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Welcome to SullyvilleOct 27, 2026

Hello [FILL IN NAME LATER OF THE POOR SAP WHO SIGNED UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER],

My name is Dan O’Sullivan. It’s good to have you here! I am a freelance writer you may have read before, in outlets such as Rolling Stone, VICE, Deadspin, Jacobin, The Daily Beast, Extra Crispy, Truthdig, and even Gawker (RIP). I also used to spout off a fair amount on Twitter, but as a writer I admire put it, amateurs tweet; pros work.

With that maxim in mind, I hope that this new and ongoing project, which I’ve named “Welcome to Sullyville,” will provide an interesting new way to work - writing and publishing essays for an audience of subscribers, ideally in search of the kind of terminal weirdness not easily pitched to editors. I believe that armed with the freedom to write, regardless of topicality or market demands, writers can produce superior work, supported directly in the effort by small reader contributions.

This 1992 movie poster from Ghana, advertising “Sister Act” starring Whoopi Goldberg, is just an intoxicating taste of what you can expect from my newsletter.

Maybe you can relate to the struggle to better yourself, pursuing some passion or craft to which you wish you devoted more time: learning the lute, perhaps, or basket-weaving, or becoming a pro wrestler. It’s so easy for us to distract ourselves with what’s easy, or merely comforting, without ever hoisting the mainsail and setting out through the Bermuda Triangle, in search of the treasure we know we’d find if we only began searching.

Launched through the kind auspices of Substack, “Welcome to Sullyville” will be my own kind of scratchpad, as I write about whatever: maybe a Chicago true crime story, or something about a lost barbecue variant in rural California, or a forgotten novel from interwar England that perfectly captures some detail of life being relived in America today. I really do feel an uncommon insincerity in telling you how much I appreciate your subscription to this newsletter, and hope you’ll reach out with any thoughts or feedback.

-Dan

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