Essays & Miscellaneous
It Was Supposed to be a Satire. It Turned Out to be a Prophecy. (2017, Yes Clash)
You Can't Plan for Internet Hate, But You Can Be Prepared for It (2016, Inc.) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
The Game of Life (2016, American Drug Chronicles: An Anthology)
Hunting Season (2014, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like F*ck This)
5 Awesome Things Done by the Navy SEALs (2012, Maxim)
The Moment I Quit Playing Dungeons and Dragons (2011, Smith Magazine)
Do Real Men Do Yoga? (2011, Yoga: Philosophy For Everyone)
Frontline in the War on Christmas (Abridged Online as "Waving the White Flag in the War on Christmas") [2011, The Atheist's Guide to Christmas and 2014, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like F*ck This] - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Hate Being Single this Time of Year? (2011, AOL's MyDaily)
Four Unintentional Love Lessons From Great Philosophers (2011, Marie Claire) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
The River That Divided Us Will Unite Us (2008, UIowa Flood Stories) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Literary Criticism, News & Book Reviews
Writing Parody and Satire (2016, Shelf Pleasure and Fifty Shames Gone Grey: A Novella)
What Do Readers Owe Authors? (2013, Book Riot) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Top 10 Misbehaving Literary Rogues (2013, The Daily Beast) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Fifty Shades of Gold (2013, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World and Fifty Shames Gone Grey: A Novella)
Introduction to Dorothy Parker 2013, Start Here: Volume II)
How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read (2012, Mental Floss) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Confessions of a New York Times Bestseller (2012, Scratch)
PayPal vs. E-Booksellers (2012, Suicide Girls) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Fifty Shades of Grace Metalious (2011, Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey)
Moral Questions in The Hunger Games (2011, The Philosophers' Magazine)
Author Interview: Andrea Cremer (2010, Huffington Post) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Author Interview: Charlaine Harris (2010, Huffington Post) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Event Review: Steve Martin Book Signing (2010, Huffington Post) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Book Review: First Look at Justin Bieber's Memoir (2010, Huffington Post) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Event Review: First Annual Book Bloggers' Convention (2010, Publishers Weekly)
From Philosopher to Fabio in Four Days (2010, The Olive Reader)
Pop Culture Criticism, News & Reviews
TV: Five Things Deadlier Than a Sharknado—And How to Survive Them (2014, Time) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Theater: Spank! The Fifty Shades Musical Parody (2013, Book Riot) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Music Interview: Filter's Richard Patrick (2011, Huffington Post) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE
Movies Interview: Joe Pantoliano (2011, The Faster Times)
Music Interview: Dan Black (2010, PopMatters) - READ FOR FREE ONLINE