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T-220 and stop: a long look back…and ahead

March 1, 2016 By S.E. Alexander

Metal buttonStop. Pull the plug. Turn off the power. And?

I suppose I would call it retirement if it had been my livelihood. But, of course, it wasn’t. It was an idea that I had (one of many) and one I thought was worth trying.

I can remember the exact minute The Mammalian Daily was born. It was in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where I’d spent the weekend. I’d met up with a friend for dinner at a pub, where I put forward the idea. The year was 1999.

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“And I want to tell you, everyone who is dreaming of a parable, of using genre or fantasy to tell the stories of the things that are real in the world today, you can do it. This is a door. Kick it open and come in.”

—Guillermo del Toro, film director

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