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Joel Shoemaker

Joel Shoemaker has been a librarian for a decade and a magician for three! He lives in central Illinois with his husband, his dog, a frog, and some shrimp. He consumes an inordinate amount of cheese. Joel’s picture book, Silas on Sundays, is out now from Wildling Press.

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Short Fiction
Quirky  4 min

motherese

Joel Shoemaker

The brand-new baby is screaming. In French.
In German.
No, in French. It's definitely in French.
It isn't obvious, at first. It's not like she's screaming for a Weiner schnitzel or demanding a ... [+]

Short Fiction
Absurd Humor  4 min

Cost of Living

Joel Shoemaker

Joe's knuckles bled, the result of inflation.
Tonya was some sort of greedy little Tinker Bell wannabe. She even had the wings to go along with it. She wore them every single day. The whole idiotic ... [+]