Short fiction torn from today’s headlines.
Because in a world gone haywire, sometimes art is the only thing that can make sense of it all.
Inspired by “A Sick Swan Is Saved After a 23-Mile Odyssey by Foot, Car and Subway” from The New York Times, November 10, 2020.
Inspired by “Inside the Plot to Kidnap Gov. Whitmer” from CNN, October 11, 2020.
Inspired by “U.S. Retailers Secure Stores as Worries About Election Unrest Mount” from Reuters, October 21, 2020.
Inspired by “Amid Coronavirus Restrictions, Can Small Inns and B&Bs Retain Their Warm and Cozy Vibe?” from The Washington Post, August 14, 2020.
Inspired by “Squalid Conditions at Border Detention Centers, Government Report Finds” from The New York Times, July 2, 2019.
Inspired by “They Live Alone in Ghost Towns” from The New York Timess, June 15, 2020.
Inspired by “Trump Administration Proposes Rules To Sharply Restrict Asylum Claims” from NPR, June 11, 2020.
Inspired by “Facebook Is Paying People to Shut Down Their Accounts Ahead of the Election” from The Verge, September 3, 2020.
Inspired by “Teachers Share Their Biggest Fears About Reopening Schools During the Pandemic” from The Verge, August 20, 2020.
Inspired by “For Decades, This Radio Station Named the Dead. Few Still Listen.” from The New York Times, June 8, 2020.
Inspired by “The Woeful Inadequacy of School-Reopening Plans” from The New Yorker, August 9, 2020.
Inspired by “Clay County Sheriff Says He’ll Deputize Every Gun Owner if Deputies Can’t Handle Protesters” from The Florida Times-Union, July 1, 2020.
Inspired by “‘Nothing compares’: Unemployment Filings top 1 million for 20th Straight Week” from ABC News, August 6, 2020.
Inspired by “Second Woman Accuses Biden of Inappropriate Touching” from Politico, April 1, 2019.
Inspired by “Coronavirus: Pandas Mate in Lockdown at Hong Kong Zoo After Ten Years Trying” from BBC News, April 7, 2020.
Inspired by “No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public” from The New York Times, July 23, 2020.
Inspired by “Doctor Gets 40 Years for Illegally Prescribing More Than Half a Million Opioid Doses” from NPR, October 2, 2019.
Inspired by “Shoot Migrants’ Legs, Build Alligator Moat: Behind Trump’s Ideas for Border” from The New York Times, October 1, 2019.
Inspired by “Travel Restrictions on Americans Erode a Sense of Passport Privilege” from The New York Times, July 7, 2020.
Inspired by “North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds in 50 Years” from The Washington Post, September 19, 2019.
Inspired by “Eric Garner’s Death Will Not Lead to Federal Charges for N.Y.P.D. Officer” from The New York Times, July 16, 2019.
Inspired by “For Autocrats, and Others, Coronavirus Is a Chance to Grab Even More Power” from The New York Times, March 30, 2020.
Inspired by “Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace” from The New York Times, May 6, 2019.
Inspired by “You Already Live in Quarantine” from The Atlantic, March 4, 2020.
Inspired by “Freelance Classical Musicians Are Performing Without a Net During Coronavirus Crisis” from The Morning Call, March 25, 2020.
Inspired by “Search for Coronavirus Vaccine Becomes a Global Competition” from The New York Times, March 19, 2020.
Inspired by “Scientists Explain Magnetic Pole’s Wanderings” from BBC News, May 6, 2020.
Inspired by “Michael Cohen Living Like a Celebrity in Jail” from Page Six, the New York Post, September 22, 2019.
Inspired by “It’s the Law Now: In Florida, Teachers Can Carry Guns at School” from The Washington Post, May 9, 2019.
Inspired by “Coronavirus Quarantine Is Hell for People With Anxiety Disorders: ‘I Couldn't Stop Clicking On Everything’” from Vice News, March 20, 2020.
Inspired by “Reopenings, Resistance, and PPP Loans: How Food Businesses Nationwide Are Handling Coronavirus” from Bon Appétit, May 5, 2020.
Inspired by “AP Sources: MLB, Union Discuss Playing All Games in Arizona” from The Associated Press, April 7, 2020.
Inspired by “Kincade Fire: More Evacuations, Power Shut-Offs Loom as Winds Threaten to Fuel Massive Blaze” from The Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2019.
Inspired by “‘It Feels Like a War Zone’: Doctors and Nurses Plead for Masks on Social Media” from The New York Times, March 19, 2020.
Inspired by “Kansas City-Area Tornadoes Add to 12 Straight Days of Destruction” from The New York Times, May 28, 2019.
Inspired by “After Family Gets Coronavirus, New York Suburb Is Gripped by Anxiety” from The New York Times, March 5, 2020.
Inspired by “Vice President Mike Pence Dispels Talk About Being Replaced as Trump’s Running Mate for 2020” from Newsweek, December 8, 2019.
Inspired by “Jeffrey Epstein Found Dead in Jail Awaiting Sex-Crimes Trial” from Bloomberg, August 10, 2019.
Inspired by “The Night Sky Will Never Be the Same” from The Atlantic, February 6, 2020.
Inspired by “Lawyers: New evidence backs Loughlin, Giannulli’s innocence” from AP News, February 27, 2020.
Inspired by “Trump’s Made-for-TV Trade War Keeps World Guessing” from The New York Times, November 18, 2019.
Inspired by “Megan Rapinoe Caps Spectacular World Cup with Game-Winning Goal, Claims Golden Boot” from The Washington Post, July 7, 2019.
