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A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the thoughts of a 1960s third grader during a single day at school. Steven Wright is one of the most significant and influential stand-up comedians in history. Rolling Stone ranked him fifteenth on...

“I did what I did, and that’s on me.” From that tantalizing first sentence, Tom Wright sweeps listeners up in a tale of lost innocence. Jim has a touch of the Sight. It’s nothing too spooky and generally useless, at least until the summer his cousin L.A. moves in with him and their grandmother. When Jim and L.A. discover the body of a girl - brutally raped and murdered - in a field, an investigation begins that will put both their lives in danger.

On the outskirts of London, Jimmy is a runaway boy, saddened by the tragedies that have happened in his life. The only thing still keeping him motivated is his love for music. He’s outside, practically freezing in the cold, until he knocks on a door. This door is the Music Man’s.

Nathanial J. Wright’s poignant tale of painful obligation in the relationships between fathers and children is as soft and understated as it is powerful. A coming-of-age story seen through the eyes of the father, the inevitability of obligatory action in the face of terrible sadness somehow fades beneath the triumph of the human recovery in the light of tragic responsibility. "Killing a Horse" is a remarkable achievement in short fiction.

Samuel ME Seitz explores rich themes of truth in a dystopian piece inspired by Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The listener is thrown into a black and white world where the oppressive warden O'Brien holds captive a group of people referred to as mice. In a quest for absolute truth, our protagonist is forced to make decisions that put into question whether freedom is really worth the cost.