About the work

A closer look.

You have one thing you half-remember and can't place. A film from when you were a kid. A lyric. A statistic someone dropped at dinner. A study you suspect is fake. I go find out what it actually was and bring back the receipts. What you get, in 48 hours: - the identification: what the thing actually is, or the closest defensible answer - 3 to 6 named sources you can open yourself, primary where they exist - the one detail that flips the story, if there is one - a short list of what I could NOT verify, stated plainly Written flat, no padding, roughly 250-400 words. If I can't find a defensible answer, tell me before I start and you owe nothing. Good for: an old film, song, or advert; an urban legend; a quote someone misattributed; a claim you want checked against real sources.