Swamp Secrets

Uncovering the secrets of the swamp

“The basin keeps what it's given. I just write down what it gives back.” — Bayou Beau

The Archive

2026 — the new site:

2023 — the old archive. In January of this year the old site was taken down to bone overnight — posts, comments, the submit queue, twenty years of mail, gone between one backup and the next. The host calls it a billing lapse. The host is wrong, and someday I will write up why. I am restoring the old entries one by one as I verify recovered copies against my notes. The links below stand where the stories stood. If you saved one — printout, cache, screenshot — hold onto it until the tip line reopens.

The original Swamp Secrets banner, recovered from the old site

exhibit: the old masthead, 2023. came back with the uploads folder. the site it flew over didn't.

In Truth and Terror.
— Beau

Who Is Beau?

backlit mirror selfie, face completely in shadow, wild hair haloed by a lamp, old equipment in the dark behind

the only photo of me in circulation

Your host. Twenty years in the basin, one working tape recorder, no last name you need. The rest of your questions, answered badly →

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The Old Archive

The 2023 archive was taken down to bone in the January incident. Restoration is ongoing, entry by entry, as recovered copies are verified. What's left of it →

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