Authors are usually weird people. Not like, when a clearly attractive/popular person calls themselves 'weird' or 'nerdy' or whatever, but like, actually weird. Surely you've relished the worlds these...

I had little time, or money, and my car was shot, so my father paid for me to take the train from Greensboro to Atlanta, though he could easily...

I'm a very good, verging on genius, lower-midlevel successful writer. I mean, just look at my catalog. How do I come up with this shit!? People have asked me...

FORWARD EXPLAINING A TRUTH YOU ALREADY KNOW BUT SPEND EVERY MINUTE OF LIFE AVOIDING LIKE THE TERRIFIED ANIMAL YOU ACTUALLY ARE Forward by Jereme Dean Dear Reader, There’s a strong possibility you’re...

I’ve been meeting a lot of people who wonder, “How is a short story written, what is involved?” I figured I’d break it down into simple steps. They don’t...

The first sound recording was not of music. Thomas Edison, being a man of science and not a literary man, and most likely caught out by the fact that...

I'll get right down to it here and say that what I hate most about people who own skis is that they own skis. Yes. Of course. And you're...

A Friday off. It’s noon by the time I get out of bed, the worse for wear, one by the time I get in the shower. By two o’clock,...

Snow Day 5:00 am I wake up, look out the window. A couple of inches on the ground, but no snow falling. I check my phone for news from work -...

Working in bars has re-acquainted me with professional team sports. Professional team sports are arranged to be a constant presence, such that the calendar year is nearly devoid of...

With the passing of Bowie came a smorgasbord of writing on the late great Starman's legacy. Below we've posted a few more that tickled our literary pickle. Hopefully these...

Question from an anonymous reader:    Dear Sam Pink,    How do I get girls to notice me? SAM PINK: I'm very glad to be asked, thank you. You have done the...

Every Thursday I used to take 3 or 4 trains from my home in Zoshigaya in north-central Tokyo to work at Center Kita station on the outskirts of Yokohama....

The first time I saw porn was a huge deal. I had to make an appointment. That's how it worked in my neighborhood. You had to make...

The sun machine is coming down, and we’re gonna have a party.

In astrophysics, the black star, of semiclassical gravity theory, is an alternative to the...

  by Tal Clapp My parents like to tell a story. When I was a few months old they left me in the care of my grandparents (I...

In 1964 three attractive Americans in their late twenties wearing fashionable clothing pose for a photograph in a San Francisco bar called The Red Balloon. For...

Years ago I had this job that I hated, but needed, so I put up with it. Most of the people I worked with were middle-aged, single women. They were...