A new year is upon us and Hmmburger is still here. We are kicking off 2026 with a recap of the past year and a look ahead to the new year. Our first “weekly” bulletin of sorts.
A Quick Look Back
2025 was a year of fiction and art. Here are some favorites and there are some that should also be included here. More reason to click around the website, huh? Surf the web, amigo!
The Lunch Rush
A story about a lunch break and the blurring of time.
The sun cooks me from above and the sidewalk cooks me from below as I walk to get my lunch. The vehicles scream past me in the opposite direction at an arms length. Warm gusts in between the stale warmth of today.
There is this new burger place that opened up and I can’t seem to stop going back to it. It has become that work staple that I feel borderline embarrassed how much I go.
Temporada
A quiet morning in the backyard watching the birds.
It’s not entirely nice out, but I am enjoying being in my yard on this borderline hot day.
Decades of living in the desert turns you into an inverse lizard. You look for the best shade you can find and stay still. If you’re lucky, a cool breeze will delight the senses.
Wheel Me Out
A chair that dreams of utility.
I am tired boss.
Clocking In
It’s been a minute since Hmmburger published a physical zine. Takes us back to the old days.
A Quick Look Ahead
- This Bulletin - Want to figure out what we got up to during the week? Well, this is how we plan to surface those things and what’s good.
- Combo #2 - Another physical zine will be available soon!
- More Burgers - More short fiction in the works and almost ready for serving.
- Collaborations - Hmmburger is going to explore what collaboration can look like. Stay tuned or reach out.
Parting Words from Chente
This is the kind of post you see on December 31st as a final word on the year. I am going to be different thanks to procrastination and the fact I didn’t really know what to say about the year of our lord, 2025. It was a year of chaos and growth. It was a year of a stupid amount of things and reflections.
I haven’t seen anyone look back on 2025 with any fondness, and I am no exception. It was a brutal year. A year of a collapse of an agreed upon reality, slop machines whirring and their outputs, and general malaise. A year of things that were not right. A year of “Whatever.”
On the flipside, 2025 was also a year of growth. I found that this website is probably where I should be trying out new things to “stay sharp,” in my field of building and maintaining websites. So I started to dive deeper into Astro to see how it could be a better fit for me and I have been enjoying it. I also started to build Chivo as a way to explore what software development can look like for me. It’s been a fun experiment and it is slowly becoming the tool I want it to be.
It may eventually manage this website! We’ll see.
As the year comes to a close, I want to say thank you to anyone who has read my words or enjoyed my art. I hope 2026 is a year of more artistic expression for myself and for others.
Happy New Year!
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