Sunday 2/23/25 Five in the morning on a Sunday and crying on account of "Hero of Mine" after stepping back from it for a few days and...

Saturday 2/22/25 The term "experimental fiction" is used by people who have no ability to write and are attempting to cover that up while...

Saturday 2/22/25 Regarding most people: It's their error but it'll be someone else's fault. Typically, people only want to talk about...

Friday 2/21/25 We've spoken about One Story before in some of these prose offs , and we'll be getting more into their editor, Patrick...

Thursday 2/20/25 I saw this video online about a large turtle who was unhappy. Actually, he was pretty angry. He didn't like his life....

Wednesday 2/19/25 Quite a few new stories are about to be finished here, so this morning I thought I'd head on over to Granta , home of...

Wednesday 2/19/25 People talk like they're going to die forty or fifty years before they're statistically likely to (even as people in...

Tuesday 2/18/25 It Came from Beneath the Sea  (Robert Gordon; 1955) is a strange movie with a solid ten or so unintentionally funny...

Tuesday 2/18/25 Signs suggesting that the 2025 Red Sox will be a mess are already in evidence here in mid-February. You can start to tell...

Monday 2/17/25 What I'd expect to see happen in the Four Nations tournament...for Canada to make a goaltending change, defeat Finland,...

Saturday 2/15/25 "Hero of Mine" isn't quite done, but it will be soon. I'll mail it to the kids--after I figure out how to set up the...

Saturday 2/15/25 Little stymies human growth--or is less of a spur to it--than false positivity. You are not doing anyone a favor but...

Friday 2/14/25 My last couple years in college and then after I graduated, I worked a bunch of jobs that never lasted long. I was a...

Thursday 2/13/25 People's near-total lack of curiosity has much to do with the killing off of humanness. Their interest in themselves...

Wednesday 2/12/25 Ambrose Bierce was given the moniker "Bitter Bierce," which I always thought was unfair. Bierce cared a lot. That's why...

Monday 2/10/25 Friend shot himself with a nail gun last week, spent seven hours in the ER. Mostly waiting. Which I guess helps calm you...

Monday 2/10/25 I have to admit to disliking anyone who says, "Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk" at the bottom of one of their social...

Monday 2/10/25 Went to the market Saturday and there was a mountain of bags of chips on account of the Super Bowl. Mount Chips. Says...

Saturday 2/8/25 I'm trying to write/have finished at least eight pieces this weekend. Three film pieces, three short stories, two music...

Friday 2/7/25 Anyone who ever addresses others as "my followers" is a bad human being and should always be avoided. They are trash and...

Friday 2/7/25 Josh Allen won the NFL MVP yesterday--that's fine, but he's over-hyped--and I saw complaints that he received third place...

Thursday 2/6/25 The fire alarm went off in the building last night. I was lying in the darkness thinking through a new story. Had to get...

Tuesday 2/4/25 I'm catching a lot of friendly fire lately and am dealing in betrayals. I trust no one. With reason. I know exactly what I...

Tuesday 2/4/25 I was checking out at the Golden Goose, wearing a BC sweatshirt (and shorts; someone earlier had inquired if I could feel...