Archive - Comic Fiction

December 2024

My Financial Career

When I go into a bank I get rattled.

Dec 26, 2024 •

Stephen Leacock

The Errors of Santa Claus

Hello, I’m Stephen Leacock, guest contributor to this Substack and a Canadian humorist, writer, and academic.

Dec 24, 2024 •

Stephen Leacock

On a frosty autumn morning, with the leaves brown and crisp and rustling in the wind, I pushed open the glass door to my deck and stepped out, coffee in…

Dec 22, 2024 •

How to Broach a Controversial Subject

A model post for social media

Dec 17, 2024 •

How to Outsource Buying Gifts for Cherished Loved Ones

It's the delegation that counts

Dec 11, 2024 •

Santa Claus Automates Toy Making, Lays Off Elves

Santa Claus, that legendary bringer of toys to children who are genuinely nice and those who can be bribed or cajoled to act that way, has completed the…

Dec 6, 2024 •

July 2024

Getting Directions

**Start of Recording**

Jul 3, 2024 •

June 2024

The Evolution of Work-from-Home (In Pictures)

Before the Pandemic, workers commuted happily to work.

Jun 26, 2024 •

What’s the Deal With Artificial Intelligence? The Turing-Seinfeld Test

In a 1950 paper, British mathematician and computer scientist Alan “Benedict Cumberbatch” Turing proposed a test to determine whether a machine…

Jun 19, 2024 •

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