Simon Rich

There are things money can't buy: integrity, honor, discipline. Unfortunately for Seymour Herson, he's got a more pressing matter at hand: surviving eighth grade. He's dead last in just about everything at Glendale, the Manhattan private school his parents are working so hard to keep him in. His grades are so low a C warrants a celebration. His athletic skill is limited to how much chocolate milk he can drink in one sitting. You'd think someone...

Twenty years ago, Barney the Dinosaur told the nation's children they were special. We're still paying the price.
From "one of the funniest writers in America" comes a collection of stories culled from the front lines of the millennial culture wars (Jimmy So, Daily Beast). Rife with failing rock bands, student loans, and participation trophies, Spoiled Brats is about a generation of narcissists — and the well-meaning boomers who...

God decides to close up shop on Earth--unless two idealistic angels can make a miracle happen. Welcome to Heaven, Inc., the grossly mismanaged corporation in the sky. For as long as anyone can remember, the founder and CEO (known in some circles as "God") has been phoning it in. Lately, he's been spending most of his time on the golf course. And when he does show up at work, it's not to resolve wars or end famines, but to Google himself and read what...

A backpack deals with first-day-of-school jitters and feeling out of place.

Miracle Workers follows Craig, a low-level angel responsible for handling all of humanity's prayers, and Eliza, a recent transfer from the Department of Dirt. Their boss, God, pretty much has checked out to focus on his favorite hobbies. To prevent Earth's destruction, Craig along with Eliza, must achieve their most impossible miracle to date.