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Michael Estrin

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My first novel, Murder and Other Distractions (2012), tells the story of a bored clickbait writer who becomes entangled in a bizarro double-homicide. My short stories have appeared at Akashic.com and Out of the Gutter. My creative nonfiction has appeared in Narratively, Vox, and Tablet. Like the ashes of a Viking warrior dispatched to Valhalla, my journalism is scattered all over the Web.

I live in Los Angeles with my wife, Christina, and our dog, Mortimer. Pro tip: never name your pet after a villain from an ‘80s Eddie Murphy comedy. You've been warned.
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Out of line

If there are two lines, I usually pick the slower one. Chalk it up to bad judgement. Like Walter Donovan, the Nazi-curious antiquities collector from Indian Jones and the Last Crusade — my brand is poor choices.

a man with a chain around his neck and the words he chose poorly behind him

Last weekend provided another entry in my long catalogue of poor choices when it comes to lines. As we were leaving a parking lot, I picked the shorter line because it appeared … shorte

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