Grownups Are Lucky

Remember Remembered 02.12.2019 3:28 ↓

Things are changing so fast we’ll be lucky if we’re even around to remember them incorrectly. (This story is featured in the November 2019 issue of the Los Angeles Review of Books. Buy a copy in time for the holidays!)

Interview 25.11.2019 5:02 ↓

It’s lonely at the top. But, then again, tough shit.

Stop 06.05.2019 2:57 ↓

Every filthy boring neglected rest area has a rich history which is largely unknown to its daily urinaters.

Chew 29.04.2019 3:34 ↓

Being married to a man is probably nobody’s idea of a vacation.

Counsel 22.04.2019 6:20 ↓

High school was a place where bad people grew into new people who were sometimes also still bad people.

Recount 04.03.2019 3:19 ↓

It’s hard to get a fair trial these days with all the clowns and quarterbacks vying for selfies.

Jump 21.01.2019 4:05 ↓

A lakeside luncheon with unexpected guests, or a frolic in a mountain lake with a peeping observer who smells like tuna salad and human sweat.

Retire 14.01.2019 4:22 ↓

If only ants could laugh, then they would be having the last laugh, but they’re too busy to laugh, especially since they can’t.

Think 07.01.2019 4:26 ↓

Some guys are just those guys who aren’t going to get it, and then they probably won’t get it all over again, until they finally marry their mother.

Tire 24.12.2018 3:58 ↓

Christmas is a holiday in December that happens to people.

Want 10.12.2018 3:55 ↓

In this episode we learn the Spanish word for car. We also witness an intensely muted heart beating openly and alone.

Absorb 26.11.2018 4:22 ↓

There is an end. It’s always made it easier to pretend there isn’t. But now is when we need to start stopping.

Police 12.11.2018 3:51 ↓

Some things are legal, until they aren't.

Destroy 06.11.2018 3:48 ↓

There is legend of a human who once enjoyed puberty. This is not that legend.

Diet 29.10.2018 3:48 ↓

In this country, we are drowning in false choices, and sclerotic deliciousness. This week’s story mines our demise for several minutes of uproarious hijinks.

Bend 22.10.2018 3:41 ↓

None of our stories are the same, except for the ending.

Drift 08.10.2018 3:54 ↓

Do all parking lots connect eventually?

Judge 01.10.2018 3:43 ↓

A lot of stuff happens, and it’s all bad.

Wave 19.09.2018 4:32 ↓

Our lives are only moments shuffled inside our heads while we die.

Doctor 03.09.2018 2:55 ↓

Sometimes it is difficult to avoid creative differences when making art with your preferred medical professional.

Mother 27.08.2018 3:19 ↓

Some children are brats and their parents are brats too. Brat was also the name of a short lived automobile, but that is a fact entirely unrelated to this story.

Disembark 13.08.2018 3:12 ↓

Is anything really true anymore? Can extraterrestrials save us? Is dad really dad?

Look 09.07.2018 3:35 ↓

The airport waiting area is a an ecosystem where manufactured breezes ruffle our comatose feathers.

Befriend 25.06.2018 3:08 ↓

Best friends are the best. It's not up for debate.

Fold 18.06.2018 3:33 ↓

Life is unfair because it doesn't smell as good as in the commercials. It’s also unfair because we throw mounds of food away while people go hungry. And also because our current president demands poor afflicted children be placed in cages. Have a happy Monday!