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About Michael Butchin

I was born, according to the official records, in the Year of the Ram, under the Element of Fire, when Johnson ruled the land with a heavy heart; in the Cradle of Liberty, to a family of bohemians. I studied Chinese language and literature at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. I spent some years in Taiwan teaching kindergarten during the day, and ESOL during the evenings. I currently work as a high school ESOL teacher, and am an unlikely martial artist. I have spent much of my life amongst actors, singers, movie stars, beautiful cultists, Taoist immortals, renegade monks, and at least one martial arts tzaddik. I currently reside in Taipei, Taiwan.

Piroska– A different take on the traditional fairy tale of Red Riding Hood with a twist suggested by Terry Pratchett, Louise Cooper, and a certain poem by Roald Dahl.

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Michael Butchin

Once upon a time, there was a young woman of the family Lupescu. She lived with her mother in a small village in the mountains by an ancient, darksome wood. Whenever she would go out, she would wear a great, … Continue reading →

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