Email Author Alan Scherstuhl

Awards

• 2009 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published April 3, 2008

  "The Best Story of the Year"

• 2009 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published April 24, 2008

  "Desert Storm"

• 2009 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published September 11, 2008

  "Water Logged"

• 2009 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published November 13, 2008

  "What's At Stake"

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2011 Stories by Alan Scherstuhl

• Frank Humor

  published December 28, 2011

  “He could pull this off. He was sure of it. It would have been one thing to protect Anne Frank from the Nazis; he was pretty sure he... More >>

• Occupiers of the World Unite

  published December 28, 2011

  Daniel Gross' preface to Rebel Voices – PM Press's newly reprinted treasury of stories, testimonials, songs, and jeremiads... More >>

• War Is Personal

  published December 28, 2011

  The prose that critics call “luminous” tends to be of the light-reflecting-on-the-water variety: It shimmers prettily but doesn't... More >>

• If It Feels Right ...

  published December 28, 2011

  Since it thrives upon candor, revelation, and the imaginative input of the reader, the novel stands as the only media form to portray sex as... More >>

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  Surprisingly, "How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time" Is Not a Great Book

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Author: Naura Hayden Date: 1982 Publisher: Bib... More >>

• The Dumbest Thing A Professional Critic Wrote in 2011

  published Dec 26, 2011

  Like all noble arts, reviewing is at its heart a craft, one in which a uniquely personal impulse is worked over and given shape within the boundaries of formal constraints. Those constraints vary by t... More >>

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  13 Terrible Old Christmas Craft Disasters, Including "Knott Christ" & "Autopsy Santa"

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. A stack of '60s and '70s Christmas craft magazines... More >>

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  Teen Romances Magazine Led the War Against Making Out

  published Dec 16, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Teen Romances magazine Date: November, 1960 Pub... More >>

• The Chipmunks Keep Calling Black Film Critic a "Jungle Monster"

  published Dec 14, 2011

  The 3D entertainment of choice for parents who just don't give a shit, Alvin & the Chipmunks have recently been turning up to promote their terrible new movie on the local TV news programs viewed by t... More >>

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  Kids' Letters to Santa Demonstrate Everything Wrong with America Today

  published Dec 13, 2011

  This Sunday The Oakland Tribune ran a selection of kids' letters to Santa. Some clever editor or layout person made a point about things by placing the following two letters right on top of each other... More >>

• Walgreens' $6.99 Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Is Everything Charlie Brown Hated

  published Dec 13, 2011

  So there you are, standing in line at Walgreens, harried after another long day, annoyed that it was dark when you left the house this morning and dark when you're finally headed back. There you ar... More >>

• Do Not Go Gentle

  published December 7, 2011

  There’s lots more to savor in the winter issue of literary magazine Zyzzyva than Katie Chase’s scary/sweet story... More >>

• Life-Size Pepper Spray Cop Cutout Lets You Be Lt. Pike

  published Dec 12, 2011

  At the Port of Oakland this morning, our intrepid photographer Kate Conger caught the next evolution of that as-seen-on-the-Internet pepper-spray cop meme. This cardboard cutout is a brilliant revers... More >>

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  Smurfs on Ice! 15 Ridiculous Photos From '70s and '80s Ice Shows

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. A big ol' stack of ice show programs ... More >>

• 11 Depressing and Hilarious Guideposts Covers

  published Dec 05, 2011

  Each Friday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. A heap of old Guideposts ... More >>

• The Universal Mind

  published November 23, 2011

  Like a John Hodgman who isn't bullshitting everybody, digital archivist and artificial intelligence master Brewster Kahle has dedicated himself to... More >>

• Rant: Those Ignorant of '60s Lore Are Doomed to Tedious Lectures

  published December 7, 2011

  Ranter: Tall, 60-ish guy wearing a fedora Location: Slim's Date: A recent Wednesday... More >>

• Un-Scripted Theater's Improvised Dickens Musical Is Hard Times Indeed

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Here's a testament to the make-it-up-as-it-goes ethos of improv. If a show isn't going anywhere, really, the cast might have it in themselves to fix it as they go. Such a phenomenon occurred last we... More >>

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  1951 Planned Parenthood Pamphlet Pretty Much Says Life Begins at Conception

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. The Gift of Life Author: None listed,... More >>

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  15 Ridiculous Highlights From Betty Crocker's '50s Cookbook for Kids

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls Au... More >>

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  One-Sentence "Breaking Dawn" Review Scrawled On a Movie Poster

  published Nov 20, 2011

  Spotted at a bus stop on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito: The bus riders have spoken! -- Follow us on Twitter at @ExhibitionistSF and like us on Facebook.... More >>

• Seven Awful Things Ann Coulter Just Said About Occupy Wall Street

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Ann Coulter's job is to say as many awful things as she can in the increasingly tiny slices of media time that she is afforded. Currently, she's peddling her book on talk radio stations around the cou... More >>

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  Mermaid Romance Novels Are About as Hilarious as You Might Expect

  published Nov 16, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Two Mermaid Romance Novels, Including Mermaid A... More >>

• Robyn Hitchcock Talks About 1990's Eye and Returning to San Francisco

  published Nov 15, 2011

  In 1989, Robyn Hitchcock, England's esteemed man-of-psych-pop, holed up at Hyde Street Studios here in town and laid down a record touched with greatness. This Thursday he holes up at Slim's to play i... More >>

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  Live Review: They Might Be Giants Improve Flood By Playing It Backwards

  published Nov 14, 2011

  They Might Be GiantsJonathan CoultonNov. 13, 2011The Fillmore"We know you had your choice of ossified alternative rock bands, so thank you for flying with us!" hollered John Flansburgh, the gregarious... More >>