The Highway Cipher: 101-Word Stories of Survival & Addiction - Gerome Mauricio
In this episode of FailCraft, brevity artist, poet, and author of A Man If West Destiny, Gerome Mauricio (known as"The Highway Cipher"), joins Ezekiel to unpack how extreme literaryconstraints became his lifeline through homelessness, addiction, and personalcrisis. After a permanent work injury in Southern California left him without ajob or a home, Gerome turned to writing as raw, necessary therapy. Drawing onan unusual childhood where he spoke a private "gibberish" translatedonly by his twin brother until age five, Gerome explores how playing catch-upwith language shaped his signature…
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