Category Archives: stories

After the Hurricane Everyone Was a Better Person (For Two Days)

Posted on November 1, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

I couldn’t help but notice how happy everyone in New York was after the hurricane was over. Despite the massive scale of the destruction, people seemed genuinely enthralled just to have made it through and see that others had done … Continue reading →

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The Detestable Semblance: Faking a Persona You Can Live With

Posted on August 21, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

I was on a walk to the pharmacy to pick up some cold medicine and I saw two women breast feeding in the rain and one cat. The cat wasn’t breast feeding and really isn’t relevant to the story, but … Continue reading →

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Bona Fide: Why Being You Beats Being Them

Posted on August 8, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

I was recently at a show in Brooklyn where I couldn’t quite see the stage, so I ended up watching two young men in the crowd secretly putting trash into a third man’s afro. Maybe they couldn’t see the stage … Continue reading →

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Updates and Interview: Diving Into the Shallows

Posted on June 6, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

You Monsters Are People is starting to spin wildly out of control. The number of subscribers continues to climb and I have also acquired a decent number of routine lurkers. It seems as if I should offer more than an … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: November 1988

Posted on May 29, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

This is the penultimate installment of a bizarre diary within a used book that I found hidden among the stacks of an old defunct library. It was procured, along with a slew of other junk books, for just a few … Continue reading →

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Born Beautiful: Advantages of Pulchritude

Posted on May 3, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

It’s easy to be envious of another person’s good looks but remember that, with a scalpel and a little moxie, you can take that away from them forever. But, perhaps, the more productive path to take involves building an interesting … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: October 1988

Posted on April 8, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

This is the tenth installment of the infamous diary within a used book that I found hidden among the stacks of an old defunct library.  The building routinely holds events where donated books are sold off, by the grocery bag … Continue reading →

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Taking My Evening Constitutional

Posted on April 4, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

I came across this while I was out wetting my whistle…. They say a picture is worth a thousand words but, in this case, I think they break pretty much even. I am, as we speak, uploading the next Cat … Continue reading →

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Like a Clown on Fire

Posted on March 27, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

After being thoroughly stalked by this French speaking anomaly, after browsing his blog, I was convinced into having a few drinks and drawing him his very own doodle.  It turns out that he was, in fact, a very nice gentleman.  He even whored out … Continue reading →

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I Watched Beetlejuice The Other Day

Posted on February 28, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

It seems like the solution to the Maitland’s problem would have been to kill the Deetz family right away.  Outside of that, being trapped in your house for one-hundred years doesn’t seem like too bad of a deal.  That actually … Continue reading →

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