A short story from the perspective of the pretty dead girl you may have seen in recent hourlong dramas.

Samara Weiss tells the story of how her Jewish family parlayed their jewelry-making abilities into getting the hell out of Romania at a really good time.

If I hear one more of you dare to complain about the Amtrak residency I will set your eyes on fire.

Nicole Cliffe has gained access to a list of government-approved plotlines for Canadian pornography.

I'm going on vacation, I will be replaced.

Anthony Strain explores the genius of Lorrie Moore by looking at some of her most beautiful individual sentences.

Part of the cast of Airplane reunited to promote the state of Wisconsin, which is great.

In the latest installment of Gal Science, Sarah Hillenbrand walks us through some new research about how our brain processes words.

I mean, someone had to do it.

Nicole Cliffe relates two secondhand stories of OKCupid encounters that will shrivel you to your core.

Male songwriters love asking sex workers questions in song form.

Jade Sylvan presents three slash sestinas depicting imaginary sexual relationships between some of your favourite dude authors.

Scare Yourself Silly is back with some haunted dolls.

A partial Roald Dahl bibliography.

Nicole Cliffe has a lot of questions for the proprietors of the Lizzie Borden bed and breakfast.