File 21 · strength
Arm Day
She settles every office argument by arm wrestling. The merger's next, and their negotiator won't sit down.
38 min read · 6 parts
All stories
Newest first. Each one is told in short parts.
File 20 · socks
Drawn As Seen
The coldest judge in the city has a secret behind the bench. I drew it. Then it aired at six.
37 min read · 6 parts
File 19 · ticklish
Laugh Track
The sitcom's sound engineer wears wool in July. The cast is about to find out why.
40 min read · 6 parts
File 18 · messy
Less Sticky
She stands under every bucket before a contestant does. The new executive just banned her from the next one.
38 min read · 6 parts
File 17 · barefoot
Load-Bearing
The best architect in Port Ellery has never designed a building in shoes. The new dress code disagrees.
37 min read · 6 parts
File 16 · messy
Pie Day
Fifteen years, thirty-eight rules, one face. This year a TV chef bought the pie.
36 min read · 6 parts
File 15 · barefoot
Point of Entry
No shoes past Margo's brass line. On Thanksgiving, the fire inspector won't take his boots off.
37 min read · 6 parts
File 14 · uniform
Pressed
A retired Navy commander irons his own uniform for a garden center. Corporate just shipped lime-green polos.
43 min read · 6 parts
File 13 · hypnosis
Sleep On It
After four years awake, she finally sleeps. Every time her boss says his favorite phrase.
36 min read · 6 parts
File 12 · tall
Tall Order
A 6'4" florist has logged 2,941 height jokes. Then a basketball scout starts asking the wrong question.
39 min read · 6 parts
File 11 · ticklish
The Golden Gherkin
Nobody in town has ever made my son-in-law laugh. This year, the fire department needs him to.
38 min read · 6 parts
File 10 · hypnosis
The Great Suggestio
A washed-up hypnotist's corporate gig works on exactly one person. The CFO who volunteered to debunk him.
40 min read · 6 parts
File 09 · leather
The Leather Jacket
She's worn the same jacket every day since 1987. On Monday, the hook was empty.
38 min read · 6 parts
File 08 · hair
The Long Game
An engineer hasn't cut her hair in twenty years. She bet it on a number nobody could reach.
39 min read · 6 parts
File 07 · barefoot
The Pebble Ledger
A dentist has kept one stone from every race he's run. The city just delivered forty tons of them.
38 min read · 6 parts
File 06 · ticklish
The Pineapple Accords
The firm's coldest negotiator has one weakness. His little sister knows it. The whole department wants to buy it.
39 min read · 6 parts
File 05 · shoes
The Shoe Wall
Everyone says Tess's shoe spreadsheet is a problem. An hour before the vows, it's the only plan.
37 min read · 6 parts
File 04 · shoes
The Six-Inch Rule
Nobody has seen Vivian Ashcombe in flat shoes in twenty-two years. Then she took a farm listing.
40 min read · 6 parts
File 03 · socks
The Sock Ledger
I keep a ledger of every lost sock on Halsey Avenue. Somehow, it keeps making couples.
38 min read · 6 parts
File 02 · gloves
White-Glove Service
She wears white cotton gloves to dinner. At the museum gala, one fingertip came away yellow.
40 min read · 6 parts
File 01 · office
The Feather Clause
The most feared CEO in logistics signs a form he didn't read. Page nine involves a feather.
40 min read · 6 parts