Tapestry | Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon

Switzerland Today

Featured in Tablet Magazine

In the summer of 1974 my parents sent me to live with my grandparents.


Citizen Conn

Featured in The New Yorker

Short story about what drove two best friends and collaborators—creators of cult comic books—apart.


Secret Skin

Featured in The New Yorker

An essay in unitard theory.


Along the Front Page

Featured in The New Yorker

Short story about a man taking his four-year-old son to buy pumpkins while his wife is recovering from a recent miscarriage. The father begins by


The God of Dark Laughter

Featured in The New Yorker

Short story about a murder investigation into the killing and mutilation of what appears to be a clown.


The Hofzinzer Club

Featured in The New Yorker

Michael Chabon’s short story about a young boy who yearns to be an escape artist like Houdini and join the Hofzinser Club, an association for magicians.


That Was Me

Featured in The New Yorker

Grace and Jake are sitting on a Friday night in the Patch, a tavern in Grubb Island, Washington. They are strangers here;


House Hunting

Featured in The New Yorker

Daniel Diamond and his wife Christy Kite knew that the house was all wrong for them.


Werewolves in their Youth

Featured in The New Yorker

Paul Kovel had known his friend Timothy Stokes to pretend to be many things. He had been a bulldozer and a samurai, but today he was a werewolf.


The Lost World

Featured in The New Yorker

Nathan Shapiro, 16, lives in Huxley with his mother and stepfather, with whom he doesn't get along.


Mrs.Box

Featured in The New Yorker

Eddie Zwang, a bankrupt optometrist headed for Mexico from Washington state in a Volvo filled with stolen optical equipment, decided to stop in Portland


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