Ramblings of a Melancholic Dandy

“If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be.” - Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

For over a decade, Hadrian’s attempts to maintain a consistent body of work are erratic and disparate. This website is a mausoleum for the creative sparks that tried to shine, only to fizzle and fade in so many unfinished drafts. But a few reflections, reviews, complaints, and the odd short story wander among those unrealized graves.