Shine
We are all barely here for barely any longer, but that still might be a long time, like however long the dinosaurs were here, and maybe still are.
May 06, 2020•6 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Grownups Are Lucky
Jason Porter, author of the novel Why Are You So Sad?, brings you a new story every week, each about two minutes in length, because who has time for anything longer than that?
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Episodes
Flirt
Why do we assume that aliens will find us attractive? I don’t even find us attractive.
Apr 28, 2020•6 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Stock
We can’t promise it won’t sting a little to ponder olden times when you could casually browse the bulk section of a supermarket and maybe even flirt with another human without wearing rubber gloves or having to say, “where’d you get that mask?”
Apr 22, 2020•6 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Golf
Some great feelings taste great together. Some don’t. Who’s thirsty?
Apr 13, 2020•5 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Lick
Trigger warning: this story gets up in your personal space.
Apr 06, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Buy
It’s so much pressure figuring out how to spend our winnings. Good thing we’re all going to die.
Mar 30, 2020•8 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Mound
There were lots of stories in our reserve tanks, but our reserve story tanks didn’t anticipate this exact hellscape, so now everything seems ill-fitting and or tone deaf. But then again , what doesn’t? This crappy endeavor is still free, so we stopped caring. But not about you. We care about you. Stay safe.
Mar 24, 2020•5 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Feel
What would it feel like to feel like feeling like God?
Mar 16, 2020•5 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Mutate
An epic fight between human and arachnid with potentially grave consequences for past and future sexual partners, all rendered in exactly 250 words.
Mar 10, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Smile
Maggie Lungston is talking to her sushi again.
Mar 02, 2020•5 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Smell
Isn’t it crazy that given the small amount of time we have to live we choose to spend any of it watching game shows?
Feb 25, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Draft
We are driving toward, or at least near, a cliff, and if you were to ask this driver, some of the trucks don’t look so safe.
Feb 17, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Kick
The person to whom we have ceded all power is emotionally stunted and in steep mental decline.
Feb 10, 2020•5 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Storm
We really don’t know if, how, or when our shit is going to hit the fan, so we should probably catch up on the back log of television programs and then maybe pick up some canned goods. Maybe also one of those new shit umbrellas.
Feb 03, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Chain
Within some brains, ideas drift like snow. Then those brains command hands shared by the same body to type these ideas into stories. And then you are stuck listening to this strange precipitation.
Jan 27, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Impeach
We decided to get generous and release a bonus episode that we think will be a lot of fun to play out loud while you play at home with your Congressional action figures.
Jan 24, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Engorge
We’ve all been there. Finding something difficult to resist which you know you will soon find repellent and nonetheless still not resisting. Like your reflection in a mirror.
Jan 20, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Shop
This is the last episode of 2019. Cherish it. It will warm your dead heart!
Dec 23, 2019•5 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Limp
Everybody dies and then we forget it because we are busy dying ourselves.
Dec 16, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Spend
There was a time when there was much more time because things were less advanced.
Dec 09, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Interview
It’s lonely at the top. But, then again, tough shit.
Nov 25, 2019•5 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Lead
Sometimes it’s not who you are but who you hope to be, and sometimes you hope to be that person by being with someone you hope will be like the exciting people you’ve seen in the movies. Here’s to hoping.
Nov 18, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Pray
Awful stuff plus awful people plus your face equals can't miss entertainment.
Nov 11, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Squall
Some conversations can take an entire life time to finish given all the digital screeches and reception blackouts.
Nov 04, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Nurse
What if the attending nurse knows more about our loved one than we do?
Oct 28, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Poison
When an awkward exchange at the dinner table leads to passive aggressive suicide, don’t assume love isn’t right around the corner.
Oct 23, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Rocket
It is terrible when terrible things happen.
Oct 07, 2019•3 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Herd
If we are running off a cliff, and there were a way to step back and watch us all run off a cliff, would you do so, or would you be the first to take the leap?
Sep 30, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Enslave
The future is here, and don’t worry, if you can earn enough money, you will have a romantic partner for life, or at least until their warranty runs out.
Sep 23, 2019•5 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Market
Do you giggle when people talk to you about people going poo poo and the subsequent cleanup rituals involved? Just curious.
Sep 16, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 35
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