Prose

I write prose as well — mostly humor pieces, despite nobody paying well for humor other than The New Yorker, and they believe that Andy Borowitz is funny, so The New Yorker and I are in a fight.

Anyway, here are some pieces.

MCSWEENEY’S - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sugarplums?

Holiday cheer is just a VR simulation away.

MCSWEENEY’S - Hard Truths from a Joke Book Consultant

If you want a bestselling book of japes, jokes, and jabs, you’d better listen up.

SLATE - The Corpse Stays in the Picture

A zombie reflects on his many film and TV roles.

SLATE - Budget Inception

Sure, you could hire Leo and his team. But what about a wholesale option?

SLATE - Web Editor

Considering that it’s a matter of life or death, maybe the message in Charlotte’s Web could be a smidge more specific?

WHIM - Houdini’s Secret Diaries

In which I channel my genuine fascination with Houdini into a silly humor piece.

WHIM - Beyond Headless – A Halloween Bestiary

Enough new cryptozoological characters to fill a crypto-zoo.