if culture can be found rather than inherited? Acquired through discovery, selection, practice, and care, without pretending that everything we admire belongs to us?
The Found Culture Hypothesis
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#booksky
The Found Culture Hypothesis
Field Report | Restricted Distribution
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September 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Inherited meanings are not binding.
What if culture can be found rather than inherited? Acquired through discovery, selection, practice, and care, without pretending that everything we admire belongs to us?
The Found Culture Hypothesis
medium.com/misfiled/the...
#booksky
What if culture can be found rather than inherited? Acquired through discovery, selection, practice, and care, without pretending that everything we admire belongs to us?
The Found Culture Hypothesis
medium.com/misfiled/the...
#booksky
New York now has 23 boroughs.
The Disney Hotel has 10,805 rooms.
Restaurants last an average of three months.
Niagara Falls is mostly a hydroelectric plant.
The New American Travel Guide — New York City
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#booksky
The Disney Hotel has 10,805 rooms.
Restaurants last an average of three months.
Niagara Falls is mostly a hydroelectric plant.
The New American Travel Guide — New York City
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#booksky
The New American Travel Guide — New York City
Overview
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September 24, 2026 at 2:28 PM
New York now has 23 boroughs.
The Disney Hotel has 10,805 rooms.
Restaurants last an average of three months.
Niagara Falls is mostly a hydroelectric plant.
The New American Travel Guide — New York City
medium.com/misfiled/the...
#booksky
The Disney Hotel has 10,805 rooms.
Restaurants last an average of three months.
Niagara Falls is mostly a hydroelectric plant.
The New American Travel Guide — New York City
medium.com/misfiled/the...
#booksky
Five teenagers accept $25,000 to spend the night in a haunted convent.
The doors start locking behind them.
They immediately get in their cars and leave.
No Third Acts, Please!: Movie synopses in which people behave sensibly enough to ruin the movie.
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The doors start locking behind them.
They immediately get in their cars and leave.
No Third Acts, Please!: Movie synopses in which people behave sensibly enough to ruin the movie.
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No Third Acts, Please!
The Resurrection of Tabor Hill
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September 23, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Five teenagers accept $25,000 to spend the night in a haunted convent.
The doors start locking behind them.
They immediately get in their cars and leave.
No Third Acts, Please!: Movie synopses in which people behave sensibly enough to ruin the movie.
medium.com/misfiled/no-...
The doors start locking behind them.
They immediately get in their cars and leave.
No Third Acts, Please!: Movie synopses in which people behave sensibly enough to ruin the movie.
medium.com/misfiled/no-...
I wanted to find imagination so badly that I tried to add it where you didn’t always need it.
Field Notes on Imagination are observations of a three-year-old, divided between rules she invents and inventions she declines.
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Field Notes on Imagination are observations of a three-year-old, divided between rules she invents and inventions she declines.
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Field Notes on Imagination
Observer: father
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September 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I wanted to find imagination so badly that I tried to add it where you didn’t always need it.
Field Notes on Imagination are observations of a three-year-old, divided between rules she invents and inventions she declines.
medium.com/misfiled/fie...
Field Notes on Imagination are observations of a three-year-old, divided between rules she invents and inventions she declines.
medium.com/misfiled/fie...
A travel guide should tell you where to stay, what to eat, and how to get around.
It should probably also mention the visitor quotas, designated tourist zones, travel visas, and absence of public medical facilities.
The New American Travel Guide: Moku o Keawe:
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It should probably also mention the visitor quotas, designated tourist zones, travel visas, and absence of public medical facilities.
The New American Travel Guide: Moku o Keawe:
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The New American Travel Guide — Moku o Keawe (Formerly Known as Hawai’i)
Overview
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September 23, 2026 at 3:16 AM
A travel guide should tell you where to stay, what to eat, and how to get around.
It should probably also mention the visitor quotas, designated tourist zones, travel visas, and absence of public medical facilities.
The New American Travel Guide: Moku o Keawe:
medium.com/misfiled/the...
It should probably also mention the visitor quotas, designated tourist zones, travel visas, and absence of public medical facilities.
The New American Travel Guide: Moku o Keawe:
medium.com/misfiled/the...
Objects possess a well-documented tendency to exaggerate their own importance.
No Estimate Available is a private auction catalogue in which the estimates become increasingly unreliable.
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No Estimate Available is a private auction catalogue in which the estimates become increasingly unreliable.
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No Estimate Available
Important Private Effects from the Collection of a Father
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September 23, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Objects possess a well-documented tendency to exaggerate their own importance.
No Estimate Available is a private auction catalogue in which the estimates become increasingly unreliable.
medium.com/misfiled/no-...
No Estimate Available is a private auction catalogue in which the estimates become increasingly unreliable.
medium.com/misfiled/no-...
Misfiled is a place for short writing told through forms made for something else: catalogues, reports, guides, records, reviews, and other documents.
The motto is:
“Everything is in the wrong drawer.”
medium.com/misfiled
The motto is:
“Everything is in the wrong drawer.”
medium.com/misfiled
Misfiled
Short writing told through forms built for something else. Catalogues, reports, guides, records, headlines, and other documents asked to carry things that they were never designed to hold.
medium.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Misfiled is a place for short writing told through forms made for something else: catalogues, reports, guides, records, reviews, and other documents.
The motto is:
“Everything is in the wrong drawer.”
medium.com/misfiled
The motto is:
“Everything is in the wrong drawer.”
medium.com/misfiled