I know it’s just terrible to write so infrequently. As a child I was a terrible pen pal. I will try to do better.

Now, I’m not bragging when I say Exquisite. These stories have been published in Exquisite Pandemic, an online magazine recently launched by Rick Whitaker, whom I have known for (Jesus, really?) 30 years. We met while he was Gordon Lish’s assistant at Knopf, which as you might remember published my first book, The Actual Adventures of Michael Missing.

Anyhow, I have the distinct honor of joining Edmund White, Richard Howard, Michael Gottlieb, Victoria Redel and Sheila Kohler, with this my second piece published by Exquisite Pandemic. It’s a different sort of bedtime story than the previous one, and I hope you enjoy it as well.