Nonfiction

For the past 10 months or so I've been writing a lot of nonfiction--not including the 3 years of work I put into my book-length nonfiction, a book called "Last Mass." The nonfiction I'm talking about are all short pieces. I've been publishing these in a few places. Here are some that I really like:


What Can Happen to You When You Read, at The Nervous Breakdown

13 Steps to Becoming a Barslut, and What Happens Afterwards, at Thought Catalog

A Brief History of Opiate Use, at Thought Catalog

What is "Bad" Writing?, at The Nervous Breakdown

Never Pay for a Cab This Way if You Can Help It, at Thought Catalog


Why We Need Superheroes, or, A Parental Theory, or What Was Just A Review of Chronicle Before People Were Murdered While Watching The Dark Knight Rises, at HTMLGiant


What You Can Learn from LSD, at Thought Catalog

The Shape of Ideas, at Thought Catalog

What Is a Jagger?, at The Rumpus

The Gods of California and North Carolina Fistfight in Heaven, at Thought Catalog

One Way to Survive an Abusive Relationship, at The Nervous Breakdown

How To Not Get Arrested For Driving While High On Crack And After Having Drunk A 

Bunch Of Vodka At A James Taylor Concert, at Thought Catalog

Explain Why You Do or Do Not Vote, at The Nervous Breakdown

How Unattractive People Really Are, at Thought Catalog

The Ten Most Disgusting Things I Ever Did While I Was a Smoker, at Thought Catalog

Why Porn Sucks (Pun Intended), at Thought Catalog

Not only does this serve as self-promotion, should anyone care enough to read these things, but this is also a way for me to see what all I've done, what kinds of themes run through each of these pieces, etcetera, because the most awesomest guy in the world--everyone knows that that's Kevin Sampsell--is publishing a book of my essays with Future Tense Books in 2013.