Jon Shorr
Jon Shorr's fiction and essays have been published in The Examined Life, Chicago Story Press, The Bookends Review, Pangyrus, Cagibi, Tricycle, and elsewhere. His writing has won awards from York Arts, Tulip Tree Publishing Co., and the Gainesville (FL) Writers Alliance. A retired teacher, he currently produces a weekly podcast for Passager Books.
Though Some Have Changed
The 2024 presidential election’s over: I’m starting to sleep better again; my blood pressure is returning to normal. It didn’t surprise me that Donald Trump won the election; it just appalled me.
It didn’t surprise me that during the campaign, Trump supporters saw those of us that opposed his election to president as the enemy; nor did it surprise me that we saw Trump supporters as stupid, naïve pawns.
It did surprise me, though, to learn that my girlfriend was the enemy.
It didn’t surprise me that during the campaign, Trump supporters saw those of us that opposed his election to president as the enemy; nor did it surprise me that we saw Trump supporters as stupid, naïve pawns.
It did surprise me, though, to learn that my girlfriend was the enemy.
Essay
Issue 92, February 2025
Lightbulb
It was during one of those Rockford Files car chases on TV that Mrs. Leonard Y. Silver knocked on my door. I didn’t hear it at first because Mrs. Silver’s three knocks coincided perfectly with that three-chord banjo stinger…
Creative Nonfiction
Issue 44, December 2020
Issues Archive
Jon Shorr
Jon Shorr's fiction and essays have been published in The Examined Life, Chicago Story Press, The Bookends Review, Pangyrus, Cagibi, Tricycle, and elsewhere. His writing has won awards from York Arts, Tulip Tree Publishing Co., and the Gainesville (FL) Writers Alliance. A retired teacher, he currently produces a weekly podcast for Passager Books.
Though Some Have Changed
The 2024 presidential election’s over: I’m starting to sleep better again; my blood pressure is returning to normal. It didn’t surprise me that Donald Trump won the election; it just appalled me.
It didn’t surprise me that during the campaign, Trump supporters saw those of us that opposed his election to president as the enemy; nor did it surprise me that we saw Trump supporters as stupid, naïve pawns.
It did surprise me, though, to learn that my girlfriend was the enemy.
It didn’t surprise me that during the campaign, Trump supporters saw those of us that opposed his election to president as the enemy; nor did it surprise me that we saw Trump supporters as stupid, naïve pawns.
It did surprise me, though, to learn that my girlfriend was the enemy.
Essay
Issue 92, February 2025
Lightbulb
It was during one of those Rockford Files car chases on TV that Mrs. Leonard Y. Silver knocked on my door. I didn’t hear it at first because Mrs. Silver’s three knocks coincided perfectly with that three-chord banjo stinger…
Creative Nonfiction
Issue 44, December 2020
Issues Archive