Fiction Pick: ‘Me and Konrad’

‘Given what I’d done, and the speed with which they were pursuing me, my only reasonable course of action was to disappear into the woods.’

You Planted This Demon Inside Me

Notes on an irreverent pregnancy.

Fiction Pick: ‘Flower, beast or Hitler’

At that point in my life, there was a lot of — how should I put this — fumbling around in the dark.

Free, like a blackbird pecking trash

Walking may not be the most practical mode of transportation. But there’s something magical about strolling around a city.

Musician Anonymous

My name is Speedy Greenawalt and I record music that no one hears.

Fiction Pick: ‘The Eternal Forking’

‘Small decisions, elongated over time, can be just as consequential as big ones.’

Fiction Pick: ‘A Few Examples of Apathy and Randomness in Our Universe’

Strive to become the pirate.

Fiction Pick: ‘Writings of a River Stranger’

The following excerpt was taken from a notebook discovered on a bench by the Ohio River in Pittsburgh. It contains the thoughts and feelings of a creature who claims to be a “Flussfremder.”

‘Unprompted Orgy of Confounding Violence’

A critical exploration of childhood home movies.

Fiction Pick: ‘Surface’

‘All Paul could think about as he tried to maneuver his way around a lethargic old lady in the cereal aisle of Food Lion was ‘Good God, you old hag, could you move any slower?”