Archive - 100 Stories by Adam Nathan

Story XVII: Solomio [Audio Version]

A boarding school prank spirals into psychological warfare between a bullied teacher and a college-bound senior. Read by the author. 29 minutes.

Aug 17 •

Story XVII: Solomio

A boarding school prank spirals into psychological warfare between a bullied teacher and a college-bound senior.

Aug 10 •

July 2025

best words, best order: jill

"When they weigh my heart, they will find in it a spired city of books." Jill from Life Litter reads an excerpt from her a reading of the essay Ode to…

Jul 31 •

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Death of the Coder

How a single company demonstration convinced me that my days of coding are as obsolete as the home phone. I'm a product manager now or I'm looking for a…

Published on Wonders & Worries • Jul 29

Story XVI: Love Herman with a comma

A fourth-grader falls in love with his teacher. A short story in letters.

Jul 22

Ladies of the Barrelhouse

“Would you rather be able to fly or sing?”

Jul 17 •

Humans Are Machines

Will being human mean you never have to say you’re sorry?

Published on Wonders & Worries • Jul 12

"And if there is a Christ who must come, for whatever reason, to judge the quick and the dead, then let us hope and pray that he can be reminded that he…

Jul 10 •

Charles Atlas: Notes & Outrageous Spoilers

"Oh, Mac! You are a real man after all! Gosh! What a build!"

Jul 6 •

The Beautiful Riddle

An early morning walk with my wife.

Jul 2 •

June 2025

We Are in Italy (But We Are Not at the Big Wedding)

There's also the fact that we weren't invited. There's also the fact that we wouldn't go. There's also the fact that we definitely would have.

Jun 29 •

Story XV: Charles Atlas

New York, 1965. A ninety-eight-pound weakling chases a yellow balloon five stories up.

Jun 25 •

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