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by Anna Stolley Persky Dear Dead Grandma, Maybe you think I’m a loser because I’ve lost another job, but I really wasn’t the right fit for a position investigating environmental damage when I don’t even believe in climate change. Anyway, the EPA... More »
EPISODE ONE: WAKE UP A garage poorly adapted to look like a call-in studio. There’s a second-hand table with a large telephone on it. Behind the desk is a chalkboard with “The Men’s Self-Help Line” crudely printed in red chalk. There’s two armchairs ... More »
By Sean Kenealy “My name’s Roy and I destroy!” I know, it’s a silly slogan, but it turns heads and it’s helped me get ahead in this crazy business. Need a TV destroyed? I got you. Need a couch destroyed? No problem. I even did a refrigerator once in ... More »
by Kevin Higgins after Spartacus Mills Back when I was over earnest and small I’d scoff that a postmodernist is someone who thinks the sentence: “Next time I go to America I will get there by standing on the tallest building in Paris and flapping... More »
Writer: Paul Lander Artist: Dan McConnell The Son-in-Law Also Rises Paul Lander is a TV comedy writer, award-winning columnist and producer. His humor pieces have appeared in MAD, American Bystander, Weekly Humorist, McSweeneys, National Lampoon, Robot Butt, L... More »
by Jeffrey Meyers The acid age twists in its savage state The slaughter of Armenia at Lake Van His mother starving died within his arms His ancestors’ remains lived far away The flux of childhood, biting memories The devastation of his damaged youth. ... More »