HeyJared100 Stories by Adam Nathan
In February 2024 I committed to writing one story a month for a hundred months. This is the journey to May 2032. Join me Sunday for the stories, the backstories, and the sneak peeks.
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- Sep 13, 2026
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- Jul 4, 2026
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David Foster Wallace on 9-11 (opens the original)
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I came across this essay by David Foster Wallace on the day-of shock of witnessing 9-11. It's raw and wise and funny. I wish I'd read it at the time. Wallace captured the unfolding Horror, his capitalization, but also time-capsuled the way we related to each other throughout the day then the early days after. It's one of those pieces of writing, of art, that so fully restores an experience of an experience that you have the sense twenty-five years haven't truly passed and you’re witnessing thing
Too Much Makeup, Too Much Hair (opens the original)
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I had the same feeling when Diane Keaton died: Confusion. Dolly Parton can’t possibly be gone. If anything could inoculate someone from The Clock, it would be easy laughter and broad smiles. But, no.Dolly of the cotton candy hair. Dolly of the rhinestone boobs exploding in the minds of fifth graders. Dolly of the quavering, sweet twang. Dolly of working Nine to Five and Islands in the Stream when, at last, every time, still, I wait for the duet’s second verse and the ladies’ turn... And you just
Short List, Baby! (opens the original)
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My short story collection has moved to the Short List for the Leapfrog Prize.Happy.
Two Acknowledgments (opens the original)
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Yesterday I received what looked, at first pass, to be a form rejection of a collection of short stories I submitted to the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize. I kept reading.“So, who were these lucky little devils in the posted long-list of titles?” I wondered bitterly. And there among the nine novels and collections of short stories was my very own [title retracted by request of competition]. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OilJ!,f_auto,q_a
On Making America Great Again (opens the original)
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