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Memoirs of an Uber Driver

Memoirs of an Uber Driver, Vol. 3

by Greg Sisco

January 26, 2022 1 Comment

I pick her up from the airport in the early afternoon. She's bubbly, mid-fifties, professionally dressed. I help her put her suitcase in the trunk and when we get moving I ask where she's coming from. "Las Vegas," she tells…

Social Media

Social Media Cleanse, Day 13

by Greg Sisco

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 1 Comment

Just about two weeks in. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, they're all deleted. Not that Twitter or Instagram were really addictions for me. But it seemed worth deleting them all so that the Facebook addiction didn't just resurface as a Twitter addiction…

Memoirs of an Uber Driver

Memoirs of an Uber Driver, Vol. 2

by Greg Sisco

January 7, 2022 No Comments

She's in the middle of telling me a story about an Instacart employee who was friendly but had a naive quality about her. "You know, one of those young people without a lot of life experience," she says, then asks,…

Memoirs of an Uber Driver

Memoirs of an Uber Driver, Vol. 1

by Greg Sisco

January 5, 2022 No Comments

I pick him up just after midnight on a bridge overlooking the river. He's far away from any businesses or residences, and he's alone. One wonders what brought him out here tonight. He leans in through the window to check…

Social Media

The Exposure Addiction Trap

by Greg Sisco

October 22, 2021October 23, 2021 1 Comment

(a version of this post first appeared in my monthly subscriber-only newsletter) "There won't be any money, but it will be great exposure," says some suit to a hungry artist, and she rolls her eyes because it's become such a…

Writing

My Pizza Horror Story Will Go Out To Newsletter Subscribers on June 1st

by Greg Sisco

May 28, 2021October 23, 2021 No Comments

The headline kind of says it all, especially for those who already know what I mean by "pizza horror", but for those not in the know, oh please, let me be the first to spin this amusing tale for you.…

Social Media

On (My) Social Media Addiction

by Greg Sisco

April 27, 2021October 23, 2021 1 Comment

At the beginning of the pandemic, just for a few weeks, there was a moment when I felt a sudden love of social media I hadn't felt in years. We were being told to go home, to stay inside, and…

Writing

New Short Story and Newsletter

by Greg Sisco

April 15, 2021October 23, 2021 2 Comments

In the post that I put up last month, I mentioned that I want to get away from social media over the course of the next few months and have this blog be my online home instead. My last month…

Writing

The 8-year journey of “In Nightmares We’re Alone”

by Greg Sisco

March 2, 2021March 4, 2021 4 Comments

On March 15, my novel In Nightmares We're Alone will be released from Off Limits Press (it is currently available for pre-order from their online store). This marks a finish line (or at least the latest milestone) for a project that has had…