Short Fiction: Just Say No

REVISITED: Brent Henry's Sexcellent Adventure and Other Lives I Might Be Living

To celebrate today’s debut of Brent’s new one act play, ‘Fracture’s Void,’ we revisit the essay that launched this podcast: “Brent Henry’s Sexcellent Adventure and Other Lives I Might Be Living,” a candid and absurd exploration of alternate lives, questionable choices, and the search for meaning in a world that rarely makes sense, all spawned by a case of mistaken identity. This essay was originally published on July 4th, 2025. You can read the full text essay here. [https://brenthenry.substack.com/p/brent-henrys-sexcellent-adventure] For more information, visit www.brenthenry.net [http://www.brenthenry.net] To subscribe to Scrolling Towards the Void, visit www.brenthenry.substack.com [https://brenthenry.substack.com] You can find Brent on Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/brent_henry_/]. Get full access to Scrolling Towards the Void at brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe [https://brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

My Animal Magnetism?

In this episode, Brent reads his October 17th, 2025 essay, “My Animal Magnetism?,’ unpacking his unlikely devotion to the popular dELiA*s direct-to-consumer catalogs from the 1990s. What begins as a sheepish admission morphs into a meditation on culture, identity, and the current crisis of masculinity. Links referenced in this episode: dELiA*s catalog Tumblr [https://deliascatalogs.tumblr.com] “Goodbye Cat Gentleman [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBN6iS8Bt-M&pp=ygUVZ29vZGJ5ZSBjYXQgZ2VudGxlbWFu]” - a 2024 one act play about a recent divorcé whose resurgent dating life is thwarted by his obsession with dELiA*s catalogs. Get full access to Scrolling Towards the Void at brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe [https://brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

This Niche is Killing Me

In this episode, Brent reads his October 3rd essay, titled, “This Niche is Killing Me,” which recounts his harrowing foray into the world of Instagram niche content creation and analyzes how well he may perform in the event of being charged by a bear. You can read the essay — which includes images and a bear-attack survival flowchart — here [https://open.substack.com/pub/brenthenry/p/this-niche-is-killing-me?r=5rx6qk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true]. You can become a free or paid subscriber to Scrolling Towards the Void by visiting https://www.brenthenry.substack.com Get full access to Scrolling Towards the Void at brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe [https://brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

O Teacher! My (Substitute) Teacher! The Collar Bomb Mastermind

In this episode, Brent reads his September 12th, 2025 essay “O Teacher! My (Substitute) Teacher! The Collar Bomb Mastermind,” about the unknowability of truth and the complexity of being human, framed through an absurd piece of personal history centered around the notorious Pizza Bomber bank robbery and murder plot detailed in the 2018 Netflix Docuseries “Evil Genius.” Get full access to Scrolling Towards the Void at brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe [https://brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Short Fiction: Just Say No

In today’s episode, Brent reads a piece of original short fiction titled, “Just Say No (to Vampirism or Not-Enough-ness),” about the regretful aftermath of a Craigslist vampire conversion gone right. You can read the story text here [https://open.substack.com/pub/brenthenry/p/just-say-no-to-vampirism-or-not-enough?r=5rx6qk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true]. You can become a free or paid subscriber of Scrolling Towards the Void here [http://www.brenthenry.substack.com]. Get full access to Scrolling Towards the Void at brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe [https://brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]