“Mr. Niles’s words rang in his ears: Long ago, he was just a boy like you.” By Ru Freeman
The Mayor of the Locker Room [Fiction]
March 22, 2013 By 2 Comments
“His position is unofficial and unpaid, but nevertheless he takes the post seriously.” Fiction from Max Ross.
The Way I Heard It [Fiction]
March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Oh no, not the sex talk, Dad. Please. But he does, and it’s worse than I imagine. [Fiction]
Of Gods and Good Men
January 14, 2013 By 2 Comments
Madeline Miller’s novel Song of Achilles won the Orange Prize last year. Her thrilling debut concerns the love of Patroclus and Achilles and illustrates how being a good man is a tale as old as time.
New Fiction: Business as Usual
December 22, 2012 By 3 Comments
In this short story by Bo Guthrie, a persistent security system salesman struggles to win over a potential customer who is going through a difficult divorce.
Ten Things I’ve Learned – New Series
December 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Josh Bowman explores a new format for the next few weeks at Ten Things I’ve Learned.
The Mommydaddy: I’m Having a Baby…By Myself!
September 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In Christie Chapman’s latest story, a pregnant man reflects on the unexpected gift of life.
The Bad Man Project
September 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
“He wondered if the reason he felt momentarily complete during coital orgasm was that he had convinced himself that he was once again inside the womb.”
The Brady Bunch, Moons Over My Hammy, Space Aliens, and the World’s Fattest Woman
September 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This one has it all: the Brady Bunch, Moons Over My Hammy, UFOs, and the world’s fattest woman.
Pioneers: The First Gay Divorce in Our State
September 10, 2012 By 2 Comments
“We weren’t the first women in our state to marry each other, but we were the first to divorce.”
The Day I Was Mickey Mouse
August 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
“I was Mickey Mouse, but just for one day. Not because I’m good with kids, but because I fit the suit.”
What We Talk About When We Talk About Grading Papers
August 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“As soon as the student realized that grading was a pointless and subjective activity, he would begin to despise the subject Micah taught and hopefully reconsider going to grad school and competing for the one tenure-track humanities position that was rumored to be opening up this decade.”
You’re So Vain, You Probably Wrote This Story About You
August 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What if I told you that the stories you create are more about you than they are about anyone else?
Seven Sweet Little Stories About Malls, Capsule Hotels, Rodeos, and Debarking the Dog
August 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
At Hotel Shinjuku 510 in Tokyo, a man who sleeps in a tiny capsule, six and a half feet long by five feet wide, said, “You get used to it.”
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?”