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Isaac Fitzgerald
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“…born of nameless nightmare parents”
“My father was consumed by my mother as soon as he had fertilized her and she, in her turn, was eaten by myself at my birth. That is my first memory, as it happens. Squirming my way out of my…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder
“According to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 99.9 percent of hitchhikers are murderers…” (via DocPop.org)
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Christmas Comics
Happy Holidays from our Comics section: Exhibit A: SMALL POTATOES “Holiday Theatre.” Exhibit B: TRUTH SERUM “Merry Crimmis.” Exhibit C: PORNOGRAPHIC BARN OWL “Country Song (FM 98.9).” (Clarification: exhibit C is not exactly holiday related, but it does feature a…
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Joe Strummer Pissed Off
“Well you tell me… How about life and death? Nevermind who pukes on stinking carpets.”
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I Joke Therefore I Am
“The latest memoir of the 2008 Presidential campaign is a fake book about fake events by a fake political operative.” Rachel Weiner reviews Dan Mirvish and Eitan Gorlin’s metaphysical humor book I Am Martin Eisenstadt.
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The Gift of Education
“Now Valentino’s school is beginning to operate in the town of Marial Bai — a modern high school serving students from thousands of square miles. It had a soft opening earlier this year with 100 students, and he is hoping…
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Mr. Romance
“Some books are meant to be judged by their covers. You know the kind: Comanche Rose, Petticoats and Pistols, Tender Warrior, Sea of Desires. You see them lined up in airport book stores and supermarket wire racks, their embossed titles…
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“Life,” “Man,” “Love,” and “Winter”
A recent post at The Millions, Best American Short Stories: By the Numbers, inspired a writer at B.O.M.M. to create a word cloud (using Wordle) mapping the most common words in the titles of stories that have appeared in the…