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INTRO: THE MAN WHOM THINGS HATED

When I wrote this story, I had never heard of the term “resistentialism.” And yet I instinctively knew, as all humans do, that the universe is filled with balky “inanimate” objects that desire to frustrate us and do us harm. This simple little story was my attempt to spread the warning, by imagining the plight of one poor fellow who was particularly hated by the cosmos. At the time, I had read Algernon Blackwood’s “The Man Whom the Trees Loved,” and envisioned this as a kind of counterpoint to his piece. The metaphysics may be a little wonky, but I think the effect comes through.