As the World Stearns

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Former editorial director and editor; current agency head, book packager, and writer. USC film, Hollins U, Clarion West alum. Dad. Books & cats & f&sf & film & games & music & Brooklyn. He/him/foul unspeakable one.

Utterly shameless gray and white cat on a gray rug, diagonally crossed by a band of sunlight.
For Jane Believing in dragons is easy. Jane believes in people—an act of love that takes considerably more imagination.
Summary of This American Life story: “Sheetcakes In The Conference Room, Whiskey After Dark David Rakoff discusses the world of birthdays and other holidays, as they're celebrated on the job... and what happens when you call yourself an editorial assistant but the editor you're assisting calls you a secretary. He read this story before a live audience at Town Hall in New York City, during a This American Life live show. (15 minutes) “By David Rakoff”
Statler and Waldorf muppets from the Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image
Completion card for “Clues by Sam” game: four panels of black-and-white icon-like art on a beige background, with “SOLVED Jan 25th 2025” across the top and “Under 10 minutes” across the bottom.
In front of a red wall sits a gray cat with white on its paws, ruff, and nose bridge; has its paws daintily crossed and its eyes almost fully closed.
Above the title WEAPONS (in red), a bunch of silhouetted children run against a gray sky, their arms held away from their bodies.
Through the subway window, an over-the-shoulder glimpse of Frog and Toad book in hands of dark-haired girl, sitting beside a dark-haired woman.
A gray cat with white markings on feet, snout, and belly, lies on its side, eyes slitted, front paws folded in a relaxed posture. Probably plotting mischief.
From page 139 of THE CARTOONISTS CLUB by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud, an illustrated bookshelf of 15 graphic novels, all gooduns.
A gray cat with white markings on snout and ruff is crouched among the pillows and blankets of a pink plastic doll’s bunk bed.
In a clip from Broadcast News, Holly Hunter affirms that thinking one is the smartest person in the room is awful.
In a clip from A Room with a View, in a field of gold, George Emerson strolls up to Lucy Honeychurch and kisses her.
Graffiti poster in bus stop ad box reads: DONT RANK CREEP CROOK CUOMO
Bus stop advertisement covered with hand-painted poster reading DONT RANK CREEP CROOK CUOMO
Full-text reading, “In this house, we believe: Cuomo is a bum. So we don’t rank him. Mamdani, Lander, Adrienne Adams, Ramos, and Myrie all seem cool. Just not Cuomo dear God not him.”
Remy from RATATOUILLE
Image of Chuck Schumer over the words “is not helping.”
Cover image of Claire Dederer’s book MONSTERS: A FAN’S DILEMMA. Features a red duo tone of two women sitting in a theater, one covering her eyes, the other grimacing.
Richard Benjamin in the center of a group of people dressed in 1970s vaguely science-fictional costume.
Maeby curled up atop a gray hat and yellow jacket.
The cast of the short-lived series Wonderfalls.
Top of old-school metal lunchbox reading “The Seventy-Fourth Issue of McSweeney’s.”
Nicely framed photorealistic sketch of poster saying, “Duh?”
Gray cat with white paws, belly, and nose slash, standing to one side of keyboard, insisting on attention.
Cover of The Wand in the Word, Conversations with Writers of Fantasy, compiled by Leonard S. Marcus.
Image of Clippy the Paper Clip, by Microsoft Developer.
Screen cap of page from JustWatch listing streaming sites for HELLO, BOOKSTORE: free on Kanopy and Plex, available for rent from Amazon, Apple, Vudu, and elsewhere.
Wee tiny copy of SUSPICIOUS MINDS book balanced on some badly-in-need-of-moisturizer fingertips.
Audiobook cover of Jennette McCurdy’s memoir I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED
Grey cat with white highlights curled up on the bottom bunk of a child’s doll’s bunk bed.
A series of nine images of a pumpkin pie, progressing slice-by-slice from a whole pie to an empty pie dish.
Spiffy holiday tree set up in front of bookshelves.
Trifold sheet of paper reading “Jesus Christ died for you” and tiny “How to get to heaven” flyer.