LOS RATONES MAGICOS pdf
Hace años, escribí un cuento para niños. No sé por qué. Se titula Los Ratones Mágicos, y aquí está el primer capitulo.
‘I Coulda Been a Pretender’, article in Slate.com
This came out around the time that a young Harvard student was accused of plagiarism. She had signed a $500,000 deal for a teen novel, having worked on this book in conjunction with the book packaging company 17th Street Productions. As it happens, I also worked with 17th street on a kids’ book (which never got published). This article is about my experiences with 17th St.
‘Where’s the coke?’, article in Solander magazine <pdf>
Published in the magazine of the Historical Novel Society, this article describe the early years of the soft drinks industry, particularly how the rise of soda drinks was linked to drug consumption amongst the middle classes. It discusses Vin Mariani, a now-forgotten ‘tonic’ wine, made from red wine and macerated coca leaves.
‘When Google Buys Me Dinner’, essay <pdf>
Written in response to John Battelle’s book SEARCH, about Google and search engines in general. Don’t know why I wrote it, really.
‘Pointless Sports’ pdf
This short story was written in 1993. The one time I sent it to a magazine (a literary sports journal; the literary sport journal I guess) they sent it back pointing out that I had spelled ‘karma sutra’ wrong. Other readers have been less charitable. I don’t understand; I think it’s funny. Goes to show.
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