Category Archives: stories

Scenes from the Subway: A True Story

Posted on February 9, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

  It has been appallingly busy this week, and in all of the wrong ways too.  Happiness is a matter of occupying one’s normal state of being with a productive outlet until we are busy and lively and unconcerned with … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: September 1988

Posted on January 25, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

This is the ninth installment of the infamous diary within a used book that I procured from a clearance event for “junk books.”  For those of you new to this strange saga, the journal is the story of an especially peculiar … Continue reading →

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Retroceding for Self-Betterment

Posted on January 10, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

No one is clever enough to figure out a way to change the past. I’ve lived a pretty unapologetic existence but there are a few things I’d go back and change if I were given the opportunity. Fortunately, that is … Continue reading →

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True Facts and the Warranting of the Preposterous

Posted on December 13, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

Despite its ability to manipulate others, end relationships, ruin lives, escalate ignorance and spread fear, misinformation can still be a lot of fun. Since moving to New York, I’ve been trying to spread as many vehemently ridiculous lies on the … Continue reading →

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