by Jeffrey Meyers Rereading James Salter’s delightful Life Is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days reminded me of the best meals in my life,…
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Humorous fiction and short stories
By Eric D. Lehman The hobo arrived at Mark Twain’s house at sunset. Sun rays slanted across the tumbling creek and ancient elms. The large…
by Casey Alexander In between Aztec push-ups, Jim heard the delightful sound of cardboard falling onto his doorstep. He waited in the gym for ten…
By Louis Greenstein “… a [June 3, 2022 CBS and YouGov] poll shows that 44% of Republicans believe mass shootings are ‘something we have to…
by Emil Draitser (Translated from the Russian by the author) “How? How?” He [Gurov] asked, clutching his head. “How?” And it seemed that a bit…
by Anna Stolley Persky Dear Dead Grandma, Maybe you think I’m a loser because I’ve lost another job, but I really wasn’t the right…
EPISODE ONE: WAKE UP A garage poorly adapted to look like a call-in studio. There’s a second-hand table with a large telephone on it. Behind…
By Sean Kenealy “My name’s Roy and I destroy!” I know, it’s a silly slogan, but it turns heads and it’s helped me get ahead…
FADE IN In a restaurant just this side of Oslo, a middle-aged American couple sit cozy by a crackling fireplace. MADGE David, this julekake bread…
By Casey Alexander Day 1 Lately I’ve become wayward; there’s a layer of grime on my soul. A lack of progress, a certain stagnation. An…
What Do You Do When You Discover You’re a Jew? By Blechner Dedicated to the work of Franz Kafka, that flickering light showing others…
by Jeffrey Meyers Jim, my greatly admired friend, taught at Berkeley and was the brilliant biographer of Thomas Mann. I’d reviewed his earlier volumes; and…
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