Storm Large is buying the Greatest Gift of All when she gets the Grimmest News of All. Merry Christmas.

Nathan Pensky repurposes Rolling Stones’ songs to complain about his mother.

Hi Laurie. It’s Mom. What are you doing?

Hi, Mom. I’m…working on a self-interview for a website that is going to run a nice segment on my new book.

Is this the book about the ghost? Why did you write a book about a ghost? That’s stupid. You can’t even see them. That’s like writing a book that’s not even really there. James Patterson never wrote a book about ghosts and he’s very successful.

I know he is.

He’s my favorite writer.

I know he is.

Brin Friesen returns to Havana to find someone he can’t find.

  If Mom were a superhero, she would be The Piddler. When she needs to wash her hands, she’ll look through coupons first. If she needs to pick up the dry cleaning, she’ll stop at the antique store on the way. And when she needs to go to work, she’ll watch a rerun of Ab Fab, [...]