Barry Yourgrau is the author of "A Man Jumps Out of an Airplane," "Wearing Dad's Head," "The Sadness of Sex" and most recently "Haunted Traveller," released in May.

Barry Yourgrau's Salon stories

Thursday, May 14, 2009 03:38 EDT

Call me Ishmael. The end.

Cellphone novels, the rage in Japan, now have competition in America: Twitter fiction.
Saturday, Jul 17, 1999 09:00 EDT

"Water" and other stories

A drowning, porcelain cows, a chubby sultan and more: Six original pieces turn travel on its dreamy ear.
Wednesday, Apr 28, 1999 09:00 EDT

"Carpet" and other tales

A magic carpet in a hotel room, a safari gone astray, a mysterious mission, a map mishap -- four excerpts take unexpected twists.

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