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May 1, 2004
Truck Stop
I got this idea from a similar story in Reader’s Digest. I loved reading all the anecdotes and jokes and the little filler items they had at the end of a story that ran a bit short. One of the...
ReadMay 1, 2004
The Book

Here's my creepiest story. This is sometimes played by random public radio stations around Halloween. Years ago, it was featured on Love & Radio as well. I often work late and get up early, and...
ReadApril 1, 2004
God is Talking to Me
This story idea came to me a long time before I did it. I was downtown walking around and almost stepped in front of a bus. It was pretty near miss, probably one of my top ten “near death”...
ReadDecember 3, 2003
Shark!
I was several miles off-shore, windsurfing, when I broke down, and was attacked by a shark. Shark is from my Mockumentary days. I think it’s a pretty good piece. It’s complete fiction, or it...
ReadSeptember 1, 2003
Seafood Joint
I went out to eat with some friends and there was a lot of overt racism. I thought about it for a couple of weeks because I was really frustrated by the assholes in that restaurant (a well-known...
ReadAugust 1, 2003
Stress Test
This is one of the pieces where I feel like I really found my sound. I had made a few pieces in the regular way, telling a story, adding a little music. In this one, I had this really weird...
ReadJuly 1, 2003
Garbage
Going through other people’s trash. This is one of my Mom’s favorite pieces that I’ve done. It was originally part of a Mockumentary CD I put out in the early part of the millennium. It’s...
ReadApril 1, 2003
Mud
I was looking for one of the scariest/stressful things I could think of for a young man, and being naked and 3-5 minutes from my clothes would have done it for me. Several people have mentioned the...
ReadJanuary 14, 2000
Switched Bags
This is one of the first stories I produced. I basically just did some weird abstract stuff. The reference to Pat Buchanan is a reference to the 2000 Presidential Primaries, so this was probably...
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